{"id":17601,"date":"2023-05-11T13:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/11\/belinda-carlisle-is-backand-its-kismet\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T13:22:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:22:03","slug":"belinda-carlisle-is-backand-its-kismet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/11\/belinda-carlisle-is-backand-its-kismet\/","title":{"rendered":"Belinda Carlisle is back\u2026and it\u2019s Kismet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Rock and roll royalty Belinda Carlisle is truly heaven-sent, and she has treated us to new music just in time for summer.<\/p>\n<p>Her new EP Kismet \u2013 her first English language studio recording since 1997 \u2013 will be released tomorrow and proves to be a welcome return from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. The lead single, \u201cBig Big Love,\u201d penned by the legendary Diane Warren, has already reminded fans of what an amazing singer Belinda is, and the other tracks on the EP will keep fans old and new very happy.<\/p>\n<p>Belinda is bringing her new music and solo and Go-Go\u2019s classics across the country this summer on a 15-city tour that kicks off on July 1 in Peachtree City, Georgia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Joe Poindexter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From her early days in LA\u2019s emerging punk rock scene to her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Go-Go\u2019s, Belinda has been a significant part of our collective musical memories. Her hits, including \u201cHeaven is a Place on Earth\u201d, \u201cMad About You,\u201d and \u201cI Get Weak,\u201d are radio staples, and her music \u2013 both her solo work and her memorable hits with the Go-Go\u2019s \u2013\u00a0 has provided not only the soundtrack of our lives but have also appeared in some of our favorite films and TV shows and even on the Broadway stage with <em>Head Over Heels<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Belinda told her story in her 2010 autobiography <em>Lips Unsealed <\/em>and was gracious enough to talk about the years since then, her inspirations, and her latest project with us in our exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belinda Carlisle - Big Big Love (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4J1kHQH1SCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s talk about the new EP. We\u2019re so glad you\u2019re back. What brought you back to the music scene?<\/strong><br \/>I\u2019ve recorded two albums in the past 15 years. I did an album in French and a mantra album because I chant every day. I wasn\u2019t really planning on doing another English-speaking pop project, really. My son ran into Diane Warren at a Coffee Bean or Starbucks or whatever, one of those places and she said, \u201cWhat is your mom doing? Let\u2019s call her.\u201d So, they called me and she said, \u201cI have some hits for you. Come down to the studio.\u201d I thought, well, do I really want to commit like that? Because it\u2019s a big commitment to do something \u2013 and I was kind of in \u201cslowing down mode\u201d. I went to the studio and she played the songs and they were amazing so I thought, okay, I\u2019m in. And that was about a year and a half ago. We recorded five songs and they turned out great and here I am doing promotion for it. So, it wasn\u2019t really planned. I wasn\u2019t really planning to come back. I mean, I do stuff all the time, but pretty much under the radar, you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you decide to name the EP <em>Kismet<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because of the whole thing about the chance meeting between my son and Diane and Kismet means meant to be, or luck or destiny. And it has kind of a magical sort of vibe. I love the word, you know, it\u2019s like sparkly and magical and I thought, that\u2019s perfect, that\u2019s kind of how this whole thing happened, it was like kismet.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, we were saying that in the studio, \u201cIt\u2019s Kismet\u201d. And then when it came time to have to name the EP, I thought \u201cIt\u2019s Kismet\u201d. I mean, it has to be\u2026and the artwork that my friend John Stapleton did has that kind of kismet feeling to it all as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the other songs like on the EP?<\/strong><br \/>There are five songs. One is a song called \u201cIf You Go\u201d, which is more up-tempo dance. There\u2019s a ballad called \u201cI Couldn\u2019t Do That to Me\u201d. And then there\u2019s a song called \u201cDeeper Into You\u201d, which is very similar to \u201cI Get Weak\u201d, sort of mid-tempo. And then there\u2019s a really crazy song called \u201cSanity\u201d, which is probably the weirdest song and the hardest song that I\u2019ve ever sung in my entire life \u2013 but I managed it. They were all really, really good songs. I mean, [Diane] could have easily given these songs to a much younger artist in the charts but with this chance meeting and everything, it just came to me and I feel really, really lucky and blessed actually. Like I said, I wasn\u2019t really planning on doing anything, but this is like a gift really, you know? I\u2019m not really meant to slow down at the moment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1146\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1-1160x1146.jpg\" alt=\"Belinda Carlisle Kismet\" class=\"wp-image-80145 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=1160%2C1146&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=800%2C791&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=370%2C366&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=20%2C20&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=740%2C731&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-1.jpg?resize=49%2C48&amp;ssl=1 49w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Joe Poindexter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What appealed to you about \u201cBig Big Love\u201d?