Interview: Sultry Singer Soko On Her Exciting New Album, A Blind Date With Robert Pattinson & How A Dream Brought Her To L.A.

You seem pretty comfortable in front of cameras, and performing these deep emotions in front of crowds, have you always been like that?

S: Well I've been acting since I was 16. I lost my dad when I was 5, and I started acting theater class; I was seeing a therapist to help with mourning, and he advised my mom to have me do piano lessons, and dance class, and horse riding, to keep me distracted, so I did this acting thing. And right away I was like that's what I want to do! Because when I was doing that I was really happy to be someone else, like forget about my own insecurities or whatever, and allow myself to be happy and do something different that's out of character.