Peaches
5/27/20261 hr 18 min
Peaches is a Canadian singer songwriter, producer, director, and performance artist. She first catapulted to stardom with her 2000 debut album, The Teaches of Peaches, which introduced the world to her sexually transgressive, fiercely assertive and captivating persona. Since then, Peaches has released four more trailblazing albums, won the prestigious Polaris Heritage Prize, collaborated with everyone from Iggy Pop and Daft Punk to Christina Aguilera and Yoko Ono, and had her music featured in cultural watermarks like Lost in Translation and The Handmaid’s Tale. In addition to her musical output, Peaches has directed over 20 music videos, co-curated a photo book of her life, What Else Is in The Teaches of Peaches, created a host of immersive installations and performative works, and penned the electro-rock opera Peaches Does Herself, which was adapted into a film shown at over 70 festivals. The subject of two acclaimed documentaries, Peaches Goes Bananas and Teaches of Peaches, Peaches has also played the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins and continues to perform her widely lauded one-woman show, Peaches Christ Superstar. In February 2026, Peaches’ released her first album in over ten years, No Lube So Rude. In this episode of Fashion Neurosis, Bella Freud and Peaches discuss Jesus Christ Superstar, being outlandishly normal, and having her shoelace tied by John Malkovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsBella Freud· Host0:00
[gentle music] [doorbell rings] Hi, come in. Welcome to Fashion Neurosis, Peaches.
Peaches· Guest0:18
Thank you. Nice to be here.
Bella Freud· Host0:21
Can you tell me what you're wearing today, and why you chose these particular clothes?
Peaches· Guest0:26
Um, what I'm wearing today, let's start from the top. I'm wearing, um, Jacques Marie, um, Mag glasses.
Bella Freud· Host0:37
Mm-hmm.
Peaches· Guest0:37
I'm wearing an earring that my mother gave me, and I lost one, so I'm wearing a little bit of a, a booby earring to fill the hole, sort of say, that I got from a TSA agent that came to my show. [laughs] Um, I'm wearing a necklace from Johnny Valentine, which was a, a gift from Johnny Valentine. Um, I'm wearing my favorite cozy, long, uh, sweatshirt jacket that goes with me everywhere for comfort. Um, and it's from a website, um, like Online Locker Room, I think. It's just, like, some... To... I, I feel like it's an... In my mind, it's an independent person making these clothes, and their partner is, like, this older woman, um, just, like,