Amy Lee of the band Evanescence and K. Flay chat with THR at the 'Ballerina' movie premiere and dish on collaborating on an original song for the film.
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00:00How did you approach writing original music for this movie?
00:03Tyler Bates, the composer of John Wick, everything,
00:07came to me and was like, hey, we're friends, but we've never worked together before.
00:11And he was like, I think this is maybe our chance.
00:13Would you like to do this thing and make this song?
00:14And I was like, yes!
00:16So he sent some ideas that were killer right away.
00:19And then for me, I just watched the movie and waited for an idea, and I got it.
00:25There was a specific scene where they're talking about what it means to fight like a girl,
00:31to adapt, to change, and she says that line.
00:33And I was like, that's it.
00:34I've got to make a song about that.
00:36So that way.
00:38And then everything just sort of snowballed into place, and I got to have Christine sing on it.
00:43I'm so happy about this collaboration.
00:45I got to collaborate with Halsey as well on our other song, Hand That Feeds.
00:48So it's just been like a really explosion of creativity and goodness coming from this whole project.
00:55I'm super grateful.
00:56What was this collaboration like for you?
00:59Oh, my gosh.
00:59Well, I've been a fan for so long, and then Amy hit me up.
01:05And we just, I feel like we just immediately understood each other and the vision for this song.
01:12And, you know, Amy sent me the demo.
01:14I was like, see what you think.
01:16I was like, dude, I love this.
01:17I was on tour, and I had like a frustrating show one night.
01:22I had a frustrating thing happen at a show.
01:24And so I got in the green room and just like, I was like, oh, shit.
01:27This is time.
01:29And, yeah, you know, there's so much in the film that's like, there's so much material.
01:34There's so much energy.
01:34So it was really like, there was a lot to draw from.
01:37But it's just been such a pleasure.
01:39Like, I love collaborating.
01:41This has been a joy.
01:42It's so rare you get to collaborate with people that you actually, like, really like.
01:46Let's do it again.
01:47I love it.
01:48So good.
01:50In your own words, what does it mean to fight like a girl?
01:52I have, like, a whole page in my iPhone notes of that question.
01:59It means to go without taking credit to get the win.
02:04It means to be long-suffering.
02:07It means to put your ego to the side and never, ever quit.
02:12Never, ever stop getting up.
02:13And you're never going to have that time where it's like, I did it.
02:16I'm done getting back up.
02:17You're always going to be knocked back down.
02:19Keep getting back up.
02:22Keep getting back up.