"Heartbreak Hotel" was the most ambitious song I had composed.
I think I worked on a number of levels: You could dance to it, sing along with it, get scared by it, and just listen. I had to tack on a slow piano and cello coda that ended on a positive note to reassure the listener
FUN FACT: Do you know that at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Michael Jackson was presented with a fake Artist of the Millennium award, which was actually a birthday cake
topper from Britney Spears birthday.
Everyone laughed and made fun of him after he gave an emotional acceptance speech, causing immense humiliation.
Michael left the award show and was seen crying in his car ride home afterwards.
This level of dehumanization is heartbreaking 💔
Columbia has banned face masks for anti-genocide protestors, but feds can conceal their identities as they disappear students to undisclosed locations.