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eurovision-facts · 10 months

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Eurovision Fact #446:

Over the 67 years of Eurovision, quite a few American contestants have taken part, one American even won the contest.

To begin, non-qualifying artists include:

Cyprus' 2006 representative and former backup singer for Brittany Spears, Annet Artani; both Austria and Slovenia's 2013 representatives, Natália Kelly and Hannah, respectively; finally Jimmie Wilson, who represented San Marino as part of a duo with Valentina Monetta in 2017.

Next, there were many qualifying American artists. Many of which made it into the top 10. For starters, artists that did not make the top 10 include:

1979's representative for Luxembourg, Jeane Manson; Denmark's 1981 representative Debbie Cameron, who took part as a duo with Tommy Seebach; Kim Cooper of The Rounder Girls, who represented Austria in 2000; Poland's 2008 representative Isis Gee; Oscar Loya of Alex Swings Oscar Sings, who represented Germany in 2009; Tamar Kaprelian of Genealogy, who represented Armenia in 2015; Bulgaria's 2018 contestants Trey Campbell and Johnny Manuel of the group Equinox; in 2021, Flo Rida featured in Senhit's performance for San Marino; and Poland's 2022 contestant Ochman.

Finally, a total of 6 American contestants have made the top 10. In order of placing, they are:

Rhonda Heath of the Silver Convention, who represented Germany in 1977, earning 8th place; Romina Power, who represented Italy twice with her then husband, Al Bano, once in 1976 and 1985 -- earning 7th place both times; Hungary's 2014 representative András Kállay-Saunders, who placed 5th; Wess, who performed with Dori Ghezzi in 1975 for Italy, placing 3rd; also placing 3rd was Greece's Kalomira, who took part in 2008; finally, taking home first place in 1997 was Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves, who represented the United Kingdom.

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'Made in the USA - Americans who have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest,' Aussievision.net.

Participants of Athens 2006: Annet Artani, Eurovision.tv.

Annet Artani Biography, IMDb.com.

Participants of Malmö 2013: Natália Kelly, Eurovision.tv.

Natália Kelly, Wikipedia.org.

Participants of Malmö 2013: Hannah, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Kyiv 2017: Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Jerusalem 1979: Jeane Manson, Eurovision.tv.

Biografie, JeaneManson.com.

Debbie Cameron, IMDb.com.

Theroundergirls.at.

Participants of Belgrade 2009: Isis Gee, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Stockholm 2000: The Rounder Girls, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Moscow 2009: Alex Swings Oscar Sings!, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Vienna 2015: Genealogy, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Lisbon 2018: EQUINOX, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Turin 2022: Ochman, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of London 1977: Silver Convention, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of The Hague 1976: Romina and Al Bano, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Gothenburg 1986: Al Bano and Romina Power, Eurovision.tv.

Romina Power, IMDb.com.

Participants of Copenhagen 2014: András Kállay-Saunders, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Stockholm 1975: Wess and Dori Ghezzi, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Belgrade 2008: Kalomira, Eurovision.tv.

Dublin 1997, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Rotterdam 2021: Senhit, Eurovision.tv.

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i-carrion-icarian · 1 year

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Baby, you got one shot / bite the bullet

#dua lipa #unreleased song #trey campbell #soundcloud #audio #mine #SoundCloud

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filmonizirani-filmo · 2 months

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Skelly (2024) - Godina: 2024 (maj) Žanr: Drama / Porodični film Režija: Matt Greene-Delanghe Glavne uloge: Brian Cox, Torrey DeVitto, Andy Comeau, De https://filmonizirani.net/skelly-2024/

#Andy Comeau #Brian Cox #Devin Trey Campbell #Matt Greene-Delanghe #Torrey DeVitto

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krispyweiss · 7 months

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Craig Fuller and Shaun Murphy to Temporarily Reunite with Little Feat in Mexico

- Feat Camp set for Jan. 17-20, 2024

Former Little Feat vocalists Craig Fuller and Shaun Murphy will temporarily rejoin the band during its annual Feat Camp excursion to Mexico.

Fuller is the Pure Prairie League co-founder who replaced Lowell George between 1987 and 1993. And Murphy is the singer previously known as Stony who recorded with pre-fame Meat Loaf and toured with Bob Seger. She replaced Fuller and stuck around until 2009. Both have guested with Feat since their respective departures, but this dual return is being billed as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event.

