Best of '21: Siri Dahl: 10 things we learned in 10 minutes (Exclusive)
Guess who’s bizzack - after taking a hiatus from the adult industry back in 2015, Siri Dahl is back in epic fashion not only doing what some folks know her best for but also clocking in major gaming goals with her Twitch community, trying to crack the TikTok viral algorithm and so much more. It’s only right Attack The Culture swoops in to secure the beautiful red head to talk Drake vs. Kanye West, broccoli needing more props as a legit pizza topping, crushing on Ghostbusters: Afterlife star Paul Rudd and so much more.
The interview cracks into the 30 minute-plus territory and has epic gems from the one and only true Siri. Kick back and check out 10 things we learned in 10 minutes and if you have time check out the full interview at the bottom.
1. Siri has more hip-hop knowledge than you think
I guess I’ve never been into super mainstream anything of any genre so I kind of, I’m not super knowledgeable about hip-hop trivia and I don’t necessarily know things about artists themselves but I know growing up – I’m 33, I was born in ’88 so I grew up in the 90’s – all the stuff that was popular when I was a kid, hip-hop was definitely massive. When I think back to the stuff that sort of helped form my music tastes, a lot of it is hip-hop or things that have a really direct hip-hop influence. It’s mainstream culture in most ways.
2. Siri is giving Kanye West the edge over Drake
To me, it’s very obvious – Kanye. I will say, I’m a little confused with some of Kanye’s antics. I’m like, ‘Sir, do you need therapy? What is going on?’ But just musically? I don’t think anyone would disagree that he’s like super talented and groundbreaking and I know when I first heard his music in high school I was like, ‘What? This is way different than anything I ever heard.’
3. Dahl has no loyalty – or interest – in the 6 God
I will say that I’ve never been a Drake fan. I was a fan of him being Jimmy on ‘Degrassi’ though. I guess I’m sort of a Drake fan.
4. Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson might really work out
It totally makes sense to me. Pete Davidson has a whole thing where he’s like very endearing and actually, I’m going to use the words of a former boss of mine. This is going back to when I had a civilian job but my boss at my previous job, she had a huge thing for Pete Davidson. This is a woman who was approaching 40 but she’s in her 30’s and she’s got this massive thing for Pete Davidson and people would tease her about it all the time. She said she wanted to like mommy him or something that he seems like this lost teenage boy – even though he’s not a teenager. He kind of has the bad boy aesthetic – it’s kind of bad boy aesthetic mixed with a goofy neediness. Pete Davidson just needs a mommy and he’s found his mommy and it’s Kim Kardashian.
5. Men painting their nails is all good
From my perspective, and I’m not using this word to imply anyone’s actual orientation or anything but it definitely feels like there’s a little bit of queering of mainstream culture in general going on and it’s also touching hip-hop culture. I’m super into that because I identify as queer. I actually came out as lesbian first early when I first started college and then after two years, I realized, ‘Oh, I’m actually bisexual.’ I know that the hip-hop that I grew up with, I’m thinking about some of the first CDs that I actually bought when I first started having money to spend on things that I got to pick – it was kind of waspy traditional but not super duper oppressive but I knew enough that when I bought Eminem’s first album, at 11 years old, I hid it. I know that even at that age – I remember Eminem being like the most shocking thing I heard lyrically at that age and being pretty uncomfortable with it being pretty overtly sexist. But I also liked the music enough to ignore that part. That’s something I feel I always struggled with in many ways about mainstream culture in general – feeling like I don’t see people like me who are not totally straight being represented and I f*cking love what’s going on now.
6. Transformations are happening and they’re awesome
I know a lot of hip-hop culture is also just style and it’s cool to see men being able to wear a style and it stands alone. Yeah, you can be a f*cking cis straight dude and you can paint your nails and it doesn’t mean anything other than you thought it looked cool that day. It’s funny because there are very few ways that women have privilege that men don’t but that is one of the very few ways that women do have a special [privilege]. We get to play around with the way we look. There’s definitely slut shaming that happens but generally, if a woman chooses to do a certain makeup look one day or something that’s a little more out there hardly ever is anyone like, ‘Oh, what does that mean!?’ So it’s really cool to see things slowly but surely changing where men are getting more into that.
