- 2025-11-04
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MUSIC
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Florence + The Machine Performs “Sympathy Magic” & Cover of JADE's “Angel Of My Dreams” on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
British alt-rock band Florence + The Machine, consisting of Florence Welch (vocals), Isabella Summers (keyboards), Robert Ackroyd (guitar), Tom Monger (harp), Cyrus Bayandor (bass), Aku Orraca-Tetteh (percussion), Dionne Douglas (violin) and Loren Humphrey (drums), appeared on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to perform their latest song “Sympathy Magic” and a cover of British singer-songwriter JADE's “Angel Of My Dreams”.
This marks their third appearance as a musical guest on BC Radio 1 Live Lounge, following 2011 and 2015.
“Sympathy Magic” was released as the third single from their sixth studio album “Everybody Scream” last month.
The track was written by Danny L Harle and Florence Welch. Produced by Florence Welch, Danny L Harle, and American rock band The National's Aaron Dessner.
The band lead singer Florence Welch told John Kennedy of Radio X, “Sympathetic magic is this sort of magic that is supposed to connect you to another person. So, the idea of sympathetic magic is like you say something while you're baking bread and it like then you give it to the person. It's about making a connection. But I misheard it or misread it so, I was like, 'Oh, sympathy magic,' but actually that like that sort of feels better, I think that that's what songs are if they have a magic is about making a connection with someone. So it was sort of the magic of connection and what that can do when you've been through something.”- “Angel Of My Dreams” was released by former Little Mix JADE as her debut solo single and as the lead single from her debut solo album “That's Showbiz Baby” last July.
The song reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
Florence Welch told BBC Radio 1 why the band chose the song, “I love JADE. I mean, she's such an incredible vocalist. So like those the speed of it, like the dexterity Am I just like hanging in there. I just think it's like one of the best pop songs in a really long time. I think it's so incredible and innovative. And I love how the structure jumps all over the place, like it really kind of inspired me to also try lots of different structures and styles throughout my record. So it was a kind of big influence, especially on 'Everybody Scream', which that song is, like, three different songs in one and kind of so is this. And I was like, I love it.” - source : BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
