Patrick Watson tilbage med ny sang inspireret af at have mistet sin stemme

Sanger, sangskriver, filmkomponist og pianist Patrick Watson er tilbage med sin nye single ’Silencio’, der har den fremadstormende franske singer-songwriter November Ultra med som feature. Sangen er inspireret af en oplevelse Watson har haft hvor han, som prisvindende kunstner, der har udgivet flere populære album gennem to årtier, pludselig ikke at kunne tale eller synge i næsten tre måneder. ’Silencio’ udforsker nogle af de indtryk og spørgsmål han har haft i den pågældende periode: taler han for meget? - angsten ved at genopleve en samtale, lære at være bedre til at lytte og styrken ved stilhed.

Sangen er ude i dag, d. 15. oktober, og vil være en del af et større albumprojekt, som Watson har arbejdet på, og som ligeledes er inspireret af hans manglende stemme, med flere detaljer, der snart vil blive annonceret.

Lyt til ’Silencio’ her.

“I think you like me better since I lost my voice,” synger Watson over en mystisk og eterisk orkestrering af guitar, blide trommer, klaver og brusende synthesizere. Watson har skrevet sangen sammen med sin mangeårige samarbejdspartner, medforfatter og bandkammerat Mishka Stein og November Ultra. Watson og November Ultra mødtes første gang, mens de optog et radioprogram sammen på France Inter i Paris, hvor de begge var booket ind samme dag.

Sangen er indspillet i en malers studie i Paris (Studio Alterio af kunstneren Ruben Alterio) med udsigt over Montmartre. “With an enormous window and so much old Parisian charm and ghosts,” fortæller han.
’Silencio’ bliver sunget både på spansk og engelsk, med November Ultra, der starter sangen med sin smukke og delikate vokal. Watson beskriver processen som “magical”. “Her wonderful wit and beautifully soft caring tone was very inspiring. The song just kind of wrote itself, AS THOUGH IT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD BEEN HAVING OUR WHOLE LIVES. It was lovely,” siger han.

Om singlen fortæller Watson: ”The lyrics are made up of two different stories. Nova was having a tricky moment and so was I. As for her part of the story, well, she'll tell you all about it. My part of the story was about how I couldn't talk for two and a half or three months. Since I talk too much in general, it was kind of good for me. The song is built on a bunch of impressions I had during this period.I realized a lot of the things I wanted to say to people, but couldn’t, were probably not that interesting to them anyhow. It made me wonder, maybe I was talking to myself, and not other people a lot of the time.I noticed my interactions with people were so different when I left them the space and they filled the void left by my silence. I realized that you're much more vulnerable when you're the one talking, versus the one that just listens.I do have my voice back 100%. I think I talk 7% less which is still a win.”

Julier BuggeOctober 15, 2024