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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Katie Cunningham

The Veronicas grew up in the public eye. Now they’re taking back control

Australian pop duo the Veronicas
Lisa and Jess Origliasso. Gothic Summer by the Veronicas is out now. Photograph: Logan Huffman

As the Veronicas see it, there is a thread connecting every mistake they’ve made in their nearly 20-year career: surrendering control. Across their two decades in music, they say others have pushed them in certain directions, sometimes against their own gut feelings. And it’s rarely gone well.

“The only regrets we have are the times that we haven’t listened to that inner voice, and we’ve been like, ‘OK, we’ll do it’,” says Jess Origliasso, one half of the chart-topping pop duo with her twin sister, Lisa. “And, like any career after that long, there have been quite a few of those times.”

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