7. Lil Nas X is really, really, really cool
Just like everyone else I was really into ‘Old Town Road’ – how can you not? What a way to make a splash? The way he got removed from the country chart was f*cking wild. He could not have planned for that but I think it just actually helped because that whole debacle around that was just so f*cking overtly racist that that happened. It was really when MONTERO came out – I love Lil Nas X, love his presence but wasn’t diehard listening to his music. But the second I watched the music video for ‘MONTERO’ I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It’s just so goddamn queer – you can tell that he’s just like, ‘I do not f*cking care about anyone’s expectations’ – he’s like dancing on f*cking Satan’s lap and also I’m super into that because I listen to a lot of podcasts. One of them is a podcast which is about like the Satanic panic of the 90’s and sh*t so literally everything about that I’m like, ‘Oh my God!’ He’s taking people’s fears of this fake Satanic panic and turning it against them but doing it in a way that’s super duper gay and I’m into all of it.
8. Louisville is home sweet home right now
As a non-native to this city, I have pretty well settled here. I’ve been here for five years and I’ve got a house here now. I’m like tied down but it’s literally because I love it so much. It’s not a big city at all. It’s comparatively small but it feels so close-knit and there really is feeling of community in this city. It’s one of the reasons why I’ve enjoyed staying here.
9. COVID hurt a lot of Louisville hot spots
A lot of venues and places I used to go to – a lot of stuff is closed down because it didn’t make it through COVID and then now for the last year I travel so much that when I’m home, I pretty much come home and sit in my house. But I still care so much about the city and I have a lot of ties to it. What I want is to grow bigger roots here. Some day I would love to open my own gym here.
10. Siri would consider owning her own pizza spot
There’s a fantastic pizza spot here and it’s so funny you ask that question because the other day in the back of my head I was thinking, ‘What kind of cool businesses could I work on when I’m semi-retired?’ This is years away. I’m thinking when I’m like 45 and tired of shooting porn scenes by then. Hopefully I’m still shooting scenes by then, I don’t have plans to ‘not’ be in front of the camera but there is this thing that as you age in this industry as a woman, you don’t work as regularly. One of the things I thought of was what if I opened my own pizza restaurant? I’d have to do it not too close to the one I really like because I don’t want to compete with them because they’re really good. New York style and I’m a very simplistic person with pizza. My favorite is pepperoni but if I’m feeling fancy I’ll do pepperoni and olives.
Sometimes I like pepperoni, black olives and broccoli because I feel like broccoli is really underappreciated as a pizza topping.
Keep up with Siri Dahl:
Main site - https://www.siridahl.com
All Siri’s links - https://msha.ke/thesiridahl
Instagram - https://instagram.com/therealsiri.ps
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/siridahl
Twitter - https://twitter.com/thesiridahl
BONUS:
Siri Dahl came through in such epic fashion - but ahead of the conversation going down, check out some of her written answers to questions we shot her way.
a. What’s your all-time favorite food you could eat for a week straight and still want some more?
Pizza! Everybody thinks the "ps" in my instagram username therealsiri.ps stands for "porn star," but it actually stands for "pizza slut." It's a nickname one of my best friends bestowed upon me because when we first met she noticed I was often eating, cooking, or thinking about pizza in some regard. Ironically I don't actually eat pizza that often anymore. But if I could eat it everyday with no negative consequences, I totally would.
b. We have to know, what’s on Siri’s playlist?
It depends on what I'm doing -- if I'm working out, my gym playlist is full of EDM and hip-hop. It's all about keeping the energy level up and getting pumped to lift some big weights. If I'm just chilling at home, I usually put on a lofi YouTube channel like Chilled Cow, for the homey chill vibes, or I'll play one of my LPs from my record collection. I have a mixed collection but the ones I listen to most are Alt-J, Alex Cameron, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kate Bush, T. Rex, oh and my partner randomly gifted me a really old Bette Midler album... maybe he meant it as a joke, but I am super into it.
c. If you could add one new feature to the next iPhone, what would it be?
