Song: Lie to Me
Written By: Magie Lena, Lilly Stuart
Produced by: Will Rocca, mISTER_b (Drake Anthony)
Genre: Synthpop, R&B
Length: 3:46
Vocal Featured: Elyar Black

Magie announced this song as the third single off her debut album "Remember me" while she performed a special concert for iHeart Radio. The single will impact radio stations the same time it will be available for download worldwide next Sunday, it features Elyar Black as the male counterpart of the track and it was one of the most well received tracks for critics and audience while Magie was streaming her album. There's going to be a music video to promote the track featuring both singers.


BACKGROUND

Following through the final round of songs from this album, “Lie to Me” is an 80 synth pop tune with some R&B flavors clearly added by Will Rocca production hands. But more than just an R&B track, it has a throbbing synth beat from 80’s mixed with en electronic beat something too obviously performed by Drake’s turn tables. To all of that mixture comes Magie’s clean and loud vocals, she did reach her biggest range in this track, which makes it sound sexy and desperate at the same time, adding a nasty flavor to the track overall.
Other instruments presented on the track are electric guitar and it can be heard in the pre-choruses of the track. Magie is not the only singer in this track, she’s accompanied by Elyar Black and his performance is quite memorable, once he’s the counterpart of what Magie sings in the first verse and chorus of the track, both make it very sexually oriented and extremely appealing.
The song is about being abused sexually in a relationship, but not in a way that could be interpreted as humiliating or harassing, it is best seen as someone who’s being fooled by someone else who rather has sexual relations with this person than have a real relationship. Magie is the subject of the song and Elyar is the man who only wants to play with Magie, curiously or not, both singers are extremely good in this track, they sound sexy and as they were really in love.
Additional backing vocals are performed by both singers, in the final choruses of the track and its final lines too, which are shared between them. This track also changes the mood of the album once again, after a round of depressive and desolated songs, now it switched to a more sexy yet sad oriented intonation.

MAGIE COMMENTS

This song was first introduced for me by Neveah, I though she composed it, but Will Rocca is the owner of that R&B drum beats, so I had the idea of taking this track and showing Drake and we worked on that synth beat, I think it’s an instant hit in my opinion. It has a sexy taste on its lyrics and the melodies are just so danceable and smooth driven. I love this osng so much, Elyar added so much to it, he’s such a young guy but with a huge talent, I’m so happy we found him to feature in this track.

LYRICS

Magie
Elyar
Both

Lie to me, ‘cause I’ll lie to you
I don’t wanna hear what you’re thinkin’, fuck you
Stop teasing, ‘cause we’re through
The last thing I want is being deluded
By someone like you

But you know what they say
There’s no smoke without fire
I won’t hear what you say
You’re nothing but a liar
So hear what I say
You erased my fire
Hear what I say
You’re nothing but a liar

You have your
Seductive games
Always getting what you want
But you can’t treat me like a cunt
So hear what I say
You’re nothing but a liar
You’re nothing but a liar

I won’t be who you want me to be
Don’t push it you won’t change me
I’m not the junk you used to pick
I won’t be another one in your list
Don’t try, your mask dropped now
Hear what I’m about to shout
You’re nothing but a liar
You’re nothing but a liar

Girl you want me, I know you do
Don’t deny it, you’ll be mine soon
You say I lie, but you lie too
I won’t hear your voice,
‘Cause we’re not through
(C’mon give me what I want)
Imma make you see the lights
Imma make you shine bright
Got your diamonds, make your soul fly
And once you’re mine, you won’t need to worry
I’ll make your dreams reality
You’re losing if you’re not with me

You know what they say
There’s no smoke without fire
See, I am your man
So let me light your fire
As I grab your waist, I bet you won't call me a liar
I can dominate your nasty desires
You know what they say
There’s no smoke without fire
See, I am your man
So let me light your fire
Enough with the games
We both think as the same
Surrender for me, and I’ll make you scream

I won’t be who you want me to be
Don’t push it you won’t change me
I’m not the junk you used to pick
I won’t be another one in your list
Don’t try, your mask dropped now
Hear what I’m about to shout
You’re nothing but a liar
You’re nothing but a liar

And when you whisper in my ear
My fears disappear
But you’re just lying
And my body is agreeing
How can I be stronger?
If my body wants ya…

