Lauren Auder is Praying for More Time

Welcome to SOUND ADVICE, Interview’s weekly destination for playlists curated by our friends, enemies, and lovers. In recent weeks, we’ve featured playlists from Zack Fox, Danny L Harle, and Mckayla Twiggs. This week’s installment comes from British-French songwriter and producer Lauren Auder, who dropped her sophomore record, “Whole World as Vigil,” last Friday. With collaborators Dviance and Alex Parish, the album grapples with the deep complexities of human connection, the difficulty and the beauty. To mark the occasion, we asked Auden to make us a playlist and tell us all her secrets.

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Where do you dance? In the bedroom.

London or France? Unfair advantage for France, being a whole country. 

What song on this playlist is your guilty pleasure? I have no guilty pleasures!

What’s your favorite sound effect? Roblox “OOH” or Bathory’s horse neigh on their album Blood Fire Death.

Dream collab, dead or alive? Lou Reed, obviously.

Who do you trust most with the aux? My roommate, Cajm.

What do you pray about? More time, more rest.

Best arrondissement in Paris? 20th probably?

What song is currently on replay? “Close to the Edge” by Yes. 

What album was your coming-of-age soundtrack? Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp.

Tell us a secret. I cheated my way through Latin class in secondary school. 

Night or day? Day!

What is your studio session pet peeve? Weed smell :/

Which Skins character did you relate to the most? None, I’m 27!

What are you listening to as you complete this questionnaire? Space heater next to my bed, Italian lesson next door.

What does your notes app look like? Incriminating. 

You just arrived at the function. What are you drinking? What are you smoking? Cheap lager or expensive red wine, a Syrah if it’s winter. 

The world is ending. What are you wearing True religion jeans and a white button down, as per.