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"Alive" is the lead single from Australian singer and songwriter Sia's seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). It was co-written by Sia, Adele, and Tobias Jesso Jr. [4] The song was produced by Jesse Shatkin. "Alive" was released on 25 September 2015. The song was originally intended for Adele's third studio album, 25, along with "Bird Set ...
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Sia Kate Isobelle Furler was born on 18 December 1975 [3] in Adelaide, South Australia. [4] Her father, Phil Colson, is a musician, and her mother, Loene Furler, is an art lecturer. [5]
In 2011, Sia was featured on the successful singles "Titanium" by David Guetta and "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida. In 2013, she contributed the song "Elastic Heart" to the soundtrack of the 2013 American film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. A year later, she released her sixth, breakthrough studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear.
Carpool Karaoke was a recurring segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden, in which host James Corden invites famous musical guests to sing along to their songs with him whilst traveling in a car driven by Corden [1] on a planned route usually in Los Angeles, usually under the pretense of needing to get to work and preferring to use the high-occupancy carpool vehicle lane, [2] or the ...
Rolling Stone said the song is "liberating". [8] In a review of the song's parent album This Is Acting, Kathy Iandolf of Idolator wrote "This album is dark, indicated by the lead single 'Alive,' but also by the opener 'Bird Set Free,' where Sia takes a solemn vow to emotional liberation amidst strong piano keys."
Sia and Greg Kurstin may have written the song even before the massacre. But in the context of Orlando, the possible platitude of the chorus becomes gutting: "I'm free to be the greatest / I'm alive." She's pepping the listener up, but she's also defining the value of life, marking the human potential that's been lost. [7]
"I'm Still Here" is an "inspirational", [22] midtempo ballad which features Sia's "powerful" vocals. [15] Lyrically, it is about perseverance and Sia's battles with the past. [13] [15] At a length of 4 minutes and 1 second, [23] the song was written by Sia and frequent collaborator Jesse Shatkin in the key of A major, [24] and produced solely by Shatkin. [25]