![]() I especially enjoy the lyrics for "Heavy As My Dreams", including lines like "your request is as heavy as my dreams." The wording and language is very specific, and yet at the same time, it also leaves a lot of room for interpretation. And I still feel that way to this very day. During that trying time in my life, it gave me purpose and something to look forward to, something that would fill me up with meaning about why things happen. It was something I felt like I had to do. Creating and making music never really felt like a choice, I think – not before nor during my cancer period. Music has saved my life more than once, that's for sure. Was performing and writing music cathartic during that period? Tell me about your decision to tour even after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing chemotherapy in 2014. When my mom saw the cover of this album she said I looked sick, but I think it's pretty, and I think that for me it means that pretty things can come out of bad, sick situations. For the cover of Desire Path I wanted to preserve this feeling – it's a "different me" but it's still me. And when Hits came out I thought it would be a good representation and a reminder of that time in my life. This picture was taken before Desire Path was beginning to form. The black eye on the Hits cover is not makeup at all – it was taken during a time when I was hospitalized, because of an infection which was a side effect of the chemo treatment I was undergoing. Well, actually – the two are very much intertwined. ![]() What inspired your use of makeup on the cover art of Desire Path, which takes on Japanese elements? Or how about Hits? Its cover art has you posing with what looks like eyeshadow smeared to resemble a black eye. Īside from being a talented musician, you also have an eye for design and fashion. She tells us about how those moments have shaped her art and her outlook, ahead of her Aug 11 show at Omni Space. From her upbringing on an army base, to her struggles with a life-threatening disease at an early age, Israeli dream pop artist Totemo’s life story has had many an unconventional and dramatic twist and turn.
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