2019 was a huge year for Californian musician Weyes Blood aka Natalie Mering. Having released her dazzling fourth album Titanic Rising to widespread critical acclaim, Weyes Blood is finally receiving the buzz she deserves. Titanic Rising is a beautiful album; one that uses the Titanic disaster as a metaphor for the rise of natural destruction as result of climate change. Following the announcement of an Australian tour in support of the record, I had a chat to Weyes Blood about her whirlwind of a year.

Opinion Police: I felt really connected to Titanic Rising and clearly I wasn’t alone. The internet gave the album a cult following almost overnight. How did you find the attention that Titanic Rising received?

Weyes Blood: It’s been really great. I’m so grateful that people could kinda pick up what I was throwing down and that the internet is here to expose people to stuff. I feel very grateful and I try not to let it get to my head! [Laughs] I wanna be humble, humble about it.

Opinion Police: I think Titanic Rising is going to be an album that people look back on as ahead of its own time in the same way as OK Computer by Radiohead. As I’m sure you’re aware, Australia has been greatly affected by horrific bushfires worsened by climate change. In a world full of signs of impending doom, how do you choose to focus on the love and beauty?

Weyes Blood: Yeah. Well, I kind of have a practice where I imagine the elasticity of humanity and think that we’ve definitely been through a lot in the past with the dark ages and the plague and the crusades. This is not our first rodeo. It’s just a different, more existential, intense… mysterious shift. So I think in a lot of ways, you just have to cherish the moments that you have and the things that are still here. [You have to] put your energy towards not letting the dejection or sadness or confusion prevent you from trying to heal the world. We can all do different things to help, it’s just hard. I think most people are too burnt out to feel the hope and put the energy into it.

Opinion Police: And was putting out this hope a message that you wanted to get out through this album?

Weyes Blood: Yeah! I wanted to talk about all these things really openly, and to leave it on a note, ya know… A lot’s gonna change but you got what it takes. That’s one of the lyrics, [Laughs] … but a lot’s gonna change. A lot has changed. That’s kinda where we’re at right now. You kinda can’t comprehend what will happen next, but I think it’s important to acknowledge that we’re very elastic beings.