About this episode
Bella Freud interviews Peaches about her career, artistic collaborations, and personal experiences.
Peaches is a Canadian singer songwriter, producer, director, and performance artist. She first catapulted to stardom with her 2000 debut album, The Teaches of Peaches, which introduced the world to her sexually transgressive, fiercely assertive and captivating persona. Since then, Peaches has released four more trailblazing albums, won the prestigious Polaris Heritage Prize, collaborated with everyone from Iggy Pop and Daft Punk to Christina Aguilera and Yoko Ono, and had her music featured in cultural watermarks like Lost in Translation and The Handmaid’s Tale. In addition to her musical output, Peaches has directed over 20 music videos, co-curated a photo book of her life, What Else Is in The Teaches of Peaches, created a host of immersive installations and performative works, and penned the electro-rock opera Peaches Does Herself, which was adapted into a film shown at over 70 festivals. The subject of two acclaimed documentaries, Peaches Goes Bananas and Teaches of Peaches, Peaches has also played the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins and continues to perform her widely lauded one-woman show, Peaches Christ Superstar. In February 2026…
People in this episode
Host: Bella Freud
Guest: Peaches
Topics covered
- music
- performance art
- collaboration
- cultural impact
- personal anecdotes
Keywords
- Peaches
- music
- performance
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- collaborations
- artistic expression
- cultural impact
Mentioned in this episode
Products: No Lube So Rude
Books & works: Jesus Christ Superstar, Peaches Does Herself, The Teaches of Peaches, Lost in Translation, The Handmaid’s Tale, Peaches Goes Bananas, Teaches of Peaches, L’Orfeo, The Seven Deadly Sins
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