It's an air conditioner in a motel room. It's my boyfriend's picture. I couldn't find a picture because all my pictures are too lo-res, and he's a professional photographer and filmmaker, so he said, "You can use one of mine if you want." So that was the one we both said was the one, and it fit with the music.
I wanted to use the picture that's on the back. And everyone said, "That's too depressing. That's too corny. Of course, you would want to use the road in the rain." So I was like, "You're right. It's just obvious."
You know, you work on something for so long, you just sort of think, "I don't even know what this record is any more. So… oh, great! That's a great cover. Good, good. Done. We're done." And everyone's screaming at me about the time: "We needed this last week. We needed this two weeks ago. Where is it? We need this. Now. " So you just go, 'Oh, fuck. Okay.' And I think this is the best thing I could come up with.
So what about these advice videos you've done to help promote the album, which show everyone from Lady Gaga's makeup artist to Grace Zabriskie of "Twin Peaks" offering you touring advice? Who came up with the idea?
Jeremy [Simmons, the boyfriend] came up with it, with a little help from me. I guess the idea was, we talked about videos, and what they are. And a lot of people—I used to go out with somebody who was like, "No, they are art. It's an art form." And I was like, "No, they're an advertisement for the band. That's all it is." So there's always this argument….
No matter what, unless you've got Beyoncé money, the video is just going to be like some clever thing that's cheap. It's inevitably going be that way. So I thought, instead of making a video, trying to imbue some stupid video with the emotion of the song and the significance of all the… Instead of doing all that, just make people laugh. Fuck it. You know what I mean? At least then, people walk in smiling or they'll leave smiling…
I really love humorous things, and I have no problem mocking my own shit and its portentousness. You know, because I am a very narcissistic and very—deep in my heart I am very portentous and a very self-important person. But I grew up always laughing at things, and I still do, so let's just make people laugh and, just, fuck it. People don't even listen to the song all the way through any more.
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