Florence Welch

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name: "Florence Welch"
relatedPeople:
  - "jessie-j"
  - "conor-maynard"
  - "katie-price"
  - "robert-plant"
date: "2013-03-07"
sources:
  - sourceTitle: "Bedroom Hymns Lyric Meaning."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858872705/"
  - sourceTitle: "Florence Welch 'to wear shaman robes for new album.'"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a329768/florence-welch-to-wear-shaman-robes-for-new-album.html"
  - sourceTitle: "Florence Welch: Lost In Music."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/florence-welch-lost-in-music#image-rotator-1"
  - sourceTitle: "Florence Welch on 'becoming more British' in new Harper's Bazaar."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2152932/Florence-Welch-British-new-Harpers-Bazaar.html"
summaries:
  religion: "Florence Welch is deeply interested in religion and spirituality, but is non-religious herself."
  politicalViews: "She describes herself as non-political, but maybe someday she'll change her position."
---

Florence Welch was born and raised in London, England.

Welch's fascination with religion and spirituality is apparent if you've heard any of her songs or seen any of her [music videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpLXQorSQe8). Religious imagery is all over the lyrics of her band Florence and the Machine. In the song "Bedroom Hymns," she sings,

>Make me your Maria/ I'm already on my knees/ You had Jesus on your breath/ And I caught him in mine/ Sweating our confessions/ The undone and the divine/ This is his body/ This is his blood<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.songmeanings.net%2Fsongs%2Fview%2F3530822107858872705%2F" title="Bedroom Hymns Lyric Meaning.">[1]</a>

And her interest doesn't stop at Christianity. She mentioned in one interview that she thought it would be "fun" to get everyone in the band dressed up in shaman's robes while they were in the recording studio.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalspy.com%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fa329768%2Fflorence-welch-to-wear-shaman-robes-for-new-album.html" title="Florence Welch &apos;to wear shaman robes for new album.&apos;">[2]</a>

But fascination doesn't necessarily translate into belief. Welch said:

>I love seances, witchcraft, heaven and hell, voodoo, gospel, possession, demons, exorcism and all that stuff. . . . I'm not a religious person. Sex, violence, love, death, all the topics that I'm constantly wrestling with, it's all connected back to religion.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalspy.com%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fa329768%2Fflorence-welch-to-wear-shaman-robes-for-new-album.html" title="Florence Welch &apos;to wear shaman robes for new album.&apos;">[3]</a>

It all comes back to religion, doesn't it? I suppose that's why we're doing what we're doing here at the Hollowverse. But it's not all about religion. . . or is it?


## Unpolitics and the British Machine

For all of Welch's non-religious interest in religion, she does not feel the same way about politics. She's more of the non-political and completely non-interested type. She said,

>I'm not the most politically minded person. There's nothing inspiring at the moment in British politics. [My interest] might change when I have a family though.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stylist.co.uk%2Ffashion%2Fflorence-welch-lost-in-music%23image-rotator-1" title="Florence Welch: Lost In Music.">[4]</a>

But despite that, she's a big fan of the Royal Family. She described the day Prince William and Kate Middleton married as "the best day ever." And said she imagined the Queen knew the answers to all sorts of important questions, like the best words to use in Scrabble.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-2152932%2FFlorence-Welch-British-new-Harpers-Bazaar.html" title="Florence Welch on &apos;becoming more British&apos; in Harper&apos;s Bazaar.">[5]</a>

She also said that she feels more connected to her country as she gets older:

>I am definitely growing into my Britishness. The more I grow up, the more British I become.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-2152932%2FFlorence-Welch-British-new-Harpers-Bazaar.html" title="Florence Welch on &apos;becoming more British&apos; in new Harper&apos;s Bazaar.">[6]</a>

So maybe there's hope for her yet. Once she starts a family, starts viewing her love of the Royals as a political position, or anything else, let us know in the comments.

MD. Kibrya

In an interview with Water Bear, in a partnership with WWF and Greenpeace to support a new environmentally-minded streaming service

Fact about the Climate Change views of Florence Welch

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