‘It’s so politically loaded’: Marlon Williams on ‘finding the gall’ t…

Marlon Williams recalls a survey he once read about how often people think about death: on average, once a week. He laughs incredulously. “You know that statistic about men thinking about sex once every seven seconds? That’s how often I think about death.”

In an interview promoting his fourth solo studio album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, this existential conversation is unexpected. But…