Alison Goldfrapp interview: ‘I got letters from Americans saying that I was inciting bestiality’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I thought, ‘this man’s gonna fail me – he’s gonna boot me off.’” After the performance, Cowell stomped on over to a flustered Goldfrapp and offered some words of industry wisdom. She met Gregory in 1999, the pair taking “f***ing ages” to make expansive sonic universes that never seemed to rest in one genre for long – the band’s label got so used to production delays and pivots in sound that they more or less left them alone shortly after signing them. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up open image in gallery ‘It got quite intense’: Goldfrapp in concert in 2005 Goldfrapp were never massive chart-botherers, but they defined the sound of Noughties pop, with everyone from Madonna and Christina Aguilera to Girls Aloud and both Minogues seeming to riff on the template the pair dreamed up. I did find the attention quite difficult, but that was also because we had the most diabolical management at the time, which didn’t help.” Between being overworked and being, as she hesitantly puts it, “a bit screwy” back then, Goldfrapp says the band’s most prolific years are a bit of a blur.