Bop Fantasies interviews Ariane Kiks

This is the second part of Bop Fantasies Chapter Two. In part I, Ant crept into the mystical world of SoundCloud and its most dubious musical corners to find out why Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, hasn't quite managed to control its DIY ethos and chaotic archives. Now she shakes off that fever dream of a journey and returns to reality to find out how SoundCloud impacts the practices, worldviews, and personas of those who use it to make sense of their real lives. In this episode, she sits down with the human form of SoundCloud's shimmering angel: Ariane Kiks. They discuss memory, femininity, and the tensions between pop and experimentality in music and in her inner monologue.