An Interview In Which Denzel Curry Tells Me—A Scorpio—That All Scorpios Are Sexual Bullies

Back in early January, Denzel Curry visited Australia for the first time. We met him in the lobby of his hotel and took him to eat at Trippy Taco. Outside the restaurant, the Carol City rapper looked around and said "Did you guys hear me saying that I wanted tacos?" We hadn't. "That's crazy, man."

Later that night in the green room at Max Watt's, where Curry's entourage and visitors rolled green blunt after green blunt, I got so second-hand stoned that I had to excuse myself and leave. Never very good at smoking weed—in fact very bad at it—I ended up at McDonald's ordering a Filet O Fish with double the patties and double the cheese.

Earlier that day over lunch, we'd talked about his style evolution, best friends, and how all Scorpios are sexual bullies.

Did you get to see anything good in Sydney yesterday?

Yeah, I saw the Opera House.

So nice. This city is a shithole compared to Sydney but it has… Better food. Maybe.

Really? People talk good about Melbourne more than they talk good about Sydney.

That's because Sydney people are cool with Melbourne but Melbourne's like "fuck Sydney!" Melbourne's jealous I think.

I like the street art in Melbourne. There's a lot of street art.

Almost… too much street art. Not enough beaches. Sydney: Less street art, more beaches, less drug problems.

Oh, you got mad drug problems out here?

Nah, just party drugs. I like Sydney because there's more stuff to do during the day. Or it seems that way. You can live a full life. What's the most beautiful thing in Florida?

The beach. You got Sunny Isles, you got South Beach, you have Fort Lauderdale beach. Hollywood Beach is really nice.

Can you surf there?

No, you can't.

South Beach is one of those beaches where you've gotta walk for like an hour on the sand until you get to the water. You really gotta work for the reward.

Yeah. It's beautiful, but it's so commerical there. That's the only reason I don't like going to South Beach.

I like that. It's cheesy. It's just GTA Vice City.

You know that's what it's based off of?

I do.

Yeah. It's super commercial. I don't like that shit.

You've been doing a lot of personal grooming while you've been in town. Shopping and stuff.

Yeah, that's because I don't go out like that. This year is all about going into the unknown—going to places that I don't know like that. Because I've been terrified, but what's there to be scared of? Really?

Are you terrified of looking good?

Yeah.

Really?

Deadass. Because of envy and jealousy. But then I realised something: you could be not fresh head-to-toe and people will still be jealous of you because of what you can do.

I love that. I would almost do it because they'd be extra jealous.

You're a fan of jealousy? What are you, a Scorpio?

Yeah…

My mum's a Scorpio. I like her. I don't like anybody else though.

Like, anybody else on the planet? Or any other Scorpios?

Any other Scorpios. I mean, you can learn a lot from them, but I don't think you can really fuck with them like that, 'cause there's too much feelings.

You're an Aquarius, aren't you?

Yes, I am. I'm near the end of February though so I'm in the third decan, I'm close to Pisces.

Pisces… A lot of feelings.

I love Pisces though. Both my managers are Pisces, my good friend is a Pisces.

Top three favourite signs. Go.

Gemini, Sagittarius, and Virgo.

What are the general Aquarius traits that you really relate to?

Creativity, humanitarianism, honesty. Shit… I wanna say I'm detached but I'm an Aquarius that's sensitive as hell. That's dope though. They say there's three decans. The closer you get Pisces, the more sensitive you are.

I'm really early in November. Why am I an emotional mess?

I don't know! I think being sensitive gives you powers. You get the logic and the flexibility of emotions. I think I got into it when I was like fifteen or sixteen. That's the age where Aquarius starts to kill the game.

Ha! So do you ever see DJ Khaled around in Miami?

I met him once and I didn't like him.

He's definitely a Leo, right?

He's a Sagittarius.

That was quick.

I gotta study signs, so I know what I'm dealing with, who I'm dealing with.

What's the starsign that if someone says "Hey, I'm this" you're like "Oh, shit…"

Scorpio.

Fuck.

They're so evil. They're the super opposite of Aquarius. They're jealous, we're not. They're sexual bullies, we're not.

Holy shit.

Don't get me wrong, Scorpios do come off as good people, though.

That's* not *a compliment.

True.

