When RCA Records wanted to sign her, she asked for a clause stipulating that she wouldn’t have to tour or do interviews to promote her album. On Twitter, she identifies herself thusly: “i am sia, i was born from the bumhole of a unicorn named steve.” In 2013, she agreed to a rare interview with Billboard, but insisted on posing for the cover wearing a paper bag over her head. A pop star who doesn't want to be a star, she is iconoclastic, uncompromising, and a little zany.

She’s achieved huge commercial success and is famous despite her best efforts not to be. In short, despite her declarations above, Sia may be the busiest “retired” artist in the music business. Was the featured vocalist on massive hits she has written for other artists, including “Titanium” for David Guetta, “Beautiful Pain” for Eminem, and “Wild Ones” for Flo Rida. Worked with some of the coolest taste-maker artists around, including Angel Haze, Brooke Candy, the producer Diplo, and The Weeknd, the latter two with whom she wrote the hit “Elastic Heart” for the blockbuster “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” soundtrack. Wrote songs for the biggest pop artists on the planet, including Rihanna (“Diamonds”), Katy Perry (“Double Rainbow”), Britney Spears (“Perfume”), Beyoncé (“Pretty Hurts”), Kylie Minogue, (“Kiss Me Once”), and Celine Dion (“Loved Me Back To Life”). Here are a few things Sia has actually done over the past year: Here are a few things Sia has said over the past year:

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