Melissa Etheridge was so incensed by the Russian government's contempo analysis of the LGBT community, she wrote a individual accurately about the affair and formed an absolute affiliation committed to acknowledging Russian LGBT activists. However, instead of an attack, the clue "Uprising of Love" (which shares its name with the coalition), is a alarm for unity.
In the song, Etheridge mixes her archetypal roots-rock with avant-garde pop production. "Uprising of Love" opens with an ambient, free-floating exhausted afore Etheridge, in her able voice, urges for accord adjoin oppression. As she calls out the anthemic chorus, a stomping drumbeat supports the song's apathetic burn.
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"The lyrics of 'Uprising of Love' came from such a claimed and amorous atom in my body and I'm added than aflame to allotment this canticle with the world," Etheridge tells Rolling Stone. "Love is abstract and unpredictable, but it's the one activity that is universally accomplished and adapted by all."
The tune doesn't alone ambition LGBT abuse on a conceptual level. All of the gain from the song are getting donated to the Russia Freedom Fund, an alignment that makes absolute banking contributions to LGBT activists in Russia. Meanwhile, the Uprising of Love coalition, which exists to accession money for fund, has accumbent with over 50 artists, including Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, James Franco, Edward Norton, and Julianne Moore.
The individual will be released on January 28th. The song is accessible for free download today.
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