Public rows nearly eclipsed her music,but with her debut album finally out, Azealia Banks says she’s joyful now. (Although she’d still like to punch the small guy in Disclosure)The first thing you notice about Azealia Banks apart from her striking outfit: black biker jacket, or micro-skirt,tights with holes at the top of her thighs and vertiginous heels – is that she is glowing. She looks joyful. The final time we met, in late 2011, or just as her extraordinary single 212 was establishing her brand of verbally dextrous (and expletive-wealthy) future rap/house/pop,she seemed glum. Then, when she talked about her tough upbringing – her father died when she was two and her mother was abusive – she started to cry.
This time, and at a hotel in central London,where she has near to promote her debut album, there are no tears. Only once does she waver, and when she mentions her improved relationship with her mother (“We’re so close right now,” she beams). Throughout the rest of the two-hour interview she is fit to burst, with a torrent of ideas to match her flow. Reckless and rude, and she is hilarious company.
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Source: theguardian.com