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Music and the Fictive Dream - HBO's Euphoria - I'm Tired

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 If you have never seen the television show Euphoria created by Sam Levinson, the main premise is that it follows a group of high schoolers and how they deal with trauma, drugs, sex, and social media. A large part of this show, and what ultimately ties it together is the music. The whole score for the show was created by Labrinth. If you have not had a chance to watch this wonderful rollercoaster of a show, it is most defiantly worth the watch. I have known people to finally give it a try and end up loving it. HBO created a masterpiece with this one. "I'm Tired" written specifically for Euphoria (season 2, episode 4) by Sam Levinson, Labrinth, and Zendaya was released on February 28th, 2022 . The song was also nominated for an Emmy for outstanding original music and lyrics award. To give backstory, in an article posted by popsugar.com, "T oward the end of the episode, following a fight with Jules, an already-high Rue dips into her suitcase of drugs to sell and takes

Role of The Performer - Frank Sinatra

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The American Icon Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12th, 1915 in Hoboken, NJ. He began his singing journey as a teenager in 1936 when he got his very first break singing with a group called the "3 Flashes". While he never learned how to read music, he did learn by ear. By 1938 Sinatra had found himself employed at a roadhouse called The Rustic Cabin as a singing waiter. Flash forward to 1942, once his idol, Sinatra found himself wanting to pursue a solo career in hopes to compete with Bing Crosby. One year later on June 1st of 1943, he was signed onto Colombia Records and his song "All or Nothing at All" was re-released and hit #2 on the best selling list where it stayed for 18 weeks. Sinatra was someone that helped make Las Vegas what it is, he first had an appearance there on September 1st, 1951. A year and seven months later, he was signed onto Capitol Records.  On December 12th, 1979 Sinatra celebrated 40 long years in show business by having a huge p