The getaway is scheduled for Jan. 17-20, 2024, in Cancun.

Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley and DJ Music Man Miles are the support acts.

10/22/23

#little feat #bill payne #kenny gradney #sam clayton #craig fuller #shaun murphy #stony and meat loaf #meat loaf #larry campbell & teresa williams #rob ickes #trey hensley #bob seger #lowell george

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funkyeahdangelo · 2 years

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Interview with Stefan Campbell (stylist for D'Angelo) with Trey Taylor for ONE37pm (2018)

#Stefan Campbell #D'Angelo #Stylist #Trey Taylor #One37pm

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companion-showdown · 9 months

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Hottest Companion Nominations are Now Open!

You can nominate any character in the Whoniverse, human, alien, robot, it does not matter, the only rule is that they should pass the Harkness test (human intelligence or greater, able to communicate using language, sexually mature for their species)

Current Nominations:

Masters:

Missy

Delgado!Master

Simm!Master

Dhawan!Master

Crispy!Master

Shalka!Master

Jacobi!Master

Ainley!Master

Roberts!Master from MASTER!

Roberts!Master

Classic Who Characters:

Erato (The Creature from the Pit)

Duggan

Meglos!4

Allison Williams (Remembrance of the Daleks)

Rachel Jensen (Remembrance of the Daleks)

Sara Kingdom

Alternate Universe!Liz

Ramón Salamander

Osgood (no this isn't the new who one)

The Rani

Queen Thalira (The Curse of Pleadon)

Andred

Carol (the Sensorites)

Penley (the Ice Warriors)

Isobel (the Invasion)

Kelly (Seeds of Death)

New Who Characters:

Dalek Sec

Tasha Lem

Idris!TARDIS

2000s Sarah-Jane (70s Sarah-Jane will be the automatically qualifying Sarah)

Kate Stewart

Jenny Flint

Vastra

Jabe

Chantho

Shakespeare (this is the most recognisable place he appears in Doctor Who)

Ruth!Doctor

Osgood

Handles

Danny Pink

Bel

Vinder

Jake (Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel)

Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)

Jethro (Midnight)

Lady Christina de Souza (Planet of the Dead)

Gwen Cooper

Tallulah (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Lynda (Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways)

Liz 10 (The Beast Below)

Frank (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Heather (The Pilot)

Sally Sparrow (Blink)

Madam de Pompadour

Miss Evangelista (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Ada Lovelace

Billy Shipton (Blink)

Lorna Bucket

Tosh

Stacy Campbell (Partners in Crime)

Anita (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Girl who was the sex gas

Frobisher (Torchwood)

EU Characters:

Fey Truscott-Sade

Hebe Harrison

Tom Campbell (Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150AD)

Valarie Lockwood

Compassion

Zagreus!TARDIS

Irving Braxiatel

Trey!Romana

War Queen!Romana

Narvin

Sibling Different

Chris Cwej (first incarnation)

Father Kreiner

Chris Cwej (second incarnation)

Chris Cwej (third incarnation)

Chris Cwej (V Cwej)

Dalek Prime Strategist (Time Lord Victorious)

The Graak (Destiny of the Doctors)

Sheila (Señor 105's companion)

Carmen Yeh (Companion of the Sixth Doctor in a charity anthology and latter companion of Compassion in Book of the War. Also implied to be a companion of the Eighth Doctor as well)

Scarlette (eight doctors wife)

Nivet (Compassions first companion)

Cousin Eliza (Cousin Justine's companion aka the Grandfather Paradox (who has a slim chance of being the Doctor so that backs it up)

Sally Armstrong (the Master’s companion (the master might also part of the Doctor depending on the source, or at the very least a reincarnation of the same person)

Patience (the Others wife or the first doctors wife or the infinity doctors wife, depends on source)

Daisy Weston the companion of the Robert Banks Stewart Doctor

Alison Cheney

The City of the Saved

Laura Tobin

The War King

Marie

Ulysses

Penelope Gate

Homunculette

Lolita

Marnal

Captain Scarlet

Doctor Fawn

The Mysterons

Colonel White

Steve Zodiac

Venus (Fireball XL5)

Captain Black

Jane Fonda!Iris Wildthyme

Claudia Marwood

Lauren Anderson

Other polls about the running of this tournament:

splitting up men and women for as long as numbers allow

including or excluding companions it is very difficult or impossible to read as adults (all their actors are adults)

