![]() Towards the end of the album-making process I was really struggling with my perfectionism and it was getting hard for me to make creative decisions without fear of destroying the project entirely. The beauty of the raw vocal didn’t hit me until later, when I was choosing songs for the track list. I thought it was ugly-sounding for a long time. So even though I was super sick, I called my producer and told him I needed to get the vocals down. Sometimes that’s the way it is - that’s why it’s important to be able to record your vocals the day you write a song while it’s still fresh. I knew I had to capture the vocals right in that moment or else risk losing that feeling forever. The lyrics and the melody have such a power behind them. So I sat down at my desk and started writing on my piano and this song just came out. But I absolutely hate laying around when I’m ill. ![]() ![]() ![]() The song was recorded on a day where I wasn’t even supposed to go to the studio because I was ill. I remember feeling like the vocals were too harsh to listen to, imperfect and gritty. “Wild Woman” almost didn’t make it on the album. “You’re not even trying, I’m still riding and dying/ I’m still bending over backwards, falling for the asshole, looking like a fool for you/ Don’t let me go just yet, I still got love left baby/ Where is it supposed to go? I sound crazy/ Like a broken record wishing you’d still play me.” I love how angry and defiant it is, yet still so soft and delicate. I felt so foolish for sincerely falling in love with this boy who was clearly a player. Heartbreak is easy to indulge in, like emotional porn. I guess it’s easy to express myself when I’m hurt because that place is so specific and familiar. The lyrics kinda just happened in one of those rare moments where it all seems to fall into place without even touching it. The sun was going down and my producer just started with those two mellotron chords and it flowed from there - like an open wound. Writing was really the only thing that helped. I was in the middle of a breakup and just in so much pain, working a lot, trying to stay busy. Only then would the song let me finish her. To finish the Rebel lyrics, I had to go all the way: safety-pinning my underwear, smearing red lipstick all over myself, and doing full out diva choreography. Sometimes I have to close my eyes and pretend like I’m on stage. Sometimes I have to dress up to get the lyrics out. How could it not be when music is what literally moves us? We left the second verse blank, and I ran home to finish the song in full glam. I like to think of my songwriting process as physical. The first verse was freestyled in one take. The session began and within minutes the first draft of what would become “Rebel Revolution” was up and running. When I got to the studio, I started blasting my favorite anthems: Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl,” David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel,” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” I was determined to capture a similar energy and tap into my own fearlessness. I had been working with Fernando Garibay that day and was riding a high of inspiration. Is this a headline you ever expected to see? Let us know in the comments below.It started one unassuming afternoon. ![]() Remember that time Coachella festivalgoers found a man with more than 100 stolen phones using “Find my iPhone”? Yeah, it's unreal. This isn't the first story of a person attempting to steal phones in bulk. “We’re on to these offenders, but you can also reduce your chances of falling victim to such crimes by remaining extra vigilant look out for suspicious behaviour and only take the valuables with you that you really need.” (What did he expect?)Īnd Slater shares an important note for anyone attending a gig anywhere, for that matter: “It’s an unfortunate reality that large crowds at concerts can make rich pickings for career criminals,” she says. Not to mention, he was charged with theft and sentenced to three years after admitting the offense. He was arrested shortly after leaving the gig, with the phones recovered from a nearby parking lot. He slipped phones inside the swimsuit and effectively turned himself into a deposit box for the phones, allowing him to carry tens of phones concealed around his body.” “Many of the phones were taken from front jeans pockets, which people believe is a safer place to carry valuables, but due to the jostling in the mosh pit, they simply didn’t realise they’d been targeted. "This was organized pickpocketing… Marin went equipped to steal phones and took advantage of revellers enjoying themselves in the standing area," Birmingham city centre Police Sergeant Julia Slater said. In the station's update following the arrest, they explained that police officers were aware that thieves had targed Royal Blood fans earlier this year, so they were also mingling with the crowd that night as part of a covert operation. ![]()
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