⭐💫𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐋: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 & 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎💫⭐

Today, we’re going to talk about 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐋 again as it’s definitely worth it. Not only it’s a beautiful song that obviously stands out on the album thanks to the magnificent orchestration, but there’s an interesting story behind creating the track.
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: The Prodigal is a red herring on the record, really. Many years ago, I was asked to write a song, the theme song to a movie, to a French film about a rock band. This film has never got made, but there's a death that occurs on stage during this film that never got made and I was asked to write the song. So I decided to write a kind of Buddhist influenced song about death. So it kind of had to be a happy song about dying and so I set out to do that for this film, and when I originally wrote it, it sounded exactly like ‘Where is my mind’ by the Pixies, you know, which is cool, but I mean it was almost a carbon copy. And then when we got into the studio, our producer, Adam Noble, suggested that we approach it from a completely different angle. And he suggested that we approach it from a kind of an Eleanor Rigby kind of angle which just fed straight into mine and Stef's Beatles obsession. You know, that got us extremely excited. So we rewrote the whole music sort of based around these kind of propelling strings. It’s a song that doesn't sound like any other song on the record because it's just completely string led, but we'd never done that before. So that's what interested us.
(𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 25𝑡ℎ, 2022)

Photo credit: Jon Stone; screenshots from the video by David Kinsler / edit by Olga

📎𝐴 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠:
‘𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔’ - 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.


📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: The Prodigal is an exception on the album, it was written for a film that was never made. And it sounded exactly like Where Is My Mind by Pixies. Then, when in the studio, we tried to give it an Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles sound. The title simply refers to some kind of return. Is it about reincarnation? Maybe, even though I’m not sure I believe.
(𝑅𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑛.362, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2022)

💬That’s a shame, really, that French film has never been made! It sounds like a great script and with the soundtrack by Brian, it could’ve been a perfect piece of movie art.
Oh, I’d say film directors should appreciate Brian’s composing talent more!😉
What do you think?


Not surprising, Stefan’s comment is on the technical side of the song.
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒍" 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.
📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Strings have been an essential instrument in our work since our fifth album. Adam Noble (who has worked with Paul McCartney, Liam Gallagher, etc.), who produced the song, and I finished it while talking about The Beatles. I can't speak to the world of this song, but the strings definitely add to its beauty.
(𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛, 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 2022)

Photo credit: Jon Stone

⭐A great 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 for 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐋 which I’m sharing with you tonight, is directed by 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐫.

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥" 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦
➡ https://bit.ly/3a3Zxun


As it often happens in Placebo community, it all started for him with a personal story and following the band for decades now.

📢𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐫: With more than 48 film contributors from around the world, the following fan-film is set to visually support the song, "The Prodigal," by Placebo. The video is personally dedicated to a former music business mentor, friend, and the guy who gave me my first shot at music publicity with this band's album Without You I'm Nothing," in 1999, Mr. Eric Ferris. May he rest in peace, power, and may all the "Soulmates" around the world who spend a few minutes watching this video feel the existential power, grief, and the positive conclusions that "I Am Alive."


Brilliant job, in my opinion!💖
Please enjoy the video, dear soulmates, and let us know your thoughts on it and on the song itself, of course!

Photo credit: Jon Stone

⭐𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒⭐
I leave this world
With a glint in my eye
I've untold all of my lies
And all the joy
I leave behind
I'll miss you too
Love of mine
Today no tombstone
No goodbyes
My soul is full
Watch it fly
When I return
Prodigal son
This wounded world
Will be as one
Be as one
I leave this world
A hopeful song
Without a tear
I will prolong
My bruises healed
My scars are gone
And every beating
Made me strong
So please don’t cry
Don’t think it's wrong
My soul is pure
It sings along
When I return
A better me
You'll see that sorrow can set you free
Set you free
Set you free
(I’ll set you free)
Set you free
(I’ll set you free)
I leave this world to you all
The constellations will never fall
And if you’re fearful
Bare no mind
The sun will rise
Heed your call
No open casket
No sullen wake
Your will heart will mend
If you break
So without greed
Without pride
Shout I'm alive
I am alive
(I’ll set you free)
I am alive
(I’ll set you free)
I am alive
(I’ll set you free)
I am alive
(I’ll set you free)
I am alive
(I’ll set you free)
(I’ll see you free)

Post by Olga

🌟𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐋 & ‘𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒: 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊’ 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎𝐍🌟

Today, once again, we’re going to search for the sources of Placebo’s inspiration and discover some new connections between their music and other cultural highlights.

Both Brian and Stefan always try and stay up to date about what’s going on in the artistic world, whether it comes to music, books, movies, visual arts or any other kind of creativity – let it just be meaningful and thought-provoking.

Photo credit: Jon Stone; screenshots from the documentary / edit by Olga

🌟Every time I hear Brian or Stef mention they have read or watched something valuable, I go and learn more on the subject immediately. (Who do the same?)
So, here’s an excerpt of the 𝑲𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈! 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 which became a starting point for my today’s post.

