We had the opportunity to interview Alice Merton at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego!
"It’s been almost three years since Alice Merton released her debut single ‘No Roots’ and she’s already accomplished more than many artists achieve in an entire career. That track exceeded 400 million streams, landed in Top 10 chart positions all over Europe and hit #1 on Billboard’s Rock Airplay chart. It took her to Coachella, TV appearances on Jimmy Fallon and James Corden, and even resulted in her becoming a judge on The Voice of Germany.
Alice Merton moved confidently into the second chapter of her career with the release of her single ‘Easy’. Delving deeper into the alt-pop/indie sounds which informed her debut album ‘MINT’, the song plays with a wider, more creative scope of inventive production embellishments as Alice Merton’s strident vocal performance takes center stage. ‘Easy’ is a song that explores the two often contradictory sides of her life: trying to balance the attention that such success brings with the demands of an otherwise normal life. The 26-year-old artist and songwriter touches on the positives – time spent together, happy memories and shared mixtapes, but also alienation, distance and division.
‘Easy’ features on ‘MINT +4’, a Deluxe Edition of Alice’s debut album. In addition to ‘No Roots’, other album tracks reached millions of streams too, notably ‘Why So Serious’ and ‘Lash Out’.
‘MINT +4’ includes four new songs: ‘Easy’ plus ‘PCH’, ‘Back To Berlin’ and ‘Keeps Me Awake’. Collectively they add further facets and nuances to Alice Merton’s creativity, and demonstrate that her future looks set to be even bigger than her past.
Born in Frankfurt, Alice Merton spent her childhood split between the USA, Canada and England. Her debut EP was her initial breakthrough moment, which she capitalized upon with the release of ‘MINT’."
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