In my lifetime, that’s only really happened in the past five years, and it’s fucking wild.”īird takes our Zoom call on her phone out in the garden of the farmhouse she and her girlfriend Tracey have recently bought, together with two other couples, on the outskirts of Berlin. I think people are really interesting right now, because we’re showing vulnerability but we’re also showing the strength to be very loud when we don’t agree with something. “We’re moving into such an emotional and inclusive age. “It’s just a stunning time to be alive,” says Bird, her Wexford accent barely dimmed by a decade of living in Berlin.
