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Astăzi vă propunem: un articol scris de Chris Willman despre Amy Winehouse și Amy Winehouse – „Back to Black” (de pe albumul Back to Black, 2006).
„When the news of Amy Winehouse’s death hit, I couldn’t help but thinking of how she’d told me that, in 10 years, she’d be «dead in a ditch, on fire.»
It’s important to emphasize that this was a joke, not a prophecy. It’s hard to know whether she was really self-aware enough to be as worried about her own fate as everyone else would soon become.
[…]
«When I went into this album, I just felt really sad,» she told me. «I felt really bad. I was clinically depressed, and I put it into music. And that was me at that time. When those things…» She paused and thought better of going any further. «Sorry, I’m really s–ty at interviews. I’m not great at talking about…I just think…the songs are enough.»
[…]
Black was definitely her color. But here’s hoping her final moments were a fade to white.”[1]
„We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her and I go back to black.”[2]
[1] Chris Willman, „Amy Winehouse: ‘I’ll Be Dead in a Ditch, on Fire’”, The Wrap, 23.07.2011, https://www.thewrap.com/amy-winehouse-black-became-her-29392/, accesat în data de 23.07.2026.
[2] Amy Winehouse, „Back to Black”, Genius, https://genius.com/Amy-winehouse-back-to-black-lyrics, accesat în data de 23.07.2026.
