- HorsegiirL says she’s a half-horse, half-human musician and DJ taking the electro-dance world by storm
- She is gearing as much as carry out at Coachella later this month
- “For those who’re doing one thing that’s new, that’s completely different, you’re at all times going to perhaps polarize,” the artist tells ipromiseyoumedia over Zoom
You’ve got by no means met an artist fairly like HorsegiirL.
The German musician and DJ, who goes by the identify Stella Stallion, identifies as half-horse, half-human each on and off stage. Since hitting the scene in 2022, she’s taken the electro-dance world by storm with songs like “My Barn My Guidelines” and “materiaL hor$e.”
For those who’re confused, that is comprehensible. Having not revealed her true id so far, HorsegiirL persistently stays in character and bodily presents as a horse, full with a muzzle, pointed ears peeking out of her hair and a signature heart-shaped white spot between her eyes.
The rising star — whose debut EP v.i.p – crucial pony is out now — has garnered a cult fan base of over 560,000 month-to-month Spotify listeners and carried out at iconic places like Berlin’s Berghain membership and Electrical Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. This month, she’s set to carry out at Coachella in Indio, Calif.
Forward of her efficiency on the pageant, HorsegiirL sat down with ipromiseyoumedia on Zoom to debate her fantastical backstory, misconceptions about her artistry, ideas on Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Membership” and extra.
ipromiseyoumedia: Are you able to inform me a little bit bit about your upbringing and early introductions to music?
HorsegiirL: I used to be introduced up within the countryside, very basic, on a farm, surrounded by numerous animals and nature, however I’ve at all times been drawn to music. Nature is a really musical place. Anybody that likes to go for a hike is aware of that there is always a live performance of all types of animals happening. I obtained into it extra professionally after we did an annual harvest feast pageant factor and I used to be found by a extremely, actually well-known horse, additionally a singer, Whitney Horseton. Ever since then I have been galloping round phases, and three years in the past I made the crossover into the human music area a little bit bit extra. It has been very enjoyable.
ipromiseyoumedia: You might be half horse, half human, however not precisely the identical form that we have seen in a whole lot of media. What separates you from a centaur?
HorsegiirL: Centaurs, from what I perceive, and I am not a biologist, however I’ve heard that they’re often not even a full horse human however a horse wizard, magical being, whereas I am only a boring previous human horse.
ipromiseyoumedia: Who’re among the artists who’ve impressed you in your journey, particularly as an animal in music?
HorsegiirL: A number of the icons for me have been Loopy Frog, Hampton the Hamster. There is a very well-known bunny in Germany who known as Schnuffel who has made some unbelievable tunes, in order that was at all times fairly inspiring. However to be trustworthy, there was not that a lot of an actual crossover. There’s wonderful well-known whales which might be legends within the animal kingdom for the wonderful whale symphonies they compose, and it is simply not as in style with people.
ipromiseyoumedia: Do you’re feeling you’ve needed to work more durable to be taken critically in a human-dominated area? What are the toughest components about being HorsegiirL?
HorsegiirL: For those who’re doing one thing that’s new, that’s completely different, you’re at all times going to perhaps polarize. There’s going to be those who simply will not get it, they usually will not prefer it, and that is additionally okay to be anticipated. Typically persons are fast to guage, particularly on-line. However apart from that, I would not essentially say it has been loopy exhausting. I’d say I have been welcomed in lots of areas with a really open thoughts and open arms, and that is what I are likely to give attention to.
ipromiseyoumedia: What do you suppose is the largest false impression about you?
HorsegiirL: I believe lots of people actually simply consider me as a DJ, and I make all the music I play. Not all the songs I play in a set, however all the music that comes out. I like singing, I like producing, I like taking part in devices, and I’d at all times take into account myself a musician earlier than a DJ. It’s a whole lot of enjoyable for me to specific and present individuals the data that I wish to hearken to, and that is a good way to attach with an viewers, however I nearly simply fell into that entire DJ world. It was by no means essentially one thing I got down to do.
ipromiseyoumedia: You might be on the Coachella lineup, and it is the largest pageant that anybody talks about in America. What does that imply for you, not solely as an artist however a horse?
