WORLDWIDE
When people were locked in a room, the world finally opened up.
The 2020 pandemic saw the greatest cities in the world fall silent. Yet away from it all, a generation of women became more comfortable with themselves, living outside an industry that rarely invited them into the room.
Worldwide is the new book for Generation W by Nick Donnelly, a former music video director and filmmaker who has interviewed musicians responsible for over 100 million records sold.
This powerful and inspiring book is set across over 20 hours of in-depth interviews with 20 women in music from every continent, recorded throughout this decade.
Throughout the book are revelations in the minds of women in music changing the world, while honouring the stories of past women who did the same, often without recognition
Women in the book include artists from:
South Africa – Egypt – India – Brazil – Sweden – Australia – Spain – Denmark – France – USA – UK – China
From interviews with Indian musicians selling out some of the most famous jazz venues in the world, to British and American artists who have sold millions of records and are now independent, this is a universal story of different cultures and sounds, told through stories of motherhood, depression, fame, prejudices, ambition and more.
Worldwide is a book about how, in moments of struggle, women give birth to new life.
TRAILER SOUNDTRACK: Arina Brovanova
ARTWORK: Kavya Trehan photographed by Generation W
Exclusive Interviews include:
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Sophie B. Hawkins (New York, USA) Interviewed in West London, three decades after living there while creating her platinum selling album Whaler.
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Yuxin Lei (China) An artist with over 20 billion plays on her music in her home of China, interviewed anonymously on a London bus where no one recognises her.
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Santa Salut (Spain) Reflecting from a South London pub on her early days working behind a bar in England before performing for tens of thousands worldwide.
- Sandi Thom (UK) With over a million records sold, Sandi Thom has risen from a small village in Scotland to charting number one all over the world through using online streaming in it’s earliest years.
…and more uncensored conversations with women from every living continent — including Felukah (Egypt), Mohini Dey (India), Nyota Parker (South Africa), Birdee (Australia), Sophie Bramly (France) and others.
“I don’t want to just make music; I want to make space. Space for women like me. Independent, unapologetic; to exist in every sound and every city.”
FELUKAH (EGYPT), WORLDWIDE
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