Cynthia Erivo
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Podcast Appearances
Which is why I'm in both camps. Because even the happiest song can actually mean something very, very different. We can dance when we're happy. We can dance when we're sad. Both have value. Like I'll listen to the lyrics all day long. But sometimes I just want to hear the music. Sometimes it's the music that moves me.
Which is why I'm in both camps. Because even the happiest song can actually mean something very, very different. We can dance when we're happy. We can dance when we're sad. Both have value. Like I'll listen to the lyrics all day long. But sometimes I just want to hear the music. Sometimes it's the music that moves me.
I think it's what's really interesting about what's happening with, there's a music called Afrobeats, which is happening right now, and it seems to be growing tentacles and spreading out everywhere. Whereas before, I grew up with it. And it's developed and it evolves and it changes ever so much. So it's become a little bit popularized.
I think it's what's really interesting about what's happening with, there's a music called Afrobeats, which is happening right now, and it seems to be growing tentacles and spreading out everywhere. Whereas before, I grew up with it. And it's developed and it evolves and it changes ever so much. So it's become a little bit popularized.
I think it's what's really interesting about what's happening with, there's a music called Afrobeats, which is happening right now, and it seems to be growing tentacles and spreading out everywhere. Whereas before, I grew up with it. And it's developed and it evolves and it changes ever so much. So it's become a little bit popularized.
But if you go back 50 years, the rhythms are still very similar. The tonal qualities are still very similar. So you still hear the same types of notation, but lyrically it becomes different. And the way we've put it together has become different. And young people have started to listen to it. That was why I was interested in this particular subject. But I think I was too early for it.
But if you go back 50 years, the rhythms are still very similar. The tonal qualities are still very similar. So you still hear the same types of notation, but lyrically it becomes different. And the way we've put it together has become different. And young people have started to listen to it. That was why I was interested in this particular subject. But I think I was too early for it.
But if you go back 50 years, the rhythms are still very similar. The tonal qualities are still very similar. So you still hear the same types of notation, but lyrically it becomes different. And the way we've put it together has become different. And young people have started to listen to it. That was why I was interested in this particular subject. But I think I was too early for it.
I needed to go and do the thing I'm meant to do, which is this. Because you bailed, right? I didn't even go to RADA straight away. I went to like a young actors company program at a local theater. Because I was like, I'm not doing this. I don't think this is right for me. So I left and I went to this young actors company. And at the young actors company...
I needed to go and do the thing I'm meant to do, which is this. Because you bailed, right? I didn't even go to RADA straight away. I went to like a young actors company program at a local theater. Because I was like, I'm not doing this. I don't think this is right for me. So I left and I went to this young actors company. And at the young actors company...
I needed to go and do the thing I'm meant to do, which is this. Because you bailed, right? I didn't even go to RADA straight away. I went to like a young actors company program at a local theater. Because I was like, I'm not doing this. I don't think this is right for me. So I left and I went to this young actors company. And at the young actors company...
I was I mean, I use the word forced fondly to go and study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. And I say it because this wonderful mentor of mine would not allow me to do this particular program unless I signed up for an audition.
I was I mean, I use the word forced fondly to go and study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. And I say it because this wonderful mentor of mine would not allow me to do this particular program unless I signed up for an audition.
I was I mean, I use the word forced fondly to go and study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. And I say it because this wonderful mentor of mine would not allow me to do this particular program unless I signed up for an audition.
She blackmailed you. Yeah. She was like, you sign up for an audition. You come to this. You don't. You can't. And I was like, OK.
She blackmailed you. Yeah. She was like, you sign up for an audition. You come to this. You don't. You can't. And I was like, OK.
She blackmailed you. Yeah. She was like, you sign up for an audition. You come to this. You don't. You can't. And I was like, OK.
But grudgingly signed in to do an audition thinking this will be short lived. It's not going to happen. I'm not going to get in. We're cool.
But grudgingly signed in to do an audition thinking this will be short lived. It's not going to happen. I'm not going to get in. We're cool.
But grudgingly signed in to do an audition thinking this will be short lived. It's not going to happen. I'm not going to get in. We're cool.