Iggy Azalea says she never expected to be as famous as Katy Perry.
The 23-year-old Australian has shot to stardom with her debut album, The New Classic.
Although she moved to the United Stated when she was just 16 to pursue her passion for rapping, Azalia says she never thought she would become so big.
"I don't know if I expected anything," she has told radio.com.
"I think other people expect things and I think to myself, 'Hey look, I do female rap.' That's what I am, I'm a female rapper. That's always a weird situation, you never know how it's going to be. It's not the most popular kind of thing in the world.
"I never really expected [my career choice] to turn me into Katy Perry-level fame, because I know it's not that popular with people. I think I'm pleasantly surprised that people seem to be interested. That's always good."
She added: "I guess it's what I expected, but I don't expect too much. Not that I would ever settle for average, I always try the hardest I could try and hope I could achieve good things but at the same time if I don't, or when I don't, I think, 'Well, you know - it is what it is.'
"I do make rap music, it's not exactly the biggest seller. But you still hope."
Azalia goes all-out with the music videos to accompany her songs. Her latest, for the single Fancy, is based on the hit 1995 movie Clueless.
Azalia said that she was fascinated by film and music while growing up.
"It's escapism to me. I'm from the country, and music videos and film, those were my escape to sparking my imagination.
"I didn't get to see really well dressed women in the street or expensive cars or people walking into a restaurant. I only got to see them in films or music videos," she said.
"When I think about somebody watching my video, I want to give them some escapism. I want to give them something they can imagine [and wonder], 'How much of this is her real life and how much is for show?'
"That's what I always loved thinking about when I was a kid, so I wanted to replicate what I thought made a music video great."
