Greta Kline Interview For FORGE. Issue 9
Greta Kline and the massive amount of work she’s produced in the few years that she has been active, have so critically impacted my approach to making art and presenting it to the world, that it’s sort of hard to even pinpoint what it was like before accidentally stumble upon her music just over a year ago. I’m pretty certain that this is true for a lot people who’ve come in contact with the music by the young woman behind Frankie Cosmos. Greta’s music is an odd juxtaposition of being public about what feels private and very much reflects a world where a teenage girl can release a 40+ album discography of demos, available to anyone who’s willing to give them a listen. Since the release of her first studio album Zentropy, put out by the tour de force indie label Double Double Whammy in March of 2014, Frankie Cosmos has garnered critical acclaim and a cult status online and offline. Despite only having one “properly recorded” studio album out, and another one soon to be released with Bayonet Records, Greta’s achingly sincere songwriting and endearing presence have really helped fill a void in contemporary indie music where their hasn’t been so much genuineness in the past couple of decades.
She and her romantic/musical partner Aaron Maine (of Porches.) have created a whole mythos of characters, motifs, and symbols that only add the already mystifying creative output they have done collectively and alone. I met Greta for the first time the day that I moved to New York City at a show she played at the MoMA, which I designed a poster for. After meeting Greta she introduced me to the DIY scene in New York that her brother introduced her to as a young person, and since then I owe a lot of the friendships I’ve made and experiences I’ve had living here to her and her music. Just over a year after seeing Frankie Cosmos perform for the first time, I met up with Greta in Prospect Park to conduct this interview. At this point, after all that has happened, all I can really say is that there is an immense power behind Greta’s music, and it has only just begun to crystallize within the collective consciousness that surrounds it.
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thank you so much, this is first in depth interview i've seen from greta, it's great to finally get to learn more about the girl and the whole history of frankie cosmos. also it made me discover porches, i knew she had a boyfriend but i didn't know he was in a cool similar sounding band! just downloaded all of porches shit from bandcamp and gonna listen to it all a bit later on. i admire her productivity so much, really inspires me to just get all my shit together and just create as many films as possible. again, a massive thank you to forge, probably the best 'interviewing cool artists/musicians' platform i've come across on youtube and believe me i've come across a lot so i know what i'm talking about. makes me really want to interview the rad bands and musicians in my local town.
@ForgeArtMag
8 жыл бұрын
+Martin Hayfield little things like this really help me to continue doing what i've been doing, and it means so much to me that this could mean so much to you! thank you! :')
Why is there so much hate directed to her? I get that she may not have the pin-up looks of her mother, but she is still very pretty in a different way.
@jamesgoodman5102
6 жыл бұрын
Cause it's the internet - a wretched hive of scum and villainy, full to the brim with cantankerous goons who'll criticize anything you do but at the end of the day, who cares what they think!
@cocoaorange1
4 жыл бұрын
Her mom has aged well. I saw an updated pic in a tabloid.
@betsybabf748
3 жыл бұрын
She is beautiful. The only people who would say differently are those who are ugly inside and out...and are bitter about it.
@WeggieQueen2005
3 жыл бұрын
She seems totally cool. She reminds me a lot of her mom.
@rybread9574
3 жыл бұрын
@@crackh0e942 have you heard any of her early music? her parents are wealthy but she’s basically the farthest you can possibly get from an industry plant
In a recent interview Geta talked about being so blind to how bad their relationship really was. In a way it's sad to watch this interview because she's so happy to talk about Aaron :(
I wish we could get a physical release of Affirms Glinting
@AsleepWithFireFlies
8 жыл бұрын
+ImTooAbstract Yeah, a physical release of pretty much any of the 'lo-fi' stuff would be awesome. Anywho, thanks for the interview Matthew & Forge, really interesting.
I started listening to her a year ago she is truly amazing
THANK YOU! Greta, for referring to it as New York City AND even stating Manhattan. As a New Yorker, I get very tired of folks from NYC saying they're from "New York" when they strictly mean one of the boroughs. It's a huge, sprawling state, very annoying when people in NYC think they're the only NY'ers.
I met her last night at her show in dallas and she was super cool about everything
when she was talking about finding that one song amidst all the "junk" albums on bandcamp, I immediately thought of Yellow (It's my fave song from her) because it's not that popular but it reminds me of my best friend
Thank you, for this! The interview was casual but at the same time it hit me at a personal level, like the answer @ 53:00 felt very real. It means a lot that Greta said that!!!
I wish I had a brother like Greta
I'm so happy that this interview exists (and is pretty recent, too!). Greta and her music are my inspiration and motivation, and getting to learn more about her is just amazing. Thank you.
