![]() ![]() ![]() 23, stars Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs”) and, in a cameo role, Patti LaBelle.Īs for Arie, she is in the mist of an October tour that visits Bermuda tonight (Oct. “At that moment in time, her performance was a juxtaposition of pain and beauty. On her sophomore album, 'Voyage To India', India Arie provides her wonderful lyrics and vocals in songs that seem to tell what many women are thinking of, rather than being self-reflective as she was on her debut. “Her performance brought tears to my eyes,” Arie says. On both, India Arie wrote or co-wrote all the songs and she writes about meaningful topics such as self-respect and communication in relationships. When Lifetime inquired about using the song for the film, Arie said, “Well, I have this other version that you might like to use.”Īccording to Arie, while the song’s original idea was rooted in Pink’s decision to do away with her pink locks, the last verse was written after watching Melissa Etheridge’s triumphant performance on the Grammy Awards, where she appeared bald from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer. ![]() “This duet should have been the original version on my album, but it fell through the cracks.” Lightened up: India. It shows that we don’t just believe the hype, which is shown with India’s popularity in pop music, but also in the Black ghettos of America. “We both had something to say with this song, and we wanted to work together,” Arie explains. India.Arie is known for her lyrics praising self-acceptance and beauty. They continue to dehumanize us, and at the same time the beauty of the songs of India.Arie and the image of a beautiful dark skinned Black woman making these songs is a weapon against this dehumanization. ![]() EXCLUSIVE: India Aries New Song Breathe (Inspired by BlackLivesMatter) Is Right on Time .It will be available on iTunes beginning Oct. In I Am Not My Hair, India does an amazing job at reassuring women that we are not the body we possess, but the beautiful person who lives inside it. A previously unreleased version of India.Arie’s “I Am Not My Hair” will be heard in a new Lifetime Television movie, “Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy.” Arie tells Billboard this version - a duet between the R&B/soul singer and pop-rocker Pink - is actually the original version of the song. ![]()
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