Nominations will be open for 24 hours, closing around 13:30 BST (UTC + 1), 03/09

#hottest companion: nominations

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lordkingsmith · 6 months

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Power ranger canon and au kids masterpost;

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Zeo Rangers/Turbo Rangers;

Kimberly Hart

Katherine Hillard

Billy Cranston

Eugene Skullovitch

Farkas Bulkmeier

Tommy Oliver

Matthew Cook

Jason Lee Scott

Trini Kwan

Zack Taylor

Adam Park

Aisha Campbell

Rocky DeSantos

Trey of Triforia

Power Rangers In Space/Turbo Rangers;

T.J. Johnson

Carlos Vallerte

Cassie Chan

Andros

Ashley Hammond

Zhane

Psycho Rangers;

Yellow

Trek

Virgil

Photon

Axe

Nokrea

Alien Rangers;

Delphine

Cestro

Aurico

Tideus

Corcus

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theghostpinesmusic · 26 days

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And now it's time for some music from the other drug band I'm obsessed with!

(To be clear, it's my impression that the Goose guys don't tend to indulge much while performing at least, and Phish famously almost stopped being Phish due to Trey's pre-sobriety drug issues. So it's not really either band that does the drugs, but...oh man, the fans definitely pull their weight.)

Anyway, darkly humorous, slightly misdirected pejoratives aside, I wanted to focus my next few jam band posts on Goose's Capitol Theatre run from April. These shows were a bit of a surprise, as they were announced two (three?) weeks before they happened, and they happened in the middle of a six-month break from touring that the band initiated after replacing their longtime drummer. I wrote about that and my thoughts about in detail awhile back so I won't rehash those thoughts now, but suffice to say these shows were 1) unexpected and 2) incredibly exciting to watch as they ended up being Cotter's first "live" performances with the band (i.e., not a prerecorded video shared online after the fact). I was particularly excited to see the band plan a four-night run in one venue, as that meant four shows with no repeats, which in turn meant getting to see Cotter really dig into the band's catalog for the first time.

I obviously didn't travel to New York to see these shows in person because I don't sleep on a bed of money, but, needless to say, I tried my best to watch all four of these shows as soon as they became available. I watched the first two live online (including the first one on the same night I got back from a snow camping trip that included a hilariously wild fifteen-degree night spend on an exposed ridge), and then watched nights three and four a few days after they first aired.

I suspect very few people read these posts to begin with (thanks if you do!) and I imagine even fewer of those people are actually interested in watching whole concerts from the bands I write about, but if you are interested, I believe all four full shows are still available to stream for free on the band's YouTube channel, and they're all really good, exemplary shows. I'd start with night one, though, if I had to pick.

So, to get to it: I'm focusing my posts about the run on some highlights that the band's YouTube as well as the Relix YouTube channel (the company responsible for the livestreams in this case) shared afterward. This first one is just sort of an excuse to ramble about the Cap run a bit, as it doesn't really contain any long-form improvisation at all.

I really love the "Seekers On The Ridge" suite, so much so that I've actually written a bit about it before. But I like this version and what Cotter adds to both songs, and since Relix uploaded this to their channel, I figured it was worth a share to kick off this next series of posts.

"Seekers" has two parts, but they're almost always (with a few memorable exceptions) played together. They're a great, collective example of a subgenre of Goose songs that I wrote a bit about in my previous post including these songs:

If you don’t already know, Goose has a whole pile of songs that contribute to a larger mythology/legendarium (think Phish’s Gamehenge, but less goofy). Of the ones I can think of off the top of my head, most of the songs that fit into this sub-oeuvre tend to be more prog-rock-style in their composition, and the lyrics vague, mysterious, and more than a little Joseph-Campbell-esque. I don’t write about most of these tunes because, with the notable exception of “Elmeg The Wise” (which I’m sure I’ll get to someday), they aren’t typically songs that get jammed out.

And yes, for some reason this Relix-sourced video is only in 720p, even thought the shows were definitely streamed in (at least) 1080p. Oh well.

Trevor sounds great on this video, and was one of my favorite parts of this run, even as I went in expecting to pay the most attention to the new guy. I don't know if they just have him up higher in the mix than usual, or if he's leveled up during the band's mini-hiatus. Maybe both?

