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[1.8] promoting

promoting

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     The day starts off with interwievs and countless pictures with fans, interwiers and reporters. By the time the clock reaches 12 I am already exhausted and in need of a break, but with the most amazing crew I receive some coffee and bars to keep my energy up. With a quick step outside for some fresh air and some talking to my crew, I once again get ready for interviews. Before I go back into the room where the press meets up, Nick grabs my shoulder and pulls me towards him. "The interviewer in there is known to be a woman that gets the truth out so don't let her get to your nerves and head if she says or asks for something you don't want to answer." I nod understanding at him nefore he ushers me into the room.

When I step inside she raises from her seat and shakes my hand with a wide grin. "Luci Anderson." She presents harself in the same way as she holds her body, straight and gracefully. I can see why it's easy for her to lure things out of men. With a tan complexion, dark brown hair and blue eyes that shine, I understand that she's easy to fall for. Her beauty is astounding and I guess she's smart as well. She looks like she is.

I present myself and then the interview starts. "You just released your second album and it is on the top of charts around the world along with fellow musicians Shawn Mendes, Coldplay and Ariana Grande. How doeas that feel?"

"Oh it feels so surreal! It isn't many years since I myself was sitting at home and just dreaming about this and now it's all happening." I smile widely from ear to ear and I see the cameraf focusing on me.

"Because you started as an artist on YouTube and was picked up by Simon Cowell, signed and went on tour with famous boyband One Direction." I nod confirming at her information. "So far you've been meeting many famous faces and has there been any co-writing for this album?"

"No, or yeah there thas been co-writing but only with my team of writers. I mostly write my lyrics, the vocals and some guitar and paino myself, but I usually co-write more around the instrumental in the music." She looks at me and to be honest she seems fairly interested. When she doesn't speak straight after me I just continue. "But I've co-written a little with others and I really want to do a lot more of that."

"With who for example?"

"I've always wanted to work with Ed Sheeran and John Mayer because they are both crazy good at guitar and they write such beautiful melodies and lyrics."

"You write pop music and some songs with some pop-rock. Who were your biggest influences when you were starting up?"

"Probably the two that I just mentioned as well as Taylor Swift and the One Direction guys." I feel like this is going fairly well and she hasn't been any bad yet. We talk for about five minutes about the album, the meaning behind lyrics, where they were written and so on.

"Well it must have been scary to drop an album like this where some of your songs are quite personal and reveal a lot."

"Yes it was. It's nerve wracking when you usually write about love and relationships and suddenly you write about being scared to loose yourself in the new world you live in. It's quite exposing and you feel blotted yet it's good to write about something that makes people realise that my job, if I can call it a job, can be stressful as well. And I feel like the music industry have gotten a long way in the direction of saying what you really mean, even though I still think it should be more usual to talk about problems that are usual. I feel like music is a great way to say what you might not dare to say in a conversation."