Jarrow singer releases ‘the other side of the story’ to an iconic Michael Jackson song
A Jarrow singer has released a Michael Jackson-inspired single.
A popular Jarrow singer has released ‘the other side of the story’ to one of Michael Jackson’s most famous songs.
Lauren Amour’s latest single, ‘Billie Jean is My Best Friend’, looks to tell the narrative from the other side of the hit 1983 MJ song.
‘The process to create this was so fun’
Taking inspiration from Billie Jean and the King of Pop’s style of music, Lauren decided to create the song after watching the recently released Michael Jackson biopic.
She said: “This isn’t a hate song about Michael Jackson or anything like that because he is actually my number one musical inspiration.
“I got the idea after watching the biopic so I wanted to follow a pattern of what he has done and no one has even tried to recreate any of his songs with a new spin on them.
“Obviously everyone knows the story of Billie Jean being crazy but because I’m a complete girls girl, I wanted to explore if she wasn’t crazy and spin it around - there is always two sides to every story.
“The process to create this was so fun because I just sat and listened to all of Michael Jackson’s ad-libs to work out what would work best for the song.”
‘Michael Jackson has been my absolute icon’
Lauren also revealed that those closest to her are proud that she has been able to pay tribute to Michael Jackson through her own music.
She added: “Everyone who has heard it so far absolutely loves it and they love it so much more because they know that Michael Jackson has been my absolute icon.
“So people have been happy that I’ve finally been able to pay tribute to him in one of my own songs.”
Billie Jean is My Best Friend is available to listen to on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music from Friday, May 22.
Following her single release, Lauren is set to be one of the local acts who are scheduled to be play at the Sandhaven Amphitheatre, on Sea Road, in South Shields throughout June.
She is set to perform on Saturday, June 27, alongside Aydie and Scarlett Esme.
You can keep up to date with Lauren’s music by following: https://www.instagram.com/laurenamourmusic/ or https://www.facebook.com/laurenamourmusic.