I won’t be who you want me to be
Don’t push it you won’t change me
I’m not the junk you used to pick
I won’t be another one in your list
Don’t try, your mask dropped now
Hear what I’m about to shout
You’re nothing but a liar
You’re nothing but a liar

Girl you can’t resist me
Surrender for me baby
Are you stopping lying to me?
You’re nothing but a liar
Girl you can’t resist me
Surrender for me baby
Stop talking, you lie to me
You’re nothing but a liar


SOUNDS LIKE

Song: Lie to Me
Magie feat. Elyar Black
Album: Remember Me
FREEDOM
Directed by: Jonas Akerlund

The fourth single of the misunderstood debut album by Brazilian born singer Magie is the title track “Remember Me”. The former ElectroDeath front woman released the album in May and it came to achieve moderate success by surpassing the one million mark, most probably by her last band’s fan base who apparently keeps on supporting its members (see Julia Volkova for example). The album released three singles which managed to enter both on digital and airplay charts moderately. But it does not seem to stop Magie of pursuing her dreams a she announces a third single taken from the same record, ready to impact radio and digital markets.
Certainly “Remember me” differ from its predecessor single “Lie to me” and despite it is a mid-tempo track it’s still different from “Like a Stone” (this one is the most successful single of Magie’s debut album). The concept behind “Remember me” is not about relationships or heartbreak, it’s more of a self-analyzing theme, where Magie claims that she wasn’t to be remembered event though she fears that all the hard worked she had to be where she is now, might not be enough for her to be remembered.
The song has received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, who praised the lyrics and Magie’s vocal performance, but criticized it for being one of many tracks presented on the album that does not represent the melodically line up of the album making the package of songs sound incomprehensive and messy. Magie might be focused on her touring recently, leaving her out of tabloids and magazine gossip pages, but at first she attracted some negative media attention for her image as she presented herself with sexualized imagery. It seems that at least for now she’s focused on her touring and no more controversial has been linked to her name. Despite all the odds, reports claim that Magie has already started working on the follow up for her debut album, focusing on her ‘ElectroDeath’ sound.
The single will be released as airplay this Sunday and it will be available on ITunes with a live version taken from Magie’s iHeart Radio TV special performance. A music video was shot in L.A. last month and it will be released on VEVO next Friday, the video was shot in black and white in an abandoned shore directed by Jonas Akerlund, reports claim that Magie filmed three music videos in one week with Jonas, this being the second one released.

ITunes and Amazon.com tracklisting

1- Remember me
2- Remember me (Live on iHeart Radio)


Song: Remember Me
Written By: Magie Lena
Produced by: mISTER_b (Drake Anthony), Will Rocca
Genre: Synth pop, pop
Length: 3:14

COMPOSITION

Riding in on a lone whistle straight out of an old Western movie, come the titled track of the record and the last one “Remember me”, Magie claims for attention in this song, she sounds crying over the gloomy melodies. It is a mid another mid tempo track but different than other previous mid tempo ballads of the record, this one is by far the best of them.
It has strings and piano till electronic beats come in over and turns it into a smash sad anthem. Magie’s vocals are crispy and strong (in the choruses of the song) she’s suffering throughout the track which eludes us that it was probably her most honest and rawest track so far.
The synth beats are a tremendous shift in this track, accompanied by acoustic strings and piano, they form a nature classic structure of a ballad track ready to conquer a number one spot on the charts. However it does not summarizes the album’s direction as a titled track would serve to, it is quite a standalone track if it were not for its previous counterpart (look away).
But the track is good, Lyrically it’s about grieving for a time that cannot cameback and even being creepy by analyzing that past time as a dead piece of someone’s life. Magie tell us that she fears people won’t remember her, and so she repeats the “remember me” phrase over and over, so her audience will remember to remember her. Well that sounds confusing.
The choruses are good but the standing part of track are the verses, with spooky vocals and extremely painful lines, Magie does her best work by transmitting the desolation feelings she has within her heart by singing those lines.
Again the whole album closes uncertain, it does not have a common feeling throught its songs, it started out with a direction that was not fulfilled on its end, but for a debut it serves well, at least Magie is ready to move on for her past (ElectroDeath) and we think that this last track might be about that.
The most notable thing abour this last track is that it was written by Magie alone and produced her best friend Drake plus Will Rocca and by talking about that we realize that this is the best direction that two big producers can brought in a near future for any struggling artist or for a brave artist that is up to risk a new direction in their own music.

