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APPLE MUSIC FIRST LISTEN: DELTA GOODREM

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Long time Delta Goodrem fans and big time Apple Music fans here at Ten Towers, the Apple Music listening party for Delta’s sixth studio album Bridge Over Troubled Dreams was the our ultimate, intimate Thursday night. First Listen is the series of virtual listening parties created and hosted by Apple Music, to specially connect artists with fans prior to the release of new music. We do like an exclusive party. And for such a personal album from Delta, it was the perfect platform. The album, recorded completely live with no effects, is a deeply honest reflection of Delta's life, as she “approached it like a biography.” The album is empowering and poignant, from the anthemic intro ‘Keep Climbing’ to the inspiring ‘Dear Elton,’ a letter to Elton John who had reached out to Delta when she was younger and undergoing chemotherapy, to ‘Crash’ the story of the start of her life, the car crash that led to her premature birth. The album ends with a song that begins with an audio sample of Alan Watts’ ‘Coincidence of the Opposites’ which Delta listened to before recording any of the album for its important messages. We danced, we laughed and we celebrated a new DG chapter. Stay tuned for the next listening party...

Listen to Bridge Over Trouble Dreams here.

Photograph courtesy of Apple Music.