2020-04-30
1 小时 0 分钟Growing up in Kenton, Ohio, developing an interest in music and eventually heading off to college, but just relentlessly playing music on the side with friends, with bands, Macy Gray started to make a bit of a name for herself, but also found a ton of struggle.
Early deals with major record labels that just didn't pan out.
And yet, along with all of this struggle, she refused to give up.
Finally, in 1999, she broke through in the music world with her iconic song I try selling more than 25 million albums, winning a Grammy, two Brit Awards.
She was on top of the world.
But the journey that got her there was really hard.
And the years that would follow would bring even more challenge, but often of a different nature, including the pressures of managing fame and the introduction of drugs to her world.
Having landed in a more grounded place in life, now more seasoned, wiser, focused intensely on her work, her fierce creative talent and powerful, distinct voice have opened the door to tours, new albums, even appearances on screen, acting alongside people like Denzel Washington and so many others.
Her most recent album, Ruby with the song Buddha, where she collaborates with one of my favorite players out there right now, Gary Clark Junior, offers a line that really seems to be her current mantra.
I'm all right now.
So really excited to share this conversation and Macy's journey with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
Yeah.
So good to be hanging out with you.
I know, it's weird times, right?
Cause you're in New York City playing it, you know, like you were here to play a show at the beacon on the day that sort of like New York says, okay, all shows are shut down.
They just.
Because of the 500 capacity.
Yeah, they didn't, there was no public ticket sales, it was only.
They call it friends and family.