You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
This episode contains explicit language.
For six years, Angel Derridurian was a member of the critically acclaimed band Dirty Projectors.
She performed on national TV, recorded with Bjork, and played sold-out shows around the world.
But she left the group to pursue her own music.
I was in Dirty Projectors.
From 2006 to 2012 was when we announced me taking a break.
It's hard to let go of something that you've worked so hard for and then put faith into yourself that you're going to be able to come out with something.
My name is Angel Deridorian and I play as Deridorian.
Dara Dorian's debut solo album was released in August 2015.
In this episode, Angel breaks down the track, A Beautiful Woman,
and how the decision to lead her own musical project affected her and inspired the creation of this song.
trek into making my own record was part of me moving into like a leadership position and being in charge of everything.
Was that scary?
Fuck yeah, it was scary.
Oh yeah, because there's so many things you have to put to the side.
It's like you can't take a real job, you can't hang out with your friends whenever you feel like it.
You have to have some self-discipline and you have to have faith that it'll work out