🌟 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐌 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑) 🌟

𝗦𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 (...) 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 ?

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼: 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑗𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑗𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑗𝑒𝑟𝑘 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠.

Photo credit: Erik Weiss, edit by Laetitia

🔸 To promote the release of Loud Like Love, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 was the guest of 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑭𝑴, a Belgian radio station, on the September 16th, 2013.

An interesting interview where Brian speaks warmly about his youth, his views on his younger self, Placebo's aesthetics, songs meaning, the writing process. 🌠

Enjoy this intimate and smooth moment 😊


𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 7𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤. 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 7 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 ? 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 ? 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚.
📢 Yes, maybe, but at the same time we don't know what to do, that's the problem. It's more and more difficult to renew first, and we're always afraid of repeating ourselves. Some repetitions are inevitable because we have our own style. For me, when I have the tune, in front of this blank sheet, I always have this kind of panic in me. I tell myself 'what do I have to say ? What do I have to tell the world ?' I am not the kind of person who writes thing in an intellectual way. I let myself go with instinct. It's rather the writing process which influences the topics, the emotions of the song. It's more and more difficult maybe because I put more and more value in it.


𝙒𝙝𝙮 ?
📢 Because I'm a bit more conscious of the fact that ... Well.. let's say I less believe in my own legend. When you are young, you're very arrogant, you are strongly self confident. With time, it erodes a bit. You ask yourself more questions and you get more of an identity crisis. For me, it becomes another value, a bigger one. I may be too conscious about the missed opportunities in the past. So I push myself more... I am very critical, self critical of things I would have let go before, I fnd it harder these days. So, I have this process of writing, and re-writing, and re-writing. And it often ends at the last moment when you have to finish the album. 'You don't have no more time Brian so write something'. Sometimes a deadline can help.

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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 ?
📢 Because of this arrogance and this huge self-confidence, I thought when I was younger, that everything I wrote was a masterpiece Now, with hindsight , I realize it's not a fact. I often said to myself I should have been a bit more conscious, less in the clouds and I should have been a bit more careful.


𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 ? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 ?
📢 I am jealous of him. Honestly. I'm jealous of the rock star jerk I was.


𝙅𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 ?
📢 Yeah exactly. As I can't no longer act this way anymore.. It's a period of my life completely unceasing, quite mad, bohemian-like. Yeah, I look at it with a kind of nostalgia, but I feel more comfortable in my skin these days, more at ease than before. I don't feel like paying the price of all this anymore.


𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 ?
📢 No, toward my everyday life. I feel less lost today. But there's something really attractive about this bohemian past. That's why I'm using the word 'nostalgia', because we're aware it's past life. With hindsight, you look through erose glasses.


𝙒𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨.
📢 That's it. Exactly.


𝘼 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 '𝘼 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨', 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 ' 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙄𝙣 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨', 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘿𝙑𝘿. 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 ? 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 ?
📢 Well, no... No, I haven't thought about that until now. It's the same with 'Rob The Bank' on the new album. After the recording, someone told me : 'It reminds me of ‘Follow The Cops Back Home and rob their houses' . I told myself : 'Oh damn, I haven't thought about that'. 'A Million Little Pieces', 'We Come In Pieces', It's not a conscious connection I've made. I have stolen this title from a book by an American writer, James Frey, who wrote a sort of fictionalized essay about his life, about his huge addiction issues. Our song is quite abstract but I wanted to make this connection with this book in order to people, after they listen to this song 'A Million Little Pieces', go and read that book and open their mind and could give context to the song.

Photo credit: Elise Schipman

𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 '𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡', 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨.𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 ? 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 '𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠', '𝙎𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚', 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 '𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚', 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 ? 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨.
📢 Yeah.. I don't know. Maybe it's the transgressive side of it all which is attractive for me. Well yeah, I don't know. Excuse me, I have to think about that.


𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤. 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚.
📢 Now, we can be more transgressive, we can go further. Maybe it has come back with a very human side, especially on that album. Rather than doing a crime against society, it is rather concentrated on an emotional crime you can do towards somebody.. on that album.


𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 ? 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 ?
📢 Yes, I hope so. We really wanted this album to be vulnerable, a very human album sonically speaking. Even though we've used lots of electronic instruments on that album, we've used piano a lot and also Indian instruments like dulcimer for example, lots of chords. For me... Yeah, after 'Battle For The Sun', which was a strong guitar album, kind of a guitar wall, I wanted to do something more delicate, more melancholic, with a human side. A sort of melancholy which makes you proud of the fact you can still feel this melancholy. A sort of happy sadness. This is the kind of music, since I've discovered artists like Leonard Cohen who has moved me throughout my life. Songs that make me cry but still make me happy that I am an emotional being and can cry this way.


𝙄𝙣 '𝙎𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚', 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜..
📢Yeah, there are many on this album.


𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮. 𝘼𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙥, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩𝙨 7𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢, 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 ? 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙘.
📢 It's very interesting because it's the first album where we have used our phones, our ipad as instruments in the studio. There was this kind of childish joy because you can find something on the app store, it takes one minute to get it and you can begin playing. Because of the interface, it gives a childish joy because it's like a toy. It has become something really important on this album, and there's also this hyper human essence of the hands clapping. It gives you an idea of the scope of the sound and instrumentation we wanted to use in the sound of Placebo for this album. Yeah, a sort of democratic posture towards everything. A sort of open-mindedness too.


𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩.
📢Yeah, that's true.


𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙙, 𝙚𝙩𝙘. 𝙃𝙤𝙬, 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩 ?
📢 It's important to be surrounded by people who are much younger than you are and who understand the whole thing much better than you do and who know how to use the social networks, etc etc. It makes everyday life quite easier in the creation process. You can make a song at home and send it to someone. You spend less time in the studio, getting bored. The producer can send you mixes, things to listen to. It's important to stress because all this technology won't write a song for you. You always need the human touch to give soul to something. Even when you're using an ipad, it's the human touch which controls everything. With this tool, it's rather the accident which is magical. The fact it's brand new, you don't really know how to use it, we often use it the bad way and through these accidents, you can create something magical.

Photo credit: onstage.com

𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 ? 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙, 𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤̈𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.
📢 Aesthetically speaking, I wanted to stop with the Placebo aesthetic which was well established, a physical aesthetic, very figurative and quite monochrome. My first musical crush was psychedelic music. I wanted to do something with all the covers. Something quite psychedelic and use the 60's, the 70's, the 80's and the 90's altogether with all the formats, etc. These pictures are quite psychedelic as if it was seen through an old tv set or so. A sort of junk store aesthetic. Yeah, raising the junk store aesthetic to some work of art essentially.


𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚, '𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤' 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙅𝙚́𝙧𝙤̂𝙢𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙝, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣.
📢 I didn't know.


𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚, '𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤' 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 ? 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤.. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝘿𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 ?
📢 In Spain too. It's an Italian wine I think.


𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚.
📢 It means 'forrest' in Italian. Stefan began playing this song on the piano. He gave this name to the melody. After that, I wrote the lyrics. We couldn't find a better title. So, why not. It's quite abstract. There's a sort of mystery with it. It could be interpreted in hundreds of ways. We like this ambiguity, We like this mystery so we decided to keep it.


𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠, 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 ?
📢 Not yet. No, no. It's a deceptive song. It's not a song which deals with the financial crisis, it's about obsession and jealousy.A sort of carnal obsession you can feel for someone, for a human being. It's aslo a list of crimes, of repulsive things. The person in this song is saying : "You know, you can do whatever you want, you can have hundreds of disgusting ways, I don't care as far as you come back home at the end of the day and satisfy me".


𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜.
📢 Of course, of course, yeah yeah. But it's interesting to play with it. It's interesting to present a song about obsession through something else.


𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚.𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 ? 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬.
📢 I don't know yet. It's being drawn on paper, on the computer. What we try to do is to create a sort of concert which is a reflection of the aesthetic of the album. There will be a lot of colours and it will always keep this human factor for me.
(𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘔 - 16𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵 2013)
Translation by Laetitia


🔸 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 📻 https://bit.ly/3K8Psd5 🎧✨
(Subtitled in Italian and English)

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✨𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗟𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗟 (𝗦𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗦.𝗖𝗢𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳)✨

💫⭐ "𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎":
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐋 ⭐💫

It always comes good to read an interview of our dear 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 and for this afternoon I have translated for you a great interview he did in 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 in the spring of 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕, in which is so far, the last time 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 visited 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐 - we look forward to his return! 💖. I love 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏's answers here, I feel he was very honest, humble and caring. I hope you like it a lot too soulmates. 😊

 Photo Credit: Fresale / Pepsi Center WTC (2) / Edit by Rita

⭐ 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 ✨

𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝐖𝐓𝐂 (*𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓) 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝐂𝐃𝐌𝐗: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘖𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝑷𝒆𝒑𝒔𝒊 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝐖𝐓𝐂 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Photo credit: Fresale

💫 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔? 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆?
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: I really like this country and playing here. We have always had a very generous audience, which gives us a lot of energy, a lot of love, and no fuss. There is a very quiet atmosphere and excitement at the same time. Now we have spent almost three weeks here, I would like to spend much more time here, we have been lucky to spend more time because we tour all over the world, and the truth is that we have a great time in Mexico.


💗 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 💕
https://bit.ly/3fZso2D


💫 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝟐𝟎 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝑷, 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍?
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: With this anniversary we released a couple of new songs, but we are doing this retrospective tour, and it's like a moment to be thankful for what Placebo has done and is today. We're still touring, I don't know what's going to happen after that, but we're musicians and as musicians we can't retire, because a musician can't stop. Maybe you don't do it the same way, maybe you stop touring, but you can't retire. So far Brian and I have been together for 20 years but I don't feel like stopping, so if we add that up, I think there's going to be more Placebo music.


🔊 𝟐𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐃𝐌𝐗 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 🎶
https://bit.ly/3fYZ0K7

Photo credit:  Lulú Urdapilleta / Ocesa

💫 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝟐𝟎 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆?
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: Patience, distance, and protecting yourself. Also every day to value what we have, because it's very easy to be without looking to the sides, and look only in one direction, like horses. We have to take time every day to see what we have in life, how lucky we are, to be thankful that we are very lucky.


