And the lyrics show Arie at her most personal. It’s her same guitar-steered soul, but inflected by an eclectic mix of sonic elements from her travels, especially in the Middle East. “I had to take a deep breath and say, OK, let’s just not do it.”)Īrie said that because “Open Door” “reeked” of ill feelings toward her career, she purposefully opted to not channel hurt feelings over scrapping that album into “Songversation.” Instead she crafted the album she’d always wanted. (“We couldn’t agree on the business terms at all,” Arie offered. The lyrics are about as classic Stephen Foster as you can get. It describes the young woman’s longing for her sailor lover and sadness when he is away at sea. The song was published in 1850 and was very popular at the time. ![]() The recording sessions were spurred by the demise of a previous album, “Open Door,” a passion project with Israeli singer Idan Raichel. Nelly Bly (1850) Nelly Bly is a love song written by Stephen Foster about a young woman in love with a sailor. Though Arie’s hard-earned confidence makes “Songversation” an inspirational, even iridescent listen, the album didn’t come without conflict. “It wasn’t until I decided I was going to do what I wanted to do or I was going to quit that I empowered myself. ![]() “I always felt like - I mean I was told, really - I couldn’t go too far with the productions because it didn’t appeal to black radio,” she explained.
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