#but this is what i mean like. i'd be a good arctic monkeys interviewer

[mrschwartz]

i know interviewing is harder than it seems and especially when the person fucking hates being interviewed but i feel like i'd do such a better job than 98% of interviewers who've talked to alex and co.

[alexstorm]

their breakup wasn't as one-sided as you all want to believe but you all love to ignore her talk about the heartbreak or when she was shady and petty because it doesn't fit your narrative. //

What narrative? This is from her own interview: (sorry this is a long ass one but I don’t understand why you’re saying we’re pushing a narrative. The only time I remember her being shady was when she said she’s a “real, strong woman” (lol) and who better to date than egotistical musicians? But I guess it was just her being sarcastic)

“The longest section is about how to cope with heartbreak. So, I say, shall we talk about heartbreak?

"I'm not heartbroken any more, but I definitely was when I wrote it [last year]," she says hastily.

Who caused the heartbreak?

"It was various people. There was one big thing, and then there were various ill-advised flings I had to get over him, so yeah," she replies.

"Him", as all Alexa fans know, is Alex Turner, lead singer of Arctic Monkeys and Chung's boyfriend for four years until their split in 2011.

I tell her my theory about heartbreak: that it takes half the amount of time you were with someone to get over them, and she nods a little sadly. "Yeah, I'd agree with that. But is this gross to talk about? I feel he wouldn't talk about it. I don't know how relevant it is now, whereas if you asked me at the time, 'How you doing?' No one even asked… But I don't know whether to be open and vulnerable about it and say, 'I had a shit time', or to be quiet. What do you think?" ….

"But I don't want to imply he broke my heart. I was grieving for the loss of something." She later elaborates on her reluctance to talk about the relationship saying, "I know how the media does that whole 'poor her' thing, like they did with Jennifer Aniston – not that I'm comparing myself to her, of course – but do you see what I mean?"

"I'm grateful for the experience of that shit time, and for being on my own. I'd never really been on my own before – I'd always gone from one relationship to the next – so I had to learn all this stupid stuff. Like, how do I work my fucking TV? And now there isn't a dude to tell me how to put up the blinds. But it's good to learn how to work your way round a drill."

She and "Al", as she calls him, are still friends. "Oh yeah, he's my best friend," she says quietly.

Chung is currently single, she says proudly, and feels much calmer for it. For how long, I ask.

"About a month," she replies, and looks a little confused when I laugh.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/sep/21/alexa-chung-interview

Exactly! Here's the real quote. Alexa in all her glory. lol

Also an example of how she knew him better after four years than Louise after five years. She knows he wouldn't talk about his relationship in interviews or display it very publicly. Yet Louise is out here "mon amour-ing" her way through her IG and interviews so everyone knows she's with him.