MFA PRESENTS: A Conversation with CHARBELLE

‌‌This interview is part of a series discussing mandates, restrictions and censorship on art and music — read more of these interviews here.

We had a lovely conversation last week with e.m. ricchini — a writer, musician, prolific twitter shit poster and extremely fashionable lady. She is releasing a new track each month throughout 2023 under the moniker CHARBELLE.

Listen to the latest here:

We discussed surviving the culture wars, moving to a rural area and getting canceled for supporting the truckers. Enjoy!

1:00 - intro | Kurt Loder
3:30 - sad girl lore & "mixcels"
5:31 - dating & angst
9:15 - psyops everywhere
13:30 - cancelled in Canada, stanning the truckers
19:00 - could homeless people work in collection centers?
21:00 - are normies sentient?
24:30 - queen of the pick-me's
27:55 - collaborating in the culture wars
36:22 - are vitamins fascist?
38:00 - what's going on with eggs?
46:00 - creativity outside of the cities | decentralization
54:00 - bon aqua computer club | livenation
56:00 - minimizing effects of lockdowns discourse
58:00 - UBI for artists
1:00:00 - lonely at wework
1:02:00 - streaming | the medium is the message
1:05:00 - music as background music, Spotify is going to kill you
1:07:19 - we stan GOLDpny
1:12:00 - getting fat from drinking beer
1:14:00 - performative vasectomies
1:18:00 - everything is fake
1:28:00 - brainwashing
1:32:00 - are you a clone?