The Kills’ Jamie Hince talks being on the run from Donald Trump and the Hong Kong-bound duo’s never-ending journey
Ahead of Hong Kong gig, the guitarist talks about escaping the pressures of life in London after his split with Kate Moss, his enduring musical collaboration with Alison Mosshart and their unremitting dedication to artistic authenticity
Not from the police, or from any number of seedy characters he may have chanced upon in a career that’s been spent largely walking on the wild side. He’s on the run from Donald Trump.
So omnipresent has been the news of the United States’ first spray-tanned president and so ominous have his pronouncements been that even tough act Hince is feeling queasy.
“For a long time now I’ve read all the newspapers every morning, but I have had to wind it down a bit because I was finding myself feeling very anxious,” explains the British half of the Anglo-American band he formed with best friend Alison Mosshart in 2001.
“So you flick to the UK edition of the newspapers, but there’s almost more of it there,” he says over the phone from his recently adopted base in Los Angeles. “You can tell from conversations it’s the first time that a lot of people here have engaged in politics, right across the board. There’s absolute scrutiny of everything about him and every single thing he’s doing.”
Part of the reason for moving to California was to escape the pressures of life in London after his marriage to supermodel Kate Moss fell apart and he became the target of tabloid attack dogs. Since he’s moved to LA, Trump has given him another reason to flee. Just as well, then, that the city of angels has plenty of distractions.
