Today Montaigne Found Out Just How Heavy (And Pointy) An ARIA Award Is

If you've ever looked at an ARIA Award and thought, “That looks dangerous,” you're not wrong - and Aussie artist Montaigne will be the first to agree.

Posting to Twitter, the singer-songwriter, who picked up an ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist in 2016, shared some insight into just how heavy and pointy the awards actually are.

After falling off a wall while indoor bouldering last month, Montaigne was advised by a physio to do calf exercises while carrying weight.

“I have no gym weights at home, so I decided I’d fill a backpack full of heavy stuff I own,” she said.

“The heaviest thing I own is, undeniably, my ARIA award. That shit is at least a few kilograms of hard, pointy metal. I first threw in a copy of 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, then Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi, then my ARIA award on top. The bag does not zip.”

The scene has been set - here’s how it played out from there:

So I picked the bag up and put it on my backpack, swung around to step to the wall so I could hold myself steady while I did the exercises, AND MY ARIA FELL NOSE FIRST OUT OF MY BAG AND IMPALED MY FLOORBOARDS. pic.twitter.com/8KFMpG3YJb

— Montaigne (@actualmontaigne) September 16, 2019

Let me tell you, it was loud and heavy af, and I’m real glad my foot wasn’t where that hole in the floor now is. My housemate was in the next room and she masterminded this amazing picture of me doing a Leaning Tower of Pisa-style pic with my own fucking ARIA award. pic.twitter.com/RHFrbH6DvX

— Montaigne (@actualmontaigne) September 16, 2019

It looks very deliberately placed, as if an exhibit in an art museum, and I am not moving it until it becomes not funny. Here it is with some nasturtium flowers from the backyard to establish its eminence of place pic.twitter.com/ZoBV7IwJ08

— Montaigne (@actualmontaigne) September 16, 2019

Montaigne's latest album, Complex, which The Music described as "a gorgeous journey of self-discovery, determination and growth", dropped last month.

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