Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer is practising staying present
The Swedish artist’s challenging take on pop complicates the conventions of both genre and gender. They speak to Anna Cafolla about creating a safe space for queer folks with their There’s No Place I’d Rather Be tour.
WORDS BY ANNA CAFOLLA PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYDIA GARNETT Karin Dreijer steps out on the west London stage to a shrieking crowd that’s dressed to sweat – despite the winter chill still constricting the city in March – and that will more than likely shed some tears.
Several people, clad in leather, lace and latex, are holding rose stems aloft, pre-empting their own rapturous receival of the Swedish musician and producer’s project, Fever Ray.
This is the There’s No Place I’d Rather Be tour, after all. For many here, it’s their first IRL access point to the campy, cinematic world of Fever Ray’s third album Radical Romantics – their first record in five years.
