James Blunt on how a visit to Carrie Fisher’s house inspired new tribute song to her
nme.comJames Blunt has revealed that a visit to the late Carrie Fisher’s house inspired his song ‘Dark Thought’ from his latest LP.The track is featured on Blunt’s seventh studio album ‘Who We Used To Be’.
The singer shared in his new memoir, Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story, that the Star Wars icon was a formative figure in his life.
Prior to gaining fame, Fisher put Blunt up in her L.A. compound, where he recorded his hit ballad ‘Goodbye My Lover’ in her bathroom.Blunt explained that ‘Dark Thought’ describes the moment he returned to that house after Fisher’s death.
She passed away in December 2016 at the age of 60.Speaking about the creation of ‘Dark Thought’ as part of NME‘s In Conversation series, Blunt said: “It must be about seven years since she died, I’m not entirely sure, but it’s taken me all of that time to write a song for her.
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