🔊 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐃𝐌𝐗 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 🎶
https://bit.ly/3fXRjDU


💫 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 "𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔' 𝑺𝒐𝒏" 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 "𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚"...
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: When that song was written it didn't have a place on the last studio album Loud Like Love. We left it aside, and thought it would have its moment. When we did the compilation, it was the perfect time to release it because, relative to other Placebo tracks, "Jesus' Son" has a more positive vibe, and to do a celebration and a birthday party vibe we thought it was the perfect song. It gives more positive energy, more hope and it became the theme of this tour.


🔊 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬' 𝐒𝐨𝐧 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐃𝐌𝐗 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 🎶
https://bit.ly/32wKPso

Photo credit: Fresale

💫 𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏.....
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: Yes, but it's not Mexican Spanish (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴). Now I live in London, but I have a strong relationship with Spain; I interact with musicians from there, I've worked with them, and I still spend a lot of time there. If you go to Spain and think you are going to have a social life speaking English, you are wrong (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴). When I got there almost, yes more than 20 years ago, I realized that if I wanted to talk to people and have a social life, I had to learn Spanish.


💫 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉?
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: I like languages, I speak French, German, Swedish and English, but Spanish is for me... (𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴) what happens is that I have had loves too, that have a lot to do with the language, that influences. It is quite easy to learn it, I think, and it is also very useful in the world. I am Swedish, Swedish is worth... very little (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴). It is only spoken in Sweden, but Spanish, here I am speaking Spanish which is not the same as Mexican, but we understand each other. The world is getting smaller, I give up French, it is worth very little too, I prefer Spanish (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴).


🇪🇦 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡
https://bit.ly/3G45x0z


🇨🇵 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡
https://bit.ly/3ubttwu


🇩🇪 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧
https://bit.ly/33V8wvd


🇸🇪 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡
https://bit.ly/3AIVME4

fc Photo credit:  Lulú Urdapilleta / Ocesa

💫 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏: 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔, 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄?
🎤𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍: Music doesn't disappear, the music of many artists that are not with us now continues, that's what's left. There's a lot of music to discover, and that's like the most important thing there is, to have artists that influence you. In Placebo we do what is true for us, and I think we are here after 20 years because we have followed our very unique vision, and to have faith that what we are doing, is something that comes from the heart. As a musician, as artists who are still doing that, it's easier for the public to identify with, and me as a music fan, I have other bands that I identify with. Of course, you've talked about Prince and David Bowie who are not here but still live on in the atmosphere, on the internet, because everything is there, for the visual, the audio as well. I don't know if we are a band for people who don't identify with the mainstream, but it's great, because music can be your best friend, and if we can have that role for people, I'm really happy.✪


🔊 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐈'𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐃𝐌𝐗 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 🎶
https://bit.ly/32DXObW


⭐𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒔⭐

✨https://bit.ly/3o1y68w ✨
✨https://bit.ly/3KRjP8f ✨


📄𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: 𝑆𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑠.𝑐𝑜𝑚
✒️𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭: 𝐴𝑏𝑟𝑎𝒉𝑎𝑚 𝐻𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑜́𝑛
▪️𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝐿. 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦

Post by Rita

🔺𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍🔻

In 2013 NME invited Brian to take part in a quiz series titled “Does Rock'n'Roll kill brain cells?” in which the magazine “tested musicians memories after a life full of abuse”. Brian participated and was asked ten question concerning Placebo.
What do you think how many questions did he answer correctly? And what would your result be in this quiz?

Photo credit: Marco Cicolo Photo

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟭🔸
𝗔𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗨𝗞 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 “𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱!”?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “T in the Park, it was an absolutely disastrous day, everything was going wrong from the start. There was a little incident backstage between myself and a stalker fan and I ended up pouring a beer over her head and the next day it was printed in The Scottish Sun that I had attacked her to the ground and thrown rocks at her head while celebrities watched, a complete fabrication. Then we went onstage and the monitors caught fire – it was one of those days, man!”.
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟮🔸
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 “𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “Is it a Spanish film? I think it was directed by Bigas Luna.”
𝙒𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙂. ❌
It was “The Chumscrubber”.
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “NO! We were in “The Chumscrubber”!? I've seen that film, I didn't even fucking realise! I'm holding the DVD in my hands right now. I'm gonna have to go back and watch that again. It's a film with Jamie Bell and Ralph Fiennes and Carrie-Ann Moss, an American indie film. You got me, you bastard!”

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟯🔸
𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱.
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “Ok. David Bowie, Alison Mosshart and Michael Stipe.”
𝙒𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙂. ❌
David Bowie, Justin Warfield, Alison Mosshart and Michael Stipe.
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “Is Justin a celebrity? He's a very good friend of mine and he's in She Wants Revenge. Ok, he's a celebrity, I'll give you that one. Ye bastard!”

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟰🔸
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 “𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗱”: “𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿...”
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “... forever biting on your nuts”. Just me acknowledging the fact that I'm an irritating little shit at times. Winding up people the wrong way just seems to be part of my nature, even if it isn't intentional. It's something that I do without trying. It's my cross to bear but I'm learning to live with it.”
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟱🔸
𝗜𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲'𝘀 “𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘀”𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “Four.”
𝙒𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙂. ❌
Seven.
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “Here I am forever underestimating myself! Shit, I'm doing really badly.”