<\/strong><br \/>I\u2019ve always had a really good sense of what is good for me and I know what I love. I listen to the melody and if it gets me instantaneous\u2026and \u201cBig Big Love\u201d, it was instantaneous. Then I look at the lyrics to see how I like the lyrics and I loved the lyrics to this. And the demo sounded a lot like Don Henley\u2019s song, \u201cBoys of Summer\u201d, and had that keyboard line and I just really loved it, you know, and that\u2019s why I did it. I mean, I looked at the songs and I read the lyrics to everything. If I can\u2019t connect to the lyrics, I\u2019ll ask the songwriter if there\u2019s a way that we can, you know, change them a bit. But in this case, there was no reason to do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now you\u2019re taking this EP out on the road this summer. What can fans expect on the tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019ll be songs from all of my solo albums except for my French album and my mantra album because the French album, I\u2019ve done live before. I performed the whole thing live a few times and it\u2019s not easy. And the mantra album\u2026I tried that and it\u2019s not really appropriate for a pop concert, so people expect to hear the hits. I do a lot of material from my previous solo albums and then, of course, I do a couple of Go-Go\u2019s songs and I\u2019ll probably do one or two songs off the EP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In your autobiography <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lips-Unsealed-Memoir-Belinda-Carlisle\/dp\/0307463508\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28MLEAPU9BYGW&amp;keywords=belinda+carlisle+book&amp;qid=1682713787&amp;sprefix=belinda+carlisle+%2Caps%2C103&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Lips Unsealed<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>, you talked about your musical influences like the Beach Boys and Queen as well as punk rockers like Iggy Pop. Who do you feel are your influences now?<\/strong><br \/>I have to go back to the original singers and bands that inspired me back in the day. I mean, I still go back to that. I get that same feeling from Gaga, you know, because I love what she does and I think she is very unique. But I circle back to the Bee Gees. I listen to the Beach Boys a lot. I listen to a lot of punk. My taste is really eclectic, but I still have to go back to Debbie Harry and Chrissy Hyde, Dinah Washington and Patsy Kline. They still inspire me.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"Belinda Carlisle\" class=\"wp-image-80144 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=1160%2C1740&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=370%2C555&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=740%2C1110&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=20%2C30&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-2.jpg?resize=32%2C48&amp;ssl=1 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Christie Goodwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Now you\u2019ve recorded eight albums, and I know it\u2019s like picking a favorite child, but do you have a favorite song that you\u2019ve recorded?<\/strong><br \/>I always say it\u2019s \u201cSummer Rain.\u201d I love the arrangement of that song, and that song actually was a big hit in a lot of countries, not in the States, but you know\u2026people go crazy when that song is done live. For me, that\u2019s a really fun song for me to sing. And there\u2019s something about the string arrangement that I love and the melody that I love, it has that melancholy kind of feel to it, and I have a tendency to gravitate towards those types of melodies. So, I\u2019d have to say \u201cSummer Rain.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belinda Carlisle - Summer Rain (Official HD Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOlybsZqNlE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Your songs have been featured in a lot of movies and TV shows. What was the coolest experience you\u2019ve had in that respect?<\/strong><br \/>I have to say <em>Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>. It was a couple of seasons ago when her friend was in the hospital and she was in critical condition or whatever. I have to be honest, I didn\u2019t watch the episode, but I saw the excerpt and I saw the previous seasons. But when she sang it to her friend, she sang just acapella, I thought it was really amazing. And, you know, she\u2019s an amazing actress, Elizabeth Moss, and it was really touching and I actually got kind of choked up by it. I\u2019d have to say that was probably my favorite off the top of my head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Handmaid&#039;s Tale | &quot;Heaven Is A Place On Earth&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yg7CAY1pjwQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And also, I have to say the Go-Go\u2019s in the <em>Fast Times at Ridgemont High <\/em>opening credits. Yes. And they\u2019re at the mall. I mean that\u2019s, I saw <em>Fast Times <\/em>about a year ago again, and I was like, oh my God. It\u2019s like that\u2019s how I grew up\u2026at the mall in California, I worked at Swenson\u2019s Ice Cream. But that whole scene just captures a moment in California and that was such a classic movie of its time and have the Go-Go\u2019s as the theme song for that was amazing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fast Times At Ridgemont High - intro - (1982)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUMTshUflTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>The theater nerd in me has to ask you about <em>Head Over Heels<\/em>. What was it like to hear your songs on Broadway?<\/strong><br \/>Oh, I thought it was amazing and I thought that the whole storyline of it was so unusual \u2013 probably too unusual and probably way ahead of its time when you think about what\u2019s going on now. Even when it was being worked on three years ago, so much has changed between then and now that it was so ahead of its time. I was really proud of it and I thought it was just genius, you know, adapting classical literature to Go-Go\u2019s music. I thought it was amazing. It\u2019s just unfortunate that it didn\u2019t do as well. There are a lot of things that probably should have been done differently, like releasing it in summer when all the New Yorkers go out of the city and all the tourists come in and they don\u2019t want to see that, they want to see <em>Frozen<\/em> or <em>Little Mermaid<\/em>. So, it kind of got lost in the shuffle. But, that being said, it\u2019s still being performed in high schools and theater companies all over the world. It was just in Manchester. It was just in Australia. So, the message of the play is really good and I love that it\u2019s being performed in schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You wrote <em>Lips Unsealed<\/em> in 2010 and a lot\u2019s happened to you since then. Do you have any plans to write a sequel?