erika de casier ⋆ 🆕 album “lifetime” OUT !

LAMBO TISCI

Jun 4, 2021

AOTY for me next to Black Midi and Origami Angel

BD32

Jun 5, 2021

I think I still like Essentials more. My CD came in the mail today too

Sensational is still my aoty so far though

Saturday

Jun 15, 2021

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‘Sensational’ was also influenced by two of the seismic events of last year. “I wrote a lot of the songs once COVID hit, and the Black Lives Matter movement really exploded. I was dealing with a lot of different emotions,” she says. The early stages of the pandemic, when you couldn’t get tested and there was no vaccine in sight, felt particularly hopeless. “I felt angry, I felt sad, I felt a bit depressed as well — being isolated is not fun for anybody, it's not natural I feel. I went through the whole rainbow of emotions, and I think that's why 'Sensational' is almost dramatic, because it's from one end to the other,” she says. On the other hand, the Black Lives Matter movement was invigorating, fuelling a “fire” and “need to stand up for myself” in Erika. She recalls being made to feel difficult when calling out experiences of racism growing up. “I think we all grew up with this,” she says. “In the past if I said something against it, there’s this 'don't worry, we're just kidding, don't take it personal’ response. I was standing alone, I didn't have this group of people that backed me up. Then all of a sudden I felt like the whole world was backing each other up. It definitely fired my confidence.”

mixmag.net/feature/erika-de-casier-cover-interview-sensational

Saturday

Jun 15, 2021

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‘Sensational’ was also influenced by two of the seismic events of last year. “I wrote a lot of the songs once COVID hit, and the Black Lives Matter movement really exploded. I was dealing with a lot of different emotions,” she says. The early stages of the pandemic, when you couldn’t get tested and there was no vaccine in sight, felt particularly hopeless. “I felt angry, I felt sad, I felt a bit depressed as well — being isolated is not fun for anybody, it's not natural I feel. I went through the whole rainbow of emotions, and I think that's why 'Sensational' is almost dramatic, because it's from one end to the other,” she says. On the other hand, the Black Lives Matter movement was invigorating, fuelling a “fire” and “need to stand up for myself” in Erika. She recalls being made to feel difficult when calling out experiences of racism growing up. “I think we all grew up with this,” she says. “In the past if I said something against it, there’s this 'don't worry, we're just kidding, don't take it personal’ response. I was standing alone, I didn't have this group of people that backed me up. Then all of a sudden I felt like the whole world was backing each other up. It definitely fired my confidence.”

https://mixmag.net/feature/erika-de-casier-cover-interview-sensational