Lenka: Australian for Hot

We hung out with this rising pop princess and fantasized about going Down Under.

After doing time with the ultra-indie rock band Decoder Ring, Australian actress-slash-singer Lenka released her eponymous solo album this fall. One glimpse of her and we were convinced: She’s the sexiest Aussie export since Olivia Newton-John! And with only one name, she’s so much more efficient. We visited the video shoot for her first single, “The Show,” and were thrilled to discover that the lithe Lenka was more than happy to discuss her Björk baby-mama fetish, what it feels like to fly, and the obvious perks of pleasuring oneself.

In the video, you fly across the stage. Were you scared?
I was, but it is such a nice feeling to fall through the air … knowing there’s a parachute and someone you’re attached to. I’ve been skydiving, and I loved it. In the plane, I was freaking out and feeling like I was going to vomit. But once I was out, I was like, Whoo-hoo!

The first single has the lyrics, “I want my money back.” Is it a good idea to sing that during a concert?
I know! The first time I did it, I was like, Okay, don’t get any ideas, because you’re not getting your money back for this show! But I think the people get the metaphor that life is a show and you bought a ticket, and sometimes you feel like you got gypped.

You’ve been called a “pocket rocket” by the press, and your song “Follow” played in the show Dirt while Courteney Cox was masturbating—discuss.
Pocket rocket? Are they calling me a vibrator? I never realized that they were calling me a vibrator. But I think everyone should masturbate.

Do you ever think about people fucking to your record?
I would love for people to make love to my album. I don’t want to picture it because it’s a little bit creepy, and I’m not exactly making Nine Inch Nails’ “I want to fuck you like an animal,” but I hope people fall in love to my music. Or if a couple had my song as their song, that would be pretty awesome.
And, yeah, if they have good sex to my music, too, that would be great.

A few years ago, you mentioned wanting to have a baby with Björk. What sort of little nipper would such an unlikely coupling produce?
If we did have a baby, that would be such a little nutter! I think I would want the baby to have Björk’s free spirit and roaming quality and fierceness and talent. And my … gee …what could I say that’s better
than Björk? It doesn’t have to have any part of me. It could just be Björk’s. I think I’ve moved on from wanting to have babies with Björk, but I would like to have a musical baby with her. I sort of see myself
as a musical baby of Björk, Burt Bacharach, and the Beatles. That’s where I came from.