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I probably could and I\u2019ve been approached about doing one because I\u2019m an armchair traveler. When I\u2019m not working, I\u2019m traveling. I go on crazy trips. I\u2019m going to on one in two weeks, I\u2019m going to Southeast Turkey to do all the border of Syria and up to the Euphrates. I\u2019d love to do a travel book, maybe, but that\u2019s a big commitment too. But I\u2019ve had lots of amazing, crazy adventures on my travels, so that might be interesting for me to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, I was going to ask you about the traveling. You\u2019ve been so many places, do you have a \u201chappy place,\u201d like your favorite place to visit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I still love going to India. I love when I get off the plane, it\u2019s a combination of pollution, incense, sewage and smoke. And I just go, \u201cAhh, I\u2019m here.\u201d You know? And I love it. That\u2019s probably my favorite place. I love where I live. I love waking up here in Mexico City. It\u2019s an amazing city. I love waking up in Paris, you know, but I think India still is my number one place. I love to wake up there\u2026even though it\u2019s not everybody\u2019s, you know, cup of tea \u2013 that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1163\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023--1160x1163.jpg\" alt=\"Belinda Carlisle Big Big Love\" class=\"wp-image-80146 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=1160%2C1163&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=800%2C802&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=370%2C371&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=20%2C20&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=740%2C742&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/belinda-carlisle-photos-05112023-.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Is there someplace you haven\u2019t been yet that you want to see?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post thumbnail-seealso post-79553 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebrity category-featured tag-camila-cabello tag-shawn-mendes mv-content-wrapper thb-post-share-style2\"> <span class=\"thb-seealso-text\">See Also<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-gallery\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/officially-on-again-shawn-mendes-picks-up-flowers-for-date-night-with-former-ex-camila-cabello\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"attachment-theissue-thumbnail-x2 size-theissue-thumbnail-x2 thb-lazyload lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello 2019 American Music Awards - Press Room\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-04232023.jpg?resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-04232023.jpg?resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-04232023.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-04232023.jpg?resize=20%2C19&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-04232023.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-04232023.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 540w\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yes, I want to go to Bolivia. I\u2019m trying to get somebody to go with me in the springtime of next year, so that\u2019s on. When I was a little girl, I did a big project on Tiahuanacu and Lake Titicaca. I\u2019ve always wanted to see it and, you know, my travels have taken me other places, but that\u2019s after this next trip. That\u2019s the next trip I\u2019m planning is Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything you haven\u2019t done yet that you really want to do?<\/strong><br \/>I can\u2019t think of anything. I\u2019ve kind of done most everything. I just did whitewater rafting a few years ago and that was horrible \u2013 but I did it. I did that in India on the Indus near Pakistan and that was really crazy. But I can\u2019t think of anything else. I guess it would be going to Bolivia and and trekking in Bolivia. That\u2019s probably it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now I\u2019ve heard some rumors\u2026are you planning on expanding <em>Kismet<\/em> out to a full album?<\/strong><br \/>That\u2019s a rumor. I mean, when we were in the studio, Diane said, \u201cWe should have done an album.\u201d And it was at the end of recording everything and everything was mixed and it was set for release at a certain date, so it was kind of too late\u2026.I don\u2019t know. I mean, I had such a great time working with Maddie Gabrielle, who produced everything and with Diane\u2026it\u2019s a pretty magical combination, so I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not going to say no to anything \u2013 and I actually do have an album that I have to finish that I started before the pandemic with my friend Gabe Lopez, which is more like a cover album of songs from my growing up in California, but as far as another original English-speaking pop album, I\u2019ll just say maybe. I don\u2019t know. My plate is full at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I love the song \u201cGonna Be You\u201d that you did for <em>80 for Brady <\/em>with Cyndi Lauper, Dolly Parton and Gloria Estefan. I\u2019m assuming that was another Diane Warren composition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it was. I was in the studio singing my vocals and [Diane] said, \u201cDo you want to sing with Dolly, Cyndi and Gloria?