✨🎉💦𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 💦🎉✨

⭐...𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 ' 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙮, ...𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩....'𝘾𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨, ...𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨.⭐

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

Dear friends,
today is a very beautiful day to celebrate the release another 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞, this time from the album 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧:

✨𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒✨
🔹🎶𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
http://bit.ly/40E3tb6

I don't know how you feel, for me it is a song illuminated by spring rays, those that bring rebirth after a cruel, dark, hard winter. It is, along with Speak In Tongues, the most positive song on the whole album. The song directly calls out - look at us, after all we've been through, we rise like a mythical phoenix bird from the ashes, stronger, more beautiful, happier, full of faith in a better tomorrow.

🔹💬𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡'𝗦 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺:
"Let me put it this way — I have a theory about drugs and alcohol. There is a limited amount that a human being is able to consume in a course of a lifetime. Some people are sensible and consume the amount that’s able to stretch a lifetime. Some people who are not so sensible, like me and Stefan, consume that limited amount in a period of about 10 years. There comes a point that it doesn’t do anything for you that isn’t negative. In fact, it destroys your life and you lose everything. Then one has to either surrender to that, which most people do, which begins the inevitable descent to nothingness and emptiness. Or one takes the courageous step to try and rebuild one's life in a more positive way, which was what Stefan and I decided to do. It was one life choice and a major philosophical influence on the record."
(𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤: 𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2010)

Anyway, for Placebo it's a very atypical song, very original, it could be played on mainstream radio from morning till night as a pop rock anthem, spread that positivity to all listeners and it wouldn't be bad at all.

⭐𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞.⭐

Photo credit: Torsten Roman

💦𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒💦 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨'𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 - 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎 as a digital download and CD (limited to France and Germany).
For the single, a new mix was done by Dave Bascombe, while the album version was mixed by Alan Moulder. The single version would later be included in the

𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐱 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Bright Lights reached #62 in German Singles Chart and #92 in French Singles Chart.

The single version of the song is slightly different to the one on the album, as it features backing vocals by Val Etienne & Hazel Fernandes. Apart from the mentioned single version the CD also includes a remix of “Bright Lights” and a live performance of “The never-ending Why”.

⭐𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝑪𝑫 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 (𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆/𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚)
Bright Lights (single version)
The Never-Ending Why (SFR live)
Bright Lights (Randomer Remix-Dub)

⭐𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆
Bright Lights (single version)
https://spoti.fi/3I2yiMp
Bright Lights (album version)
https://bit.ly/3zZSxrh
The Never-Ending Why (SFR live)
https://bit.ly/33wZUKT
Bright Lights (Randomer Remix-Dub)
https://bit.ly/31VbzCA

⭐𝒊𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒙𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆
Bright Lights (single version)
Bright Lights (album version)
The Never-Ending Why (SFR live)
Bright Lights (Randomer Remix-Dub)
Bright Lights (video)~🔹~🔹~🔹~

⭐𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 – 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
Written by: Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Steve Forrest, Bill Lloyd
Producer: David Bottrill
Engineer: James Brown
Mixed by: David Bascombe
Mastered by: Tim Young
Recorded at: Metalworks Studios, Toronto
Backing vocals: Hazel Fernandes, Valerie Etienne

Photo credit: Jean-Baptiste Quentin

⭐𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒
Cast your mind back to the days
When I’d pretend I was okay
I had so very much to say
About my crazy living
Now that I’ve stared into the void
So many people I’ve annoyed
I have to find a middle way,
A better way of giving

So I haven’t given up
But all my choices, my good luck
Appeared to go and get me stuck
In an open prison
Now I am trying to break free
Be in a state of empathy
Find the true and inner me
Eradicate the schism

No-one can take it away from me
And no-one can tear it apart
Because a heart that hurts is a heart that works
A heart that hurts is a heart that works

A heart that hurts is a heart that works

No-one can take it away from me
And no-one can tear it apart
It may be elaborate fantasy
But it’s the perfect place to start

Because a heart that hurts is a heart that works
A heart that hurts is a heart that works

Photo credit: Steven Vincent

🔹💬𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒:
“The lyrics are very autobiographic, a complete confession from my point of view. On former records I used to invent characters, through which I could talk about my feelings and fears. I used these characters as selfprotection and catalysator to express myself. This time I didn't do this. The voice of the storyteller is my own. I think this record is much more honest and personal with these lyrics.“
(𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠, 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 6𝑡ℎ 2009)

~🔹~🔹~🔹~
⭐𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 - 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎
🔹🎬 https://bit.ly/40Sh3Ib

The video for this song was directed by Heroes for Zeroes and is the 24th official video of Placebo's career.

It's an absolute contrast between lived anxiety and rediscovered hope, the duality between darkness and light seems to confirm the theme not only of this song, but of the entire album.
🔹💬 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍: “I mean that there seems to be quite a lot of light and dark themes with this record in terms of the album cover as the beginning. With the solar eclipse, you go to the light from the darkness to light it down. And what we’re trying to do in the video, is playing with the contrast between light and dark, so we’re kind of going from playing in the darkness together, and then we emerging and leaving to play into this quite illuminated backdrop.”
(𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜, 2010)


𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐳𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐.

🥰Brian's great mood, his smile and his bright eyes when he finds out technical problems with Bill Loyd's non-functioning bass guitar during the song are definitely worth seeing.
Hopefully this anniversary post brought good mood to your hearts as well.

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