Dido parle de son best of et du fait d'être libre de ses mouvements : entretien
Affranchie de son contrat avec sa maison de disques, elle regarder vers l'avenir
Suite à la sortie de son best of cette semaine, chez RCA, Dido en a officiellement fini avec son contrat et est libre de ses mouvements.
"Je suis comme un gosse surexcité, raconte l'auteur et interprète britannique à HitFix. J'ai tellement d'idées. Je peux faire ci, je peux faire ça. Je dois me calmer."
Nous reviendrons un peu plus tard sur ce qui attend Dido, mais d'abord, elle a passé quelques instants avec nous à revenir sur ses près de 15 ans de carrière, que couvre son best of : une compilation de tous ses singles, de son premier album, sorti en 1999, No Angel, à aujourd'hui. Parmi les titres, 'Here With Me', 'Thank You', 'White Flag', 'Life For Rent', et le titre d'Eminem, 'Stan', qui sample 'Thank You' et a aidé à propulser Dido sur le devant de la scène.
Elle a écouté l'album du début à la fin, pendant qu'elle dirigeait le projet. "C'était un journal de 15 ans, émouvant et fou, déroulé sur une heure, dit-elle. Quand on écrit une chanson, on sait clairement où l'on était et ce que l'on ressentait, bien plus qu'avec une photo. J'ai des souvenirs tellement nets."
Comme cela arrive souvent, les chansons prennent un autre sens et une autre forme alors que la vie progresse. 'Everything To Lose', qui apparaît à l'origine sur la bande originale de "Sex and the City 2", sorti en 2010, "est probablement plus pertinente aujourd'hui, révèle Dido. Lorsqu'on tombe finalement réellement amoureux, qu'on a un enfant, et qu'on a peur" de tout perdre.
En effet, la naissance de son fils, en 2011, a changé le prisme à travers lequel elle voit la vie. "Je suis plus émotive depuis que j'ai eu Stanley. Je n'ai jamais été du genre à pleurer facilement. Alors qu'aujourd'hui, je peux être au cinéma et me mettre à pleurer. J'ai pleuré au bout de 10 minutes devant 'Philomena' [Ndlt : un film datant de 2013, réalisé par Stephen Frears, avec Judi Dench et Steve Coogan, et qui raconte l'histoire d'un journaliste qui écrit sur une femme qui cherche son fils après qu'on le lui ait enlevé, bien des années auparavant]. Mon mari m'a dit : 'Est-ce que ça va ?' Donc toutes ces chansons, qui sont émouvantes, je les ressens de manière plus forte, grâce à Stanley. Ca libère quelque chose en vous."
La compilation inclut un nouveau titre, 'NYC'. Ecrite récemment, elle fait pourtant référence à une période, avant 1999, lorsque tout était encore possible pour elle, y compris l'échec. "Ca parle d'une autre époque, au tout début, lorsque je suis arrivée à New York, avec les paroles de mon frère qui tournait dans ma tête : 'Ca ne marchera probablement pas pour toi, mais bonne chance.'"
Même après tout son succès (elle a vendu plus de 30 millions d'albums dans le monde et a été nommée aux Oscars pour 'If I Rise', extraite du film "127 heures"), l'incertitude demeure. Et elle s'en accommode très bien. "Je ne suis toujours pas sûre de ce que me réserve l'avenir, dit-elle. Je serai toujours ainsi. Je suis plus à l'aise en ne sachant pas. Je recherche ces sentiments. Il y a la place pour de la magie."
Alors que se retrouver sans contrat avec une maison de disques déclencherait la peur chez certains, chez Dido, cela déclenche un sentiment de possibilité, où la musique dicte chaque décision. "On peut sortir de la musique, tout simplement. Pour moi, c'est extrêmement excitant, dit-elle. Parfois, [avec une maison de disques], j'ai l'impression qu'on crée quelque chose et qu'il faille attendre une éternité, que le jeu consiste à attendre longtemps. Maintenant, je peux travailler sur tel projet ou sur tel autre. C'est la créativité qui dicte [les règles]."
Elle reste évasive quant à son prochain projet, puisque son travail actuel la mène en ce moment dans deux "directions complètement différentes", et elle n'a pas encore choisi laquelle suivre. "Tout se résume à la musique, maintenant, et c'est le monde dans lequel je vis."
Traduction de Dido France. Reproduction interdite.
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mardi 26 novembre 2013
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Dido on her greatest hits and becoming a free agent: Interview
Done with her record contract, she looks ahead
Following the release of her best-of collection this week on RCA, Dido is officially out of her record contract and a free agent.
"I'm like an overexcited kid," the British singer/songwriter tells HitFix. "I have so many ideas. 'I can do this, I can do that.' I'm like 'take a breath'."
