"Obviously I'm jealous of other singers, but luckily today it happens less"

The frustration with the music industry, the fear of terrorist attacks, the traumatic abortion she had, the baby on the way and the kiss with Aviv Elosh: the singer and actress Abigail Kobari was a guest on the podcast "What's up?"

On the occasion of the release of her new album.

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Nir Yahav and Nadav Menuhin, in collaboration with the Lottery

07/24/2022

Sunday, July 24, 2022, 09:23

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When she was only 34 years old, the singer, creator and actress Abigail Kobari released her fifth album (!) in the last eight years - "Red Gold".

In an interview with Nir Yahav and Nadav Menuhin in "What is heard?", the podcast of Walla!

Culture in collaboration with the Lottery, she talks about the new album, working around the clock, the traumatic abortion, the baby on the way - and even a little about politics.

Abigail Kobari (Photo: Public Relations)

On the new album "Red Gold"

: "I was a little hesitant about this name, because there is a song called 'Red Gold' and it is named after an ex that I try not to remember. It was one of the first songs I wrote for this album, and when we thought of a name, 'Red Gold' It would have sounded beautiful and good for the album, and along the way I asked myself why I was doing it and whether it deserved it."

: "I'm relatively picky. Thank God I'm a creative woman, I write and I feel creatively fertile, but that's a lot thanks to the fact that I'm not a perfectionist. If I compare myself to other musicians around, I don't dig or eat your head on everything."

: "It's on my mind all the time. Ziv, with whom I work closely, reminds me that I also need to look outside. I live in the country, and I have feelings and opinions, so that's how I was able to write about the issue. I'm a crazy coward, to this day when there are terrorist attacks I get off the bus. I wasn't in the attack, but I was a girl from Jerusalem and I assume it has something to do with it. I have a lot of anxiety around this thing. It's part of the reason I don't open newspapers and can't get involved in what's going on."

On the song 'Four Balls' written about the previous abortion: "A year plus ago I started trying to get pregnant, and there was a pregnancy that didn't develop and I had to have an abortion. I wrote this song the day after. It's a kind of double-edged sword - to talk about it, and on the other hand, I don't want to Scary. Everyone around me told me that it happened to them too, I heard countless stories of miscarriages following the song. It made me happy on the one hand, but also discouraged me. It felt like every woman went through something at some point. As I wrote the song I knew it was poignant, I had an emotional outlet That's behind me."

In which he attacked the level of the lyrics of pop songs in Israel: "It seems a bit pointless to me to speak negatively in public. It is the right of every person to think what is quality and what is not, but I can say about myself, when I detect cynicism and criticism towards certain artists, I understand that there is Jealousy, grumbling or a feeling of lack of appreciation. I think it's based on that, and less of an intellectual discussion because there's room for everything. Pop always wins - it's always trendy and sweeping and that's what it means, to be the shiny fashion that makes a lot of noise."

On the feeling that she is not appreciated enough: "As an independent creator who makes her way in slow steps, I heard a lot of 'no', and that can create frustration. But today I understand that it's not necessarily up to me. I just have to keep working and everything is fine. If I'm jealous of singers Others? Sure, but it happens less because I'm more exposed to behind the scenes."

: "I would love to, it was really fun. When they called me to do auditions I said 'come on, cool'. I auditioned and didn't hear from them for a few months. Then I got to another audition and another audition and I totally forgot that it was on the agenda. I always want to improve in acting And maybe even do a course, but right now all that's important to me is progressing in music. I'd love any acting project that comes along, but I can't be on it."

: "Great, really fun. He's an excellent actor, I learned from him a waste of time."

: "It goes without saying for me that my working day is to sit down and put up posts and promotions. At first it frustrated me, I was a bit anti. I'm also not much with the smartphone, it's a bit oppressive to me. On the other hand, it's really amazing that I have control, so to speak, over the representation Mine. I'm sure that people who didn't live in my time were burned a lot by this thing. It's an uncomfortable and natural activity, we are usually ashamed and embarrassed in this position."

: "Writing is in my blood, I really want everyone to write. The writing workshops I give are one of the most significant things in my life. My dream is to develop it and hold it as much as possible. Get as many people as possible to come out and not be ashamed."

Kobari upcoming performances:

9.8 Smilansky Festival, Beer Sheva

25.8 Yellow Submarine, Jerusalem

27.8 The Studio, Haifa

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