As for today's music, Nicki Minaj is killing it. She's an amazing artist.

My family traveled with a whole community to European festivals. My mum did gymnastics, freak show performances, and swung fire in the circus, so I followed her footsteps.

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist.

The day I was born, my house burnt down; the day I left home, the Twin Towers burnt down; and I lived in a jungle in India at 15.

The trapeze was my first love. To me, it's normal. It's all I've ever known.

You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking. Imagine fitting that on my passport!

I was always a bit of a showgirl; it was in my blood. I never thought I would have a career as a singer, though.