Katie Melua: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

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What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.

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Katie Melua

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When I see older generations struggling with technology, I am afraid of it moving so quickly that I can’t use it.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

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Being lost and no one wanting to find me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Hugh Grant Actor

The cat bowls. With the old cat food dried on like cement.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2024 source ↗

Waking up after a sleepover at John Waters’s house and finding my sleeping bag isn’t zipped up the same way as when I passed out. Or “President Palin.”

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2010 source ↗

Antonio Banderas

The death of my loved ones.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2019 source ↗

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A healthy planet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Living a fairytale.

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Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My grandma, who died a few years ago, because I wasn’t able to see her on my last visit to Georgia.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

I almost cried last night because of the lack of sleep.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

“Your lyrics are rubbish.” It was someone I was working with when I was in my early 20s. It turned out well because I then spent a long time studying and learning how to write good lyrics.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

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