A tre anni di distanza dal suo ultimo album pubblicato e a cinque anni dal suo debutto nel mondo della musica, l’italoaustraliana Gabriella Cilmi è pronta a lanciare il suo terzo album dal titolo “The Sting”, che da anche il nome al primo singolo di debutto.
Vi ricordate la timida ragazzina di appena 17 anni che nel 2008 cantava “Sweet About Me“? Beh, oggi quella ragazzina è cresciuta e ha deciso di mettere tutta la sua grinta e la sua femminilità nella realizzazione di un terzo album, dal titolo “The Sting“, da cui a breve sarà estrapolato anche un secondo singolo “Symmetry“.
“The Sting” sancisce la rottura definitiva di Gabriella Cilmi con la sua vecchia casa discografica, la Island Records, colpevole di voler trasformare la giovane cantante in una popstar ammiccante, provocante e ambigua, la Miley Cyrus dell’Australia, forse. Per questo a Digital Spy, Gabriella ha confessato:
“E’ la storia più vecchia del music business. Non voglio amareggiarmi ancora. Ho imparato molte cose nel modo più difficile, ho sentito che tutto veniva tolto dal mio controllo. Mi sono convinta a pensare che tutto andasse bene, ma continui a inciampare su te stesso quando le cose non vanno nel verso giusto.”
Di seguito, il video ufficiale di “The Sting”, il testo e la traduzione.
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still following me
Lend some sugar to your neighbor
Do a girl a favor
I might return it later
I’m salt
It’s really not my fault
My heart’s on my t-shirt
Maybe you could keep it
If the devil were a woman
I wouldn’t have to run away
If the devil were a woman
Maybe she’d understand me
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still following me
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still following me
One, open your heart fly [?]
Two, never retreat see
Three, go miss a long time
Four, I will be dreaming
I, I just wanted something sweet
And nothing in my kitchen
So I had to look for something
So I took the road less traveled in
A world so appetizing
I had to lick the icing
If the devil were a woman
I wouldn’t have to run away
If the devil were a woman
Maybe she’d understand me
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still following me
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still following me
Why do good things happen to bad bad people
Why do bad things happen to good good people
Why do good things happen to bad bad people
Why do bad things happen to good good people
If the devil were a woman
I wouldn’t have to run away
If the devil were a woman
Maybe she’d understand me
If the devil were a woman
I wouldn’t have to run away
If the devil were a woman
Maybe she’d understand me
Maybe she’d understand me
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still following me
All of my life
I’ve been running from the sting
Stole the honey from the hive
And the bee’s still, bee’s still following me
All of my life
I’ve been running, I’ve been running
The bee’s still following me
(All of my life
I’ve been running)
And the bee’s still following me
And the bee’s still, the bee’s still following me
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