Also, I've been curious to hear them play this a second time during summer tour because while the band has typically performed the "Seekers On The Ridge Pt. I" chorus with a sort of slow, epic feel (see how they play it the second time through here at 4:13), the first time they play it in this version (at 2:19) they keep the verse's shuffle going. When I first heard this, I (and a bunch of other nerds on the internet) laughed about how Cotter must have missed a cue and played the chorus incorrectly the first time, then "fixed" it the second time through. Watching this video again, now, though, it's obvious that the rest of the band plays this first chorus the same way as Cotter (Rick keeps the same strumming pattern, Jeff keeps shuffling, etc.) and there's no real break to indicate the rest of the band wanted to do something else while he's doing something "wrong." I think they might just play it this way now. Which is interesting, and...fine? Anyway, just a nerd thing I was thinking about while watching. Forensic music nerd-dom!

I've said this before, but the transition between the two parts of the song (starts at 5:55) is one of my favorite Goose musical moments.

I feel like the second part of "Seekers" in particular is a Goose song that Cotter's jazzy touch really stands out on.

Otherwise, as advertised above, this is a pretty standard version of a great song (or pair of songs). The next few posts will be both jammier and wordier, but I think I'll save those for another day. I should probably get some actual work done at some point today.

#goose #music #live music #videos #writing #tour journal #jams #jam band #Youtube

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cyarsk52-20 · 1 year

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I wouldn't be mad if Megan came out with a song that called out every person in the industry by name who shitted on her during that trial… lyrically destroy them! The fact that there are still people defending him disgusts me. I’ll never understand this obsession with wanting assault victims to be liars. i will get back to my rant in a moment but i need to say that i always want the world to burn and pay for their crimes for their mistreatment of black women.

it’s not just meg. Rihanna, Kelis, Tina Turner, Ashanti, Keke Palmer, Dee Barnes, Michel'le, & so many other Black women were done wrong

Aaliyah never really came forward. But when the news broke that she was illegally married to R. Kelly she was shamed as if she wasn’t a victim. You can literally look up what happened during that time. Her industry peers was still working with him & didn’t give a damn.

Robin Givens was framed as a “gold digger” & was victim blamed after Mike Tyson abused. The Black community was terrible to her. Despite Mike Tyson saying in his book that punching Robin Givens “was the best punch I've ever thrown in my entire life.”…

People were nasty as hell to K Michelle when she accused Memphitz of abusing her. Only for him to later admit that he actually abused her. I can’t recall anyone who dogged her out in his defense recanting or even apologizing for the harm they brought to her.

Biggie used to abuse tf out of Lil Kim & instead of people acknowledging what happened to her they just rush to talk about her plastic surgeries (as a result of abuse btw)

Karruche, Tyra Banks , Kimora Lee Simmons , Tisha Campbell etc. all lost jobs and opportunities for speaking up

The police leaked Rihanna’s nude pictures from her phone. Nas & Dr Dre are still pillars in the community. People made fun of Keke hiding from Trey. The women of love & hip hop basically told K. Michelle she was lying. Like come the tf on. Society doesn’t care about victims especially if they are black.

if you support a nasty person who hates bw and intentionally harms them and abusers, then you’re dead to me and you can go to hell you abuser and anti bw slut!

Now back to that Canadian pos.

It’s the way he’s gone out of his way so many times to avoid accountability and paint him as innocent it’s disgusting. The narcissism. The sociopathy. The way he played the victim

Overall, Tory’s ego is why he is in the predicament that he’s in. Not because of him shooting a woman (a problem in itself). Had he owned up to what he did & took a plea deal, he would’ve been better off. He would have never had to face two decades of prison and deportation, just a couple of years in jail and that’ would be it.

& We all know folks love an abuser redemption arc. I just see it now “he took accountability for what he did” “he changed” “he’s showing growth”.. So folks would’ve ate that up! 🙃🙃 like you can’t redeem those who haven’t genuinely repented

God really blessed him with the worst team/lawyers possible. Still remember his lawyer acting a fool. “Y’all come back with a not guilty verdict yet?” He really thought social media was the judge and jury 🤣😂🤣😂

He thought the fact other misogynists and abusers were loudly backing him meant he would've gotten off. Womp womp!

she more of a real nigga than him. she was just gone let that shit ride but he started talking shit. He should have been grateful that she didn’t turn his dusty behind to the cops at the crime scene at first, she was gonna let him off the hook and was willing to let the whole situation go as well? She was being extremely gracious but he chose clownery, he still decided to run his mouth & drag her on the internet now he’s jailed. It’s what he deserves.

the fact that she literally tried to protect him from the police at first despite what he did to her. she was literally willing to let it go and try to move on, HE dragged it and was in the blogs calling her a liar.

