Bibi Lucille is an actor, a singer, an activist and a clothing designer. That’s hard to juggle and she’s doing it and doing in a thoughtful way regarding her clothes.
“I thought it was going to be slightly more accessible, especially nowadays with the number of sustainable products we have access to. But it was really hard, especially when you have a vision and you’re like, I really need this specific fabric,” Lucille admitted. “It’s got to be like no silk and this and that. And it’s kind of look like silk but not be silk. But I mean, I’ve been weirdly passionate about animal rights for a really long time. And I think as a kid, because I was so introverted and a bit weird, I really loved animals because I could understand them in a way.”
She is correctly against fox hunting and that helped shape how she runs her clothing business.
“It’s like if Fox hunting was a guy wrestling, a fox with his bare hands. At least there’s that. That isn’t a fair fight,” Lucille added. “Yeah, so I really feel super passionate about just not leeching off of animals and the way that we do and the way that we treat them is just disgusting and also there’s such a human rights issue going on in the fashion industry in fast fashion, and it’s hard to stay away from fast fashion in this day and age because it’s cheap, it’s accessible. Most people can’t afford luxury, sustainable clothing. So, I understand it’s not the consumer’s fault. It’s the responsibility of the companies to make ethical product.”
Lucille has a new single out. It’s entitled “42” – a bluesy, soul-searching pop track inspired by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Many of us read that book and I really liked the song. She talked more about that and her soulful vocals.
“I think because my dad was a blues musician, and he raised me on just blues and really soulful music was such a rich history. He played guitar and sang. I definitely followed in his footsteps. I think because I always loved that that soulful voice and that sound of being surrounded by those lyrics as well, but more really tell a story. And it’s usually about struggle or the devil and guilt and all these weirdly heavy topics in quite light, upbeat music. So, I think Blue’s really delves into dark stuff, but in quite a fun, enjoyable way. I wanted to bring a lot of that, and I think maybe that’s seeped into just wanting to go for, you know, soulful sounds and trying to have as rich of a voice as possible, as much as my vocal cords will give me.”
She’s well versed in music and brought up Spinal Tap, a movie that’s being continued this year with Spinal Tap II. She talked about her writing process.
“Yeah, whatever I’m feeling and then see how it joins up, see if there’s another route I want to take a bunch of songs. Yeah, really spontaneous. I had a sort of backlog of songs that I had kind of written for fun and was never really going to do anything with.”
Then I asked her if real life experiences influence her songs and we started talking about the difference between grocery shopping in England and in the United States.
“Oh, yes, they can. That’s all mis encouraged. Grocery store, blues song. I mean, who likes shopping?” Lucille asked. Oh, yeah. It’s only fun if you’re on holiday, you have money, and it’s like an exciting new store. But if it’s your average store that you just go to all the time…The tax you guys add on the end gets me. I’m like, what do you mean? It’s like, you know, $10 more. And they’re like, tax. I hate it. It confuses me every time.”
She’s moving to Los Angeles and that’s going to create some disruption in her life. I gave her some shipping advice and wished her the best. Check out her single and keep an eye on her acting career as well.
