Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever track by track | X-Posure | Radio X

Florence Welch takes John Kennedy through her fifth studio album: "My perfectionism is so brutal, I was in agony when I finally put the album out," she claims. Originally intended to be recorded in New York as the follow up to 2018's High As Hope in the early months of 2020, the COVID pandemic saw Florence Welch return to her native London and collaborate with musician and producer Jack Antonoff and Glass Animals' Dave Bayley.
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[@HisnameisViwares]

She’s a very brave and generous poet actually. It’s not easy to break the gate and immerse your privacy and intimacy into a song. Her lyrics are truly a gift.

[@leif1075]

I know I want to write like her. How can I write like her?

[@someoneout-there2165]

Right on. She's one of the very few true poets and music ARTISTS with. 💖

[@steffanystearns6247]

She is inspirational brilliance! I relate to everything that she expresses. I am so grateful to experience all that she so eloquently puts to word and song. Love you Florence

[@vaderspetpig]

Thank you SO MUCH for guiding Florence and allowing her to speak her mind about her creating and establishing this album. This felt very organic and open.

[@ambrymclemore9943]

I KNOW YOU ON DISCORD

[@IIIIDCIIII]

I truly think she doesn’t realize how rare and loved she really is. She’s a artistic mythical unicorn. Greatest live performer this world has yet to witness in my opinion. There will never be another Florence. It’s like she’s a super shy person, but when she gets on stage it transforms her into a fierce independent woman. Then she makes this invisible connection with followers that becomes very visible as soon as she steps on stage. It’s such an incredible experience that she’s perfected for the world to see. Sooooo, many women gravitate to her because between her lyrics and her performance it gives them all a sort of liberation. It’s almost like when Florence makes that rare connection in EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE it’s therapy for not only Florence, but also the followers that relate so much to the lyrics, and she expresses those lyrics in such a way while performing that you can feel it right down to your very core. If all musical artists did this and had that type of connection with their followers I think this world would be in a much better place.

[@alloriginalgirl13]

Her meaning behind “The Bomb” was incredible to hear because it related so much to my personal love life and how it feels to be unrequited in love even though it’s not so much love as it is a need for a muse. The song is getting me through a hard time and I appreciate it so much ❤

[@mojoman1175]

This is basically ASMR and I'm here for it!

[@JessicaS-fi6kn]

Cassandra is my favorite song of hers to run to. Now I know why it resonates so much with me

[@susanagomes2734]

The best concert I saw this summer... Simply amazing. Thank you Florence, Portugal wayts for you soon

[@leif1075]

Where did you see her?? In Portugal?

[@susanagomes2734]

@@leif1075 yes, in Lisbon

[@someoneout-there2165]

I can't wait until she tours again. I will camp in tent for 3 days to get front row.

[@storiestellr]

Florence is an artist's artist, and it is glorious. Thank you for this interview.

[@JayHanna-wy8kt]

Florence has to be one of the most honest and genuine and bone fide rock n roll songwriters of her generation. As a writer (in a very different field), I can understand some of what she goes through and applaud her stamina, resilience and continued creative genius. She is one of a kind and should be treasured.

[@shanaestevens2113]

Wow I loved this interview so much, thank you so much Florence for going through the album track by track and giving us an insight on how these songs came about and your intended meaning behind them. But as she suggested, the true magic behind music is that we will all interpret songs differently, and in a way that makes most sense to us and our experiences. This is the best interview I've seen of Florence where the interviewer has just let her talk freely and have her say. For future albums, please do a track by track just like this! I saw Florence 2 weeks ago in Dublin, and I am still riding the high, just amazing! Her voice is next level, but it is her writing that makes her shine. You can feel what she feels when she's singing, and her lyrics are so relatable ... Free and Hunger are my anthems. Thank you Florence for embracing your true individual spirit!

[@zoeblue95]

Oh so i've been catching up with interviews and all and i'm a little late but this has to be my fav so far, I love to get some insight from her for every song, she's an amazing artist and person I'm so glad she's still sharing her craft with us, Love you Florence thank you

[@someoneout-there2165]

She's so brilliant. Most music artists would never need to do track by track explanations because they're all only and pointless jiggles. 🤓✌️

[@Gnif572]

Thank you so much for letting us have the meanings we attribute to the songs. It truly is medicine

[@Xiwsice]

Choreomania is beyond creativity and I’ll soon get it tattoed somehow. Definitely captured some feelings thoughts ans experiences in my life with few words and so much emotion at the same time in it. I also really like Cassandra and she did a great job with this album

[@denishamon5475]

Wow! Fascinating. Such genuine and raw feelings coming out of this interview. Awesome insight into an awesome album - no doubt her best since Ceremonials. I can't help getting this sentiment of liberation bursting out of this album, like she's finally released her voice, allowed herself to sing again, a lot more than in albums 3 and 4. Her poetry and the world that is connected to it, the fantasy, are truly inspiring. Thank you for the gift of your music, Florence + The Machine

[@someoneout-there2165]

I'm not sure she can ever top Ceremonials but all her albums are A+ material, especially compared to most everything else coming out of the music industry these days.

