Because It’s Her Birthday, Let’s Take a Slice of Singer Anne-Marie’s Perfect Birthday Party
Apr 7, 2020 • Matthew Balicudiong
8LIST.PH: There’s a lot of pink in your music video for “Birthday”. Was this your idea?
ANNE-MARIE: Yeah, I’ve been wanting to dye my hair for a long while because when I was younger, I used to color my hair all the time. When I was making music, it was blonde hair. I’ve been blonde hair for so long, I knew that as soon as I wrote the first single for the next album, I wanted to change my hair color. So, I even wrote it in the lyrics so my label or my manager couldn’t tell me not to do it.
And I think my friends would say, ‘if your hair is pink. Everything has to be pink as well. And I’m like, yeah!’ ”
8L: What’s a song you sing when you’re happy?
A-M: I would sing any song by 1975. I feel like every song they sing is very happy and has a very happy melody.
8L: Who do you want to be with on your special day?
A-M: My parents have to be there and I would definitely ask Ed Sheeran (to be there) because he is one of my favorite people in the whole world. Maybe Marshmello, Rudimental, yeah I’ll ask them.
8L: Who do you want to sing on your birthday?
A-M: Well, I wouldn’t mind if Ed (Sheeran) is already there. He can have little song if he wants. I mean, I don’t mind.
8L: What’s the first thing you’ll eat on your birthday this year?
A-M: I’m definitely gonna eat a lot of chocolate cake and spend time with my family. The cake is very important for birthdays. I think anything sweet because I’m such a sweet tooth. So, all the savory food can be out of the table but not chocolate and sweets.
8L: What’s the story behind your comeback single “Birthday”?
A-M: I honestly just love birthdays so much I love celebrating them. I love celebrating my friends’ birthdays. I just think it’s a really happy day that we can all come together and have fun so I want to recreate that in a song that people can listen to on their birthday and be happy.
8L: How did you write this song?
A-M: I always just wanted to write a birthday song because it’s one of my favorite days of the year. I told everyone “we’re gonna write a birthday song today” and … it’s a lot of fun and we ended up writing that in one day and that was it. Yeah, it was fun.
8L: If you could give your younger self a message, what would it be?
A-M: To my younger self, I’d probably say not to think so much about what people would think about you because I think when I was younger, I was always thinking, “Will people like me? Will they like my clothes, or my hair, or my makeup?” I think it really affected me. So, I’ll say to myself, don’t care so much about what people think and just love yourself and enjoy yourself and have fun.
Anne-Marie’s latest single “Birthday” is now available on YouTube Music, Spotify, and Apple Music.