Literally or just not say anything if no one else was saying anything he decided to drag it a be corny

if a mf show you mercy, just take that lesson and keep it pushing. At the very least be grateful. Most people would have turned that person who shot them that same night and called the cops. When people grace you you better not take it for granted.

I swear people be getting too big for they britches and think fat meat ain’t greasy.

i say this all the time not once did he show a ounce of empathy or even keep quiet , he was antagonizing her for a whole 2 years straight being the ring leader having ppl encourage his disgusting behavior, Literally all he has to blame is his ego. Megan had no initial intention of cooperating with the state/cops or outing him as the shooter. He could have gotten away with this if he wasn't such an egotistical, opportunistic, entitled, sociopathic, narcissistic, misogynist prick. so now he’ll have plenty of time to think about his actions and I hope they deport that leprechaun with the quickness 🫶🏾 .

It’s definitely his fault and I’m glad to see him burn.

#Poor baby smh she’s been through so much 🫶🏽🥺#fuck everyone and everybody who said that megan was lying #they can all choke #my heart is constantly with meg 💝 she's been through far too much #I’ll never forgive anyone who disrespects and abuses black women #Rihanna #Kelis #Tina Turner #Ashanti #Keke Palmer #Dee Barnes #Michel'le #& so many other Black women.#To hell with the world they will pay for their crimes for disrespecting black women #Don’t fuck with black women #Don’t harm them or disrespect them if you can’t love them #K. Michelle #Robin Givens #Janet Jackson #Whitney Houston #i will always want the world to burn and pay for their crimes for their mistreatment of black women.#If you supported abusers and those who have done black women dirty #then you are dead to me and you can go to hell #i don’t give a fuck #I don’t even care if you’re my mother #You are nothing to me if you are being a cocksucker to an abusers and someone who has disrespect bw.#i said what i said #argue with the fucking wall

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sunflowerformeg · 10 months

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☽☾ Equinox ☽☾

"Bones" is a song performed by Bulgarian band Equinox. The song represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song was written by Borislav Milanov, Trey Campbell, Joacim Persson and Dag Lundberg.

Equinox - Bones

Released 12 March 2018

Country Bulgaria

Artist(s) Equinox

Semi-final result 7th

Semi-final points 177

Final result 14th

Final points 166

It's my favorite Eurovision song.

#Eurovision #Esc #eurovision 2018 #esc2018 #Equinox #Bones

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stuckinapatriarchalbullshitland · 2 years

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Lauren for Paper Magazine

Lauren Jauregui Heals From Her Breakup With 'Always Love'

by Justine Fisher

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Three years later, Lauren Jauregui is addressing her 2019 split with Ty Dolla $ign. The singer releases her vulnerable and honest breakup ballad, “Always Love,” out everywhere.

After the pair’s two-year relationship ended, the former Fifth Harmony member put her emotions into words on “Always Love.” Following her debut solo album, PRELUDE, Jauregui said the soulful new track is one of her most special songs because of how it is able to heal others when they hear it.

Related | Lauren Jauregui and Chika Are the Role Models They Never Had

For the artist whose range includes hip-hop, R&B and pop, Jauregui’s sultry vocals on “Always Love” express her sense of nostalgic love. Though she sang the demo back in 2019 when feelings were raw, Jauregui shares it with the world now for fans to know they can experience heartache without the bitterness.

To unpack the emotive track, Jauregui spoke with PAPER about the cathartic recording process, the love she’ll always have for anyone that has touched her heart and everything she hopes fans feel when they listen.

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“Always Love” is about your high profile breakup. Lyrically, what inspired you to write it?

I wrote the song back in 2019, so, it was inspired by the high profile breakup that you allude to. At the time, I was processing and grieving something that was really special to me. I wrote the song with Trey Campbell, and he was so beautifully able to receive my vulnerability. Between the two of us, we were able to convey what I was feeling, which was this kind of nostalgic love, where I knew that I had to move forward, but I still had a lot of love in my heart. I wrote the song from that perspective, which is why it’s called “Always Love.”

