WIRRAL LIFE TALK TO PALOMA FAITH BY MARIE FITZSIMMONS
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WIRRAL LIFE TALK TO PALOMA FAITH BY MARIE FITZSIMMONS
Paloma Faith Blomfield is an English singer , songwriter , and actress . Her debut studio album , Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful ?, was released in 2009 and was certified double platinum in the UK . The album spawned the singles " Stone Cold Sober ", " New York ", and " Upside Down ", and earned Faith her first BRIT Award nomination in 2010 .
In 2012 , Faith released her second studio album , Fall to Grace , which charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and earned her a double platinum certification . The album produced her first top ten single , " Picking Up the Pieces ", the top twenty cover version of INXS ' s " Never Tear Us Apart ", and earned her two BRIT Award nominations . In 2014 , Faith released her third studio album , A Perfect Contradiction , which stands as her most successful album to date , also receiving a double platinum certification . The album spawned the hit singles " Can ' t Rely on You " and " Only Love Can Hurt Like This ", with the latter also topping the charts in Australia . Her fourth studio album , The Architect , was released in 2017 and debuted at number one in the UK , becoming Faith ' s first numberone album . In 2020 , she released her fifth studio album , Infinite Things . Faith released her sixth studio album , The Glorification of Sadness , in 2024 .
In addition to her solo work , Faith collaborated with the duo Sigma on the 2014 single " Changing ", which charted at number one in the UK , and DJ Sigala on " Lullaby ", which reached the top ten in 2018 . As an actress , she has appeared in St Trinian ' s ( 2007 ), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ( 2009 ), Dread ( 2009 ), Youth ( 2015 ), and Pennyworth ( 2019 – 2022 ). Faith was a judge on the fifth series of The Voice UK in 2016 , and on The Voice Kids in 2020 .
Paloma is embarking on a new UK tour and will be performing at the Liverpool Empire Theatre on 8th April . Marie Fitzsimmons caught up with her ahead of the tour .
You ’ re heading out on a UK & Ireland tour following the release of your recently released album ‘ The Glorification of Sadness ’. What are you most excited about for the tour ?
I love performing on stage . I just love seeing the fans and being able to play my music . It gives me comfort being out there performing after what I have been through .
‘ The Glorification of Sadness ’ is your 6th studio album . it has the same empowering vibe throughout . What has been the main drive behind this album ?
Going through a separation and having to deal with life as a single woman was the drive behind it . I was advised by a good friend to embrace being single and not be ashamed of it which gave me the confidence to write the album .
You ’ ve got some amazing collaborators on this album including Chase and Status , Kojey Radical , Amy Wadge , Liam Bailey and more . How did these collaborations come about ?
I ’ ve been in the business a long time , so I knew a lot of these artists anyway . Because I felt very vulnerable when I started working on it and I needed to be around people who I know so that I feel safe . Liam Bailey helped me put quite a lot of the writers together and this made like a huge impact , and I think he ’ s an incredible person . He and I worked quite closely on this , and it felt safe , it felt like a place where I could articulate my feelings without feeling selfconscious .
Are there any other artists you would love to collaborate with past or present ?
Yeah loads ! I feel like I would love to join up with other women now , I would love to work with SZA , Lizzo and also Miley Cirus !
What was the creative process , music , or lyrics first ; or does it differ with each album ?
It ’ s always different , sometimes is lyrics and then sometimes its music first .
Where did your passion for music come from , did you grow up listening to a particular artist or genre which has influenced you now ?
Yeah , my mum and dad were really big music fans . My dad particularly liked Jazz , and my mum liked 60 ’ s rock and roll , and soul . I think it was also a part of growing up in London where subculture becomes your identity . In the 80 ’ s I didn ’ t go to school with a uniform , part of my youth was having my identity , dressing a certain way , and listening to the music that went with it . It was a part of growing up in the generation that I am a part of . Fashion and music were closely linked together .
The video to ‘ This is How you leave a man ’ is cinematic and empowering , I just love it . Where do you get the ideas for your videos ?
I work quite closely with a creative director called Theo Adams and we think in a quite a similar way . Some of the ideas come from us just being crazy and dark but also from my love of film , I really
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