HorsegiirL: I really feel very nervous for the time being about this but in addition so excited and really, very grateful. It is surreal, as a result of it’s such an enormous and well-known pageant that it nearly looks like, as an artist, in the event you get to play there, it is such as you’re getting knighted. It is like, “Okay, you’re somebody to be watched,” and that is actually, actually wonderful to be additionally on a lineup with so many wonderful, unbelievable artists.
ipromiseyoumedia: What’s in your backstage rider? Are there any snacks you want at a present?
HorsegiirL: After I’m within the U.S., I do not need to endorse any manufacturers right here, however there’s one very well-known in style kombucha that I’ll have. It is simply so tasty, and we do not have that in Europe. After which usually some little snacky issues which might be nonetheless extra on the wholesome aspect. Typically I will get a pleasant little apple or some carrots, however often simply contemporary veggies and a few dried fruits or nuts.
ipromiseyoumedia: Do you’ve got them put hay in your dressing room?
HorsegiirL: The factor with hay is it is a very unhealthy snack. I like hay, but it surely’s like sugar, similar factor. After I’m touring, to only have the power ranges, I are likely to attempt to simply be a little bit bit extra on the wholesome meals aspect. The hay can come after the tour.
ipromiseyoumedia: Your rise to success has occurred across the similar time as Chappell Roan, who had a significant hit with “Pink Pony Membership.” I need to know the way you’re feeling about songs like that and in the event you ever take situation with artists, say, appropriating horse tradition.
HorsegiirL: To begin with, I like Chappell. I like the outfits, I like the campiness of all of it. I believe she’s a tremendous musician. I additionally love “Pink Pony Membership.” If something, humanity — they may not even realize it — however you guys went by a breakup with horses unknowingly if you invented vehicles, as a result of we have been an enormous a part of human tradition for hundreds of years. We have been greatest associates just about, actually leaning onto one another, and solely within the final 150 years now we have disappeared increasingly more . However I believe there’s nonetheless an enormous tie or nearly that vast want to perhaps reconnect a little bit bit. So I utterly perceive why in in style tradition horses haven’t disappeared and in reality are being talked about on a regular basis. And I do not thoughts if anybody desires to sing about us. I am grateful.
ipromiseyoumedia: Your work takes you to a whole lot of nightclubs. I am curious to know the way you’re feeling about the usage of ketamine as a drug in occasion scenes contemplating that horses have been utilizing it as an anesthetic for thus lengthy?
HorsegiirL: Effectively, it is nearly like the identical factor as with Ozempic and stuff. The place it turns into an issue is if you’re taking it to a spot the place the those who want it or the horses that want it can not get it anymore. I do not care what you do in your free time within the membership, no matter you do, so long as it is consensual, respectful and so forth. However there have been some shortages some time in the past. A good friend of mine, who’s in continual ache, needed to supply the ketamine from God is aware of the place as a result of the hospitals and the medical doctors mentioned, “Effectively, we simply merely have none for the time being.” I personally suppose there’s so many different medicine that people can have — depart some for the horses.
ipromiseyoumedia: Between the artists who’ve impressed you and people on the Coachella lineup, do you’ve got a dream collaboration?
HorsegiirL: There’s so many individuals. [Lady] Gaga is an icon. Charli [xcx], in fact. There’s so many good individuals on the lineup this 12 months. Actually, I am such a giant music lover that I really feel like simply getting within the studio and creating issues and seeing what comes out is feasible with actually any nice musician regardless of in the event you’re from completely different ends of a musical spectrum. She’s not on the Coachella lineup, however I can say Kesha [or] Ayesha Erotica. There’s some actually enjoyable individuals I’d like to go to the studio with.
ipromiseyoumedia: The place do you see your self in 5 years? What are your targets?
HorsegiirL: I’d love to essentially simply develop musically. I’ll at all times make music for the membership, but in addition I need to convey out an album. In 5 years, at the least one album I believe I can handle to do. I need to collab. I need to actually additionally discover the medium of music movies a bit extra. And, in fact, I’d like to convey a present on the highway that nearly looks like a theater musical expertise the place the songs are sprinkled into it, but it surely follows a complete storyline, and it is nearly like watching a movie that has little songs in it.