The singer’s 12th LP, 57th & 9th, ‘gets philosophical’ about the dark side of success, and also addresses climate change sceptics
It’s been three years since we’ve had new material from Sting – and while many would like to think his time has been spent crossed-legged in a Goan yoga retreat, the reality is quite the opposite. Sort of. According to a new interview with the singer, the songwriting featured on his 12th album – named 57th & 9th, after the intersection in New York he travelled through on his way to the studio – revolves around world events he absorbed during his time out, such as the deaths of David Bowie and Prince, and the mounting catastrophe of climate change.
“If you sit at home, you get anxious, but that anxiety is a sort of engine for you. It makes you think, “OK, what am I going to do?” The first single [I Can’t Stop Thinking About You] is about looking at a blank sheet of paper and seeing what looks like a field of snow, with no clues as to what’s underneath,” the star told Entertainment Weekly.
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Source: Guardian Environment