
So as rare as it may be to have mega writing success over 3 decades. They put a high value in the bands worth and insulated themselves by using their names in the band name, they were never subject to cheap replacements and that transient band member vibe.Īs far as their writing, perhaps the fact that there was so much turbulence, among the band, and that they had individually developed a lot of angst among themselves, and their unusual brilliance probably, but I think smart men like these, seeing how relationships &!bickering & drugs hurt their productivity and upended a lot of tours hurting what could have been, as really the sky was the limit for them. Very few have such long range sustained success as writers. April 14, 2020.I thought the band was very smart, and all the participants, except for the excesses, and prolific musically as writers and performers. ↑ "There is a rumour about Wasted on You.".↑ "Evanescence reveals struggle working on a new album amid the pandemic"."Amy Lee on Evanescence's first new studio album in 9 years and the one thing the music business really needs to remember". ↑ 2.0 2.1 HEAR EVANESCENCE MAKE THEIR TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH “WASTED ON YOU”.↑ "WASTED ON YOU This Friday 4.24.20".The song is placed as the sixth track on the album, possibly because of the "I'm already six feet below" line.Three days later, on the 17th, the band announced the single and release date, thus confirming Eclipse's claims. He shared some lyrics, but asked fans not to quote him. On April 14, 2020, a reliable insider Eclipse, known in the Lana Del Rey community, claimed on Twitter that a new Evanescence single titled "Wasted on You" would be released on the 24th.Nick Raskulinecz - production, engineering, mixing.Will "Science" Hunt - additional programming.Amy Lee - songwriting, vocals, additional programming.It was filmed by the band on their iPhones and edited by P.R. The music video for "Wasted On You" was released along with the song. " Use My Voice" was originally intended as the first single, but "Wasted On You" was released instead because its lyrics mirrored the COVID-19 pandemic, although it wasn't written about it. Like, ‘OK, what’s the emergency today? Where are we going? How long will this last? What is this feeling?’ Over the past couple of months, it’s really felt like every day is a new situation a lot of the time.


With the song we were planning on doing first – and I can’t describe it, I don’t want to give it away – it’s powerful in a different way. The band came in and really made it what it is when we were together. It’s definitely completely different for us to write something so recently and be able to have the gratification of releasing it so shortly afterwards – we weren’t expecting that. “Tweaking mixes, adding background vocals, creating the video and album art all from home has been like water in the desert for me, my light in a dark time.” Īmy said the song was written on New Year's Eve and wasn't written about the COVID-19 pandemic: “We were recording this music right up until we couldn’t go into the studio anymore, and finished it remotely through file sharing and phone calls,” Lee begins. I didn’t write these lyrics about what we’re all now going through, but somehow that’s exactly what they are.” “‘Wasted On You’ wasn’t the song we were planning to release first, but when the whole world went into indefinite lockdown and everything changed, so did the feeling and meaning of what we wanted to say right now. This is one of the first four songs the band worked on with Nick Raskulinecz in early 2020, along with the first three songs released prior to the album's release.