Photo credit:  Erik Weiss 

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟲🔸
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 – 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “The Bikini in Toulouse, France.We did play there once with Six By Seven. That was the second time we showed up at the place, the first time it'd been closed down, and then we finally got to play and then the cyclone had taken in. They've since rebuilt it in a different place, where we've also played.”
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟳🔸
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗧-𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 “𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘆”?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “That was the AC Acoustic “Stunt girl” shirt. They were a very influential Scottish that never really broke through into any orm of indie success. They were very influential on the Glasgow sound.”
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟴🔸
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 “𝗩𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲”?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “The Flaming Creatures, which is actually a film and obviously a great influence on Todd Haynes. It's an early gay film in the style of Jean Ganet's silent films.”
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟵🔸
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 “𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻” 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯-𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “Hang on” … (long pause, sound of CDs being shuffled)
Are you cheating, Brian?
📢 BRIAN: “I am cheating! It's “Nancy Boy”. Yay!”
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔸𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟭𝟬🔸
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱”?
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “We're playing on Jodrell Bank, the big satellite dish the Americans used to spy on the British public by checking their emails and text messages. I don't know if you remember that scandal about ten years ago. It's also Cockney rhyming slang for masturbation.”
𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙏. ✅

🔥 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘: 𝟳/𝟭𝟬 🔥
📢 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁: “I scored the same as Iggy [Pop], and I'm pretty happy about that. I just wanted to be up there with the Iggster. Actually I wanted to ace it, but the questions were too hard.”
(NME, “Does Rock'n'Roll kill braincells?”, June 2013)

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🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎'𝐒 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑 - 𝐊𝐘𝐈𝐕, 𝐔𝐊𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎🔸

Getting some ‘behind the scenes’ info is always interesting, isn’t it? Would you like to know what Placebo guys preferred to eat while on tour (back in 2010 at least; now things might change, of course)?
Recently, I found a nice and funny 𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑳𝑬 that was published in Ukrainian newspaper right after Placebo’s concert in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 18th, 2010. Enjoy!

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🔸𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐘𝐈𝐕: 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒🔸
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒅𝒌𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃.
Placebo are currently touring around the world with their new album, Battle For The Sun, out in June. Musicians arrived in Kyiv two days before the concert. And all this time, they just walked around the city.
As it became known to "Komsomolskaya Pravda", in the rider, the members of the band hadn’t demanded anything impossible. Oatmeal, eggs, bacon, fried sausages, bread, muffins, tea, coffee, and juice, for breakfast. Fresh vegetable salads, soup, meat or fish dishes, for dinner before the concert. Musicians wanted to complete that with three bottles of red and white wine (for the lead vocalist Molko), three packages of beer and four large bottles of Absolute vodka (for all the others).

Frontman Brian Molko wrote down his requests separately: a liter of soy milk, two liters of cranberry juice, muesli, fried chicken, bananas, tangerines, clementines, grapes, apples, and ... a can of pickled cucumbers! “We will be happy to try local food but please, let us know in advance what may be offered as we don’t eat any garbage - no dogs, no guinea pigs, no snakes or cats!” - here is an excerpt from the list of the band’s requirements

According to the number of fans at the concert, the band have been eagerly awaited in Kyiv. Placebo played here for the first time in 2007 and promised they’d come back. They say, one waits three years for the promised.

An overwhelming show lasted almost an hour and a half. The band played 19 songs interspersing new tracks with old hits. "Thank you, Placebo!" fans shouted as the rockers took a bow.
Interestingly, after the performance, the band members also attended an afterparty held in their honor in one of the city clubs. Although, Brian Molko wasn’t there – at that time, he was sleeping in his hotel room.
(𝐾𝑜𝑚𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑑𝑎, 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 20𝑡ℎ, 2010)
𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑅𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 - 𝑂𝑙𝑔𝑎 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑎

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🔸𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 (𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐠. 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑)🔸

Dear soulmates, today I have for you a translation of a Czech interview given by Placebo ex-drummer Steve Forrest to a music magazine in Prague during the LLL tour.

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

And for the wonderful end of tonight, I share with you a few videos from the concert mentioned here:
🔸🎶 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯
https://bit.ly/34bEaEE

🔸🎶 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲
https://bit.ly/3H547UW

🔸🎶 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲
https://bit.ly/349hNPU

🔸🎶 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗱
https://bit.ly/3IysgTW

🔸🎶 𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲
https://bit.ly/3IEB0YK

🔸🎶 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀
https://bit.ly/3Iysw5m

🔸🎶 𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀
https://bit.ly/3tYTNdc

Photo credit: Rousse

⭐𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓:
"𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃"⭐
It's a good coincidence: while the Lucerna cinema is screening another film from the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans film festival on Wednesday night, the British band Placebo will be performing at the Lucerna Grand Hall at the same time. The trio, which with its similarly stylized lyrics and the specific character of frontman Brian Molko, has been one of the prominent names of the British alternative rock scene for almost twenty years.


