In early 2023, a clip of Hollywood famous person Cate Blanchett’s look on BBC1 discuss present The Graham Norton Present went viral resulting from what had been seen as her patronising and condescending remarks with regard to fellow visitor Margot Robbie’s love of heavy steel. On the January 13, 2023 episode of the favored Friday night time chat present, Australian actress, Robbie was requested by the host if she was ever a goth, to which she replied that she was “very emo” in her teenagers and “listened to solely heavy steel music”.
“Does anybody like heavy steel music?” a seemingly incredulous Blanchett interjected. “Was that one thing you genuinely preferred?”
When Robbie confirmed that sure, she genuinely preferred steel, and, in truth, nonetheless genuinely likes it, Blanchett enquired, “Do you want monster vans and issues like that?”
Robbie appeared as baffled by this query as anybody wise would, however went on to speak about her attendance at a Slipknot live performance whereas she was performing in Australian cleaning soap opera Neighbours, stating that there gave the impression to be an enormous crossover between followers of the cleaning soap, and followers of the Des Moines steel superstars. Blanchett then mockingly prompt that steel is “household listening”, after which the dialog moved on.
However it now seems that Blanchett does truly like some rock bands, in truth she likes rock bands who’re able to being each bit as noisy and discordant as any steel band.
Interviewed by NME just lately alongside fellow Black Bag actor Tom Burke, the actress was requested to call one “go to” album that she listens to time and time once more. She replies, “It must be one thing [by] Sigur Rós” with out specifying which album that might be. Equally, whereas she will’t keep in mind when precisely she obtained into the Icelandic post-rock band, she does recall that she as soon as noticed them play dwell of their homeland.
“And I keep in mind I noticed Sonic Youth play after I was in Toronto,” she provides. “That is all years in the past. I really like their music, however I grew to become hooked on it after I heard it dwell. As a result of I feel when folks make beds of sound like that, it form of goes into you in a visceral means that you could’t get in a recording.”
Which by no means occurs at steel gigs clearly… ahem.
Watch the total NME interview, and Blanchett’s 2023 dismissal of steel, beneath.
