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{{Quote|“As we were recording it, I was listening back to my own words and started asking myself, ‘What can I do to use my voice? How can we use our platform for good and empower people?’ I believe that this is a very important, revolutionary time,” she shares. “Things are messed up. I’ve never been political publicly — I’ve kept that part of myself private because I see music as a place to get away from our differences and find unity. We need to be unified now more than ever, but I finally feel in my heart that if I’m going to be true to my word. It’s time to use my voice to help promote our future.”<ref name=mtvnews />}} | {{Quote|“As we were recording it, I was listening back to my own words and started asking myself, ‘What can I do to use my voice? How can we use our platform for good and empower people?’ I believe that this is a very important, revolutionary time,” she shares. “Things are messed up. I’ve never been political publicly — I’ve kept that part of myself private because I see music as a place to get away from our differences and find unity. We need to be unified now more than ever, but I finally feel in my heart that if I’m going to be true to my word. It’s time to use my voice to help promote our future.”<ref name=mtvnews />}} | ||
She told ''Rolling Stone'': | |||
{{Quote|That song has been bubbling in the background for me for a couple of years. As life went on and as the state of our country and world went on, over that course of time, just every once in a while I’d have another line and something else that I needed to say, and it just kept being a place where I would pour that into. And then finally, when we got it all wrapped up and we got to come together as a band, right before everything shut down [due to COVID-19], it just became this beautifully empowering and seemingly important moment for me personally and for all of us a band. | |||
I’ve never really at all, in any small form, really, spoken politically or made any real statement about what I believe and what’s going on there because I don’t like to divide the fans. I want the music to be our free place where we can all have something in common. But sometimes things are just right and wrong, and you have feelings that can’t be held back, and if I’m gonna be true to myself and my music like I always have been, then I have to say what’s heavy on my heart. | |||
We need to empower people to use their voices literally and vote. That’s the amazing privilege that we have living here, the fact that our voices matter, and that can guide and should guide and will guide what comes next. And this year more than ever, I think we’re all just asking, over and over, the question just, “What is next?” And we can be a part of that, and we need to be a part of that. So I feel very grateful. The people at HeadCount are awesome. They are totally non-partisan and all about empowering the voice of the people.<ref name=rollingstone />}} | |||
She discussed the recording process of the guest female voices on the song: | |||
{{Quote|“We all live all over the place, so mostly the girls just recorded themselves, sent the audio to me and we piled it all up together. Just to feel their support in a song that is different thematically for me and for us as a band. It’s stepping out and up in a new way – just feeling that support in that music feels so great. I’m so grateful to them.”<ref name=RadioDotCom />}} | |||
Fans who [https://evanescence.lnk.to/UseMyVoiceTW pre-saved the song] on Apple, Spotify and Deezer were entered for a chance to attend a Zoom call with Evanescence and hear the song a day before its release.<ref name=presave /> | Fans who [https://evanescence.lnk.to/UseMyVoiceTW pre-saved the song] on Apple, Spotify and Deezer were entered for a chance to attend a Zoom call with Evanescence and hear the song a day before its release.<ref name=presave /> | ||
It is rumored that the song will be used for [[Eric D. Howell]]'s graphic novel project, ''[[The Revolution of Cassandra]]''. [[Amy Lee]] worked with Eric before on his movie ''[[Voice from the Stone]]'', where she wrote a song for the closing credits called ''[[Speak to Me]]''. [[Veridia]] frontwoman, Deena Jakoub, also has songwriting credits on this track. | It is rumored that the song will be used for [[Eric D. Howell]]'s graphic novel project, ''[[The Revolution of Cassandra]]''. [[Amy Lee]] worked with Eric before on his movie ''[[Voice from the Stone]]'', where she wrote a song for the closing credits called ''[[Speak to Me]]''. [[Veridia]] frontwoman, Deena Jakoub, also has songwriting credits on this track. | ||
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Cover my ears and close my eyes<br> | Cover my ears and close my eyes<br> | ||
Just long enough to stop the noise<br> | Just long enough to stop the noise<br> | ||
Go take everything and throw it away<br> | Go on take everything and throw it away<br> | ||
But I will use my voice<br><br> | But I will use my voice<br><br> | ||
Drown every truth in an ocean of lies<br> | Drown every truth in an ocean of lies<br> | ||
Label me | Label me bitch because I dare to draw my own line<br> | ||
Burn every bridge and build a wall in my way<br> | Burn every bridge and build a wall in my way<br> | ||
But I will use my voice<br><br> | But I will use my voice<br><br> | ||
Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got<br> | Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got<br> | ||
If we can't talk about it, we just keep drowning in it<br> | If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it<br> | ||
