In an interview with “Estadão”, their first in Brazil, the group that was a phenomenon in the 90s and is back talks about “ups and downs”, expresses the desire to visit the country and responds to requests from Robbie Williams to go back
Long before A direction, A British boy band of singers who are old enough to be parents of Harry Styles’ class has become synonymous with success and profit for the market musical. In the 1990s, a group consisting of five young adult heartthrobs emerged as a phenomenon and revealed one of the greatest pop singers in the world. England: OR Take thatband from the beginning of their career Robbie Williams.
Thirty years have passed, Williams has left the group – twice – and the members are now in their 50s. There are no more “boys”, but the gang of gentlemen remains active. Now, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen AND Howarddonald – Remaining members – gathered to release This lifean album that arrives after a six-year hiatus of new albums.
Those who choose to listen to the new release in album order – unlike in the 90s, today it is possible to listen to tracks in shuffle order Spotify – Then you might find it strange. The tone, summed up by track number one, Keep your head highit is melancholy and confident, very different from the intense and passionate pace of Back foreverone of the group’s biggest hits, since 1995.
At the time, they celebrated the success of the project which emerged as a British response to the new kids on the block, those of Step by step – Anyone of a certain age will remember how they dominated school parties and girls in the early 90s. Step by step, take that has achieved something similar, especially in their homeland. But, of course, time has passed.
Perhaps This life It’s not the group’s best album musically speaking, but the choice is consistent. After all, don’t they really say that middle age is like that: melancholy, reflective, sometimes hopeful? Gary, Mark and Howard choose to create lyrics that make sense to them in their current phase and show everything they have been through, as the album title says, “In this life”.
The “ups and downs” not only affected each member’s personal life, but also the boyband. “What a long, emotional, lovely journey we’ve had,” Gary says in an interview with the trio Estadaowhich, according to him, is the group’s first visit to Brazil.
Get that he had a very successful tour of UK In 2010, sale One million tickets in less than 24 hours. At the time, Robbie Williams decided to return to the group. He left the band in 1995 – which split the following year – and, in 2014, together with Jason OrangeDefinitely left, take it.
‘The song develops’
This life It features lyrics that were nearly impossible to write at a time when the group became a phenomenon composed of members from the early 1920s. Brand new solefor example, talk about maintaining a long-term relationship.
This life, the track that gives the album its name, warns: “This life is not a bed of roses. This life will take everything you have. In this life, there are no second chances.” It is with maturity that Gary, Mark and Howard face a new music market, taken over by means of social communication.
With a new contract in hand, take that he addresses this new music scene and intends to “start a conversation”. windowsthe single from This lifeallowed the band to begin discussions, with record companies and producers, about the group’s future.
“windows It was a window into what we could be and where we can go now, “Mark comments, making a pun on the name of the song. And where, exactly, do they intend to go now? The three do not hide their desire for Passage, for the first once, on Brazilian lands.
“Everywhere I looked, there was a sign about Brazil”
It was by traveling to fetch that he gained his fan base, according to the members themselves. “We didn’t have social media at the time. […] We had to rely on live shows, magazines or newspapers. And it was nice to travel and go everywhere,” Howard says.
But it wasn’t exactly “everywhere” the group. There has never been a performance of the boyband in Brazil, but the current members intend to change that.
“At every show we did in the UK, somewhere in the audience, there was always someone with a sign saying: ‘Come to Brazil.’ I swear, at every show we did, there was always someone at the audience asking us to go to Brazil,” says Gary.
The three do not set an exact date for this arrival, but promise: “We are coming.[…] The big plan is [que isso aconteça] The next year. “
“They can come back whenever they want”
In 2016, Robbie Williams did not rule out a possible band reunion in the future. “[Pode acontecer] A meeting at some point, for sure, but we cannot match our plans in the next 12 months,” he assured at the time.
It’s been seven years – or 84 months – but the alleged reunion still hasn’t happened. When asked about the possibility of a reunion, not only with Robbie, but also Jason, the trio bluntly respond, “Not really.”
“We’re open to anyone coming back at any time,” Howard says sarcastically. “But obviously they have to take a look at the contract: obviously no, they can’t. They can come back whenever they want, but we’re very busy at the moment.”
*Intern under the supervision of Charlise de Morais
Source: Terra
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