{"id":16345,"date":"2015-12-07T09:52:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T09:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=16345"},"modified":"2016-06-19T12:42:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T11:42:39","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-leesun-were-all-made-of-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-leesun-were-all-made-of-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: LeeSun – ‘We’re All Made Of Stars’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘We’re All Made Of Stars’, from Leeds-based artist LeeSun, might seem an unusual choice, but it’s day 7 on\u00a0our Essential Advent Calendar.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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On the night of 9th October, Leeds-based artist LeeSun went to bed feeling unwell. She awoke at midnight and We\u2019re All Made Of Stars was already in her head. A few days later, the Canadian-Korean-British songwriter recorded the song at Eiger Studios. Speaking about the song she says,<\/p>\n

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“it is a simple expression of both profound loneliness and deep interconnectedness between all people.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s a magical, ethereal song, mystical even: gorgeous in its simplicity and stripped-backness. The childlike quality of LeeSun’s voice adds even more to this effect.<\/p>\n

LeeSun’s debut album, ‘Prime’, from 2011, has been played on BBC Radio 6 (Tom Robinson is a huge fan – and incidentally ‘We’re All Made Of Stars’ has just made the final 25 tracks of Tom’s Freshnet Listening Post – from a shortlist of 174). Additionally her music has been played on BBC Leeds West Yorkshire, as well as having exposure on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks.<\/p>\n

You can buy ‘We’re All Made Of Stars’ from LeeSun’s Bandcamp<\/a> site. Find LeeSun on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>, and check out her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n