Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriter Mary Lambert Returns With “The Tempest”
Today, multi-platinum, GRAMMY-nominated queer singer/songwriter, spoken word artist, poet, and activist Mary Lambert has returned with “The Tempest” – her first major single in almost a decade. The new song is available to stream HERE, and while it has heart, listeners should be ready for some teeth.
Lambert – who is most known for her powerful vocals on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ marriage equality call-to-action anthem “Same Love” – was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and sought to explore the parallels of power, control, and colonialism in the 21st century when penning the track. The result is a battlecry that captures feelings of a progressive movement: righteous anger, determination, and the demand for bodily autonomy for women and the LGBTQ+ community. “The Tempest” was also produced entirely by Lambert, who taught herself audio engineering and production during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I wanted to write a song that would have inspired my 18 year-old self. Although the song is about bodily autonomy, abortion rights, trans rights, and resilience, it’s also about hope and the belief that a revolution is not just possible, but imminent, and it’s up to us to rise to the occasion,” Lambert elaborated. She continued, “Ultimately, this song is about liberation. Shakespeare’s The Tempest ends with the tyrannical former duke, Prospero, learning lessons of mercy and forgiveness, but what if the people in positions of power in our world never learn those lessons? My version of The Tempest is one where we organize and demand more for our communities.”
“The Tempest” marks the inception of an exciting next chapter in Lambert’s incredible career. The incomparable and critically acclaimed artist – who has topped the Billboard charts, been honored by the Human Rights Campaign, dueted with Madonna, and starred in the Netflix animated musical and series Arlo the Alligator Boy and I Heart Arlo – is currently at work on her third full-length studio album, expected later this year. Stay tuned for more new music coming soon.
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Mary Lambert è più conosciuta per l'inno dell'uguaglianza matrimoniale multi-platino di Macklemore e Ryan Lewis, "Same Love". La scrittura e la canzone hanno portato a una vittoria MTV VMA e due nomination GRAMMY per “Song of The Year” e “Album of The Year,”, e hanno culminato nell’iconica performance dei Grammy del 2014, che ha presentato il duetto indimenticabile di Lambert con Madonna. Dopo il successo virale della sua collaborazione con Macklemore, Lambert ha rilasciato un EP con i Top 20 hit “She Keeps Me Warm” e “Body Love”. La sua canzone pop solista “Secrets,” è andata in oro e ha sparato a No. 1 nelle classifiche Billboard Dance, e è stato seguito da un album a lunghezza completa e una manciata di EP.
Lambert has received the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award, The SAMHSA Special Recognition Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for her work on destigmatizing mental illness, and was invited to speak at the UN. She has performed on Colbert, Ellen, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, and the American Music Awards. She stars in the Netflix animated musical and series Arlo the Alligator Boy and I Heart Arlo, alongside Jonathan Van Ness and Jennifer Coolidge. Lambert is the film composer for the groundbreaking documentary 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture, which broke Doc NYC records for the most viewed film in the festival’s history. Lambert also facilitates workshops on body image and recovering from body shame, called “Everybody is a Babe.” She is at work on her latest album.
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