Florence Welch Talks Musical Style and Performing Barefoot
Posted on November 4, 2010
Florence Welch from Florence + the Machine talks about her musical style, how she's always being asked to do movie trailers and the difference between performing barefoot or in heels.
Florence describes the band's sound as "church choir goth hip hop." Florence describes herself as "half librarian and half the Lady of Shallot [from the Lord Tennyson poem]."
Florence tells CNN, "I think I'm prim and kind of -- it's always that conflict of like half librarian, half Lady of Shalott. On stage, I'm a huge fan of vintage clothes. It's nice to wear things that sort of flow around your body, and that you can move well in. Performing in heels makes you perform very differently than performing in bare feet, and I kind of prefer bare feet."
Here's a more recent interview with Florence from Rolling Stone. In this interview she reveals that she had trouble with lyrics after being totally nervous before taking the stage at Bonnaroo Take a look: