Post by lawrence on Aug 8, 2022 11:17:21 GMT -5
Aug 8, 2022 9:33:35 GMT -5 @donkey said:
Jackie is 22 now, having been afflicted with a debilitating eating disorder since she was 15 that became progressively worse, eventually leading to her being treated at an inpatient facility in 2021. In a recent interview with People Magazine, Jackie speaks about her struggle with anorexia.
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Excerpts:
"I'm still struggling, but I'm fighting, which is good because a year ago I was giving in to it completely, and that's so dark and painful," Evancho says. "I'm not healthy yet, but I have been able to implement healthy coping skills and better eating habits.".....
"Since I was a kid I've put so much blood, sweat and tears into my career, and to see that sort of fade away because of this demon in my head? No, I'm going to fight this now because you can't take this one thing from me."....
Evancho has also been working on original music, having recently returned from a songwriting trip to Nashville, where she found drawing on her experiences cathartic, she says: "It's opening old wounds, but painting with the blood; it wasn't healing, but it was making something beautiful out of something painful."
Adds Evancho: "There are still issues, but they are so much better," she says. "There are days where I feel helpless and hopeless, but I'm sick of living like this."
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I wonder when her original/s will be released. That should be very revealing, artistically, poetically and with perhaps a somewhat different vocal style, giving us an intimate view of who Jackie Evancho is today from a painfully personal perspective.
people.com/health/jackie-evancho-reveals-osteoporosis-diagnosis-amid-anorexia-battle/
Taking a "songwriting trip to Nashville" indicates Fred was somehow involved, she possibly having hired him to help her put the song to music with a simple arrangement and accompaniment, "making it beautiful". He then would likely have recorded a demo for her to do with as she pleases. Just a presumption. I wouldn't be quick to say "if ever". I'm certain she has a plan for it in the not too distant future.
The album is a done deal of course, scheduled for release Sept. 9th, four days before she opens her "Jackie Evancho Sings Joni Mitchell" show at Feinstein's 54 Below on the 13th and 4th.