Give me credit or not<br> | Give me credit or not<br> | ||
I give and I give a lot<br> | I give and I give a lot<br> | ||
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No, don't you speak for me<br><br> | No, don't you speak for me<br><br> | ||
Never mind me, I'm a waste of your time<br> | |||
Never gonna fit in the box that you need<br> | Never gonna fit in the box that you need<br> | ||
And I can read between the lines, yeah<br> | And I can read between the lines, yeah<br> | ||
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Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got<br> | Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got<br> | ||
If we can't talk about it, we just keep drowning in it<br> | If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it<br> | ||
Give me credit or not<br> | Give me credit or not<br> | ||
I give and I give a lot<br> | I give and I give a lot<br> | ||
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==Video== | ==Video== | ||
A music video is rumored to have been filmed for the song on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of July, as Eric posted that he was in Nashville filming and used the song title as a hashtag.<ref>{{cite news|last=Howell|first=Eric D|url=https://twitter.com/EricDHowell/status/1287073714845212673|title=#prep #ComingSoon|date=July 26, 2020|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJPAClnwVs/|title=I get to work with very smart and talented people|work=Instagram|date=July 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/EricDHowell/status/1287840094611746817</ref> | |||
==Commercial Release== | ==Commercial Release== | ||
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<ref name=mtvnews>{{cite web|last=Russell|first=Erica|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3168757/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-use-your-voice/|title=How Evanescence's Amy Lee Became A Voice For The Unheard|date=August 14, 2020|work=MTV News}}</ref> | <ref name=mtvnews>{{cite web|last=Russell|first=Erica|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3168757/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-use-your-voice/|title=How Evanescence's Amy Lee Became A Voice For The Unheard|date=August 14, 2020|work=MTV News}}</ref> | ||
<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bnDWSihcPg|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Urges Fans to Vote on New Single "Use My Voice"|date=August 14, 2020|work=YouTube}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=RadioDotCom>{{cite web|last=Cingrana|first=Joe|url=https://www.radio.com/music/rock/watch-evanescence-in-an-exclusive-radio-com-live-fandemic|title=Amy Lee of Evanesence on Performing and Parenting: 'Not Easy Being a Mom in Quarantine'|date=August 14, 2020|work=RADIO.COM}}</ref> | |||
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General Information
Written by: A. Lee, J. Majura, T. McCord, T. McLawhorn, W. Hunt and D. Jakoub
Use My Voice is the third single from Evanescence's fifth studio album, The Bitter Truth, that was released on August 14, 2020.[1] The title was originally published on the music repertoire website, ASCAP, before the band confirmed its release.[2] It's one of the four songs the band worked on with Nick Raskulinecz in early 2020. The song features backing vocals from Lzzy Hale, Deena Jakoub, Lindsey Stirling, Taylor Momsen, Sharon den Adel, Amy McLawhorn (Troy's wife), Jen Majura, and Amy's sisters, Lori and Carrie.[3] They lent their voices to create the tidal wave of girl power on the track.
The song was originally planned to be the first single from The Bitter Truth, but Wasted on You was released instead due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Amy explained the song:
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This is an era of awakening and full of powerful beauty. I hope to inspire others to seek truth, find their own voices and use them as I step up to use mine. Don’t let anybody speak for you. Only you can do that.[4] | 
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Amy told MTV News that the song was inspired by how she’s been “feeling about the state of our country”:
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“As we were recording it, I was listening back to my own words and started asking myself, ‘What can I do to use my voice? How can we use our platform for good and empower people?’ I believe that this is a very important, revolutionary time,” she shares. “Things are messed up. I’ve never been political publicly — I’ve kept that part of myself private because I see music as a place to get away from our differences and find unity. We need to be unified now more than ever, but I finally feel in my heart that if I’m going to be true to my word. It’s time to use my voice to help promote our future.”[5] |
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She told Rolling Stone:
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That song has been bubbling in the background for me for a couple of years. As life went on and as the state of our country and world went on, over that course of time, just every once in a while I’d have another line and something else that I needed to say, and it just kept being a place where I would pour that into. And then finally, when we got it all wrapped up and we got to come together as a band, right before everything shut down [due to COVID-19], it just became this beautifully empowering and seemingly important moment for me personally and for all of us a band.