LYRICS

Once I was sleeping
Now I'm awaken
To face my own reality
All we had chased, all we have conquered
Was nothing but a mere dream?
What is left for me to hold on?
Did something go wrong?
When I’m gone, when I’m done?
Will you remember me?

Seems I've been sleeping all this time
I haven’t lived a real life
There are no more stories to tell
You were watching as I fell
In my hands holds a blank page
But I can't write without faith
Tell me you still wait for me
Tell me do you remember me?

Remember, remember me,
Remember me, remember me

The written lines heard by millions
Don’t make sense anymore
They’re just there to haunt me, to make me weaker
Like memories I can’t let go
What is left for me to have hope?
Did I do anything wrong?
When we’re gone, When we’re done?
Will you remember me?

Seems I've been sleeping all this time
I haven’t lived a real life
There are no more stories to tell
You were watching as I fell
In my hands holds a blank page
But I can't write without faith
Tell me you still wait for me
Tell me do you remember me?

Seems we were sleeping all this time
We haven’t lived a real life
There are no more stories to tell
We were only delaying our fell
Now In my hands holds a blank page
I can re-write ‘cause I have faith
I know you still wait for me
I know you remember me

Remember, remember me,
Remember me, remember me

SOUNDS LIKE

This is the lead single of Magie’s second studio album as a soloist. Having experienced a moderate success with her first effort, she was back at the studio right after she ended supporting Vanity in her world tour “Pop Odyssey”. She was join by Sergio Galoyan, Russian producer and songwriter responsible for ElectroDeath first record “Do not Regret”. Lilly Stuart also wrote this track and Magie took part in the production of it as well.
Few is known about how the recording sections worked, it was all done secretly and only a few tips were revealed through the working process of her second album. Obviously, it represents a shift from her “Diva” debut album, this track finally proves she’s trying to be herself, she’s trying to find her identity. Other producers for the album includes The Vribrant and ElectroLightz. Magie is the executive producer this time and she revealed she recorded a track in Portuguese her native language. The song was performed during the Fall Festival, a music video was shot a couple of months ago, it will premier one week later the release of the single. The album is set to be release in January.


Calling Your Name
Written by: Lilly Stuart, Magie Lena, Sergey Galoyan
Produced by: Magie Lena, Sergey Galoyan
Genre: Electronica, Electro Rock
Label: FREEDOM
Format: Digital, Airplay, Stream
Length: 3:54

Song Description

A spooky ambient sound starts the song progressively until a round of guitar riffs break in followed by the melodic and claiming vocals by Miss Lena. Her voice sets the melodic aspects of the first verse, the electronic drum comes together, the first verse sounds as a longer introduction prepping the listener for the first chorus. The chorus has several elements of rock music, it receives more guitar riffs but it manages to keep the electronic influences of the track with synth beats, a programmed drum sequence and creepy distortions slightly added to Magie’s vocals. Backing vocals take Magie’s voice to plural form it does might left a power ballad sensation. The bridge between the chorus and the second verse has a solo of guitar and this guitar keeps playing through the second verse, this one very different from the first because now the song is in full shape with louder guitars. Magie’s voice still sounds desolating but a little bit more hopeful compared to the first verse. The second chorus repeats just as the first one, then replacing the solo guitar bridge, there’s the final verse of the track, where the melodies are simplified to a keyboard riff and Magie’s singing in falsetto. It works to set the mood of the song apart from its start, when we perceived a creepier Magie now we have a confident woman. The final choruses come after the hook and some cool elements of electronic music are added in the background of the track, such as Magie’s vocalization of the name of the song while the main vocal performance remains louder. The ambient sounds can be slightly heard too. Reaching the end of the track the bridge of the guitar solo sets to end it till it progressively simplifies its sound by ending the several elements of its full form, in the final second only the electronic synth beat are lefts and it ends with an echo effect.
Lyrically the verses of the track tells a story of overcoming a bad situation, it describes the sensation of being inside of a whirlwind of bad feelings and how suffocating the hurt can be for living. There’s also allusion of being controlled by anything that you don’t agree with, it can pay reference to anti-depressive drugs that outs humans minds to static states not letting them freely. Magie suffered of depression a while back when her first fiancé died tragically in a car accident, subjects of being stuck and in issues with its own mind has always been on her songwriting. The choruses of the track work as the salvation mantra she needed to overcome the situation she was in, it is repeated twice at the end.

