00:00What's up guys, I'm Iggy Azalea and I'm here for my Wired Autocomplete interview.
00:07Okay, so I just hold and I peel.
00:13What is Iggy Azalea's real name?
00:17I actually really like my real name, it is Amethyst Amelia Kelly.
00:21The reason I didn't use it is because it's just too serious and I am a gigantic idiot.
00:28So I used my email recovery password as my stage name.
00:33My dog's name is Iggy and I grew up on Azalea Street, so that is how I got this name.
00:38But my real one is Amethyst.
00:40Where did Iggy Azalea get her name?
00:43Well, we know.
00:45I got my name from my email recovery password.
00:48But don't worry, I've changed my email since then, so you cannot hack me.
00:51What does Iggy Azalea do now?
00:55A bit of this and a bit of that.
00:56I think I just do chaos and mischief in general.
00:59That's what I've done my whole life really.
01:00Different subcategories of naughtiness is what I do.
01:03Okay, next.
01:05Thank you.
01:07What song made by Iggy Azalea?
01:14Oh, what song made Iggy Azalea famous?
01:16I think there's three answers.
01:18One was my first song that got me a record deal and that's a song about a cat, a pussy cat.
01:24And then there's work, work, work, work, working on my...
01:28A lot of people love that.
01:29But my biggest song that I think most people probably first got introduced was Fancy.
01:35What is Iggy Azalea's most popular song?
01:39I think it's clear that it's Fancy because that record is Diamond.
01:43And so you can't really compete with the Diamond record, can you?
01:46It actually had a different name.
01:48It was called Leave It when I recorded it and I was going to leave it off my album.
01:52But then the producers that I did it with, they restructured it and changed parts of my verse
01:58and kind of like moved them and shuffled them around.
02:01And suddenly it was way catchier.
02:03So I do owe it a little bit to the whole team to make Fancy because I made Leave It
02:07and then they rearranged and they made it Fancy.
02:09What is the song Fancy by Iggy Azalea about?
02:16I think you already know what it's about, don't you?
02:18It's about being so fancy.
02:20It's just about being fabulous and feeling good.
02:22And I think everybody gets ready and they're about to go somewhere and they just feel so good
02:26and they turn that song on.
02:27Fancy is just that moment.
02:28It's your getting ready moment.
02:30Thank you.
02:31What was Iggy Azalea's childhood like?
02:36Very feral.
02:37I just used to ride around in the bush all day long, really.
02:40I'm from a very small town called Mullumbimby.
02:42When I lived there, it had about 2,500 people in it.
02:44It's very rural.
02:46I lived on about 24 acres with a bunch of chickens and cows.
02:50And we used to do stuff like duck under the barbed wire fence and try to touch a bull
02:56and run away from it without it trying to kill you and trying to get turtles in little lakes
03:02and letting them bite your fingers.
03:03I was a nature girl.
03:04That's what I did.
03:05And then I fell in love with music.
03:06And so I wanted to come to America because I think that some of the greatest musicians
03:10of all time are American.
03:12I just wanted to get close to people that are the best at what I wanted to do.
03:16When did Iggy Azalea move to America?
03:19Am I a little bit psychic?
03:21I think I'm a little psychic.
03:22I moved to America when I was 16.
03:24So I was able to do school online.
03:26And I came over to Miami, not expecting that I would really be able to stay.
03:32But I figured it out.
03:32I made a way.
03:33And so yeah, I'm 34 now.
03:35I've been here since I was 16.
03:37Does Iggy Azalea have long fingernails that can't peel this?
03:41Yes, I do.
03:42Does Iggy Azalea have siblings?
03:44I do.
03:44I have two siblings.
03:46My sister's name is Emerald.
03:47She's like a roller derby looking girl.
03:49She's covered in tattoos.
03:50And she's like Tony Hawk.
03:51She does inline dirt ramp skating and crazy flips and stuff.
03:55She's way braver than I ever could be.
03:57She roller skates and she makes roller skates and sells them.
04:00It's pretty cool.
04:00And my brother, his name is Matthias.
04:03I call him Matt.
04:04And he likes to take photographs and stuff like that for me.
04:07And he's really smart and cool.
04:09And he is living at my house right now, actually.
04:11We're very close.
04:12Iggy Azalea.
04:14Children, I only have one child.
04:17His name is Onyx.
04:19I clearly have a crystal thing going on here, guys.
04:21He just turned four last month.
04:23I think the reason why I'm so successful is because my mom just like gassed me up
04:26with everything that I did.
04:28I try to equip my son and make sure that he's like as emotionally balanced.
04:31And I try to be kind to him.
