Harry Styles just covered their single 'Wet Dream'.
“Frederick Riddle? Kelly Sotherton? Edward Upward?” I’m sitting in the atrium of the Ace Hotel in Brooklyn throwing a few names of notable people from the Isle of Wight at Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers of the band Wet Leg to see if anything resonates. So far we’ve got a no, a no, and a no. “Yes!” they exclaim in unison. “He’s a celebrity gardener on television!” Chambers, 27, dressed in jeans and a tan V-neck sweater, gushes: “If you’re into gardening, you’d really quite like him.
It’s a chilly December morning after the triumphant first leg of their first series of concerts in the US – months before the release of their debut album, the handful of gigs sold out in hours – and the longtime friends, both in ponytails, are still growing accustomed to riding the rocket of sudden success: Much of their upcoming tour, timed to the April release of their self-titled debut is already sold out, and they’re starting to be recognised.
Teasdale and Chambers are almost blasé when explaining how their breakthrough song, “Chaise Longue” – an impossibly catchy amalgam of pop-punk, French yé-yé, and“I had moved to London,” says Teasdale, who worked as a fashion stylist’s assistant before Wet Leg took off, “but came back to the island for Christmas and was like, ‘Oh guys – can I sleep over at your house for a couple of nights?’ And then Hester and her boyfriend, Joshua” – who plays keyboards and guitar for the band –...
The success of Wet Leg means that neither Teasdale nor Chambers, now touring almost constantly, are seeing much of their beloved Isle of Wight . But success does get Teasdale’s parents off her back about her life choices. “They were both in the merchant navy, so they’ve always been trying to steer me that way; my dad has also been like, ‘I think you should really get into accountancy.
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