I was guarding everything really carefully and closely. Now 54, Enya has officially spent over half of her life as a solo artist; since the release of Watermark in she has achieved success on a global scale, selling a reported 80 million albums worldwide. The patience of the fans is tremendous. She took three years off before commencing work on Dark Sky Island in , buying a house in the south of France — she splits her time between there and Dublin — and doing a bit of travelling.
Then it was , March, April; that was it. I wanted to be back recording music, performing music. She raises an eyebrow at the thoughts of beginning her career in , citing the first deal that she signed in the late s as proof of how much the industry has changed.
I was always thinking about the music. All of her training, school, college of music and everything — and a fantastic singer. Back in — or even when her last album was released in — streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music were not in existence. How does she feel about the constantly shifting sands when it comes to plying her wares? When the Kindle came out, everybody rushed.
Not so, she says. She makes it back to Gweedore regularly, although her days of singing in the local choir on Christmas Eve have passed.
In fact, there is a loose, yet important connection to Gweedore with this new album, Dark Sky Island — the title track of which is named for Sark, the smallest and least-known of the Channel Islands. It was a great inspiration, and the first song that I wrote for the album. I feel that every time I go to the studio, I have this great sense of freedom. She has performed live intermittently over the years, but never toured. Some of the songs could be myself, [some could be with a] big choir.
It is something that we are talking about at the moment. These days, he keeps it closer, at his home. In June, as the pandemic came to coincide with the historic Black Lives Matter protests, I happened across a viral video on Twitter that compiled footage of racist statues being torn down around the world. It was made by a year-old psychology student named Ana, who has been listening to Enya since she was 7. Ana wanted to illustrate the truly global nature of the current movement for Black lives, and to pay tribute to the activists coming together to take on racism and injustice.
Revolution is not just breaking the old, but also building a better new. View on Twitter. The lyrics go:. Who can say where the road goes Where the day flows, only time And who can say if your love grows As your heart chose, only time Who can say why your heart sighs As your love flies, only time And who can say why your heart cries When your love lies, only time [ Only time.
Time is the revelator, Enya seems to say, and until then we inhabit an inevitable in-between, a space to change and dream. Nearly every profile of Enya has pondered, to some extent, the fact that she has remained unwed and childless throughout her life, as if this fact were itself as mysterious as the angels singing inside of her castle. When A Day Without Rain came out, Enya, then 39, explained that it followed a period of reflection on this personal choice.
She stressed over the decision until she remembered that her dreams were just different. On the latest episode of our podcast The Pitchfork Review , we dive into the legacy of a misunderstood icon. By Pitchfork.
Newsletter Pitchfork Radio. Enya performing in Getty Images An industry source was baffled by her fame. She may be quirky — but she has plenty of diehard fans. The singer has previously admitted to choosing music over men. Most Popular This Week 1.
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She does everything musically. Even how she controls the way she appears in the public. She is also stubborn in a good way in how she approaches her art, not allowing anybody-not even record executives-to tell her what to do. She belongs to a very musical family and grew up in a rural part of Ireland. She never let anything compromised her values. She never hang out with celebrities and lived in her own castle.
And contrary to popular belief, Enya is more real than your Madonnas and Laday Gagas. That beautiful voice is easily recognized due to her distinct timbre.
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