The Veronicas grew up in the public eye. Now they’re taking back control

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After 20 years of ups and downs in the industry, the Australian pop duo have a new album out. This time, they’re doing it their way

s the Veronicas see it, there is a thread connecting every mistake they’ve made in their nearly 20-year career: surrendering control. Across their two decades in music, they say others have pushed them in certain directions, sometimes against their own gut feelings. And it’s rarely gone well.

And Alex does make her presence felt. At one point, I ask about the well-documented year the sisters didn’t speak, and she pauses her breakfast to interrupt: “You don’t have to answer. These are not approved topics.” But while sometimes specific subjects are flagged as off-limits before an interview is agreed to, that didn’t happen here; I’d been told in advance “some personal questions are OK”, and that they wanted to focus on their music.

Michael Paynter, who worked as the Veronicas’ musical director from 2013 to 2020, says the twins have always had a strong vision for every element of their career – from what merch should look like to how a drum snare should sound. While their career came second, songwriting was their “coping mechanism” – and in 2021 they released a pair of albums through Sony, wrapping up their contract and leaving them free agents to think about their next step.They decided to do it all differently for album number six. Gothic Summer was released as a non-exclusive, one record deal through the independent US music publisher Big Noise, a label co-founded by their friend John Feldmann.

 

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