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<\/p>\n\u2018Never meet your heroes\u2019, says the old adage, because you run the risk of ending up disappointed. However, as a decades-long fan of R\u00f3is\u00edn Murphy\u2019s music, you can bet that I jumped at the chance to interview one of electropop\u2019s coolest leading ladies!\u2028\u2028Growing up in a small town in Germany, hits by Moloko, the electronic music duo R\u00f3is\u00edn founded with Mark Brydon, were playing up and down the local radio station as I sang along in the car. Tracks such as the iconic \u201cSing It Back\u201d and \u201cThe Time Is Now\u201d gave me a first taste of cosmopolitan glamour, but it was really during my formative years in London that the songs she put out as a solo artist became the sonic backdrop to my big city adventures.<\/p>\n
Known for her bold and fearless fashion choices, I vividly remember hobbling along on vertiginous studded Gucci heels lent to me by my flatmate Natalie, a stylist, when we went to see R\u00f3is\u00edn perform at Brixton Academy. The fabulous Italian shoes were at least two sizes too small for me, but to honour the fashion icon on stage I gritted my teeth and danced until my feet went numb.<\/p>\n
Fast forward a decade, and I have the immense privilege to interview her in person. This time, I only have the gentle hills of Cala Llonga to tackle to meet the renowned Irish singer and songwriter for our interview during the International Music Summit 2024.<\/p>\n
With the accompanying photo shoot already having taken place a few weeks prior, I couldn\u2019t resist asking Ibiza Style\u2019s creative director and owner Mart Storck what R\u00f3is\u00edn is like. \u201cAmazing, she was up for anything!\u201d he tells me.<\/p>\n
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When we sit down in the bustling press room, R\u00f3is\u00edn enthusiastically confirms Mart\u2019s statement. \u201cI really enjoyed it. It was a full-on production – there was a horse involved,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n
Having adopted Ibiza as a second home, I have to ask about the first time she ever visited the island. \u201cIt was around when Sing It Back was a hit,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWe dropped in here in the middle of August and I had a lot of press to do. It was horrendous, actually, it was far too hot, and I was far too busy and got full of Mosquito bites! But we went to the Manumission Hotel, and I sang there – that was really fun. And I\u2019ve come back a million times since.\u201d<\/p>\n
Away from the hustle and bustle of summer, it was during the off-season that R\u00f3is\u00edn really fell in love with the island. She says, \u201cI have a number of friends who live here, who have children, and it reminds me of how I was brought up in Ireland, where we always had lots of really interesting adults around. Ibiza has that sense of community that we had back in Wicklow, where I\u2019m from, where people will come from the other side of town to help you out. That was really the reason why I wanted to be here, to be part of a community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, as a creative powerhouse, Ibiza also inspires her work. She says, \u201cI worked on some of my latest album here, and I made a film recently that\u2019s called Is This Balearic? Asking For A Friend, where I go around some of my favourite spots on the island.\u201d
\nWith her latest album Hit Parade lauded by critics as \u201cthe best record of Murphy\u2019s career\u201d, and the remix package about to land, the singer has been touring extensively and is looking forward to another busy summer ahead. \u201cI don\u2019t spend nearly as much time here as I\u2019d like to,\u201d she laments. \u201cI love that time when you\u2019re sunning yourself every day, roasting like a chicken! But I haven\u2019t had a sun tan in the past two years because I\u2019ve been coming and going so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t