The British-Peruvian musician, who is now married to Lena Dunham, talks music, “conscious drinking” and his new relationship.
Luis Felber and Lena Dunham are in love. The pair has made no secret of this fact on their Instagram accounts in recent months. And now they are married. Asked when he knew he wanted to marry Ms. Dunham, Mr. Felber responded on Monday via email: “There were lots of moments, there are lots of moments and there will be lots of moments. I’m not living in a Disney film where you’re certain about who you want to spend the rest of your life with in one moment. Time is fluid and when you know, you know. I love my wife, who is also my best friend.” So who is Luis Felber? Born in Winchester, England, to a Peruvian mother and a British father, Mr. Felber spent his earliest years in Peru and Chile before moving back to Britain at age 7. At 17, he skipped university and began pursuing a career in music, playing guitar with several different bands. Recently, Mr. Felber,35, has been recording and performing under the name Attawalpa (his middle name, after the 16th-century Incan ruler Atahualpa). On Oct.13, he’ll release a new single, “Peter Gabriel’s Dream.” Below is an interview, edited for clarity, conducted with Mr. Felber over Zoom in early September. So how did you and Lena meet? It was a blind date. A mutual friend of ours basically set us up. The first time we hung out, we didn’t stop talking for, like, eight hours. Where did you go? Just around central London because everything was shut down. So you’re walking along the streets, along the Thames? Yeah and I think it was sort of incredible, you know, I walked into that. I’d been on quite a few dates in the past year. As someone who’s quite open, I find you hold a lot back on your first three dates. Or first 10 dates. I was just a bit fed up with that, so I just walked into the situation very myself, shall I say. And Lena liked that. And she’s the same. Is it fair to say that your relationship seemed to get really intense really quickly? Or is that just our impression via Instagram? Yeah, I mean, describe “intense.” It feels like you’re both very passionate about each other, that you’re both very much in love, and that it happened very quickly. I think when you know, you know. I’ve only been alive for 35 years in this lifetime, and I think it’s another archaic thing for guys to hide their feelings. I’m way more into the flow of getting to know the person.
