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Why Tones and I Is Still Trying To Make The Album She Wanted To Hear As A Kid · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Tones and I has
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Speaker 1: reimagined her single Flyaway, which was only released in November,
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Speaker 1: transforming it from a sweeping, up tempo inspiring anthem into
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Speaker 1: a soft piano ballot as a tribute to one of
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Speaker 1: her best friends, she called King T, who passed away
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Speaker 1: far too young late last year. The song works remarkably
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Speaker 1: well in both versions, and that to do in part
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Speaker 1: to the strong messaging in the lyrics that Tones aim
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Speaker 1: to convey. When she was writing it, she tells Billboard,
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Speaker 1: when I was young and wanted to start to write music,
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Speaker 1: I was inspired because of songs written to help other people.
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Speaker 1: Kids need that. I'm still trying to write the album
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Speaker 1: that I wanted to listen to when I was young.
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Speaker 1: Her goal with this track in particular isn't to make
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Speaker 1: it a hit, but to hopefully inspire somebody out there
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Speaker 1: the same way she was. She adds, the next big, big,
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Speaker 1: big hit will be another underground artist that no one's
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Speaker 1: ever heard of, like I was. We've got both versions
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Speaker 1: of Flyaway up now at on Air with Ryan dot
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Speaker 1: Com that's direct from Hollywood,