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I think one of the alternate titles was just the word “alive,” but the book didn’t like any of those titles. I actually thought that it was going to be too long for a title and I tried coming up with alternatives.
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So it felt like a really good fit for a story about someone who's trying to figure out how to be alive and how to reconnect with all that vibrance after death. The whole lyric goes: “Oh, and you in all your vibrant youth / How could anything bad ever happen to you? / You make a fool of death with your beauty.” And I really like that because it speaks to being alive and the idea that vibrance and beauty are connected to life, in a life conquers death kind of way. Yes, it's a lyric from the song “Hunger” by Florence and the Machine. Can you tell me a little bit about the title of the book? I read that it’s based on a song. “I’m not sure if it’s because this book is commercial fiction,” Emezi wonders, “but this feels like one of the biggest book launches I’ve ever done.”īelow, Emezi spoke to about Fool of Death’s otherworldly origin story, the role of grief in the novel, and why they write books for themselves. As Emezi writes, “There was nothing to stop them from being whatever they wanted.” But in the midst of this path towards self-discovery, Feyi meets a new man and travels to the Caribbean with him to meet his family, and of course, unexpected love ensues. Over the course of one hot Brooklyn summer, she and her best friend Joy spend their days relaxing on the beach, shaving their heads, eating edibles, and getting new tattoos. Out on May 24, the Nigerian author’s debut romance novel tells the story of Feyi, a young woman who attempts to find herself again after the death of her partner. Since their 2018 debut Freshwater, Emezi has become a National Book Award finalist, appeared on the cover of Time as a 2021 Next Generation Leader, was a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree, and is currently developing two of their books- Freshwater and You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty-for the screen. I need to take a break.” And the break is much deserved. I’ve been doing that nonstop for the last four years. “I decided not to publish next year because if I was, I’d be in the middle of edits right now. “I hope for a sabbatical,” Emezi jokes over the phone. Additionally, the band performed at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.On the morning that I speak to Akwaeke Emezi, they’re in Los Angeles handling press for their new novel You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty-their seventh book published in four years. Florence and the Machine has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. Lungs won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2010. Also in 2015, the band was the headlining act at Glastonbury Festival, making Florence Welch the first British female headliner this century.įlorence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul. It topped the UK charts, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, their first to do so. The album reached number one in a total of eight countries and the top ten of twenty. The band's third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was released on 2 June 2015.
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The group's second studio album, Ceremonials, released in October 2011, entered the charts at number one in the UK and number six in the US. The band's debut studio album, Lungs, was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty-five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best-selling albums of 20. The band's music is renowned for its dramatic and eccentric production and also Welch's powerful vocal performances. At the 2009 Brit Awards they received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award.
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The band's music received praise across the media, especially from the BBC, which played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of BBC Introducing. Florence and the Machine (styled as Florence + The Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch, Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other artists.