Because your relationship was so in the public eye, do you feel like that contributed to the song?

Even beyond a story of heartbreak and breakup, it was just two humans who were in love and who did that. We were together for two years, so it was one of those things that impacted us as humans. I grew up a lot while I was with them, just in general, as a person. I feel like the song transcends that specific relationship, and is applicable to all my relationships — any kind of connections I've had with lovers or friends, that have come to pass because we weren’t in the same place anymore. We didn't want the same things. Beyond having a public relationship, it was a human one.

To that end, what do you feel like is the message or theme of the song?

The message is in the title, so, “Always Love.” The whole premise of what I'm speaking about is, the fact that no matter what transpired between us, and even though there was pain that was exchanged, it was always from a place of love and trying to love and understand each other. A lot of times, that's not as clean cut as we want it to be because a lot of us come from trauma. We're out here trying to love each other through the lens of someone who's been hurt. So we're projecting onto each other and we get to a point where it doesn't work anymore. The song’s theme and energy is exactly in the title, which is that there's always going to be love for anyone that has touched my heart.

Did writing the song feel cathartic to you?

It was cathartic. The song you guys are hearing is the demo. I sang that in the room on a mic in the room itself. I didn't even go into the booth to do any of it. It was so raw and organic. Every time we would finish writing a line or a part, I would put it down immediately. I remember the last chorus I was recording, I actually recorded myself doing it. It was one take and exactly the one we used. I cried because I felt like you said, it was cathartic to be able to put how I actually felt into words because I feel like a lot of breakup songs are usually very bitter and focused on either how terrible I feel about myself or how fucked up of a person someone else was to me. Rightfully so, for a lot of people that is their truth, but for me, I didn't feel all of that. Like I say in the song, “Even though we’ve hurt each other more than once, it was love, always love.” I'm able to have this capacity to understand who people are beyond who they need to be for me. In that, I'm able to love somebody beyond whether or not they were able to show up the way I needed at that time in my life.

With that raw, organic way of writing and recording the song, is that always how you do it? Or was that specific to the subject matter of this song?

It's not always how it goes for me. My process is different every time. Sometimes I really have something I want to say, and sometimes I don't and I'm more drawing from experiences that have already happened. This one in particular was very raw. I was very vulnerable that day. I was feeling genuine feelings. I was actually feeling sad. I didn't even really want to write that day. But Trey made it real safe for me to be honest about how I was feeling, and then helped me formulate that into words and put the right melodies to it. Malay’s production is just so melancholic and also bright at the same time, which is what the tone of the song is. Yes, there's this nostalgia and yes, it's kind of sad, but at the same time it's hopeful and happy because the respect and love is still intact. There's no hard feelings.

How does it feel to put something so personal out to the public for millions to listen to?

It's one of those beautiful things about what I get to do, to be honest. The song has done for me what it needed to do the second that I wrote it. After I wrote that song, I was able to let go of those feelings, and I was able to process how I was feeling and make sense of it. It really helped my personal grieving process. Putting it out to the world is just with the hope that it finds somebody who needs it, and they can hear these words and feel seen or feel reflected and heal a part of them too.

How do you think fans are going to react to the song?

The core fans have already been hearing it for years. I wrote it three years ago, so I'm genuinely beyond the space that I was in when I wrote it. I just think it's such a beautiful song and it deserved to see the light of day. At the time, I was still involved with a lot of label politics. I'm now independent and I can release things of my own volition with my own vision in mind, and that's why it's taken so long to be properly released to the world because I didn't want to just throw it on a project. To me, it's one of the most special songs that I've written. I've been playing it, singing it to people for three years now, so I've seen different reactions. Different people of all kinds of gender, race, religion, they're able to relate to it because it's just such a real feeling. I just wanted it to be real special when it finally hit the world.

"I'm able to love somebody beyond whether or not they were able to show up the way I needed at that time in my life."

What makes this song different from your previous releases?

I wouldn't say it's necessarily different. I feel like I'm always quite vulnerable and honest in my lyrics. That's my craft, being able to express myself through words and melodies and be able to sing it, so I wouldn't say it's different. It is special to me because it just hits. I don't know how to explain it. Some songs are vibes, some songs are hits and this one, to me, hits. When I say hits, I don't necessarily mean everybody's hearing it all over the world because it gets them moving. This one hits, like it hits you in the soul. It hits you in the spirit. It makes you stop and think about somebody. Everybody's gonna think about somebody when they hear it. I hope that, when they think about that somebody, they're able to heal that piece of themselves that was unable to understand that they didn’t have to be bitter about it. They can let it go and let it just be, always love.