The fifth track on Never Let Me Go, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥, pairs a downbeat vocal with spritely orchestral swells. On a record characterised by a love of synthesisers, this organic sound makes it something of a one-off. The track started out differently, though, strikingly similar to the Pixies classic Where Is My Mind? in fact, before producer Adam Noble suggested a change of approach. The finished version is more reminiscent of Eleanor Rigby, bringing Brian and Stefan’s shared love of The Beatles to the fore.

Photo credit: MAGO/Prod.DB 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 - 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐛𝐲
🎵 https://bit.ly/38OsLx6 🎵

𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏-𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓-𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆-𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒃 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 1969. “I felt privileged to be there, that close to one of my favourite bands,” enthuses 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏. “It’s a gift. And it’s very brave that they let people that close to them.”

Those expecting Placebo to open the archives as freely will be in for a similarly long wait, though, if any such footage exists at all. “That invasion of privacy kind of scares me,” squirms 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 in response to the idea of doing something similarly fly-on-the-wall. He certainly practices what he preaches when it comes to avoiding oversharing; earlier when K! asked the location of the studio he’s calling from, he’ll only divulge that it’s “on Planet Earth”.

𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 has his reasons. “When we started the band, it was something of a dawning for the age of modern technology,” he explains. “We led our lives in private and there wasn’t much intrusion, and we certainly didn’t want to parade ourselves on the red carpet. And that continues today. We’re still private people who don’t feel we need or want to share our personal moments, or intimate moments, or creative moments. It just doesn’t feature on our radar. We’ve chosen to control the narrative as much as possible, so rather than divulging too much, we’ve held back a little.”

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 agrees, though understands this ethos isn’t for everyone, which is why he wrote Surrounded By Spies; a sleek, throbbing treatise on navigating a world in which some decry being surveilled too much, while others desperately yearn for more limelight. “If you want to talk about your most private moments on social media, if you get validation from that or if you find therapeutic relief from that, or you just want to post your dinner, it’s your prerogative,” reasons 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏. “But just because you do, don’t expect me to. Why should I make the same deal with the devil you made?”

If you’re reading this and are about to suggest that, as someone whose art has put them in the public eye, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 can’t have it both ways, then we suggest you don’t. Not to him, anyway. “There’s a kind of tacit pressure for people who are quiet and private like me, that we should be exposing ourselves because you’re a performer,” continues 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏. “But I don’t. I don’t have a Faustian pact with the media. I don’t actively go out there and search for column inches.”
(𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 23, 2022)

Photo credit: Mads Perch

So, let’s take a closer look at the documentary that impressed Brian and Stefan a lot, entertained them during the gloomy lockdown days and inspired creating a truly magical orchestration for 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐋.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥
🎵 https://bit.ly/3GicDQR 🎵

🌟 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒: 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 is a 2021 documentary series that covers the making of the band's 1970 album 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞 (which had the working title of 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤). It’s directed and produced by 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏, the acclaimed director of the 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 film trilogy, and co-produced by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the widows of John Lennon (Yoko Ono) and George Harrison (Olivia Harrison).

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3wOvRco 🎵
The film is based on over 56 hours of archival never-before-seen footage, shot in January 1969, and over 150 hours of audio stemming. Largely, it’s an unused footage and audio material originally captured for the 1970 documentary Let It Be by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
The final cut covers 21 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 as they rehearse for a forthcoming album, concert and film project, and climaxes with the full 42-minute rooftop concert.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 - 𝐀 𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧
🎵 https://bit.ly/3MQ93zQ 🎵

Photo credit: UPI Telephoto

The docuseries has a total runtime of nearly 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔, consisting of 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔 between two and three hours, each covering roughly weekly periods of the studio time.
It premiered with three consecutive daily releases on Disney+ on the Thanksgiving weekend of 25, 26 and 27 November 2021. A portion of it, titled 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭, was given a theatrical release in IMAX theatres across numerous US cities on 30 January 2022. It was then released internationally between 11 and 13 February 2022.

📢 Upon viewing the footage, 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏 later stated, he "was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth ... Sure, there's moments of drama – but none of the discord this project has long been associated with."

📢 In a news release, 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑴𝒄𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒚 said: "I am really happy that Peter has delved into our archives to make a film that shows the truth about the Beatles recording together", while 𝑹𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒓 echoed: "There was hours and hours of us just laughing and playing music, not at all like the Let It Be film that came out [in 1970]. There was a lot of joy and I think Peter will show that."
Indeed, 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏 confirmed that the footage shows The Beatles working under extreme pressure and even as cracks in the relationships show, the music and creativity always shone through🌟

Post by Olga

💫⭐ INTERVIEW WITH STEFAN (BILLBOARD JAPAN, APRIL 2022)⭐💫

✨Hello dear soulmates!✨

This afternoon I want to share with you the interview with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 that 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏 published last April. What motivated 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 to record this new album "𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐"? What is he most proud of on this album? And, what are his feelings towards his fans? Read on to find out the answers.

💎𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
 https://bit.ly/3suZgXF

Photo credits: Mads Perch // Edit by Rita

💫⭐𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 "𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐎," 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 ⭐💫

𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1990𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭-𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 13 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮, "𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘦 𝘎𝘰," 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 20𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 2017. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.