They do not provoke as before.
Forty-year-old "daddy" Brian can easily be blamed for repetition and homestead on this year's album Loud Like Love. But it's still true that Placebo is a band that you only have to listen to once, and you'll always know them reliably.
I talked to their youngest member, California drummer Steve Forrest.


🔸💬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝘀𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆-𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝘆 "𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮." 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?
"I was in a band called Evaline and we supported Placebo three times. When I left Evaline in early 2007 and some time later learned that Placebo was looking for a drummer, I sent a small excerpt of my performances to their management. The next day my phone rings and it says, "Hi, this is Brian from Placebo." He asked me if I would be willing to come to London. I took my drumsticks and moved straight there.
I guess I impressed them a lot (laughs)."


🔸💬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
"In America, it's basically underground. Placebo concerts at which Evaline supported them were not big in production, but I really enjoyed them musically."


🔸💬 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲?
"To be honest, I didn't know them at all. I listened to them for the first time when I went to a gig, what we were supposed to play with them. I played the record and thought the girl was singing in that band. Then I arrived and I was quite surprised."

Photo credit: Steve Gerrard

🔸💬 𝗦𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴…
"Yes, like it was yesterday. We were on tour, we had just arrived in Phoenix, parked behind the club and I started pulling out the drums.
When such a small, elegant man came here and gave me his slightly shaking hand in greeting. We started talking, I realized it would probably be a singer.
He spoke completely differently from the guys you commonly meet in California clubs: with a Scottish accent and at the same time very cultured. And so is Stefan. They were thirty, I nineteen. So my first impression was pubescent: Wow, these guys are really sophisticated!"


🔸💬 𝗛𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
"Absolutely fine. I think it was good that I met them as the band from the joint concert in Phoenix.
If it were that I was joining a large group of which I was totally insane, who knew how we would find a way to each other.
But I was one of them right away."


🔸💬 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁?
"I like all their older stuff, but probably the most popular is the first song I've heard live from them: Drag."


🔸💬 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?
"I like it all."


🔸💬 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴…
"Then it would probably be Exit Wounds, it has an almost two-minute electronic intro in which Brian recites rather than sings. And then comes a sudden change: and this moment always kicks me. That's one of those moments why you make music. It's pure euphoria..." .../***/
(𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚒́𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝙽𝚘𝚟.𝟸0𝟷𝟹)

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⭐♦️ 𝘼 𝙑𝙊𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘼𝙉 𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 ♦️⭐

Photo credit: Charlie Cravero

"You know it's a good song if you can strip it down to a complete skeletal form and play it on one instrument. At least a guitar or a piano and a voice and it still comes across then you know it's a good song. You can write a song and you have to wait six years for it to actually be recorded and mixed and it still completely levels you. It still has a huge emotional impact on you then you know you've written a great song once it's finished as a track."
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 - 2006)

🔷 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 and 𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 are songs 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 performed this way: piano, voice and nothing else. Well... there are clapping hands on Twenty Years though, but that doesn't count :P

The piano has this particularity of touching my sensitive fibre to the highest point. Add to that Brian's voice and I lose my sanity. 🎹 😍


🔷 Let's listen to these two beautiful interpretations <3

𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑴 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 (2014)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3Gl9IWz 🎶

𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑪 𝒂̀ 𝑽𝒐𝒖𝒔 (2013)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3fg5Eek 🎶

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⭐𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄⭐

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞, the third single from Placebo’s second studio album Without You I'm Nothing, was released on January 25th, 1999.

The song was written by 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and his friend 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏, lead singer of 𝐀𝐂 𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. As Brian later said, Paul “helped me out on the lyrics for Every You Every Me on the second album when I had a writer’s block.” (𝑆𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑂𝐿 2004)

Photo credit: Screenshots from the video, edit by Silke

When asked who the song was about, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 replied in his typical ironic style
“Who's it about? I'm not really too sure just yet. I think it's about a lot of people. Probably anybody... everybody who's had the displeasure of sleeping with me. (laughs) I want to stress that I said displeasure there.” (laughs)
(𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐼𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 1998)

Along with the rest of the album (apart from Pure Morning), Every You Every Me was recorded in early 1998 at Real World Studios with Steve Osborne.

The single managed to chart at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 46 in Australia, and number 99 in Germany.

It was voted from a poll of 500,000 votes to be ranked number 83 on the list of the Hottest 100 of All Time in July 2009, conducted by Australian radio station Triple J.

Croatian metal band 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 covered Every You Every Me on their 2009 album Songs of the Lost. and in 2017, 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 covered the song on her EP When They Play That Song.

The song was featured on the soundtrack of the famous American movie 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 which became another breakthrough moment for Placebo. A lot of people, and in the US particularly, got to know the band thanks to the film and stayed fans ever since.

⭐ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗) - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞
https://bit.ly/3gzikM8

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: "I studied drama, I know the original [Dangerous Liaisons] and we watched it on the tour bus when they wanted to use our song. I said: 'If he doesn't die in the end, if it's a happy ending, we don't do it.' It's quite perverted and manipulative, so the theme of the song fits in quite well."
(𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑛, 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 29𝑡ℎ, 1999)

Single cover

The single was released as a 2-CD set and on cassette, but promotional copies on 12-inch vinyl also exist.

