L.T: oh my god, I'd love to be at a dinner party with Elvis Like, when people said to me in interviews, who would you like to have at your dinner table out of five people? I would always say you, along with Elvis. I have watched every episode of all of your documentaries, including the ones that aren’t just part of a series, including your Scientology documentary. Like, I have been a fan since the beginning of your BBC documentarian years. I wrote you on Twitter, probably 15 or 20 years ago. But the question I have is, is it really true you wrote me a fan letter? So when Justin, my cousin got in touch, I was excited to meet.
L.T: I remember hearing it on the radio and thinking, you know sometimes a song leaps out and you’re like that isn't like a normal pop song because of its combination of beautiful compelling melody, dark lyrics about alcohol abuse, and I thought that's such an amazing song I'm going to look up, who made it and I read up on you. Sia: yeah there's kind of a, sort of different feeling when you sing it. L.T: Oh Please, you're tickling my tummy, I'm having all kinds of confusing feelings, L.T: I think I’m too close to the mic… (Louis sings again) I wanna swing from the chandelier, the chandelier Sia: No that was in tune as well, I wouldn’t bullshit you L.T: (sings higher) From the chandelier….Okay, it wasn’t in tune L.T: ‘…and flipped when she made the Theroux boys connection, they happen to be going to London today.’ I replied, ‘wowza, I love Sia. He said ‘cool, I’ll link you guys, his name is Eric, his wife is the singer Sia they’re rad, she actually wrote you a fan letter once…’ Louis: I said oh so that sounds amazing, terrific let's hook it up. Louis: I went through my emails and I was like, how did it all begin? Back in 2015 I got an email from my cousin Justin, who is our mutual friend and he said something along the lines of, ‘I've got a couple of friends coming through London, would you like to meet up?’ Naturally, my heart sank and I thought ugh, because I'm an anti-social person
plus Louis sings some of Sia’s ‘Chandelier’ Plus Louis gets the chance to sing Sia some of her most famous songs… In the second episode of the new series, singer-songwriter Sia talks to Louis Theroux about being catapulted to superstardom, the Aussie drinking holes of West London and her lockdown addiction to reality TV.