Royal Wedding: Emmy the Great: 'I knew girls who applied to St Andrews just to meet Prince William'

Singer-songwriter Emmy the Great writes a song for the royal weddingAsked to write a song to mark William and Kate's imminent wedding, Emma-Lee Moss says that her first instinct was to trash the great occasion. "Rip it to pieces," says Moss, 26, who, with bandmates including bass player Euan Hinshelwood, performs under the stage name Emmy the Great. "I'm not anti-royal, but I'm undecided. Anyway I hate processions, I hate crowds."Her debut album, First Love, released in 2009, was full of weird ...

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12:00 on April 14 2011

Emmy the Great live session: How we wrote ... Mistress England

Guardian Music — Kicking off the Observer's alternative tribute to the Royal Wedding, Emma-Lee Moss performs her new song, Mistress England, and explains how it's a lament for all the mot... more info

Emmy the Great

23:05 on April 16 2011

Royal Wedding: Emmy the Great: 'I knew girls who applied to St Andrews just to meet Prince William'

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter Emmy the Great writes a song for the royal weddingAsked to write a song to mark William and Kate's imminent wedding, Emma-Lee Moss says that her first ... more info

Emmy the Great