With the song being written in 2019, does it hit the same way for you?

I do feel the same feelings. It transcends the situation for me. It's applicable to all the lovers that I've had. It's applicable to friendships or family relations that didn't exactly go as planned. It's a testament to good songwriting when you can have a song written three, four years ago, and put it out three, four years later and people still will feel it. Instead of it being a time capsule of a sound, it is beyond that. It's not a trend of any kind of sort. It's just an honest, raw song.

Is that something that you aspire to for all of your songwriting?

Yeah, I definitely want to make timeless music. I want to make music that people can listen to in any era, in any time of their life and for it to mean something different to them, maybe, but still have the same resonance because of what I'm saying. Because I'm telling my story, I'm reflecting humanity in the moment through my experience.

With the time difference from 2019 to now, do you feel like "Always Love" aligns with what you're doing now?

It definitely aligns. Musically, I don't really feel like I fit in anywhere specifically. I really experiment with sound to mean something to me. When I think of the sounds that I like to use when I'm creating a song or the concepts that I like to play with, I just care about being real. I care about being myself. Maybe that's a selfish process, but that's kind of what art is for me. It's just an expression and I'm grateful to share it with people because art is one of the most healing powers on this planet. Especially with music, the frequencies that we share with people are powerful.

My intention is to always be raw and honest in my music, whether that's on a pop record or a singer-songwriter record or an R&B track or a dance track. When I go into the studio, I love to get into the beat and just allow the music to tell me what I want to say. Sometimes I go in with an idea already of what I want to talk about, so I can create a sonic landscape around that concept. But always the concept and the sounds you're hearing are going to be related somehow, whether it's that I want to create a juxtaposition and I want to write about something really happy and have those sounds feel melancholy, or I'm writing something more melancholy so I'm going to tap into a lost love. I always want a correlation between the sounds and what the sounds evoke in you.

What emotion do you think the sound will evoke from people?

It has that happy nostalgia. That's what it evokes for me, this calm nostalgia of like, “I do really miss this, or dang, I do really feel deeply about this person or this experience, even if it was in the past.” Even if I wasn’t experiencing it, I'm able to relate to the feeling of still loving somebody even though we've been through it together and even though we know that we can't be together anymore. I think that's such a universal experience for people who are romantic in that sense.

Is a lot of your music intended to pull a universal reality?

I like for it to. I don't know if I always will hit that because all I can do is express from my perspective. There's a lot of perspectives that I probably won't be able to tap into, specifically, but generally speaking I feel like the majority of us have a very similar experience on this planet. We all go through love and loss, in different capacities, in different ways. The realities of the life we're all in, which is post-colonial capitalism and super driven by productivity and kind of a furtherance away from togetherness and from vulnerability is what I see around me. I'm just intentional about making sure that I keep that alive for myself, that I allow art to always be a place that I can go to to say something true or something real, whether it's my personal experience or just what I'm seeing, because sometimes I'm just a storyteller too. There's all kinds of ways that your pen will be ignited. Sometimes it's a story my friend told me, sometimes it's reminiscing on something that happened in childhood, sometimes it's the way that the rain looks today. It just depends on the mood.

Is there else you'd like to say to your fans?

I would love, if you're reading this right now, maybe you would actually go take a listen and watch the video and let me know how it makes you feel and if it evokes someone for you. I'm just curious to see how it makes people feel.

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I have to say that I understand why managements should love written interviews. I believe that Lauren could say everything she said in this interview but I can't stop remembering the interview with Zach Sang where she practically forgets about Ty Dolla when Zach asked her about him.

This is my dear folks what it means to follow a narrative. Lauren has a bisexual narrative to follow so, in a written interview she "talks" about her public PR and tres doritos después we have what we had with those "halloween costumes" because some silly people still can't understand that our moonchild is bisexual 🤦🏽‍♀️

BTW, she mentioned two years and I can't stop thinking about Camila singing did we waste two years... my problem? Dates, folks. I'm completely lost with dates with these two girls.

#lauren jauregui #paper magazine #follow a narrative #two years #Youtube

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