Interview: Getting to know MAXINE
Rising Sydney artist MAXINE is back with her latest single “Say Something”. We asked her to tell us about herself:
I am… at home right now.. my favourite place to be… contemplating why I am such an emotional extremist and seemingly enjoying being one…. in other words, I am crazy, lol. Also I can’t pick what the heck I should watch on Netflix right now because I’m indecisive, so I am also messaging 50 people asking for suggestions. Haha
Say Something is… my latest single about falling in love but being afraid to be open and honest about it. It’s a song about battling with your inner feelings, while battling with the reality of your actions and dealing with the consequences of them. I’ve been in so many triangles with love and as much as I’ve battled with my inner feelings, this song was written not for myself but for other people to stop battling with their inability to say anything, and just say something!!! That way you don’t have to live with the fact that you never did…. you feel me!
Home is… WHERE MY HEART TRULY IS. It’s my family sitting all together laughing, singing, dancing, eating…. it’s really my ultimate place of comfort to be myself, around the people that will never make me feel like I need to be anything other than me.
I spend too much time… ON MY DAMN PHONE. Or thinking about why I am such an emotional extremist. Haha, so maybe I just spend too much time being crazy.
I’ve never… been more in loveeee than I am right now!!!! Hahaha I actually love to talk about love, give love and feel love and I just want everyone to feel love the way I feel it. Can I get an amen for love people. Allow it into your life!!!
2020 has been… as crazy as me! A literal roller coaster of up and down, yes and no.. there’s been so much uncertainty.. bush fires, Coronavirus, lockdown, alone time, understanding… hopefully for most it’s been a year of self-reflection and appreciation for the life we live… a time to really spend time with your loved ones and reflect on what we really want in our lives.. I know I have. But thankkk GOD we are only 28 days away from 2021!!!! But who’s counting… hahaha
It might surprise people to learn that… as extroverted as I am.. inside I’m really a lot more introverted. I value my time alone to force myself to feel and think and understand. To meditate and read books and listen to boring podcasts that my BF hates haha. I’ve started to really love just being alone.. sometimes I can’t handle an overload of energy because I’m an empath, so I feel too much and then I can’t shake the feelings and it just Impacts me too much. Sometimes people think I’m a b**** actually, but really I’m shy and awkward around people I don’t know lol……
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Interview by Bobby Townsend.
