Everything written about HEARTSREVOLUTION focuses on unicorns, fun-dip, rainbows, ice-cream trucks and everything else in their world of cuteness. But when I met Layla after their show in NYC, I got a completely different perspective.

Bronques: I thought your name was Layla?

Layla: They also call me Lo.

Bronques. How do you spell that?

Layla: L, O. (laughter)

Bronques: How do you get Lo from Layla?

Layla: Because I grew up in Armenian Glendale and people started calling me Lay which was bad... So then they started calling me Lola 'cause I wore heart shaped sunglasses and I always dated older men. And then it morphed into Lo. I've been Lo since I was twelve. I even had that shit tattooed on the side of my body with Old English White letters. L, O! Gangsta! What's your sign?

Bronques: Guess.

Layla: Tell me... I have no {Armenian word for 'energy'}... I like to know who I'm dealing with.

Bronques: You're dealing with a {my sign, but I can't say because I don't want Rosa to know}.

Layla: Oh I love {my sign, but I can't say because I don't want Rosa to know}

Bronques: What are you?

Layla: Scorpio. We're a match. It's all good. What you want, I need... so it's like ugn, we get what we want! You don't understand about tonight! It's legendary. This is the first time we've ever played with a drummer. We didn't even practice.

Bronques: Do you guys have a record deal?

Layla: Yes we have one coming out on I Heart Comix which is clear pink vynil and it's a remix record for 'Choose Your Own Adventure'. We're gonna release worldwide with them on June 24.

Bronques: How is dealing with Franki (label head)? He's so... angry! (laughter)

Layla: He's an angry little man and I'm an angry little woman so it works perfect! (laughter) Franki is behind this whole thing happening, so I love him.

Bronques: Everyone focuses on cuteness with you, but you're, uh, edgy...

Layla: That's what the Switchblade record is about... Not that you care, but I'm going to tell you anyways because you're my friend... My daughter's name is Tiger. She's nine. I like to say "I have the heart of a Tiger, the mouth of a trucker, some call me a MILF, I'm a crazy motherfucker..."

'Choose Your Own Adventure', HEARTSREVOLUTION
(courtesy of I Heart Comix)

Bronques: So many suprises... Where are you going with all of this?

Layla: Total world domination. T, W, D.

Bronques: When you conquer the world what do you want to do with it?

Layla: I wanna eat.

Bronques: Wha-?

Layla: I weigh 100 pounds right now, but mark my words, 10 years from now I'll be 35 pounds overweight and I'll know where every fucking calorie came from.

Bronques: You live here now?

Layla: We live near Max Fish. We've never even been there. I don't care about 'the scene' and parties. I care about family. I look at our audience as our friends. We have the most amazing friends all around the world. Kids mail us these beautifully decorated envelopes from all around the world. From Puru, South Africa, Guatemala... It's crazy! We brought the Hearts Challenger truck here as a 3 month trial, and when it was time to go back, I just didn't want to go back. It's just one of those things... We had this treehouse in LA that was designed by a set designer at Disney in the 70s. There were mushroom shaped stools and all the water faucets were fairies and humming birds... I gave up the house and we moved here.

Bronques: (to Ben) You guys are a couple?

Layla: A couple of freaks. (laughter)

Bronques: (to Ben) You're the quiet one.

Ben: Yeah.

Bronques: What's your sign?

Layla: What do you think he is?

Bronques: I would say Cancer.

Layla: Close. He's Pisces.

Bronques: Oh.

Layla: I'm cancer rising, Airies moon... I'm psychotic! Pisces are good with Scorpio, Cancer and Airies and I'm all three! Terry, our new drummer is also a Pisces. He's a beautiful chocolate version of Ben. And his girlfriend deals with kids with ADHD. I need to bring her on tour so she can deal with Tiger!

Bronques: (to Ben) How do you deal with her? (laughter) I thought it was just cuteness... Like when we met in LA...

Layla: Are you sure it was me? Or was it a girl that looked like me? All the girls that do the ice-cream truck look like me. I hire girls that look like me. Cute little brown haired girls. I don't like any blondes in my shit.

Bronques: What's up with the, uh... pink, racoon, eyes...

Layla: It's all smudged out. I like it because it makes me feel like a ninja. I found this clown make-up so I used it. (makes a weird face) Whoa! Ugh. I need to vomit. I'm gonna vomit...

Bronques: Are you serious?

Layla: Un-hun... I never drink...