🌠 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟐𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕.
🎤 That tour seemed like an eternity to me. As a result, I personally started to become disillusioned with the name and existence of Placebo, and I feel like I had no idea what we were trying to do here. I felt like we were on an endless commercial journey, that our souls were being destroyed and the band was bearing the brunt of the negative effects. So it took a lot of effort and time to think about starting all over again.


🌠 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?
🎤 It felt like I lost the band in my head. I thought there was no other way for me to survive, and it was the first time I felt so extreme. However, I think I was able to start walking again relying on the feeling that there was about 1% left in the cup to move forward a bit.


🌠 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 "𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑳𝑬𝑻 𝑴𝑬 𝑮𝑶," 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔.
🎤 I think the fact that it has been quite a few years since our last album means that it took us a while to make the record we really wanted to make. Now we have some beautiful songs that we can show off on tour, and we feel like we're in a good shape.


🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 Having spent more than half of my life in Placebo, I feel like it has been deeply engraved in my DNA and that's what drives me. So when we talked about making a new album, I couldn't say no because of my love for Brian and the band, my love for the fans, and my love for what we have accomplished, even though the past tours have been painful in many ways. Sometimes I was overwhelmed by Brian's enthusiasm during production, but I couldn't have done any of it without him, and I think I'm here because he was there.


🌠 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅.
🎤 In terms of album production, I think this pandemic was an advantage. It was frustrating at times, but it gave me and Brian time to digest what we did, come up with individual ideas, bring them back and develop them lyrically and musically.


🌠 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌?
🎤 From a technical standpoint, I think we've allowed more spaces in the sound than on any of our previous records. Before, it was like, 'I gotta fill in here, I gotta fill in here. Where's the drum beat? Where's the bass?' But then I remembered that the music also needs silence. Silence is there to create anticipation. It took some courage to do that, because I've been making records with a lot of sound so far. But this time, I've evolved as a musician by doing that, and I want to add more nuances from now on.

Photo credit: Jon Stone

🌠 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 "𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔" 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆-𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅.
🎤 This song was born out of a piano melody that Brian brought to me. It started out in a very slow mood, but I think it became a pop track by making full use of the synthesizers.

💚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 (𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞) 🎶
https://bit.ly/3PfcMIP


🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 I would have to say "Forever Chemicals" at the beginning of the album. It was the first song we worked on for the album, and it starts out as a weird drum loop I had on my tablet, but I had a lot of trouble finishing it. It's a song with a lot of emotion and it's a great way to start off the album.

💜 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎶
https://bit.ly/39WfbYP


🌠 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒍" 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.
🎤 Strings have been an essential instrument in our work since our fifth album. Adam Noble (who has worked with Paul McCartney, Liam Gallagher, etc.), who produced the song, and I finished it while talking about The Beatles. I can't speak to the world of this song, but the strings definitely add to its beauty.

💗 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎶
https://bit.ly/3FBc8RA


🌠 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 "𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔".
🎤 There's a mysterious vibe to this song, almost like a spy movie soundtrack. I feel like I was able to build a sound that is a mix of tension and chaos, while interweaving high-speed beats that sound like drum'n'bass. But the piano tone that resonates at the end makes the song land on something beautiful.

💙 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎶
https://bit.ly/38iBfMS


🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓?
🎤 I think it might have an otherworldly feel to it. In fact, it's a kind of desolation, or post-apocalyptic, or what happened to life, ...... yes, exactly what happened to life, and just looking at the ocean, again, it's also a place to dream. But if you look closely, the small stones are pieces of artificial glass, rounded and smooth from being washed ashore so many times. In short, they represent a kind of memory of what mankind has scattered on this planet. This image is very beautiful and evocative, and I think it's enough to encapsulate the album.

Photo credit: Mads Perch

🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 I opened my mouth a little more this time. I mean, I'm singing more on this album than I ever have and I'm more confident. Brian also praised me, 'You're like Martin Gore to Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan. I don't think I'm that good, but I really enjoyed singing on this album.


🌠 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 I'm ready to tour with this album… Self-confidence comes from being a band and feeling good about the sounds you make. I don't think we would have been able to go on the next tour if we hadn't made this album. Playing live has been an integral part of my life since I met Brian when I was 19 years old. I love this band so much and it would be a mistake to just release an album and not tour. On the upcoming tour, I think people will be able to enjoy the charm of the album from multiple angles.


🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕?
🎤 I think it's integrity. We've had our lives threatened at times for standing up for what we believe in, but we've been able to write our truth in everything we've ever released so far. I feel like that sincerity is what keeps us going.


🌠 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔?
🎤 The love I get from the band's core fans is very important to me now. Our daily lives are simple and not very revealing, but we want to provide everyone with the best possible images, photos, and artwork we can.

✨🔹 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄 🔹✨

Formed in 1994 in the 𝑼𝑲 by 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 released their debut album "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐" in 1996, which reached #5 in the 𝑼𝑲 charts, and since then many hits have been released. So far, they have successfully performed twice in 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏, and will embark on a world tour from May 2022.
▪️𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸.

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