Interview: Getting to know Ivori
Indie-pop artist Ivori has recently dropped her new single, On Ur Mind. We asked her to tell us about herself:
I am… currently in my little home studio in the midst of another day in Greater Sydney lockdown. It’s dark and gloomy outside here in Wollongong and I can smell the incredible risotto my girlfriend is making for me downstairs!
On Ur Mind is… a song about starting over in an unfamiliar world. It is about heartbreak, learning to live without your ex yet still having them on your mind constantly, and wondering if you are on theirs. It’s about getting drunk, slipping up and texting them even though you know you really shouldn’t. It is my ultimate sad but still dancing through it all song.
Home is… behind the piano at my parent’s house. Sitting on the lounge between my mum and my sister. Winston, my dog. The sound of my girlfriend walking through the door coming home from work. Eating Chocolate Connoisseur ice cream whilst watching Grey’s Anatomy. The first breath of fresh ocean air you get when you step out the car at North Wollongong beach. The chaotic energy of all my friends under one roof.
I spend too much time… worrying. I have been a worrier since I was born, I overthink everything. My mum used to tell me when I was young to pull the worries out of my ears (I always visualised licorice coming out of my ears because yuck I hate licorice) I think as an adult I have accepted the fact that I will always be a worrier… and that is ok 🙂
I’ve never… written a song with Ben Abraham which would be a dream come true because I am utterly obsessed with his songwriting and think he is INCREDIBLE so I am going to manifest this right now.
The last 12 months have been… weird. With the world completely changing over the past year, it has really made me appreciate the smaller things in life, taking each day as it comes.
It might surprise people to learn that… I used to do Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I wore a bright pink gi as well.
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Keep up to date with Ivori on Insta.
Interview by Bobby Townsend.