Lyrics

Suffocating pain
Keeps me inside this whirlwind
Then I am restrained
To a subjective truth imposed to me

I’ve became
Afraid of the dark
Light is away from me
My will is lost

I look to everywhere and there’s no sign
I’m running to nowhere I can find
I keep on screaming your name
At the height of my despair, I retrieve
The reason of my conscience relieves me
Focusing in the biggest aim

Drowning in oblivion
Memories I’d like to erase
And illusory visions
Remain disturbing my senses

Then I find myself
Completely alone
Longing for help
‘Cause all hope is gone

I look to everywhere and there’s no sign
I’m running to nowhere I can find
I keep on screaming your name
At the height of my despair, I retrieve
The reason of my conscience relieves me
Focusing in the biggest aim

My thoughts combust
As this despair starts to fade
I turn away from lust
Can I keep calling your name?
My biggest aim…

(Calling your name)

I look to everywhere and there’s no sign
I’m running to nowhere I can find
I keep on screaming your name
At the height of my despair, I retrieve
The reason of my conscience relieves me
Focusing in the biggest aim

Sounds Like

This is a special release EP to promote Magie’s first single of her second studio album. This EP consists of songs she performed at the Fall Festival and a B-side of her second studio album. Magie was on studio recording music for her second album when she re-recorded her vocals for classical ElectroDeath singles, the same she performed at the festival. Those studio versions also are a form of celebration for the bands legacy after ten years of career and three years of their last release.
The EP will only be available on iTunes digitally; people who bought it will also be able to download the video of Magie’s Fall Festival performance. The track listing of the EP begins with the electro-rock new track ‘Calling Your Name’ that already let the fans a taste of Magie’s new sound and approach, critics claim that she is finally back at her roots and on shape as she left the basic EDM album she released earlier this year in her past. Finally, she was able to connect to her own music roots; the hopeful track also comes with extremely good vocals. The track ‘Bring me Reality’ also keeps the industrial vibe alive but adds a more melodic intonation, it starts with piano, later bass comes in, and Magie sings over these fast melodic tempo. It is probably the closest she gets to her debut track, but the song is only a b-side so we can hope it was just an attempt to find a balance between the industrial electro-rock sound and the EDM influence.
The next three tracks are ElectroDeath’s re-editions. Magie kept the same melody and structure these track originally had, but obviously, now they’re fully sung by her, it seems that they even re-worked the backing vocals of the tracks, so only Magie can be heard singing them. Som lyrics were slightly changed, perhaps Magie had some elder versions of these track once she was also responsible for the songwriting of them when she was with her band. ‘Here and After’ was lead single of ElectroDeath’s Greatest Hits Album, it also marks the last track that Julia collaborated with them before she left the band, it is a progressive house track with melodic vocals while its beats are more suitable for a dance club. Then we have “When your hearts not open’ the most successful single of ElectroDeath, the ambient sounds and the nostalgic sensation this track brings to its listeners is something the die-hard fans of the Magi will cry about. The piano ballad ‘Lost in This Dance’ is fragile and strong the same time, Magie sounds brilliantly beautiful on it.
The last track is a pop radio remix for the single which names the EP, this one being cleverly produced but not as good as the original version, it is more electronic oriented, the guitar riffs are not there instead it has synth pop riffs and other elements of dance music. Magie sounds one note higher than the original recording, but it is still relevant if you wanna have a second sight on the single itself.
This mixing sensations brought by the EP can be a revival for what Magie’s career has represented in the past, she might’ve took a hard path earlier this year, one that she almost buried her opportunity to shine. However certainly, this new era will put her back on her own trails; at least she has a truthful identity not the manufactured pop album she released before this. What can make her fans sad is the fact that an EP like this might be the closest thing they’ll hear about ElectroDeath in a long future, but if you have hope, maybe you’ll think this could be a prediction for a reunion, I doubt it.




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