When British soul star Laura Mvula set out to create her debut album Sing to the Moon, she apparently imagined her voice soaring above the trumpets and cymbals of an orchestra. While that dream wasn’t realized first time around, after she reached the UK chart’s Top 10 and took awards season by storm in 2013, a live performance with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra led to a re-recording of her album backed by the cinematic instrumentals her vocals demand. It’s slated for release on August 11, but we’re debuting the album’s second track “Make Me Lovely,” which twinkles with the xylophones and flutes evocative of Disney’s classic scores. Mvula’s soulful voice sparks comparisons to contemporary R&B chanteuses, but her overall impression is as rich and timeless as the likes of Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday. Stream the track now, plus watch her interview at The FADER Fort below and check our 2013 GEN F on Mvula here.
Posted from: https://www.thefader.com/2014/08/04/this-orchestral-version-of-laura-mvulas-make-me-lovely-is-simply-timeless
I can’t make you love me, no
You can’t make me lovely, so
Please, don’t try to
Hold me down, it’s over now
I will go where you can’t find me.
I don’t think I can trust you
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
We got lost, then we went too far
Give back my soul and take my heart
I can’t make you love me, no
You can’t make me lovely, so
Please, don’t try to
Hold me down, it’s over now
I will go where you can’t find me
I don’t need love to rescue me
I’ll be all that I choose to be
Even when the sky fills with falling stars
Give back my soul and take my heart
I can’t make you love me, no no
You can’t make me lovely, so
Please, don’t try to
Hold me down, it’s over now
I will go where you can’t find me.
Don’t want to lose my soul.
Don’t want to lose my soul.
Don’t want to lose my soul.
Don’t want to lose my soul.
Don’t want to lose my soul.
Don’t want to lose my soul.
Don’t want the world to lose my soul.
Songwriters: Laura Pauline Amanda Mvula