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" I am in a band that was born on the Internet. "
Lauren Mayberry
Am
Internet
I Am
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" I find it quite boring when you're listening to radio, and it's the same kind of voice that's on every song on the radio. You can't really tell a lot about that singer as a storyteller and about the singer from what they're singing. "
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