I feel like I'm waking up from a dream. I'm actually getting back into shape after twenty-two years – said Edyta Bartosiewicz on TVN24, who will perform at the Top of the Top Sopot Festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her album “Sen”. Referring to her voice problems, she admitted that “in retrospect, this is the best thing that could have happened in her life”.
Edyta Bartosiewicz is going on tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her album “Sen”. She will play her first concert on August 22 at the Top of the Top Sopot Festival, which will start on August 19. The entire festival will be broadcast on TVN.
Bartosiewicz: I feel like I'm waking up from a dream
The singer, who was a guest on “Wstajesz i weekend” on TVN24 on Saturday morning, said that she treats this 30th anniversary quite symbolically.
– I actually feel like I'm waking up from a dream. But that's my own interpretation. I didn't think I'd have an anniversary at all. I didn't count on any big musical events – she said.
– I rather work in my own way. I have been on my own path for some time now. I am walking it slowly, building the foundation step by step. And then suddenly such big events are coming up, like the jubilee at the festival in Sopot – she added.
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As Bartosiewicz said, it will be a foretaste of the concerts, the anniversary tour with the symphony orchestra, which begins in October.
“After 22 years I'm getting back into shape”
She said that there will be 50 people in the orchestra. – I will be with an acoustic guitar. I also invited Michał Grymuza, the guitarist from the album “Sen”, so he will join us – she added.
She said it will be a huge undertaking that “looks fantastic.”
– It's a bit of an upgrade, that's what I would call it, to my Solo Act, because I started out playing only with a guitar. I recently came up with this formula and in the Jasmine club in Warsaw I hatched it. It turned out that there is a big demand for this type of meeting, because I also talk a lot. I call it Solo Act, because I only play with an acoustic guitar, but I also talk about my path, what happened in my life in recent years – she said.
– It's also an interesting concert in that I don't play hits at the end, but it's a true story of a person who once achieved great success. Then, somehow, her life took a different turn – she added.
She recalled that she had “huge problems with her voice”. She emphasized that “she is actually getting back into shape after 22 years”.
“I don't have this masochistic perception of myself”
Bartosiewicz said that she chose songs for Solo Act that “are still relevant to her in some way”.
She pointed out that a well-known song from the album “Sen” is “Koziorożec”, but, as the singer said, “I thought to myself that somehow I don't feel its message at this moment”.
– I don't have this masochistic perception of myself – she admitted. “Let it hurt me more, let it hurt me until it bleeds” – she quoted a fragment of the song's lyrics and said: – Today I don't want anyone to hurt me. I set my own boundaries more, I take care of myself.
Bartosiewicz: It's the best thing that could have happened in my life
Bartosiewicz spoke about her voice problems, which began in 2002. – Some people think that I have lost my voice altogether. It's not about that. I spoke, I sang, but there was no strength, no sound, no support, and it might seem that the worst thing that could happen in a singer's life happened – she said.
– And for me, in retrospect, it's the best thing that could have happened in my life – she admitted.
She explained that “otherwise she wouldn't have turned back from a certain path she was on.” – I wouldn't have given up my beliefs, very rigid ones. I wouldn't have had a chance to catch my second wind, to change my perception, to open up to the world – she said.
Bartosiewicz admitted that she was a “fearful, withdrawn” person. – I also lost a lot in life because of it – she added.
“I used to be black and white in my views. I'm trying to be gray”
She also mentioned that she never knew how to deal with stress. “I played volleyball for ten years, and before that I played speed skating, and that was my safety valve,” she said.
– And then when I stopped training, (I realized – ed.) how important physical activity is. And I honestly admit that I plan to go back to serious training – she said.
She added that she is starting to practice tai chi. – I like it very much. It is actually a dance, a fight. It is hard to call it that. For me, it is a combination of beauty with some kind of developing internal and external balance (…) Also an opening to another world – she assessed.
– I try to open up to the world, to people, not to have such rigid beliefs. I used to be more radical in my views, black and white. I try to be gray – she said.
YOU CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH EDYTA BARTOSIEWICZ HERE HERE
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