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"They were just demos": Anderson .Paak's last will as a tattoo
Photo: Lana Del Ray / Instagram
Think early on what remains after you die: Many artists take this advice when they leave their legacy to archives during their lifetime.
After deaths in the music business there were always albums with previously unreleased recordings by John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Tupac and many others.
In the end, however, one had the feeling that the number of posthumous publications was growing.
On the one hand, there was the cult of the legendary Prince archive, from which three albums have already been released.
In addition, there were some young people who died young in the hip-hop sector, whose replicas received a great deal of attention: Lil Peep, XXXTentacion and Juice Wrld only had their greatest chart successes in Germany after their deaths.
A development that does not leave living musicians indifferent.
At least that was documented by the US singer and drummer Anderson.Paak: He made a tattoo public in an Instagram story on which he decreed: “When I'm dead: Please don't publish any albums or songs with my name.
Those were just demo recordings that shouldn't be heard «.
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Anderson .Paak
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Anderson .Paak, whose real name is Brandon Paak Anderson, is quite busy during his lifetime: In addition to four studio albums, he has also released several EPs and mixtapes, some under the pseudonym Breezy Lovejoy.
The album by Silk Sonic, his retro soul project with Bruno Mars, whose pre-singles "Leave The Door Open" and "Skate" were already international hits, will be released in autumn.
Lana Del Rey apparently shares the desire to retain control over the published work even after death.
She posted the photo of Anderson .Paak's tattoo on her Instagram account with the approving caption: "It's in my will, but also on his tattoo."
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Lana Del Rey
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At the beginning of her career, Lana Del Rey became known among other things for music videos that played with the aesthetics of found Super 8 films.
But such accidental finds from her estate are apparently not intended to be made public later.
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