When Babymorocco hits the stage, it’s not just a show, it’s an exorcism. Somewhere between pop spellcasting and club catharsis, the line between artist and alter ego blurs into something feral, fabulous, and dangerously seductive. In this unfiltered chat, we dive into passport thefts, mic-choke rituals, and what happens when Jean Paul, the glitter-drenched ghost haunting Babymorocco’s mirror, finally takes over.
If Jean Paul is “everything Babymorocco isn’t allowed to be,” what would happen if the two met in a dressing room mirror at 4AM after a gig in Berlin?
Jean Paul and Babymorocco will only meet on tour in Berlin on 13th November. We would kiss, we wouldn’t speak.
Your shows are pure possession. What’s the wildest thing a fan has done mid-set that made you break character, or made Jean Paul show up uninvited?
I have been stabbed in my hand which was crazy in New York, also in New York a fan stole my phone and had it unlocked for 24 hours. Someone tied my mic lead round their neck and started pulling me with it. Someone in Australia also tried to take my passport and phone from my pocket whilst they were hugging me after the show. I feel like Marina Abramovich in her piece Rhythm 0.
You’ve played with Shygirl, Jockstrap, Coucou Chloe, if you had to form a chaotic club supergroup, who’s in it and what’s it called?
Me, IKeda, Tailtiu and it’s called Phatboy and we would be called The Velvet Underground Part 2.
What’s the one early-2000s banger that you wish you’d written because it perfectly captures the melodrama of Babymorocco?
A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
“Someone in Australia also tried to take my passport and phone from my pocket whilst they were hugging me after the show. I feel like Marina Abramovich in her piece Rhythm 0.”
“Jean Paul” is described as a spell disguised as a pop song. Be honest, how many times do you have to say his name before he shows up and ruins your night?
I say his name in the mirror 250 times and splash ice cold water on my face. And then blue eyes start to develop slowly and my jaw becomes stronger and my hair becomes straighter. But I become gayer.
“If they hate Babymorocco, maybe they’ll love Jean Paul”, do you see Jean Paul as a survival mechanism, or a self-destruct button with glitter on it?
I see my characters as self preservation. They’re the only way I can make me feel like they can’t hate or love the real me. They just hate or love the character.
Tell us about the video for “The Boys and The Girls”?
I was inspired by all my old performance art and performance artists I studied in art school, Vito Acconci, Marina, Andrea Fraser. I wanted to harness that and retell, Adam and Eve, where I was the snake. I love the word temptation, and I think it’s important to me right now. That’s what the video evokes. It’s my second self directed video. So it’s cool to control the narrative through my eyes.
Watch “The Boys and The Girls” below:
