Taylor Monsem: I don't own a computer!

“I don’t own a computer, so I don’t really look at that stuff,” she says.

No computer? OK, now that’s shocking.

“Oh, it’s because it’s dangerous,” she explains – that and her last computer broke and she hasn’t bothered to replace it yet (she’s not a teenage luddite or anything). “You have to avoid Googling yourself,” she says. “There’s nothing nice that comes with that.”

Nevertheless, her celebrity status has brought The Pretty Reckless some attention. Momsen’s just not sure if that’s a blessing or a much blogged-about curse. “It has good things and bad things about it. You have the audience that likes the show [Gossip Girl] and it’s a built-in audience that will listen to the record,” she says — though she’s doubtful that hardcore GG fans will be into the alt-rock of the Pretty Reckless. “I don’t think that the Gossip Girl audience is listening to Soundgarden that much, you know what I mean?” she says, giggling.

“The only thing I can hope for is that they’ll enjoy the record because they’re the first people who are going to hear it, and an audience who wouldn’t listen to it because of my career, I hope they give it a chance, and don’t just shut it out because of pre-determined – like ‘She’s Jenny Humphrey?’ F*ck that.’