Q&A
Sharon Van Etten:“You need to dive in or you lose your mind. I need assignments…”
How do you feel releasing a new record? Proud, excited, nervous to let it out into the world?
All the things! I know it’s not the easiest collection of songs for people to engage with but I’m very proud of it. I picked a collection of songs that I feel really represented the last two years for me as a writer, as much as a mother and a human being in this world.
Was lockdown particularly hard for you?
There were ups and downs, like for any of us. I feel very lucky that I have a beautiful partner, we have a beautiful son, and we procured a really cute dog, as many people did. As a unit we’re wonderful, but you know the actual lockdown part… Our son had just turned three, and having to figure out how to become a teacher was pretty challenging. But I feel lucky we had moved from New York in September 2019 when I finished my tour.