“The second I enter the festival I’m riddled with anxiety. It’s something he’s had to manage and overcome. He doesn’t drink before shows anymore because, he says, he realized it was becoming a pattern and didn’t want to head down that path. I’m just not a performer and I’ve definitely used alcohol to feel comfortable on stage in front of people.” “I would drink to make it bearable, which sounds crazy but really it’s the truth. Like, when performing, I would drink to calm nerves,” he says. Moving on, the two begin to talk about how Flume is no stranger to social distancing, even before COVID-19, how he doesn’t like attention and how that presents a conflict with his profession. “I actually called Wes because I know he’s had many viral stories, and he said, ‘You can’t pay for this kind of publicity.’”
“There were some business things I had in the works that fell through because they didn’t want to be associated with it, because I was in the press for eating ass.” “I was championed in Australia as a legend. “I’m kind of like the Michael Cera of electronic music,” Flume said, “and if Michael Cera ate ass at Burning Man, everyone would be like…” as he trailed off. And they put up another sign that said ‘prove it.’ You saw the sign and jumped up on the megadeck, put your butt up in the air …” and Paige continues, “and you put your face in there for like maybe two seconds.”
“Someone put up a sign saying ‘Does Flume even eat ass?’ and I did a little finger click, nod, and a point. It begins with Flume saying he needs to talk shit on someone famous because “that’s how you get headlines” (he’s not wrong) and they jokingly trash Brad Pitt before leading into Burning Man. The episode was recorded just as “social distancing” entered the public’s vernacular, so keep that in mind as you listen or read along. In a new interview on the My Friend Podcast with Paige Elkington, Flume gets very real about a variety of topics, including his infamous Burning Man ass-eating video, as well as how he used to “self-medicate” with alcohol to be comfortable performing on stage and how he feels similar to Avicii in that respect.Īs we learned after the Burning Man incident, Paige is actually Flume’s girlfriend, so him being on her podcast isn’t so random.
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