We chatted with KimPetras about her major label debut, her unapologetic style and more. Read the full interview and see the entire shoot here:
It’s a long way away from the early meetings Petras took with record companies, all of which pigeonholed her as a gay club artist. To be clear, Petras loves playing in gay clubs — and wants to keep doing that forever — but her dreams have always included Grammys, sold-out stadiums and big proper record deals.
“After that happened [the leak], my A&R [representative] Wendy Goldstein and I had a little meeting and she was like, ‘Well, this stuff happens. It’s life. Go and write more. Challenge yourself to the limit and go feed the beast.’ And that’s what I did, and so that’s how the title came along,” Petras says of the new record’s name.
“We’ve been fans of Kim’s since before we started working together,” says Goldstein, copresident of Republic Records. “When we first met we knew she would become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. She’s blazing her own trail, doing it on her own terms and uncompromising in her vision. It’s been such an incredible experience working with her and this upcoming album will show the world that her musical talents are unmatched. It’s only just the beginning.
She writes all her own music and says “Feed the Beast” is her most evolved writing yet. It’s also her most personal: after finding safety in a character she created for each previous EP or record, the music she’s making now is just about Kim. “She’s just really in her own power. She’s very knowledgeable about what she wants to put out,” says Collina Strada designer Hillary Taymour of Petras. The two attended the
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