I’ve never really at all, in any small form, really, spoken politically or made any real statement about what I believe and what’s going on there because I don’t like to divide the fans. I want the music to be our free place where we can all have something in common. But sometimes things are just right and wrong, and you have feelings that can’t be held back, and if I’m gonna be true to myself and my music like I always have been, then I have to say what’s heavy on my heart. We need to empower people to use their voices literally and vote. That’s the amazing privilege that we have living here, the fact that our voices matter, and that can guide and should guide and will guide what comes next. And this year more than ever, I think we’re all just asking, over and over, the question just, “What is next?” And we can be a part of that, and we need to be a part of that. So I feel very grateful. The people at HeadCount are awesome. They are totally non-partisan and all about empowering the voice of the people.[6] |
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She discussed the recording process of the guest female voices on the song:
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“We all live all over the place, so mostly the girls just recorded themselves, sent the audio to me and we piled it all up together. Just to feel their support in a song that is different thematically for me and for us as a band. It’s stepping out and up in a new way – just feeling that support in that music feels so great. I’m so grateful to them.”[7] |
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Fans who pre-saved the song on Apple, Spotify and Deezer were entered for a chance to attend a Zoom call with Evanescence and hear the song a day before its release.[8]
It is rumored that the song will be used for Eric D. Howell's graphic novel project, The Revolution of Cassandra. Amy Lee worked with Eric before on his movie Voice from the Stone, where she wrote a song for the closing credits called Speak to Me. Veridia frontwoman, Deena Jakoub, also has songwriting credits on this track.
Versions
Studio version
Use My Voice
- Recording date: January - February 2020
- Status: Released, Available
- Released On: August 14, 2020 as the third single from The Bitter Truth
- The Bitter Truth (Track TBC)
- Length: 4:02
Lyrics
Cover my ears and close my eyes
Just long enough to stop the noise
Go on take everything and throw it away
But I will use my voice
Drown every truth in an ocean of lies
Label me bitch because I dare to draw my own line
Burn every bridge and build a wall in my way
But I will use my voice
Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got
If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it
Give me credit or not
I give and I give a lot
But don't you speak for me
No, don't you speak for me
Never mind me, I'm a waste of your time
Never gonna fit in the box that you need
And I can read between the lines, yeah
Gather your friends and wave your gun in my face
But I will use my voice
Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got
If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it
Give me credit or not
I give and I give a lot
But don't you speak for me
But don't you speak for me
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
One day soon, it's gonna fall back on you
No more lies, we're gonna break right through
Like it or not
If we can't talk about it, we just keep drowning in it
Give me credit or not
I give and I give a lot
But don't you speak for me
No, don't you speak for me
Don't you speak for me!
Video
A music video is rumored to have been filmed for the song on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of July, as Eric posted that he was in Nashville filming and used the song title as a hashtag.[9][10][11]
Commercial Release
Main article: Use My Voice Single
The digital single was released on August 14, 2020.
Tracks released with the single include:
- "Use My Voice"
References
- ↑ "COVID has made everything more challenging this year". Facebook. August 5, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/Evanescence/videos/381111059522780/.
- ↑ "Use My Voice (Title)". ASCAP. https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/908010731.
- ↑ "One of the most exciting parts of making our new song was getting a little help from our friends.". Twitter. August 11, 2020. https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1293230242346070016.
- ↑ "Evanescence Release New Single, Use My Voice, Featuring Lzzy Hale, Taylor Momsen And More". Kerrang!. August 14, 2020. https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/evanescence-release-new-single-use-my-voice-featuring-lzzy-hale-taylor-momsen-and-more/.
- ↑ Russell, Erica (August 14, 2020). "How Evanescence's Amy Lee Became A Voice For The Unheard". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/3168757/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-use-your-voice/.
- ↑ "Evanescence's Amy Lee Urges Fans to Vote on New Single "Use My Voice"". YouTube. August 14, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bnDWSihcPg.
- ↑ Cingrana, Joe (August 14, 2020). "Amy Lee of Evanesence on Performing and Parenting: 'Not Easy Being a Mom in Quarantine'". RADIO.COM. https://www.radio.com/music/rock/watch-evanescence-in-an-exclusive-radio-com-live-fandemic.
- ↑ "Our new single “Use My Voice” is coming Aug 14th". Twitter. August 7, 2020. https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1291769401151115264.
- ↑ Howell, Eric D (July 26, 2020). "#prep #ComingSoon". Twitter. https://twitter.com/EricDHowell/status/1287073714845212673.
- ↑ "I get to work with very smart and talented people". Instagram. July 27, 2020. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJPAClnwVs/.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/EricDHowell/status/1287840094611746817
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