I love Frankie Cosmos and I think Greta is an amazingly talented person. I met her when she was 4 but she obviously won’t remember. It’s a funny anecdote of life that I like to share. I was walking a small dog on the upper East side of NYC and I had to bring the dog back by 8am. Except I didn’t have a watch and probably not even a cell phone, or it had run out of battery. So the first person I saw on maybe E 86 street and who I could have asked the time to, was a gentleman who was checking if his little daughter was all right for school before parting way. I approached him and asked the time. Both he and his daughter turned around to me and he almost in a shy way replied he didn’t know it. The little girl smiled at me with the same exact vibrant class shown in this video interview. They were Greta and Kevin Kline. October 1998.
also thanks for uploading this!!! it's interesting to learn more about Frankie because she's such a huge inspiration to me. can't wait to see her in april!!
omg she's so gorgeous
this is so inspiring. Thanks so much ,,, please tell frankie cosmos to come to the uk someday !
this is lovely n very personal thank u so much forge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love
i prefer her demos to her refurbished real songs that are on her "proper album." they are so authentic and unique.
@emmablowguns
8 жыл бұрын
+Martin Hayfield I agree that her bedroom recordings have a certain authenticity to them that's hard to find, but her brilliant lyrics are the one thing about her that have remained INCREDIBLE
she's so cool, funny and pretty. i think it's impossible not to have a crush on her if you're into artsy girls, lol.
@EIKOFILMS
7 жыл бұрын
dont be a lil poo john.
@donovan9077
7 жыл бұрын
brocolli stfu
@deengew
7 жыл бұрын
so cringe ew
@seanvogt221
7 жыл бұрын
She has genes to Phoebe Cates. She better be pretty.
@Srailex
7 жыл бұрын
I think he means if youre attracted to girls that have complex personalities. Rather than the typical shallow girls that aren't usually into art.
shes adorable
She's so cool and SO GORGEOUS. I think I'm in LOVE
Found her sound through instagram 2 days ago. I saw she had 999 likes, how could I not like this real honest interview. Amazing truth in her lyrics. Impressive.
her laugh is so precious
Watched the entire thing, she's so interesting Love her music!
this is a great interview.
her talking about aaron is so cute aw
she's sooo cute
these interviews are awesome. please try to do one with sam ray pretty pretty please??
did anybody watch the whole thing
greta kline made the first asmr album?!?! woah
She has the same mouth as her mom! Her parents are iconic!
1:51 rest in peace death by audio
thank you.
Is this Prospect Park?
She favors both parents.
greta is such a big inspiration to me
Anybody have the complete song list for the interview?
@ForgeArtMag
8 жыл бұрын
+heyitsmenatev an full track list for this video is listed in the credits, which start at 57:17 :)
i love her dearly
what's the first song in this video?? please someone
does she roll her eyes when someone brings up her parents
She's really cool, but i wish her songs were a bit longer.
@HIMOMLETSGO
8 жыл бұрын
+coney island lurker exactly.
@tiltmode82
7 жыл бұрын
Warping Warping this is actually a style of music if you know that history of indie and similar style bands. I want to credit arto with coining the term but he called it the rushem approach where you give the listener a quick blast of music that's good and leave the ears wanting more as apposed to a long jam sesh. kind of how punk took that on and is really quick fast and then on to the next.
Was she in a Porches music video?
Game: take a shot everytime she says the word "like" Not hating though, she seems cool
Ughh. So adorable
she says "and then we became friends" about Aaron like three times in the same story lmao.
when she sees the dog. omg
where can i find smiling about ronaldo
Same thing for me about GarageBand lmao
I like her music.
i love you, frankie. xoxo
😍
Guys write songs about girls like you.
@brockmccaw4259
5 жыл бұрын
Ew, who cares
One dislike hahaha.. Why you no like Greta!? Dx
💞💞💞
She kinda looks like her daddy.
i really really love you
I like she
Oh, no. Too many "likes". Yeah, it's not (like) having a freezer full of human heads, but still....
I'd certainly like to have her as a girlfriend.😍😻🥰
If you take out all her constant "like"s this interview would be considerably shorter.... Stopped listening
she has funny gestures
the only utilitarian hair style is no hair
She seems a lovely person but it's so weird, how she looks nothing like her mother! Apart from the dimples - nothing.
I really like Greta's mother and father as actors, but I think her music SUCKS!!! Your interview did show me a very well adjusted, articulate, smart young lady and I wish her well in all her artistic endeavors.
@popssegovia3773
6 жыл бұрын
1stSaintsFan you suck
super rich mommy and daddy
combination of her mom n dad did not go well. she be pretty if she got only her moms.
@tenaportg1914
3 жыл бұрын
fuck u
she unfortunately looks like Peewee... why is it that children of beautiful celebrities turn out worse.. with the exception of Brad Pitts kids. i think she became popular because of connections through her parents, because there are a lot of other unknown musicians who are much better than her.
I think she has potential but saying “like” in everything she says in her speaking was a bit annoying 🤦🏻♀️. She would do well if she limited saying the word “like”. Not hating on her, trying to get to know her but cringed every time she says “like”.