Viv Lalu updated their status.

2 years ago

I am sorry in advance for the long text, but I feel like I need to write... (after what happened in Manchester)

What is music? To me, it's a form of mental support. I believe music cannot change the world, but it can surely help to deal with its atrocities, and life in general. I see it as a mean of escapism. Just as people dance Friday night, to forget a long week of work. But I repeat it again and again: it cannot change the outside world.

An artist like Michael Jackson sold 700+ million albums worldwide. His music reached out to everyone of all backgrounds & ages. His song "Heal the World" in particular was heard by at least 30 million people. Here is a sample of his lyrics:

"Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make it a better place
For you and for me​"

Well, the world didn't change. ​​You ​might be ​the ​number on​e artist, reach hundreds of millions of people, ​it doesn't matter at the end - you still won't be able to change the world.​

As if that wasn't depressing enough, yesterday music AND humanity have been attacked once more. There is nothing more cowardly than killing kids attending a peaceful event. The most disturbing pictures weren't the ones of victims, imho. It's pics like the one showing young innocent people celebrating before the explosion, carefreely swinging their 'pink little balloons'...for some of them, it was their first concert experience. For some others, it was their last (and for some others, both). The damage done is irreparable.

That's why we should all come out stronger from this. We should not stop making/attending music. It doesn't matter if we cannot reach millions of people. It doesn't matter if we cannot change the world. What matters is: the joy and happiness we provide to the REAL people out there, people like the young ones swinging their 'pink little balloons' at yesterday's Ariana Grande concert. In that sense, we make the world a better place.

Let's not let these terrorists dim the lights inside of us. Otherwise, they win...

Peace,
Viv ... See MoreSee Less

Viv Lalu

3 years ago

I want to thanks all the people who bought my albums, and the ones who supported me since the beginning - I would have been nothing without you.
Also, the great musicians, labels, companies who helped me along the way. I will never forget.
Thanks for having been there for me. ... See MoreSee Less

Viv Lalu

3 years ago

Happy new year, folks!

Wish you a beautiful 2016; health, joy, happiness, and TONS of great music to listen to! ;^) ... See MoreSee Less