Chords for Hayley Mary On Insulting Metronomy And Fondling Germans | Junkee

The whole offices have been employed to run around trying to find Robbie Williams' favourite kind of chocolate.
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Hello, I am Hayley Mary and here is some [Ebm] stuff you [Ab] might not know about me.
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_ _ _ [Fm] I am in a band called The Jezebels [Ab] and a long time ago, labels wanted to sign us but, you know, it didn't end up happening.
_ [Fm] We were in the UK, we were all very [Bb] excited, some major label had called us in and were maybe interested in signing a record deal with us.
And we got in and we were sitting in the foyer for about 20 minutes, maybe 25 minutes.
We thought this is a bit of a bad look but, you know, and we were very excited so we sort of took it for a while being the indie band that we were.
And then this dishevelled sort of clerk type person came out and was like, sorry guys, you're The Jezebels, right?
We were like, yeah.
He was like, oh, so, [Ab] so sorry.
_ _ [Gm] Just [Fm] everyone's kind of [Bb] busy right now because we've got Robbie Williams in and we're trying to sign him and he has this really favourite type of chocolate that he loves.
And the whole offices have been employed to run around trying to find [Ab] Robbie Williams' favourite kind of chocolate.
And we're going to put it in a basket for him and like present it.
And so that's why no one's here to see you.
And we were like, oh, OK.
He's like, but love your music, you know, we'd really love to sign you.
And we're like, OK, we're probably going to go now.
[Eb] I had the pleasure of seeing Robbie Williams live the next month in Australia [Ab] and I realised that they were actually _ clever in prioritising signing Robbie Williams over The Jezebels.
But, you know, still I feel they missed out.
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[Fm] _ [E] So I was almost [G] about to give up on songwriting.
I'd spent five years wandering [Am] the earth, wondering if I was [Em] still a musician and whether I should continue.
[Am] And I'd had quite a negative [Bm] experience in a songwriting session, which is where _ [E] sort of your manager and various people put you in a room with other songwriters and say, make a [A] song.
[Bm] And it's quite awkward sometimes.
Sometimes it's brilliant.
But this time was [A] quite awkward and [G] dark.
And I came home and said to my boyfriend, I think I'm going to stop [A] playing music.
[E] And he'd had a couple of drinks and written like three [A] songs because he's an overachiever.
And he [Bm] was sitting with his guitar and he was like, that's pathetic.
That's ridiculous.
And [Am] I was like, no, no, I'm just I'm [Em] done.
And he started kind of cornering me and playing these chords and was like, nah, just write a song to this.
Just [G] write a song to this.
And I was like, no, no, [Am] no, [E] no.
And I started running away from him and he started chasing [G] me into the bedroom.
And then, like, I was locking the bathroom and he was chasing me in the bathroom, just playing these chords, going play a song, play a song.
And he started [Am] singing this melody.
I was like, well, this one's better, actually.
[Em] And then we wrote this song that was about me being [Am] a brat [Em] and how I actually want more.
And I think it was symbolic of me wanting more out of music and not actually giving up.
And it was the first song that made me inspired to [G] make my first solo EP.
And it's the last song on there.
So that's the story of Brat and how I am [Db] one.
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ So sometimes when you tour, you get some intense looks from _ people in the crowd.
And that's great because they're really into the music and you try and just kind of ignore it or [E] take inspiration from it.
But we're [F] in Germany and there was this couple [D] that sort of followed us around to [Am] almost all of our German shows.
And I looked at Sam, the guitarist, and he was like just so [G] awkward, like [C] his face was like as red as a [Am] beetroot.
And he was like just laughing, staring down.
I [Em] was like, what's going on?
And I looked out and [F] right in front of me against the barrier, this German [G] couple who both looked exactly the same as [D] each other,
except one was a woman and one was a man and they had shaved heads [F] and she just had her breasts [G] out.
And he was just going like this, [D] just fondling the breast intensely for the [F] whole show.
Like it wasn't just like [G] in one favorite song.
It was like the whole [A] time.
And I was like, where's the security?
This is very inappropriate.
[Am] But also I can't stop [G] looking and I can't look at the same [D] time.
It was very awkward.
And then the next day they were at the next show and the next day it [F] was just beyond ridiculous.
[Dm] And I learned the [Am] technique of looking above the crowd, not at the crowd from that couple, which is a great trick as a performer.
[Dm] So, you know, thank you, German [A] couple, for teaching me how to overcome my nerves of looking [Ab] at the audience.
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_ _ _ [Fm] So the Jezbels were [Eb] playing Laneway a few [Ab] years back and there's a charted [Abm] flight, I think, over to the WA one [Fm] where all of the bands get on.
And Metronomy were on the lineup as well.
We didn't, I don't think we knew them at the time.
But their song, The Look, was out [Eb] and I'd never heard it before.
And it's quite a unique song.
Like once [Fm] you've heard it now, it's like, you know, there's songs that sound like it now.
But when [Eb] it first came out, it was like, wow, what the hell is this?
And I did like [Ab] it, but I found it so unique that it came on in the plane as we were getting on the chartered plane.
And the keyboard solo was on.
I was like [Fm] to my guitarist who was behind me, Sam, I was like, _ [Ab] what the hell is this song?
It's [Cm] so strange.
I've never heard [Ab] like, but I didn't sound positive, even though I didn't mean it as an insult.
[Cm] And I looked at Sam and he was just like [C] _ _ _ _
pointed down [Ab] and lying down across like four [Cm] seats, which is quite, you know, what's the word?
Greedy.
But lying down across four seats was Oscar, the keyboardist from Metronomy who played that line.
And he was like, _ _ [Eb] _
oh, my God.
I tried to dig out like [Fm] it's so it's so different.
It's really cool.
It was just like he just pushed me and was like, just keep walking.
Just stop.
Stop talking now.
And then later, our drummers ended up hooking up and going out for years.
And I had to face Oscar at like social events all the time.
And I just never brought it up.
And it was very odd. _
I hope he sees this [Ab] and knows that I actually meant it as a [F] compliment.
It's very great and unique.
_ [Ab] _ Hi, [Eb] I have been Hailey Mary and I still am Hailey Mary and will continue [Ab] to be Hailey Mary.
I hope that you have enjoyed learning about me [Eb] a little bit.
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