Popstars

Jess Nyanda Moyle

I get sad thinking about how I’m too old to be a popstar
So I google artists I like to see how I compare   

PJ Harvey                                  51
Cat Power                                 49
Lady Gaga                               35
Angel Olsen                              34
Courtney Barnett                     33
FKA twigs                                33
Michelle Zauner                         32
Chris Redcar            32
Taylor Swift                              31
Julia Jacklin                             30
Mitski                                        30
Stella Donnelly                          29
Charli XCX                               28

eh

Ariana Grande                           27
Vera Blue                                  27
Jay Som                        26
Thelma Plum                            26
Maggie Rogers              26
Phoebe Bridgers                      26
Dua Lipa                                   25
Doja Cat                                   25
Lorde                                        24
Mallrat                         22
Clairo                                       22
beabadoobee                           20
Billie Eilish                                19

for fuck’s sake

Maybe if I never say how old I am
Maybe if I take care of my skin,
never go out into the sun
never go out at all
never sing again

No-one will know

ehh

Jess Nyanda Moyle is a musician, theatre maker, and an emerging writer based in Perth/Boorloo. A Theatre Arts graduate from Curtin University who spends most of their time performing and recording under their solo project Jocelyn’s Baby or sporadically playing synth for Australiana indie darlings Yawn Vibes. Jess recently finished the Writing Change, Writing Inclusion program for Centre for Stories and has written short plays for ATYP’s 2019 Fresh Ink program and WAYTCo’s 24Hour Play Generator. Their contributions to Portside Review will be their first published work.

Favourite sea creature
I'm quite into squids and octopuses, any sort of cephalopod really. They're super mysterious; just these gloopy, amorphous creatures that eat themselves sometimes. Almost like aliens living here on Earth. And a while back I did a theatre show called Cephalopod. I shouted a long list of squid facts into a microphone, and sang a Tagalog version of You're the Voice. Also talked about my mum and I migrating from the Philippines, and myself growing up queer in Perth. (Again, feeling like an alien on Earth, woohoo!!) It was a weird, fun, gay old time.