Alison Moyet was already struggling with her popularity as a pop star in the 80s. Decades later, she still prefers to remain unrecognized. But she still enjoys being on stage.
British singer Alison Moyet stays out of the public eye as much as possible. “The problem with fame is that I’m recognized by people who aren’t interested in my music at all,” Moyet (“All Cried Out”) told the German Press Agency. “Why would I want that when I can live an unremarkable life instead? On the street I just want to be a person like everyone else.”
“This kind of attention doesn’t appeal to me”
She “didn’t want to be recognized just to be recognized,” said the 63-year-old, who first caused a stir in the early 1980s as the singer of Yazoo (“Don’t Go”).
She had to struggle with the sudden fame as a pop star for a long time. “This kind of attention doesn’t appeal to me at all,” Moyet told dpa in London. “As a live artist, it’s about really connecting with people. And if I can’t do that with a song, then I don’t want to.”
It is always particularly important to her to remain honest as an artist. That’s why she doesn’t sing songs that she can’t identify with or can no longer identify with. She hasn’t performed her 1984 hit “Invisible” live for over 30 years. “It’s about finding the songs that I still have a connection to,” explained the idiosyncratic musician, who will be touring again in 2025 after a long break.
Songs have to be “aesthetically pleasing” to her
For her new album “Key” Alison Moyet has reinterpreted various songs from her 40-year solo career. When making new recordings as well as at her concerts, the Brit emphasizes that it is important to her to arrange the songs in such a way that she likes them “aesthetically.” “They have to fit my established aesthetic sensibilities and not depend on production sounds that might have been relevant in 1987 but no longer are.”
Source: Stern

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