She almost died of alcohol. She is now releasing her first major album of the year
After a first album that led to a self-destructive journey, British musician Georgia was reborn personally and musically. The result is revealed as "Seeking Thrills", the first amazing album of 2020. In a special interview to Walla! Culture, the groundbreaking artist tells why she avoids alcohol and doesn't run away from emotions
Dream: Visit Israel and connect with its Jewish heritage. Georgia (Photo: Joseph Connor)
Georgia (Photo: Lev Group Media, PR)
2020 has just begun and already has one major album - Georgia Seeking Thrills (Heart Group Media). The British musician is a definite representative of a stream that my colleague Ilya Shapiro calls the Sad Bangers. That is, music that combines two different ends of the emotional spectrum: songs that are at the same time uplifting and melancholy, desperate and full of joy, and within the space of what is not, embrace what can be.
Robin and Mark Ronson are, of course, the quintessential flagship subjects of this subtype, which Georgia manages to integrate into the genre while retaining its familiar characteristics, but with its own unique language. "I'm excited that my music has come so far, to Israel," she says in an interview with Walla! Culture when I tell her that I listen to her songs in bluffs.
Georgia is the stage name of the artist, who was born in London in the early 1990s by Georgia Rose Harriet Burns as a musician's family - her father is Neil Burns, the founder of the acclaimed electronic composition for Patfield. She bought herself a name in 2015, with some promising singles that resonated and led to her debut album, named for her, and failed to really leave a mark.
"Expectations were a little too high, followed by a fall," she admits. "Instead of getting discouraged, I decided to go through a life-changing process. My development was both personal and musical. Personally, I felt I was losing control over life, so I took my hands. I have a tendency to addiction and self-destruction. I would drink devastatingly. , There is an alcohol problem in England and a lot of people do binge drinking. Some people can have it, but not I. My relationship with drinking was not good. Alcohol was something that defined my existence and I would develop relationships through it. Besides, I also changed my diet and became vegan. All of these changes were very beneficial to me and Yao me in the dark. The first album was drunk, because I was drinking a lot. The second album has been completely sober and it reflects my adolescence. "
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To the full article"Since I'm vegan, I've come out of the dark." Georgia (Photo: Joseph Connor)
Georgia (Photo: Lev Group Media, PR)
And musically?
"The audience didn't really connect to my first album as a whole, but there were things that people liked and I decided to go back to the studio and focus on it. I realized that the songs needed to be mature and accessible and that the emphasis had to be on the voices. In the first album, I wasn't sure of myself, but I feel I already became a singer. It happened because I drew inspiration from artists I love. Some who represent Eighties' electro-pop: Depeche Mode and especially Kate Bush. "
Some of the articles about you in the British media even compare you to Kate Bush.
"It's the biggest compliment it can be. She's one of the most important artists in history, as far as I'm concerned. She pushed the pom into places no one came close to. She has confidence in herself and the ability to take control of the studio. I admire all the decisions she made, including cutting out of music for a period to become a mother. Full-time. It's an icon that sets a standard for me. "
When Kate returned to appear a few years ago, she demanded that people not take pictures on their smartphones. As someone who is now touring herself, how about that?
"I can understand her and I respect that, but I can also understand a 13-year-old who goes to Billy Eilish's show and shoots her on her iPhone, because it's part of her being and that she wants to watch her over and over and inspire. Not everyone has the privilege to go For a performance every weekend, you can accept that someone wants to commemorate something so rare for him to have it for life. On the other hand, I also understand how disturbing and annoying it is, so I'm a little on the fence about that. "
"IPhones in shows? I'm on the fence about this." Georgia (Illustration of Israeli fan and illustrator Igor Tapikin)
Georgia (Photo: Igor Tapikin, PR)
The album isn't perfect, but some of the songs are addictive bombs. Most of you are love songs for the dance floor, for example his big hit - "About Work the Dancefloor". Georgia sings over and over during his chorus: "These moments with you" and I ask her what does "You" mean - does she chant on someone? About someone? About the extension itself? About something else?
"I'm talking about the collective experience of a dance club," she says. "The album was heavily influenced by the culture of the dance floor. I did extensive research on the days of the Chicago House and found out how important the dance floor was at that time, to some who were on the fringes of the society and the night experiences allowed them to feel things they had not experienced in daily life. "You feel transcendence and do not want to let go, and these are moments you will never forget and every time you remember, you will feel alive again."
Your songs are very emotional, in a cynical and ironic era where people are not so keen to be emotionally open.
"I am an emotional person. I am very sensitive and very connected to people's emotions. I do not suppress emotions. That is how I grew up. I was educated according to Freud's teachings. Adds some sound that is trendy or cool, but only because it comes from me and that echoes some emotion. "
"About Work the Dancefloor" is a really syntactically odd statement. What's the Deal?
"I'm influenced by techno from Detroit and there's the section that makes the sound robotic and builds different sentences. They talk like robots, like in Star Wars. It's grammatically cluttered, but it gets you into the rhythm of the dance."
"There are no women in the chorus parades? Some shit, some nonsense." Georgia (Photo: Joseph Connor)
Georgia (Photo: Lev Group Media, PR)
The Verstyle musician, who is signed to almost every aspect of her works, began her career as a drummer and continues to play the drums today. "To be philosophical, I didn't pick drums, but they chose me," she says. "When I started drumming, I didn't know a lot of women in this area - there was Sheila E. who played Prince, and Karen Carpenter, who not everyone knows but was an amazing drummer. To them, to Meg Witt, when I looked at her playing on the biggest stages, I said to myself - Here, I also have a place as a drummer. Obviously women are harder in this world, and sometimes they are perceived as curios, but it only made me more creative and stronger, and I also feel That there is more and more room for women in this world. "
You know that in the decade's parade in Israel, women rarely screw up in the high places.
"Really? Some shit, some nonsense. You have to change that. Maybe if you keep spreading my name in Israel it will help. Just, I'm kidding."
Your father appeared in Israel. Have you thought about doing that as well?
"My dad showed up, my mom volunteered at a kibbutz in the past and my brother recently visited Israel with his dance troupe. I really wanted to follow them. I am Jewish and have always wanted to explore my heritage."
One of the common reactions to your music and their melancholy atheist sound is that it sounds like the perfect soundtrack to "Strange Things."
"I love this series, though it was not a direct influence on me. I really like science fiction. I recently saw 'Encounters of the Third Kind' again. It's one of my favorite films, and 'Blade Runner.' Other genres, such as "There were times in America," including Sergio Leone's films. "
