Pop Quiz: Sia

Pop Quiz: Sia

Aidin Vaziri | Despite making among the most beautifully ruminative hair-salon music ever with Zero 7 - as well as in her own solo work, which went supernova with the "Six Feet Under"-endorsed single "Breathe Me" - Sia Kate Isobelle Furler has had as much trouble hanging onto record labels as she has had hanging onto men. But judging by the determined songs on the trilling Australian singer's latest, "Some People Have Real Problems," she's no worse for wear. Get past the cheap cover art, and the disc contains some sparkling tunes, such as "Day Too Soon" and "Academia," which features good friend Beck. But, take it from us, that's harder than it sounds.


Sia
Q: Can I take five minutes and design a proper album cover for you?
A: No. It's beautiful.
Q: It is beautiful, if by beautiful you mean it's a total eyesore that nobody is going to buy.
A: Can't you read the message?
Q: That you took a beginner's Photoshop class at community college and failed?
A: That's not even Photoshop. It's a program called Apple Art.
Q: It's worse than I thought. These songs deserve better.
A: Maybe the message is I've got better things to do.
Q: You do not have better things to do. You just take a nice picture and slap your name on it in a pretty font like Arial Rounded Bold.
A: I apologize. I made a cover you don't like. But I've got good news for you: We've got a slipcover with a picture of me. The good thing is you can swap it because there are eight other images that are childlike inside, and there are two photos. So you can choose from 16 different covers.
Q: What if I don't like any of them?
A: Why didn't you submit your artwork for the competition?
Q: There was a competition?
A: Yes. There were 20,000 entries.
Q: And that's the best you got? Continue reading.