{"id":3314,"date":"2024-05-17T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:50:21","slug":"amy-winehouse-back-to-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/amy-winehouse-back-to-black","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of our lifetime\u2019s most legendary singer-songwriters, Winehouse\u2019s story will come to life on May 17, with the biopic <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backtoblackfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back to Black<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring Marisa Abela as Winehouse and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowhere Boy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Following Winehouse\u2019s early rise to fame and the making of her groundbreaking second and final album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back to Black<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film is told through Amy\u2019s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To celebrate the film\u2019s release, we partnered with Focus Features for a special show in LA, featuring three artists who bring their very different renditions of one of Winehouse\u2019s most iconic songs, \u201cValerie\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From M\u2019Lynn\u2019s jazzy piano, to Valley Boy\u2019s soaring voice and guitar, to Xenia\u2019s slowed down, atmospheric delivery \u2013 it\u2019s clear that Winehouse\u2019s influence on popular music is both definitive and infinite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xenia Manasseh I Valerie | Back to Black Sofar x Focus Features\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VdRDY6TNXo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Valley Boy I Valerie | Back to Black Sofar x Focus Features\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/njywuqau7D0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M&#039;Lynn I Valerie | Back to Black Sofar x Focus Features\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3L8o7a60h0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backtoblackfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get your tickets to see <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back to Black <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in theaters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and experience the life behind the lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our lifetime\u2019s most legendary singer-songwriters, Winehouse\u2019s story will come to life on May 17, with the biopic Back to Black, starring Marisa Abela as Winehouse and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy). 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