Australian-born singer Sia is best known to American audiences for “Breathe Me,” a track that exploded after being featured on the soundtrack to Six Feet Under (”I have a lot to thank that music supervisor for,” she laughs), her work with Zero 7 and the head-squishing video for “Buttons,” which came out last summer before the release of her latest album, Some People Have Real Problems. “During recording people would come in and complain about traffic, and I’d say, ‘Some people have real problems.’ Like, they’re waiting for a lung or they don’t have a mum,” she says. “I thought it would be a funny name for an album. And then I thought if I were to get rich and successful I would remember to not turn into an asshole. But I am one, so it didn’t work.”

In the spirit of her album title, Rock Daily quizzed Sia about stars with real troubles. “I asked Amy Winehouse to do a collaboration and she said, ‘No way.’ And I was like, ‘Why not?’ And she said, ‘I’m intimidated by you. (more…)