Bahahaha! You just had to ask me an iPhone question, didn't you? I wouldn't add a feature - I would take one away. I'd rename the voice assistant to something other than Siri, because I'm tired of hearing my name and then realizing nobody's talking to me. LOL.
d. We love the fact you are vaccinated and boosted and proud – tell us more about the encouragement and promotion of slowing the spread of COVID-19?
I literally could not wait to get my vaccine. I was checking every day to see when I would finally become eligible! Same with my booster shot that I got a few months ago. I think the most important thing any of us can do, beside taking the pandemic seriously, is to get vaccinated and boosted and continue wearing a mask whenever possible. I still travel a lot for work, and even though my home state of Kentucky no longer has a mask mandate, I continue to wear a mask every time I'm in public places like shopping or the grocery store. It doesn't hurt me to do it, and it helps protect others while also being a reminder that this whole thing isn't over! Like everybody else, I can't wait to be completely past this pandemic, but until then I am happy to take every precaution I can, personally.
e. If you could star opposite anyone in Hollywood in a huge feature film, who would it be and why would your chemistry work well?
Paul Rudd, for no reason other than I've had a crush on him for my entire life and I've heard that he's one of the nicest guys on the planet and an absolute joy to work with. A very close second would be Lil Nas X, because I love his whole energy, his sense of humor and his irreverence, and I'm convinced that everything he touches turns to gold!
f. Did you cave in and join the ‘Squid Game’ hype – what was your overall take if you watched and when did you cave in – at the start or once the hype went over the top?
I still haven't watched it yet! I really want to, but I haven't been able to find the time yet. I'm hoping I can get around to it this month, since I'm mostly staying home for the holiday season.
g. How long have you been into powerlifting and what inspired the transition from traditional weightlifting to this form?
I have been serious about powerlifting for about three and a half years now. For about two years before that, I was loosely "powerlifting," but I had never run a proper progressive overload program or hired a coach, so in my mind it didn't really count as "real" powerlifter training. My journey to strength sports started in 2013 when I got into the habit of working out 5 days per week, but I was bored out of my mind with doing cardio. Since at the time I was a total gym n00b, I literally googled "how to get fit without cardio" and found a bunch of online resources about strength training. I started with mostly plyometrics and crossfit-type workouts. But I quickly fell in love with barbell movements, and then when I learned there was a whole sport dedicated to barbell lifts, all bets were off! I gravitated naturally toward powerlifting, as opposed to Olympic weightlifting, because I love the simplicity of the three movements - squat, bench, deadlift - and the mental toughness it requires.
h. What hip-hop artists catch Siri’s attention on a regular basis?
Well, Cardi B., of course. She can do no wrong. And as a 90s kid, there will always be a place in my heart for artists like Outkast, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Eminem and A Tribe Called Quest. I also love Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Joey Bada$$, and I was recently recommended Bakar so I've gotten into his music quite a bit. I'm still waiting for the day I run into Jack Harlow at the grocery store or someplace here in Louisville. He probably has no idea who I am though.
i. For people interested in connecting to your podcasts, what is the focus and discussion typically like when you broadcast?
My podcast After Adult wrapped last February, so there are no new episodes of that. But it is still available on all platforms, and I highly encourage anybody interested to check it out, because pretty much all of the episode content is timeless! These days, I am spending a lot of time streaming on my Twitch channel, at twitch.tv/siridahl. I stream all kinds of content, from gaming to cooking to lifting to just chatting.
j. What’s your go-to music playlist when you’re powerlifting?
I have had the same playlist for like 4 years. I update it all the time, but honestly, it's probably time for a new one. It's about 8 hours long. It's mostly techno and EDM — but there's also a lot of 90s throwback stuff, a lot of 00's hip-hop, and a LOT of Lizzo songs.
