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Linda Perry Says Her Grief Inspired a Song Captured in a Documentary
Linda Perry says her mother’s death led to a long period of emotional struggle and made it hard for her to write a song for herself.
Perry, the former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman, spoke about the experience at Deadline’s Sound & Screen Film event.
She wrote “What Lies with You” during that difficult period, the night before a four-hour jam session filmed by director Don Hardy Jr. Hardy had first asked to film Perry working in her studio, and later told her he saw a documentary taking shape.
That footage became Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, which offers a close look at her life, career and creative process.
Perry performed the song at the event and said the jam session showed how it came to life.
The documentary is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
Linda Perry says grief after her mother’s death inspired the song “What Lies with You.”
The song appears on her fourth solo album, Let It Die Here.
Director Don Hardy Jr. filmed a four-hour jam session in which the song came to life.
Perry wrote the song the night before the session.
The creative process and Perry’s personal struggles are captured in the documentary Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, which is available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.
- Who
- Linda Perry, the 4 Non Blondes frontwoman and five-time Grammy nominee, wrote the song. Don Hardy Jr. directed the documentary.
- What
- Perry says grief after her mother’s death inspired “What Lies with You,” a song captured in the documentary.
- When
- Perry wrote the song the night before a four-hour jam session. The session’s date is not stated.
- Where
- The song came to life during a jam session filmed in Perry’s studio.
- Why
- Perry says she was grieving her mother’s death and struggling to write a song for herself.
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Perry went through what she described as one long meltdown.
Perry wrote “What Lies with You.
Don Hardy Jr. filmed four hours of footage as the song came to life.
- Song
- What Lies with You
- Album
- Let It Die Here, Perry’s fourth solo album
- Jam session
- Four hours of footage
- Director
- