Unless you’ve fallen down a sinkhole and are yet to be rescued, then you won’t have missed the brilliance of Years & Years. Their new single, King, has been getting a right old hammering on the radio and is finally out this week, but who are electro-pop royalty Olly Alexander, 24, Emre Turkmen, 26, and Mikey Goldsworth, 26?
We sent them an email and got them to answer some very important questions:
If you were king for the day, what three laws would you pass?
No iPads at gigs. No crisps in the cinema. No self check-outs!
Who, in your opinion, is the greatest king in all of history?
The Lion King!
Have you ever met a member of the royal family? If not, who would you most like to meet?
Prince Harry. We can totally go partying together.
**Who’s your most famous fan? **
Katy Perry tweeted us once.... Does that count?
Apart from Samantha Mumba, what other turn of the century/early noughties pop stars are you fans of?
Aaliyah, Sean Paul, Cleopatra, TLC and Donell Jones.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever been sent?
[Radio 1’s] Alice Levine gave Emre a large pair of Y-Fronts.
Best thing?
Russian Dolls with our faces on them (large to small Olly-Mikey-Emre).
Who would be your ideal next celeb cameo in a video [Ben Wishaw did some dancing in the video for Real]?
Nicholas Cage!
What’s the last video you watched on YouTube?
A bat eating a banana... Check it out.
What’s your favourite flavour of crisp?
Sea Salt.
What’s the oddest instrument you can play?
Theremin [Wikipedia tells us that this is “an early electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist (performer).” So that’s that cleared up then]
What was your favourite year?
2001 (Dr. Dre!)
What’s your favourite item of clothing?
Tracksuit bottoms with poppers.
Who’s your favourite internet cat?
Gato Malo - Thug Life.
Who would you most like to cover one of your songs?
Beyoncé.
Who were you last starstruck by?
Taylor Swift (big fan!)
Years & Years single King is out now