Have you ever done a Myers Briggs test? It's a super comprehensive personality test developed in the 80s. It gives you insight into your relationships, your problem-solving, your priorities, whether you're introverted or extroverted — all that stuff.

I'm so extroverted. I wanna learn how to be introverted though.

You seem… not that extroverted.

That's because I don't know you.

Fair enough.

Hey man, Aquarians are very blunt.

What makes a perfect friend?

Just be honest.

Is that it?

Yeah.

Do you want them to be funny?

I don't give a damn, you don't have to be funny to be my friend. Because if I fuck with you I fuck with you the long way. Enhance me and don't put me down. The reason I like Sagittarius is because they're like an Aquarius in a fire sign.

What's your best friend's sign?

Sagittarius! He acts just like me. And he's funny as fuck. My best friend in the whole wide world. We like the same shit. We watch the same movies. We act the same way. It's just like, you my dog, you my friend. Fuck everybody else.

That's beautiful.

Yeah. Now days I know the difference between a friend and an associate. My mom always told me "those are not your friends, they're your associates" but I never knew what she meant. Now I know what the shit means.

How long have you known your best friend for?

Since I was twelve. We lived across the street from each other for years. Then he moved with his father to Sequim for like two years.

Where is that?

That's in Washington. Stayed in touch with him though.

Sending emails?

On the phone.

That's a good friend.

Yeah. And then he came back. He was like "Ay, I'm back for good" and I was like "Fuck yeah." And we've just been hanging out ever since.

What kind of movies do you both like?

We like all Star Wars movies. Quentin Tarantino movies. Some Superhero movies. We have the same opinions about the same actors.

What did you think about Suicide Squad ?

I didn't think it was that bad! Jared Leto sucks as the Joker.

True. Were you into "Purple Lamborghini?"

Oh yeah, I love that song.

It's so good. Is Suicide Squad Marvel?

DC. Marvel makes better movies.

They could really calm down on the Spiderman origins movies though. How many times are they gonna kill Uncle Ben? 

Shit. You got a point. But Toby Maguire, he had it and he dropped the ball with number three.

I liked those first two so much that I bought them on DVD. 

That's crazy. Oh man. Shit. It became a watered down love story after that.

I just saw the second-most recent Star Wars but I haven't really seen the others. 

What? Really? How you going to watch Han Solo die, but not see how Han Solo live? You feel me? Like, that was the first real space cowboy.

What's your favourite Star Wars film? 

Empire Strikes Back. Because a lot of mishaps happen.

Like what? 

First of all, Han Solo is betrayed by Lando Calrissian, his best friend in the galaxy and who he won the Millennium Falcon from. Luke finds out Darth Vader is his father. And meeting Master Yoda for the first time. And Luke comes to find out Leia knows the force, nobody seen that shit coming.

Leia has the force?! 

See? You gotta watch the other Star Wars. R.I.P. Carrie Fisher.

Truly. And whose lightsaber would you want? 

Qui-Gon Jinn has the coolest lightsaber. It's green.

Is it double-sided? 

Oh, no, that's Darth Maul. Darth Maul's tight.

Is that you changing your answer? 

Yeah, I'm changing my answer. Man… Just imagine if everybody in here had a lightsaber.

That's the beauty of Australia: nobody has guns. 

Yeah. Somebody needs to invest in making lightsabers though.

We should call Elon Musk. We'd also have to call Walt Disney because George Lucas sold all that stuff to Disney. Unfortunately he's cryogenically frozen.

Is he really?

Well, he's "cryogenically frozen." 

Damn. He was racist. Super racist.

Yeah I think that's how he died: of being a bad person. 

Fuck Walt Disney man. I had a dream that he was evil. And that's why I never fucked with that. Why are all the actors that came out of Disney fuck ups? Lindsay Lohan. Raven Symone. Hannah Montana! What the fuck happened?

I'm cool with Miley. 

I'm cool with her now. But when she first came out from Disney, what the fuck? Nickelodeon never had that problem. They only ever had that problem with one person and that was Amanda Bynes.

Which is so sad because She's The Man is such a good movie. 

When she pretends to be a boy?

Yeah. You were kind of a child star almost. Yeah. How come you haven't gone crazy? 

Because, man, I tried to find a way to keep my sanity. Leave me the fuck alone, let me just draw my shit.

All photos by Isabelle Hellyer.