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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Jessica Mauboy: ‘Why did I do a kookaburra call for Ellen DeGeneres? Did I think that was cool?’

Jessica Mauboy with long auburn hair wears a blue and white patterned robe, posing outdoors with trees behind her
‘This show is celebrating the oldest living culture in the world – that got me emotional’ … Jessica Mauboy in Centennial Park, Sydney. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

As a kid, your family encouraged you to sing by signing you up for karaoke at the Darwin airport hotel. What is your go-to karaoke song?

Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. Or Love Is a Battlefield. The 80s was on fire sonically. I just love that period of production and sound. It’s so extra, it really brings out the extra in me.

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