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bcliving.ca Where do you like to hang out in Vancouver? You know, I'm like a weird sort of tour guide. I've lived here for so long now that I'm familiar with a lot of areas. I spend probably the majority of my time between Main Street and Gastown, but I also love the Commercial Drive area and my parents live in Hast- ings Sunrise, so I spend a lot of time up there as well. When Sara is in town, does she have a list of must-dos and must-sees in Vancouver? Oh yeah, totally. Well, Sara moved here with me until 2003 so she's got a lot to catch up on. When she gets here, she gets really excited, you know, the city has changed so much. But she owns a place in Gastown and is a big fan of a lot of the same places that I am. We both love Pourhouse and we love Diamond and we go to Salt, so she's a pretty big Gastown frequenter. Who's your favourite Vancouver band? I've gotten incredibly obsessive about a band called e Court- neys – our cousin Jen is actually the drummer. We're taking them out to do our whole U.S. tour in the summer. Without any help from us, they've managed to drum up quite a following and also a lot of buzz stateside, and they're getting a lot of off ers from labels. I think that musically and stylisti- cally they're just doing something unique and it's a total throwback to the '90s that we love. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR JUNOS HAT TRICK. HOW DID IT FEEL TO WIN YOUR FIRST, SEC OND AND THIRD JUNO AWARD IN ONE NIGHT? Thank you, yeah, we were excited, I mean, I know it's like the very Canadian and very humble thing to say that you didn't expect to win, but we actually really did not expect to win anything – not that we were feeling self-deprecating or not believing in ourselves – we just felt like it was a pretty sti competition kinda year to be up against some big Canadian acts. We were thrilled. We were overjoyed. I think we're still probably in shock a bit. YOU PURPOSELY WENT FOR A MORE POP FEEL WITH HEARTTHROB. AFTER TAKING THAT CREATIVE RISK, WAS IT VALIDATING TO WIN THESE AWARDS? Yeah, absolutely. I feel like with every record we make, we take a big risk… so every time I feel a little bit terrifi ed of how people will respond. But I do think it's important to take risks like that musically. So to be acknowledged – not just in Canada but around the world – and to have so many of our fans embrace it and to get so may new fans really did feel extra special. It was a very big record for us. And to have it be capped o with those nomina- tions was more than exciting, so to win it just feels like icing on the cake. HEARTTHROB The Award-winning Album You consciously created the songs on Heartthrob to work in an arena environ- ment, but did you ever imagine you'd be opening for Katy Perry? No, we didn't, but when we closed our eyes, we tried to imagine the music being big enough to fi ll an arena. We started this record out by open- ing for The Black Keys in are- nas, and then went out and did this big outdoor summer tour with Fun, and now we're sort of ending the record opening for Katy Perry and it feels great. It feels like we allowed ourselves to think bigger and in turn we were rewarded with a nice big jump in terms of growth with our band and I feel like the music really does fi t that world and it feels pretty awesome. Are you Katy Perry fans? Absolutely. Yeah, actually, the day our record came out she tweeted about us and how much she loved "I Was a Fool." And she saw us a couple of weeks later. She's a really bright woman, interesting, a really powerful performer. She's honestly one of my favourites from that huge sort of female pop move- ment because she is so outspoken and I love that she talks about her body and about feminism and politics. And she takes a lot of interesting up-and- coming artists to support her on tour... so we feel pretty thrilled to share the stage with her for a few months. On supporting Katy Perry's Prismatic World Tour SePTeMBer 9 anD 10 aT roGerS arena PHOTO (junO ) CARAS/iPHOTO inC. PHOTO (TegAn & SARA) LindSey ByRneS Yeah, absolutely. I feel like that musically. So to be around the world – and tions was more than exciting, so to win it just feels like icing on the cake. p52-57_Tegan and Sara.indd 55 2014-05-15 1:37 PM