⭐ 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞
Every You Every Me (single mix)
Nancy Boy (Blue Amazon mix)
https://bit.ly/3JAGXaE
Every You Every Me (Jimmy Cauty's Infected by the Scourge of the Earth mix)
https://bit.ly/3qD49fz

⭐ 𝐂𝐃 𝟐
Every You Every Me (album version)
Every You Every Me (Sneaker Pimps version)
https://bit.ly/31hzuvH
Every You Every Me (Brothers in Rhythm Glam Club mix)
https://bit.ly/3HtTYRg

⭐ I also found a couple of other remixes for you.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐃𝐉𝐊𝐀𝐎𝐒𝟏𝟏 𝟐-𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐗)
https://bit.ly/3FOrLUO
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐲 & 𝐊-𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕)
https://bit.ly/3pKf8Vh

Single cover

There are two versions of the official video, both filmed live at London's 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 on October 24th, 1998, during Without You I'm Nothing world tour. The version with only live footage was released in 1999 at the same time as the single. Another one, directed by Matthew Amos, includes clips from 𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 and was included into 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐕𝐃 (2004).

📹 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗
http://bit.ly/2SSBvbl

📹 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧)
https://bit.ly/3JrqIfQ

However, there’s a third video for Every You Every Me (so called 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐭 or 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧) that was recorded on November 11th, 1998, but wasn’t released with the single due to management’s decision and remained buried in the band’s archive for 18 years! It was revealed on October 7th, 2016, to mark the release of the compilation album 𝑨 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎. The scenes from this video were used as intro at the shows of 20 Years of Placebo tour.

📹 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞 (𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
https://bit.ly/2RTnQ2n

📢 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “The live video was filmed at Brixton Academy. It was first time we used live footage. This song was the theme tune to the film ‘Cruel Intentions’, which was ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ transported to Upper West Side of New York. It’s a teen film. There’s another version where they intercut it with parts from the film. Even though I’m wearing a rather fetching John Richmond dress, which cost a lot of money, I still look silly. It’s one of my many fashion crimes I was guilty of early in our career.
This video’s also a bit of a cop-out, because we made another video, which didn’t involve performance. It was about twins and never got released. It was banned by management. So we had to pull one together from footage that we’d filmed at Brixton Academy.”
(𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑉𝐷, 2004)

Every You Every Me has got a very impressive 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. It was performed on stage at least 745 times, more than any other Placebo song!

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▪ 💠 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 💠 ▪

💬 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔. (𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰)

Photo ctrdit; Joseph Llanesm , Cover of From Addiction To Recovery

♦️ Brian said this in an interview with 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 during the promotion of 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆, answering to the question: "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ?". It's no longer a secret ! Addiction is a subject that is close to 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜's heart and Brian has often spoken about it in his lyrics since the beginning of the band's career.


📍 Going further in the interview, he speaks his words:

💬 I think the scariest addiction on this planet is to alcohol because alcohol is a very addictive drug and it ruins families and it ruins relationships. And it is socially acceptable and it is easy to find. Controlled substances, other drugs are more difficult to get. And it's a crime to buy them. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. And if you are unfortunate enough to become addicted to it, it can be disastrous. And there is still 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙. An addict is perceived as being somebody of weak moral fiber. But the fact of the matter is that the World Health Organization has classified addiction as a disease and there are statistics on this. On the planet, on average, one person out of ten is addicted to something, whether it's alcohol, illegal drugs, sugar, sex, pornography... The list goes on and on and on and on. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. And I don't believe that until we take this stigma away from it that people can really get the help that they need. Because 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒. If somebody gets cancer, nobody goes: "Hey it's your fault man". And it's exactly the same thing with addiction.We have a a comedian and an actor in the UK called 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅. He's quite famous and ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. And I have a great deal of respect for him for that matter and he's very very very funny.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 - 2013)


♦️ Russell Brand did an awareness campaign on this ? If Brian mentions him, he's worth looking into.

🔸 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 is an English comedian, actor, and radio host. He used to be an addict of alcohol, various drugs and heroin with which he admitted he "fell 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑏." (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯)

📍 After the death of singer and friend 𝐴𝑚𝑦 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, Russell decided to get clean. His winning method being 0 drugs, he began to campaign to the authorities, doctors and hospitals to make it clear that addicts should no longer be treated as weak people, but as sick people who need medical attention.


🔸 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍'𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒎𝒚 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, which was a turning point in his fight against the stigma of addictions 📖 https://bit.ly/3GPE7Ng 📕


🔸 '𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 ' 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲

📖 In his documentary, Brand challenges the system currently in use to treat addicts in Britain. His passionate, honest and eye-opening opinions on what needs to change is captivating. When Amy Winehouse died, a friend of his at the time, he realized he needed to stop taking drugs. He was told that if he kept up his lifestyle of daily drug use he would either be dead, in jail or in an insane asylum within 6 months. By the time he was 27, the same age Amy Winehouse died, Russell Brand was clean.