\u201d I said yes and so everybody did their parts in different places and shot the video in different places. I thought it was great. I\u2019m hoping that there\u2019s an opportunity where we all get to sing the song in the same room. So, we\u2019ll see. I\u2019m sure something will come up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"80 FOR BRADY | Gonna Be You | Dolly Parton\u2022Belinda Carlisle\u2022Cyndi Lauper\u2022Gloria Estefan\u2022Debbie Harry\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AeNkqcgfjMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>This question is from my boyfriend. How did a girl like you get mixed up with Darby Crash?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well actually, it\u2019s funny because it happened when I was 17 and I was with my friend Lorna, who is Lorna Doom, who\u2019s a bass player in the Germs\u2026it was before <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germs_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Germs<\/a> and we went to the Beverly Hilton to get Freddie Mercury\u2019s autograph and we see these two kids that are dressed crazy and we were dressed crazy. So, we were kind of staking each other out. We started talking to them and then they knew where Freddie\u2019s room was. So we went up to Freddie\u2019s room to knock on the door and he didn\u2019t answer. I mean, it was these crazy kids looking through the peephole. But then, coincidentally, and this was like the very, very beginning of punk rock\u2026and I loved the punk coming from England. I used to go to the record store every two weeks to buy <em>NME<\/em> and <em>Melody Maker<\/em>, all the music rags. And so, I knew what was going on and my best friend Terry (Lorna) knew what was going on too.<\/p>\n<p>So, we saw a flyer somewhere, I forgot where it was. It said, looking for two untalented girls to join our band and we thought, perfect, that\u2019s us. We called the number and coincidentally it happened to be Darby, the singer for the Germs and Pat Smear, who\u2019s now in the Foo Fighters. So, we formed the Germs and, I mean, that was my tribe. I was always a contrarian anyway. And, I mean there are 50 kids in the whole scene. Everybody was in a band. And so, I was the drummer that never played because I got mononucleosis and had to go back to my parents\u2019 house to recover. And when I came back to Hollywood from my parents\u2019 house, my friend Becky from high school became the drummer and took my place and that was fine.<\/p>\n<p>And then I was kind of the prop person. I\u2019d hand Darby salad dressing and peanut butter and broken glass, you know, for the stage. And then I went on to be in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Randy_and_the_Metrosquad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Randy and the Metrosquad<\/a>. I was a backup singer and then formed the Go-Go\u2019s. But this was all from the early punk scene and I was right there from the very beginning, you know, I mean, it was my tribe.<br \/>It was an amazing time and we knew at the time that we were living through something that was really extraordinary. To go right from the end of the whole Laurel Canyon scene, into the punk scene \u2013 and there might have been like three or four years between the two. It was a really amazing time in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of everything that you\u2019ve accomplished and it\u2019s a lot, what are you proudest of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, probably on a professional level, it would be, oh gosh, I think [being inducted into] the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That was amazing. And I didn\u2019t really think it would be so amazing, to be honest. I didn\u2019t really care until we were actually told that we were being inducted. And then the evening itself was probably one of the most amazing evenings of my whole life, I\u2019d say. It was surreal feeling so much love\u2026and if it hadn\u2019t been for that documentary that came out three years ago, we could still be waiting to get inducted, but it was kind of long overdue. When people saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GsiRfL11I08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the documentary<\/a>, they were going, oh my God, why aren\u2019t they in there? I mean, it\u2019s like a joke. So, you know, being a DIY, self-taught band, learning as we went along and then achieving what we achieved against all odds. So, I would say that \u2013 and getting the star on Hollywood Boulevard was pretty amazing too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Go-Go&#039;s Rock  Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2021\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rDu3M9CMJb8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Kismet is available tomorrow on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=belinda+carlisle+kismet&amp;crid=2T2LER02U2Q15&amp;sprefix=belinda+carlisle%2Caps%2C768&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Amazon<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> or <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/belindacarlisle.lnk.to\/KismetPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>wherever you buy or stream your music<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. Get tickets for Belinda\u2019s tour <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BelindaCarlisleOfficial\/events\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and keep up with her on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/travels_with_mrs_mason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/belindacarlisle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BelindaCarlisleOfficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE LATEST ON SL<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/belinda-carlisle-is-backand-its-kismet\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=belinda-carlisle-is-backand-its-kismet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock and roll royalty Belinda Carlisle is truly heaven-sent, and she has treated us to new music just in time for summer. Her new EP Kismet \u2013 her first English language studio recording since 1997 \u2013 will be released tomorrow and proves to be a welcome return from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. 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