More about what's next for Dido a little later, but first she spent a few minutes looking back with us over her nearly 15-year career covered on "Greatest Hits," a compilation of all her singles from her 1999 debut, "No Angel," on. Among the selections are "Here With Me," "Thank You," "White Flag," "Life for Rent," and Eminem's "Stan," which samples "Thank You," and helped catapult Dido to stardom.
She listened to the album from start to finish while mastering the project. "It was this crazy, emotional 15-year diary in an hour," she says. "When you write a song, you're so clear about where you were and what you were feeling, even more so than when I see a picture. I have such clear memories."
As often happens, the songs take different meaning and shapes as life progresses. "Everything to Lose," originally featured on the 2010 "Sex and the City 2" soundtrack, "is probably more relevant now," Dido says. "When you do finally really fall in love, having a kid, and having the fear" of losing it all.
Indeed, the birth of her son in 2011 has changed the prism through which she views life. "I'm a more emotional person since having Stanley. I was never the big cry person. Now I'll be in the cinema and I start crying. I was crying at 'Philomena' 10 minutes in. My husband was like, 'Are you alright?' So any of these songs that are emotional, I feel it all bigger because of Stanley. It opens up a part of you."
The collection includes a new track, "NYC." Though written recently, it is about an era, pre-1999, when everything was still possible for her, including failure. "It's about a time back at the very beginning when I came to New York City with the words of my brother ringing in my head: 'This is probably not going to happen for you, but good luck'."
Even after all her success —she's sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and garnered an Oscar nod for "If I Rise" from "127 Hours"—the uncertainty remains. And she's fine with that. "I'm still unsure of where the road ahead goes," she says. "I'll always be that person. I feel more comfortable not knowing. I crave those feelings. There's room for magic to happen."
While being without a record contract would strike fear in some, for Dido, it strikes a sense of possibility where music dictates every decision. "You can just put music out. For me that's extremely exciting," she says. "Sometimes [on a label] I feel like you make things and you have to wait for ages and you just play this big waiting game. Now, you can do this project here and that project there. It's dictated by what you're doing creatively."
She's coy about what's next as she has material now that is taking her in two "extremely different ways," and she hasn't chosen which path to take yet. "It all becomes about the music and that's the world I live in."
(Source)
Done with her record contract, she looks ahead
Following the release of her best-of collection this week on RCA, Dido is officially out of her record contract and a free agent.
"I'm like an overexcited kid," the British singer/songwriter tells HitFix. "I have so many ideas. 'I can do this, I can do that.' I'm like 'take a breath'."
More about what's next for Dido a little later, but first she spent a few minutes looking back with us over her nearly 15-year career covered on "Greatest Hits," a compilation of all her singles from her 1999 debut, "No Angel," on. Among the selections are "Here With Me," "Thank You," "White Flag," "Life for Rent," and Eminem's "Stan," which samples "Thank You," and helped catapult Dido to stardom.
She listened to the album from start to finish while mastering the project. "It was this crazy, emotional 15-year diary in an hour," she says. "When you write a song, you're so clear about where you were and what you were feeling, even more so than when I see a picture. I have such clear memories."
As often happens, the songs take different meaning and shapes as life progresses. "Everything to Lose," originally featured on the 2010 "Sex and the City 2" soundtrack, "is probably more relevant now," Dido says. "When you do finally really fall in love, having a kid, and having the fear" of losing it all.
Indeed, the birth of her son in 2011 has changed the prism through which she views life. "I'm a more emotional person since having Stanley. I was never the big cry person. Now I'll be in the cinema and I start crying. I was crying at 'Philomena' 10 minutes in. My husband was like, 'Are you alright?' So any of these songs that are emotional, I feel it all bigger because of Stanley. It opens up a part of you."
The collection includes a new track, "NYC." Though written recently, it is about an era, pre-1999, when everything was still possible for her, including failure. "It's about a time back at the very beginning when I came to New York City with the words of my brother ringing in my head: 'This is probably not going to happen for you, but good luck'."
Even after all her success —she's sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and garnered an Oscar nod for "If I Rise" from "127 Hours"—the uncertainty remains. And she's fine with that. "I'm still unsure of where the road ahead goes," she says. "I'll always be that person. I feel more comfortable not knowing. I crave those feelings. There's room for magic to happen."
While being without a record contract would strike fear in some, for Dido, it strikes a sense of possibility where music dictates every decision. "You can just put music out. For me that's extremely exciting," she says. "Sometimes [on a label] I feel like you make things and you have to wait for ages and you just play this big waiting game. Now, you can do this project here and that project there. It's dictated by what you're doing creatively."
She's coy about what's next as she has material now that is taking her in two "extremely different ways," and she hasn't chosen which path to take yet. "It all becomes about the music and that's the world I live in."
(Source)
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