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.