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AP: Can you see yourself making children's music? Dido: I doubt it. I sing joke songs to Stanley all the time, but I'm not going to be making an album of them for public consumption. No, probably not. I think I'll stick to what I do best. ... It's quite tempting sometimes when I'm writing joke songs about spinach. AP: Is Stanley a big critic or does he love everything you do? Dido: The things he loves, he just goes into a complete trance and he just smiles and just listens. And he's amazing when he loves something. When he doesn't love something, he just waves at it really vigorously like, `Turn it off!' So it's quite nerve-racking. AP: Even when you're singing? Dido: Not when I'm actually singing to him right then and there. But there's certain records that I play where if he doesn't like it, he's waving at it. Partly because all he wants to listen to at the moment is (first single) `No Freedom.' It's quite strange. Again and again and again. AP: You became famous in the U.S. at least in part for your collaboration with Eminem on "Stan." You named your son Stanley and some people have said that coincidence seems odd. Dido: Well, Stanley was actually our favorite name, coincidentally both of our favorite names. He could never have been called anything else to be honest, because it was such a coincidence that it was both of our favorite names. ... I'm so stupid; I didn't think anyone would make the connection. ... But it's fine. I was named after a crazy queen who threw herself on a fire. So I mean, you know, it's fine. AP: Has your son heard the "Stan" song yet? Dido: Um. Has he even heard it? I don't know that he's even heard it. No. But I'm sure he'll hear it later. ___ Online:
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