The singer-songwriter on desire, faith and falling in love in New York city
INTERVIEW BY DANIELLE MUSTARDE, PHOTO BY HOLLIE FERNANDO
If Hayley Kiyoko is #LesbianJesus, then Shura is #LesbianPope. On the set of our September cover shoot, the super cool singer opened up about everything from religion to romance. Here’s a taster.
Shura on…
Falling in love
“Love is much like faith, in that we have this belief in it. We believe that love exists even though our experience of life might tell us otherwise.”
Finding community
“There weren’t many out queer people when I was growing up”
Her epic new music video
“Why don’t you just be the fucking Pope?”
PLUS Shura reveals what it’s really like playing Glastonbury.
Read the full interview in the September 2019 issue of DIVA, out now in print here, digitally here and via the links below.
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