Angel Olsen: ‘I don’t really want to be a pop star’

For all the critical acclaim, happiness for the US folk-rocker is a home of her own, a cat and a newfound calm A few years ago, following the release of her widely acclaimed 2016 album, My Woman , Angel Olsen started noticing celebrities turning up at her live shows. Christina Hendricks, of Mad Men fame, came to a concert in Los Angeles and swayed along to Olsen’s smouldering, deeply felt folk-rock. She stuck around to say hello afterwards, as did the actor Brie Larson, who proved herself to be, in Olsen’s assessment, “super down-to-earth and really normal and just chill”. Continue reading...