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"𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚, '𝒐𝒐𝒉, 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒚. 𝑰'𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓' 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇."
𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘛𝘐𝘘+ 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨. "𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆," 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 2016, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.#
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 "𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑲" 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 "𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆", 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
"𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝒆𝒓𝒂, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅," 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘡𝘖𝘖𝘔, 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 "𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏."
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 12 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯. "𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔".
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| Photo credit: Kristin Burns, 2006 |
🔹𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
🎙️Hi, good morning.
🔹𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠.
🎙️Hahahaha yeah. We did a tour in Russia a couple of years ago and I couldn't go there without doing something. There are laws there that make it very difficult for people to express themselves, kiss or love the people they love. So when we did a fairly long tour there, I felt I had to do something to support people who don't have the rights that I have, for example, in England.
🔹𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲?
🎙️I think there is a visibility that didn't exist before in popular culture and in general. When we started in the nineties, in the Britpop era, with a singer wearing makeup and a skirt, it was something very strange and attracted a lot of attention. I think now, that's not so weird. The struggle is not over yet, but I think we're moving forward on a lot of sides.
🎙️We are musicians and what interests us is to express ourselves honestly in our music and in our lyrics. To tell our truth. It has always been like that and it still is. So, if we're political, it's because we're telling our version of life and what we believe... Which is fine. But, as artists, we just want to express ourselves as honestly as possible.
🎙️This is the eighth album, so we wanted to start it in a different way. What we did was to start with the cover photography and the creation of some song titles. We worked on the opposite trajectory to what we normally do to try to make an album a little different from the previous ones. Whether it is or not, I don't know, but for us it was important to do it in a different way to appreciate and re-evaluate what we have and our sound, to look for our identity in 2021.
🔹𝐈'𝐦 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.
🎙️Well, Brian, the singer, composes most of the lyrics and if we look at it as a whole work it is a journey of our lives and stories in the era in which we live now, in the technological revolution we live in now. What is happening everywhere with computers and also the environment which is the main topic in one of the songs. Let's see, the music this time we wanted it to have a more layered sound with a lot more keyboards than before. There's a lot of synthesizers on this record, for example, on the first single 'Beautiful James', there's a synthesizer that stars on it. So there are elements that are very Placebo, but we wanted to focus some of the themes of the lyrics to the instruments we used.
🔹𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 '𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬' 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐈'𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭…
🎙️Yes, if we have a concept that the human being is an animal... Because, according to what you think, we are an animal hahaha. But the important thing is that it is the only animal that is destroying, developing and changing the world in all those ways that are destructive. A lot of what humans are doing is very destructive, that's obvious. That is the vision, the reality that we are living. It depends on your view of life, whether it's optimistic, or pessimistic, or whatever; but, we, I think, don't have much optimism about what's going on, and what we're doing. This record is our view of the human being at this moment in history.
🔹𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦.
🎙️Yes, you have to choose. For example, as we were starting this interview; when we went to Russia, I tried to do something that was very important to me and to help in the way I could. I think we have to do what we can and if we are supporting in our own way it is a resounding yes. There is a list and if I read it, it is very long, but we are very aware of what is going on and we are doing the little we can do to do what is best for the future, but sometimes it is hard to have hope, isn't it? At the end of the day we are musicians and we are here to express ourselves. There's not much time for much else right now.
🎙️I have been spending months in Spain for a long time. I have many friends there and now also a musical project with another Spanish artist. And I don't know, the language has been calling me for a long time. I think it's because I'm from Northern Europe, I'm from Sweden, so I'm looking for something that's the opposite... I'm looking for the warmth. Maybe I'm looking for a mentality that is the opposite of the north, of the cold of Sweden.
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🎙️Swedish is very musical, it goes up and down a lot, it's very melodic. There are harder languages. The problem is that I found my singer Brian in a small country where they speak French, too... He speaks French very well. The problem is that you know too many languages, they get mixed up in your head; but, having languages in life is something to be grateful for. I am very grateful to have Spanish in my life.
🔹𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡... 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤?
🎙️A little German too, but not much. Ich spreche auch ein bisschen deutsch, aber nich viel.
🎙️Precisely, he's a pretty electronic artist who's been doing his thing in Spain for over 20 years... He does video art as well as being a producer and DJ. We got together about 7 years ago like this and the records we make are a mix of electronic with a string quartet. If we continue, if we have concerts, we want to get to Mexico too, we want to make it.
🔹𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭... 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
🎙️Ahhh how nice. Very good!!!! Let's see.
🔹𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐨-𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭. 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜?
🎙️Yes, I think that, spending a lot of time there, in Madrid, I met a lot of people, a lot of musicians. As you say, it was very organic because my interests in music are quite broad. So, when we met, it was to explore, to do something new together and completely different from Placebo. I don't know, it's a search. We are always looking for something new, to do something different and with Placebo I had a couple of gaps. I like doing things, making music, so it was quite natural.
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🎙️Yeah, coming out of that bubble still seems a little weird to me, doesn't it? Hahahaha, I don't know if you've noticed it today, but I don't have the experience or the routine yet of doing interviews and having answers to all the questions.
Yeah, it's been a bit of a shock and it's just that we have to start the machine again, get out into the world. We're looking forward to playing live again, of course, because it's necessary for us. The terrain of the industry has changed and it doesn't look so good in our eyes. But, we're still going and we've already got a date in Mexico which is a good thing to have in our sights... So far away from London, we're really excited about that.
🔹𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨?
🎙️The special experience is when the audience faces the band and the band faces the audience. We have had such a strong energy and excitement from the audience in Mexico and that excites us. I think that's the special concert, when the energy from both sides comes together. I'm smiling right now, so it will do us a lot of good.
🔹𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨?
🎙️We are in London, we are alive. And we're back, that's the big news.✪
🔸🎧 𝑬𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏̃𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒒𝒖𝒊́ 𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 ( 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒐 𝟏𝟐):
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✒️ 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕: 𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚎, Feb. 𝟷𝟻.𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸
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