Yo-landi of Die Antwoord Covers 'Dazed Magazine'

In support of her first major movie role in Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi blockbuster Chappie, Yo-landi Visser of Die Antwoord graces the cover of the Dazed Magazine spring issue, which arrives February 19. In her first-ever solo interview, the singer touches upon subjects such as fame, motherhood and her crazy lifestyle. For the accompanying photo shoot, Yo-landi is shot and styled by Pierre Debusschere and Robbie Spencer. Find excerpts of the story below and head over here to read it in its entirety.

“With music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.”

“I roll with bodyguards when I go back home to South Africa, like, full- on. People want to fucking assassinate me.”

“My hair was long with a fringe and people would make jokes, calling me Britney and Lady Gaga. I told Ninja I needed to go in a different fucking direction. I wanted to have an edge that was more like me on the inside. Ninja said we should just cut the sides off, and I said, ‘Fuck, let’s do it.’ And it was just, BAM – there’s Yo-landi. It affected the music, it affected the way I acted and how I felt. For me it was like a birth or something.”