Pop Quiz: Imogen Heap

Pop Quiz: Imogen Heap

Aidin Vaziri | Imogen Heap makes great Hollywood endings. The 27-year-old London native's single "Hide and Seek" brought down the curtain on the second season finale of "The O.C.," and "Let Go," a song she recorded with Madonna producer Guy Sigsworth under the name Frou Frou, played out the closing scene of the movie "Garden State." With her second solo album, "Speak for Yourself," the glitzy pop star has shoved aside major labels and refinanced her home to independently write, record and produce things her way. It could mark a really great beginning.


Imogen Heap
Q: The last time you played San Francisco you wore white knee-high fishnet stockings, a silver-sequined scarf, a white shawl and a blue fedora with a feather sticking out of it. Do you own any mirrors?
A: Any mirrors? Why, do you think I need one?
Q: I'm asking the questions here.
A: You think I should have a mirror because it's not coming together very well? I did have a mirror on tour, actually, but it was a little mirror, not a full size. And it was quite liberating not having a full-size mirror because you can't sit there and stare at yourself for ages. The other thing is, because I rushed out on tour and I was trying to get my visa together I did the panic pack. So I ended up taking only 10 items of clothing with me, which is unheard of because it meant I had to restrict myself. So I got imaginative.
Q: I would buy that excuse if I didn't just see you on a magazine cover with red eye-shadow, white baby powder all over your chest and more feathers sticking out of your head.
A: I had a whole week to prepare for that photo shoot.
Q: What do you have against birds anyway?
A: I love birds. That's why I wear them all over me.