04:33I don't try to freak out if he spills something, all those sorts of things.
04:37Because sometimes I'd be scared of my father.
04:39So I try not to be scary in those moments when you can get frustrated as a parent.
04:44And I try to be really encouraging.
04:46He could do the worst cartwheel ever.
04:47And I'll tell him he's a gymnast.
04:49Because I think it's really important that as a parent, we encourage our children,
04:53even beyond what their skill level really is at the time.
04:55Because it can take you very far when you have self-belief.
04:58And so I really care about instilling that in my son a lot.
05:01Whee!
05:02Thank you.
05:03These ones are scarier because I just don't know where they're going.
05:06Iggy Azalea.
05:08Yellow outfit.
05:09I would assume this is the fancy outfit when I dressed up as Cher from Clueless.
05:15I love making music videos that are recreations of some of my favorite films.
05:21So of course, I wanted to do Clueless because it's a cult classic.
05:26Absolutely.
05:26My first thing when I thought of this was that I wanted to wear the yellow plaid outfit.
05:31And I seen a lot of Halloween outfits that year.
05:33Which made me very proud.
05:35Because I think if someone dresses up as something you did for Halloween,
05:38that's when you know you really made it.
05:39Iggy Azalea.
05:41Best songs.
05:43Well, I don't know.
05:43That's subjective.
05:44Are you asking my favorite songs?
05:46I think my best song, if I had to pick just one, my favorite would be Work.
05:51Because it's about my life and how I got here.
05:54And it's catchy.
05:55And you can throw a little ass to it.
05:57Which I don't think I like to do.
05:59But it's still kind of intellectual.
06:01And it has lots of good punchlines.
06:02That is my favorite song still of all time.
06:05Iggy Azalea, Black Widow.
06:07That's actually my son's favorite song of mine.
06:10It was my birthday last week.
06:11And he made me a birthday cup with a spider on it.
06:15And he told me, that's a Black Widow.
06:17So I still have fans for Black Widow.
06:19My son really likes it.
06:20He likes the samurai sword fighting in the video.
06:23Iggy Azalea, Black Widow.
06:24Onyx's favorite song.
06:26Thank you.
06:27Iggy Azalea at 16.
06:30Well, at 16, I had no money, no family.
06:32And I was in the middle of Miami.
06:34Yeah, I showed up by myself.
06:36I had some friends that I met on like online chat rooms and stuff like that.
06:39That I've been talking to for some years.
06:41That we would webcam together and things like that.
06:44And one of them lived in Miami.
06:46So that was the only person that I knew in America.
06:48So I didn't have money or family.
06:51But I did have a friend.
06:53And they were my real life friend all the way.
06:56Even still.
06:56So it's been many, many years.
06:58Iggy Azalea, DreamVault.
07:00Yes, I have a company called DreamVault actually.
07:03And I am launching it.
07:04And I'm really excited about it.
07:05It's a company where if you have a dream, you can go to this platform.
07:09And you can use your friends or your family, fans.
07:12If you have them.
07:13Your community basically to make your dreams happen.
07:15And I think it's really cool.
07:16Because for me, I know I had to utilize so many people to get to the top.
07:20And I think anybody will tell you that.
07:21That's why they have award speeches, right?
07:23To thank everyone.
07:24So I wanted to create a space where instead of having to do your own outreach.
07:29I could make it a little easier for you to kind of achieve whatever your crazy dream is.
07:34And that's what DreamVault is.
07:35So check it out.
07:36Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande.
07:38Well, I just think of Ariana Grande.
07:40And I think she's just a floating little delightful little cloud.
07:44I love her.
07:44And I love our song, Problem.
07:46And I love that I had number one with Fancy.
07:48And number two with Ariana.
07:49Because I think she's an icon.
07:51And it's such an honor to have that song with her.
07:53Iggy Azalea, music videos.
07:55Well, I'm glad people are searching this.
07:57Because music videos are my favorite thing about when I made music.
08:00That was always the thing I had the most fun with.
08:03I love making up creative crazy concepts.
08:05And so to have a song is fun.
08:07But to get to put a visual to it, that's always my favorite.
08:10So I'm glad people want to Google them.
08:13Wee!
08:14Well, that's all my boards.
08:15I hope you know me a little bit better now.
08:17And that I can answer some of the questions.
08:19Because the internet is a confusing place.
08:21But you've heard it from me now.
08:22I had fun.
08:23I get a little scared to know what you might be Googling about me.
08:26But it's actually, it's not so bad.
08:28It's cool stuff.
08:30And I was happy to talk about it.
08:31Until next time.
08:32Bye!
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