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"Artifact/The Turn" is the opening track on Evanescence's fifth studio album, The Bitter Truth.
Background[]
The song serves as an intro for the album. It was written and recorded with a laptop by Amy Lee herself in a hotel room on tour in 2019. She originally intended to properly re-record it, but producer Nick Raskulinecz encouraged her to keep the original recording. He told her, "'You know, [the song]'s got all those weird stuff in it, all those little artifacts - that's an audio term - just stuff that happens because of the weird microphone and just the whole situation you were in. I don't know, how are you gonna recapture that? How are you gonna recapture that pure moment?'".[1]
"The Turn" part is a collaboration with Scott Kirkland of the Crystal Method.[1] This is what Amy said about the track:
“I see the beginning of the album as starting from a Ground Zero place after a tragedy, and then, when the guitars come in, for me, that’s getting back up.”[1]
The lyrics to the "Artifact" part are dedicated to Amy's late brother, Robby.[2]
Lyrics[]
[ARTIFACT] |
Audio[]
Credits[]
- Amy Lee - vocals, synths, programming, recording engineer
- Scott Kirkland - programming production, songwriting on "The Turn"[3]
- Nick Raskulinecz - production, mixing
- Ted Jensen - mastering engineer
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "I need to face the abyss head on", Evanescence's Bitter Truth laid bare". March 10, 2021. Kerrang!.
- ↑ "The Tragedies That Inspired Evanescence's 'The Bitter Truth'". Loudwire. May 10, 2021.
- ↑ The Bitter Truth (2021), liner notes.