Singer songwriter Kate Nash. Veronica Henri/QMI Agency
Music chameleons are nothing new. Just ask David Bowie.
But fellow Brit Kate Nash has taken a bit of a beating for moving from fresh-faced, red-headed English rose, albeit with a caustic, funny way with words on her previous indie-pop hits Foundations and Do-Wa-Doo, into a riot grrl with blond-streaked dyed black hair and a lo-fi surf-punk-inspired third album, Girl Talk. It's out Tuesday (March 5).
"It is quite funny how much it shocks people when you group up and change your look," said Nash down the line from London before three spring dates in Canada.
"It's almost like, 'Why? Why do you not look like you're 17 anymore?' And it's like, 'Oh, because I'm 25. Like, sorry. Like, oops. Was I supposed to stay in some weird time capsule for you?' (My fans) are the people that I care about. And they're real. I shouldn't be worried about what some magazine wants me to look like. I should be worried about the girls that are reading that magazine."
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