[@vitorialunaS2]

thank you for this, love Florence, loved the album 💘🌕

[@elmaspingon96]

Thank both of you for this!!

[@kiyagillette7995]

Thank you for this interview !!!!! ❤

[@JulieBrondeel]

I can't wait to watch her perform again

[@abrahambeltran9514]

I cant wait to see you live in Dallas!! ❤️❤️❤️😍✨

[@walterrios6613]

Best album of the year 🤍

[@riskysoul7695]

This is great Love track by track makes me understand the songs so much better. Thanks radio x

[@jessica5497]

Amazing Album 💜

Love her ❤️

[@leticiam6727]

I love Florence :,) Thank you so much (please come to brazil again someday)

[@thevilkids]

Queen 💚💚💚

[@brandyyoda]

King

[@Brad_Evans92]

Me and my misses absolutely love her

[@a-bittersweet-tragedy0203]

Sometimes she looks out of place bc it looks like she doesn’t belong in some places. She doesn’t look like she’s from this time so it’s a bit weird to see her in this setting lol

[@someoneout-there2165]

I get what you mean, she's so enchanting. She looks like a goddess that should be singing from celtic castles. 💖

[@Alissi-P]

38:46 This is so fascinating. Rally ties back to the concept behind 'Useless Magic'

[@littlemouse7066]

It takes courage to put your feelings out in the open in a song it's a really vulnerable position to be in. Anyway If I could give her an advice it would be she can do both being an artist and have a family if she really wants one otherwise she will find herself at an old age with a big regret and feeling lonely.

[@Iivinginfiction]

subjective, society views that love can only come in the form of blood family and having children and getting married but thats not necessarily happiness. if she finds happiness within herself and satisfaction with her music and work she wont be alone. plus having close friends can most times feel more like family than your actual blood relatives.

[@someoneout-there2165]

Why would she feel alone? She's sold millions, she already has millions of babies. 💖

[@littlemouse7066]

@@Iivinginfiction I said "if she really wants one" I meant if she desires to have a family she shouldn't be stopped by the idea it can hurt her as an artist there are plenty of people who managed both. I never said you have to have a family to be happy It's a matter of what she really wants.

[@littlemouse7066]

@@someoneout-there2165 sorry to say this but you know nothing about the lives of artists like Hendrix or Joplin or Cobain and so on? Do you really believe having success in any field does automatically mean you can't feel lonely? those people had millions of fans but that didn't solve their problems.

[@roses1419]

Shes describing her aspect patterns in her birth chart of how she's never really satisfied with her work. Two are cradles and one a T-Square.

[@dragonclaws9367]

Ashes Ashes we all fall down. Don't you ever cover your mouth Boudica we love you. It is almost as if we all manifested something terrible. And it has not gone since.

[@pageturner242]

the way she avoided being asked about womanhood baby i know you are nonbinary

[@core36]

as a gta san andreas player who wants to listen to some tunes of his childhood... wha- what is this? i think i took a wrong turn somewhere

[@zaradragonia9863]

What happened to the androgynous feline who sang the dog days are over

[@kerryholland4822]

She became more of herself and stopped hiding

[@kerryholland4822]

She also was never androgynous, she’s always connected to and expressed her femininity very clearly

[@zaradragonia9863]

@@kerryholland4822 Well I thought she was a little bit!:+ I miss the old Florence Welch

[@valeriaaresi5143]

@@kerryholland4822 she's quite androgynous, it's nothing bad! very feminine and very masculine in a way, it's incredibly fascinating

[@kerryholland4822]

@@valeriaaresi5143 we all have feminine and masculine energies and she’s explored them both in her work but the ways she’s expressed herself physically, are dominantly feminine but in a powerful Goddess manner. I’m more of a masculine woman in expression so it’s not that I’m against androgyny . Just Flo has always said she’s connected to the maiden, witch and female goddess archetypal energies dominantly

[@zaradragonia9863]

Sell out

[@robynmitchell9563]

😂🤣😂🤣😂😂

[@zaradragonia9863]

Heeee😻

[@Kooodes]

You're not wrong, majority of her 2022 concerts have been selling out!

[@zaradragonia9863]

@@Kooodes ha lol nah I'm just not into her new stuff. I loved the first album and I was in love with her. Now I think she's been hanging around the US too much 😃

[@Kooodes]

@@zaradragonia9863 I don't really see that, I've been getting more medieval, Ancient Greek and British Alternative vibes from this album as opposed to something sounding Americanised (with really the only exception being 'Morning Elvis'). That being said, it's always interesting to see other perspectives when it comes to artists refining and expanding upon their art.