The method he took was an abstinence program. It worked for him but as we find out, only 10% of addicts are treated this way. Instead, the root of the issue is ignored and the government prescribes methadone to the addicts instead of drugs such as heroin and this way they are taking a legal drug with a prescribed amount. As Brand argues, this is not making the addicts any less of addicts just because they are now on a legal government authorized drug. In fact, addicts will always crave a high and therefore the prescribed amount of methadone will simply keep them too stable; addicts are going to continue taking their drugs. Though methadone is supposed to stop needle use and lower HIV from being spread, it is not addressing the true disease and condition that is addiction. Addiction should be being addressed as a health issue not a judicial or criminal issue. Russell Brand talks to a scientist who is leading research into the brain and how it relates and is affected by addiction. He also talks to doctors and addicts themselves giving us an in depth look at addiction. 📕
(𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮)

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📍 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚:

💬 We need to start regarding addiction in all its forms as a health issue as opposed to a judicial and criminal issue. (𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥)


💬 It's a greedy disease. It'll take everything. First, it will take your money, then it'll take your friends and it will take your family, your car, your house, then it's gonna take bits of your body and I used to near be scoring with people that have eyes missing, limbs missing. It takes everything. (𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥)

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 (2012)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3FEGtgs (2012)


♦️ Throughout Placebo's career, Brian has often had to answer questions about drug use. It seems that 2006 was a wake-up call that the 'sex, drugs and rock'n'roll' lifestyle could cost him his life.

💬 What I realized while writing this song (𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦) is that the world really doesn't need another dead rockstar.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘔6 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 - 2006)

Photo credit: . Erik Weiss

💬 The theme of Song To Say Goodbye is keeping only the best aspects of your life. It's the first track I wrote in India. I went there for a lot of reasons, one of them being to try and change my lifestyle. I wanted to make me understand that I should not become a rock'n'roll cliché and that the world doesn't need another dead rock star. I've written it as a letter to myself.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨 - 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2006)

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆
🎥 https://bit.ly/33tqqVS 🎵


💬 When I started working on this record, I only had two subjects to write about: love and addiction. I don't want to follow the path of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain. Or even worse: Pete Doherty. I've also always had a problem with the glorification of addicted rock stars. A junkie in the gutter is a junkie in the gutter. But I can't deny it: I had also taken that dead-end road - one day I realized there was a chance I might be the next rock casualty.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘰 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 2006)


𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆: "𝒊𝒇 𝒊 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆." ?

💬 I wasn't expecting that ! 2006.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 ?

💬 Just what happened to everybody who finds himself locked up in a cell called addiction. Your entire life is taken over and you cannot function whatsoever without a certain substance.

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 ?

💬 I'm still changing.It's a day-to-day thing. That's something I've learned.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 6 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 - 2016)


♦️ Dear Soulmates, I am aware that today's topic is serious. But beyond the musical aspects of Placebo, there's always a subject to dig into, whether it's personal turmoils, unfortunate stories, the world being run by trigger-happy clowns... But mostly there have been stories directly or indirectly revolving around drugs.

📍 Brian has repeatedly addressed the damaging effects of drugs and alcohol. The most obvious being the 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 which describes the loss of self-control when under the influence of substances.


💬 Meds is about losing yourself, not recognising yourself. You feel lost, hopeless, and you don't know what you think, what you really feel. It's a very disturbing feeling for me and for everyone else, and I wanted to express it.
(𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨 - 2006)

𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔 🎥 https://bit.ly/3ApmRfm 🎵


♦️ I'll end this post with a quote from Russell Brand, taken from his speech for his 19th sober anniversary in December 2021. Congrats to him !


Hopefully it will help people here or around you if you find yourself in this situation.

"𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞."

🎥 https://bit.ly/35cFdop

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🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎’𝐒 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓⭐🔸

On this day 27 years ago, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓, Placebo played their first headlining show at the Rock Garden Club in London.
There are just a few pictures of the band taken on that day, so the one you can see below is quite precious.

Photo credit unknown

⭐The 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 is one of the legendary music venues on London’s map that is gone but not forgotten.

♦ It was located at The Piazza in 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏. Over 30,000 bands have performed live on stage since it opened in 1978. U2 and The Smiths played their first London gigs here. Dire Straits had a weekly residency at the club for a few months and bands such as Iron Maiden, The Police, XTC, Adam and The Ants, Suede have played on its stage. A number of unsigned regional bands also performed here, hoping to attract the interest of record companies.

♦The Rock Garden had a busy diary, with gigs on most nights; however, by the 1990s it had become a nightclub called The Gardening Club which after all, closed its doors on December 31st, 2008.

♦The building is today home to an Apple Store.

📍 By the beginning of 1995, Placebo had a handful of songs in their repertoire to complete the show. However, it was 9 months before Placebo released an original version of Bruise Pristine as a split single (their very first!) with the band Soup by record label Fierce Panda in October 1995.

📍When it comes to a 𝑺𝑬𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻 of Placebo’s first concert, there may be kind of a misunderstanding. What is available in the internet, is the same setlist that Stefan once mentioned to be a setlist of their very first gig together with Brian as a two-piece band in 1994. But in fact, those two setlists could be the same or very similar.

