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I was struck last night by the intense eye contact between you and your husband.<\/b>
Why didn\u2019t you play guitar before?<\/b>can<\/i> jam. I was trying to write a song and now you\u2019re noodling all over me. You know what? I\u2019ll just put it down.\u201d Later, when I started making music professionally, I met all these extraordinary musicians, and I thought: Why would I play guitar when I\u2019m not as good as you are? Then I really hated doing shows.<\/p>\n
Because of that?<\/b>
It\u2019s funny: You were both super locked-in during the songs, but then between them your banter was extremely loose.<\/b>
Who would you say are some of music\u2019s great between-song talkers?<\/b>
I think <\/b>Adele<\/b> might be the best I\u2019ve seen.<\/b>
But after she hits you with that, she\u2019ll just freestyle for three or four minutes.<\/b>
There are a tremendous number of words on this record.<\/b>
Why?<\/b>
What\u2019s your beef?<\/b>
To you it feels like \u2014<\/b>
OK, speaking of that: I read the essay you had this philosopher Justin Smith-Ruiu write about the album. I understood probably 11<\/b>%<\/b> of it.<\/b>
Honestly, some of the songs might also have gone over my head. How important is it to you that the listener grasps everything that\u2019s going on in your music?<\/b>
How do you listen to the songs you love? Are you trying to figure out where they came from?<\/b>\n
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Maya Hawke and Christian Lee Hutson in New York in March.<\/p>\n
(Ilya S. Savenok \/ Getty Images for Tibet House US)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n
Break down the chronology of your and Christian\u2019s relationship. You made this record not as married people but \u2014<\/b>
How did that compare to the previous album?<\/b>I<\/i> didn\u2019t go to jazz school.\u201d That kind of belief really shaped my journey from \u201cMoss\u201d until this record.<\/p>\n
Are you the type of person who needs a facilitator?<\/b>
I wonder why.<\/b>them<\/i> to want to spend less time with me<\/i>. I don\u2019t want to be the one to draw the boundary \u2014 I need their permission to draw a boundary between us. My therapist was like, \u201cWe can work on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Is this classic child-actor people-pleasing stuff?<\/b>
When did you start?<\/b>
I\u2019d argue that at 18 the world still sees you \u2014<\/b>
But I take your point.<\/b>
You\u2019re older?<\/b>
Has anything changed about the way you and Christian collaborate since you got married?<\/b>
Some of these new songs seem very clearly to be about the two of you.<\/b>
As a child of divorce, were you ambivalent about marriage?<\/b>
Plenty of people find their person without wanting to have a wedding.<\/b>
I\u2019m not sure I know.<\/b>
Last thing: Did finishing \u201cStranger Things,\u201d which had defined the structure of your life for so long \u2014 did that change the way you think about making music?<\/b>\n
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<\/svg> <\/button> <\/ps-youtubeplayer> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nBecause you knew a big change was coming?<\/b>
Do you feel some kinship with your former castmates on that?<\/b>very<\/i> intense time moving through the last season.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve got upcoming acting projects \u2014<\/b>
But did <\/b>the end of that job<\/b> create space for music to play a bigger role in your life?<\/b>
The music biz feels more opaque to you?<\/b>
Better start making those TikToks.<\/b>
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