The End EMILY HAINES

To conclude, we ask Emily Haines some questions about endings and death. Haines is perhaps best known as the lead vocalist for Metric, who formed in Toronto, Canada in 1998 and have released six albums, the most recent being 2015’s

Pagans in Vegas

. She’s also been a member of Broken Social Scene, most memorably singing “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” on 2002’s

You Forgot It in People

, but also contributing to every album since, including this year’s

Hug of Thunder

.

2017 has also seen the release of her long awaited second solo album, again credited to . Haines’ solo work is more delicate than Metric’s upbeat synth rock, but no less striking, usually centered around her piano playing and beautifully layered vocals. As the new album’s title suggests, Haines has plenty on her mind. For example, its first single, “Fatal Gift” is about, as Haines puts it, how “utopian material promises are hollow,” as she sings “all the things you own, they own you.” Read on as Haines discusses the passing of her father, how she’d like to die, what song she’d like played at her funeral, and her concepts of heaven and hell.