Haim: Este, Alana, Danielle; photo by Tonje Thilesen

Guest List features some of our favorite artists filling us in on some of their favorite things, along with other random bits. This time, we spoke with the sisters of Haim, whose debut album Days Are Gone was just named Best New Music.

Strangest Display of Affection From a Fan

Este: For the last month, every time we show up to a venue for a show there’s a bouquet of flowers for Danielle—not for the band, just for Danielle—and there's some sort of poem inside. And they sign it “ITYM." And that’s it. It literally says, “Dear Danielle,” and then...

Danielle: Let me find it [searches for note]: “You bring beauty to the flower and serenity to the sky, of such angelic ethereality, pure and white, as snowflakes lie—ITYM.” It isn’t even that it’s creepy, I just want to know who it is so I can thank them. They've sent like 20 bouquets. And they're not just daisies, they're roses, tulips, peonies. Beautiful flowers. It’s like a missed connections situation on Craigslist. I want to know who it is.

Favorite Karaoke Songs

Este: “Africa” by Toto.

Danielle: When I’m drunk enough, “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush is an amazing karaoke song—it’s one of the hardest songs to sing, but people get your back because its so crazy.

Dream Tattoo

Este: I don’t think Danielle would ever get a tattoo because she’s so afraid of needles. And it’s weird, because I’m diabetic, so my life is surrounded by needles. But if we were to get a tattoo, we’d get each other’s initials tattooed on our wrists.

None of us have tattoos, but I feel like once we got one, we’d want one every month. Part of me wants to get two tattoos of refrigerators on each arm, and then I would just fill them with different food tattoos. [laughs] I'd need to keep it kosher, so I’d have meat and cheese separate, or maybe meat and fruits in one fridge and leftovers in the other one.

The Last Great Show I Saw____

Este: I saw Prince at the Forum in 2011—that was really the last show where I was blown away. At the beginning of it, he went around to each musician and started playing their instruments one by one. Then got back on the mic and said, “I just wanted to make sure everything was working.” It was pretty incredible. It's so hard to chose a favorite Prince album, but I'd stick with Purple Rain.

Danielle: I like Controversy, which has a poster of him where he’s in the shower with a black speedo. I got that poster as a gift from this guy I was dating who was really into Prince. He took me to see him in Vegas, and it was probably the best concert I’ve ever seen. I thought I was flying the whole time. I don’t think Prince is human. He’s an alien.

Favorite Comedians

Este: I love Bill Hicks and Mitch Hedberg. And Sacha Baron Cohen. "Da Ali G Show" is one of our favorite TV shows of all time, it's definitely on in the tour bus on the reg. I remember going to see Borat with my dad because I thought he would think it was funny. In the theater, he was laughing so hard at basically every single part of the movie—crying even—and then he'd look around and no one else was laughing. He said out loud to the audience: “Why aren’t you laughing at this?” Everyone was like, “Shut the fuck up.” But I enjoyed seeing my dad laugh even more than I enjoyed the movie, and I really did love the movie.

Danielle: Gilda Radner's characters were really funny. And Eddie Murphy back in the day, too—"Delirious" is amazing.

Worst Nightmare

Este: Waking up with police surrounding me and saying that I committed a crime that I didn’t commit, and then getting thrown in jail. That keeps me awake at night. I think about how many innocent people are put away only to be cleared 15 years later. That's maybe the worst situation that can ever happen to you in your life.

The Last Great Book I Read____

Este: I just finished Ask the Dust by John Fante, and we just got done with Women by Charles Bukowski. We’ve all read Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, too. It’s become the Haim tour book-club book. We like to giggle, and there are some laugh-out-loud moments in there.

Animal I'd Want to Be

Alana: Dolphin

Danielle: Kangaroo

Este: A bird, for sure, like an eagle or a hawk. Wow, we’ve got land, air, and water represented here—we’re like Captain Planet when our powers combine.

Era of History I'd Want to Live In

Este: Can it be in the future? I want to live in the year 3000. Think about that: What’s gonna happen? [laughs] Technology blows my mind. Do you know about the hyperloop? It's this train that they want to build that'll go from L.A. to New York in 45 minutes! If we can do that, what’s going to be possible in the year 3000?!

Dream Collaboration

Este: It’d be really cool to be in a drum circle with Chaka Khan.

Favorite Current Rapper

Danielle: Kendrick!

Alana: Kendrick—West Coast.

Este: Yeah, probably Kendrick. Across the board.

Photo by Colin Kerrigan

Dream Merch Table Item

Este: We were really into scratch-and-sniff stickers as kids, and I think scratch-and-sniff Haim stickers would be pretty lucrative. What scent you get would be kind of a mystery.

Favorite Songs From the Past Year

Este: Kanye's “Blood on the Leaves”, “Water Me” by FKA Twigs, and Drake's "The Motion"

First Record I Bought for Myself

Este: Ace of Base's The Sign

Danielle: Joni Mitchell's Blue

Alana: Destiny Child's Writing's on the Wall

Favorite Actors

Alana: Steve Buscemi

Este: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, and Cate Blanchett

Favorite Music Video

Este: “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys

Danielle: “Around the World” by Daft Punk—even though it scared the shit out of me when I was younger.