![]() ![]() ![]() The previous day, she had adopted a Pomeranian, her first dog, and today she was agonizing over what to name her. The force she unleashed 12 hours before has been replaced with sensibility and shyness. It’s jarring, then, to meet up with Everett at a cafe near her apartment on the Upper West Side and to realize she’s maybe a little bit nervous offstage. There’s that particularly infamous one of Everett turning Rihanna’s “Only Girl (in the World)” into a fever dream, in which Everett slowly (oh, but surely) peels off layers of cold cuts and tosses chicken sausages into the crowd until she’s left onstage wearing nothing more than a bandanna, a maniacal grin, and layers of Saran Wrap. ![]() Her antics live on through YouTube clips, many of which come with disclaimers that “this video may be inappropriate for some users” and require a log-in to verify your age – the digital equivalent of a “parental advisory” warning. Her notoriety has already spread beyond her adopted hometown, even among viewers who’ve never witnessed her live. And the more fun they’re willing to have, the more fun I’m willing to have. I just want the audience to trust that I’m not there to hurt anybody. “Then I think about it, and I remember that this is a challenge for a lot of people. “It always works out, but some days I’m less in the mood for the heavy-lifting of it,” she says the day after her Joe’s Pub performance. As her audience expands beyond the faithful to include “people who have jobs and cashmere sweaters,” as she jokes, she’s game to take on the challenge. ![]()
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