Photo credit unknown

I think many of you wish you were at the Rock Garden back in 1995! To make you feel the atmosphere of the concert, I collected those very old Placebo songs according to the supposed setlist for the night. Let’s enjoy the show!

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐇𝐮𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨)
https://bit.ly/347qURf

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓)
https://bit.ly/32AVL8C

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐟 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 (𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝟑, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖)
https://bit.ly/3eDsNr0

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝟐𝟒𝟔𝟖
https://bit.ly/3JyGTIo

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒)
https://bit.ly/3FQPljV

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟒
https://bit.ly/3EMBUjw

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐝 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒)
https://bit.ly/3HrAgWj

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 (𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞)

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨)
https://bit.ly/3qyEIf2

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 – 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨)
https://bit.ly/3HrS43L

𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆:
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 (𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕)
https://bit.ly/3qI7QAz

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞)

You see, 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 has stayed with the band through the years since their first show and was performed live, in various renditions, until 2017 - and absolutely possible, will be played again at the upcoming shows! Isn’t it an incredible story of the song’s longevity?!

How do you think, after listening to these songs, would you have enjoyed Placebo’s very first concert? Which songs are your favourite?

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⭐𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐈𝐛𝐢𝐳𝐚, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒⭐

𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕...”

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐈𝐛𝐢𝐳𝐚, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
Recently, I came across a nice Brian’s interview from 2014 that he did with a local magazine from Ibiza, Spain, a few days before Placebo’s concert at 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍 on Ibiza. An interesting thing is that I found it on a Korean(!) website as it’s not available in its original version at Pacha Magazine anymore.
Maybe some of you haven’t read it either, so please enjoy it!
By the way, a photo you can see below, was taken at that very show on Ibiza on September 12th, 2014.

Photo credit: Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘
One of the most recognised voices in rock music, Brian Molko’s notoriously poetic rhymes are characterised by blister-blue moods, bondage and angelic assassinations. Using Placebo’s most definitive lyrics from some of their most famous songs as an inception point, we speak to Molko prior to his Hard Rock Hotel performance on September 12.

𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐄
“𝑹𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆…”
Have you always felt compelled to escape mainstream society?
📢 "I come from a long line of bankers, so to break with tradition and make the arts my career was met with resistance. But I was resolute and knew from the age of 11 that sitting behind a desk contemplating my in-tray was an impossibility. The very idea filled me with a profound sense of depression. I promised myself that I wouldn’t get a job until I landed a record deal. After an accidental encounter in a tube station with my old schoolmate Stefan Olsdal, our lives changed forever."

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
“𝑫𝒂𝒚’𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈…”
Where did you rouse the following day?
📢 "I enjoyed myself far too much in the late nineties. I developed a reputation for being a tad out of control. I didn’t understand why at the time; perhaps it was my predilection for stumbling around parties with a drink in each hand or being the musician other musicians had to step over in order to leave the party. By the ‘00s, hard drugs had begun to take over. Matters soon became darker. But I rode on valiantly until I came to accept, in around 2005, that such behaviour had become a life-threatening problem and that a complete change of lifestyle was imperative."

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒
“𝑴𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒂𝒚. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚? 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑰𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆…”
How has the technological revolution affected Placebo?
📢 "‘Too Many Friends’ is a song that’s often misunderstood. It uses technology as a metaphor for loneliness. Sometimes I’m misconstrued as a Luddite because of the song, when nothing could be further from the truth. I’m fascinated by technology. Eventually somebody was going to write about social networks and loneliness, so it was a driving force for me to get in first. If a person bumps into a lamppost because they are texting and walking at the same time, the phone is not to blame but the person himself."

𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒
“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝑰…”
Which Placebo line holds the most significance?
📢 "The one you’ve chosen is a fine example as it is a direct message to our fans. In song and on stage I speak my truth, but I have no delusions of grandeur that mine is absolute. There’s enough ambiguity in my writing for our fans to find their own stories in our songs. I also really like the line: “We can build a new tomorrow, today,” from ‘Speak In Tongues’. I sincerely believe it’s a call to arms to build a more tolerant future. But the change has to start within ourselves first; we all have the choice to live our lives with more compassion and kindness. I see it as karma – the more you give selflessly, the more comes back your way.

I‘m looking forward to getting an insider’s tour of the island. I wonder if we’ll bump into James Blunt!"
In addition to our published interview with Placebo's frontman Brian Molko, he talks to us exclusively here about writing their latest album 'Loud Like Love'.
📢"'We never plan the tone of the album before writing it. The two main inspirations are a vociferous, almost allergic reaction to its predecessor – a clamorous desire to do the opposite – coupled with the process of writing itself. It is only about half way through the process that we begin to understand what the album is about. And since this process is instinctual, we find out what is really going on inside of ourselves on an emotional level'.
'The song I am most proud of is ‘𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨’. It is the most honest and vulnerable I have ever been in a song, and though it is a sad and tragic story, it proves, to me at least, that there is the capacity for redemption and forgiveness in all of us. Due to its extremely personal nature it still brings a tear to my eye when I hear it, but it also gives me hope. Hope is important, we must never lose it'."
(𝑃𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 4𝑡ℎ, 2014)

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