Lupita Nyong’o Covers ‘Vogue,’ Says Her Favorite Lyrics Are “Lady in the Street, But a Freak in the Bed”
Lupita Nyong’o is on the October cover of Vogue. Her second, in as many years, which is kind of a big deal given that she’s been in one major movie. This one, of course, anticipates her forthcoming role in the buzziest film of 2015: J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens. Nyong’o plays a CGI character in the film, but not even Vogue could get any info out of her (other than that she wears approximately 168 dots on her face).
The written interview with Nyong’o paints a very fancy, very formal picture in which she lunches with Riccardo Tisci in Paris and says things like, “Yale taught me that it’s about giving yourself permission to pretend,” and, “I will always be a child of Kenya.” But the magazine’s signature “73 Question With…” video reveals a Nyong’o you might want to hang out with IRL.
Living in Brooklyn, she takes the subway to work, picnics in the park, and wants to be besties with Misty Copeland (who doesn’t?!). John Legend is her favorite living musician (Nina Simone, not living), and if she were to get a tattoo, it’d be an infinity symbol between her fingers. The best part of the whole thing however is when Nyong’o turns to the camera and says that her favorite rap lyrics are from Usher’s “Yeah! ft. Ludacris,” in which he sings, “We want a lady in the street but a freak in the bed.”
The magazine also reports she’s single, gentlemen!
