Koven bandmember Katie Boyle recently added one important item to her tour rider, and it's not a favorite snack or drink of choice: It's a photograph of a dog enjoying life.
While keeping a photo of a dog backstage might seem like a quirky choice, Boyle explains that it actually goes a long way toward helping her put on the best show she can.
Because when you're gonna perform, you need to be in a positive, outgoing, energetic state of mine, and it's not always possible," Boyle explains in the newest episode of Herbal Tea & White Sofas.
"And this is just something that — come on, look at that! It just makes you feel better," she continues, holding up a closeup photo of a smiling pit bull. "Look at that picture of a dog being happy. It just makes you instantly happy. So that's why I've recently added it."
In the snacks department, Boyle says she tries to ask for "basic" items that will be easy to procure: Chips, dip and peppermint tea, the latter of which she says immediately puts her in a calmer headspace.
But when she can, she loves to snack on Monster Munch, a baked corn snack that hails from her native UK. "I don't know if they have them in a lot of places, so I try not to demand them too much," she relates.
Monster Munch is more than a tasty snack to Boyle: It's got a big nostalgia factor, stemming back to the weekends she used to spend with her dad as a child.
"One of my earliest memories, I used to go to my dad's on a Friday night, and because he was, like, weekend dad, he would let us go to the shop and just buy all the crisps and chocolate that we wanted, basically," the singer recounts. "And I would always get Flamin' Hot Monster Munch."
To hear more about Boyle's love for her favorite childhood snack — plus more details about her must-haves on the road — press play on the video above.
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