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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
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Zooey Deschanel: ‘Manic pixie dream girl? I’m not a girl. I’m a woman’

Zooey Deschanel.
‘When Prince contacted me through his manager, I thought someone was pranking me’ … Zooey Deschanel. Photograph: Chantal Anderson

What’s the philosophy behind She & Him’s new Beach Boys tribute album? Why revisit a musical era very different from today? eamonnmcc

All the more reason to, right? I started out doing 1920s and 1930s cabaret, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and learned so much from how those songs were structured. I’m interested in combining those old things with a modern take. Melt Away was our pandemic project. While stuck at home, we decided the Beach Boys songs would be most fun to do. Neither of us wanted to sing lead on Do It Again and when Matt [Ward] suggested a guest singer, I said: “Well, I know the best person.” I had sung with Brian Wilson many times, but it was awesome when he said yes.

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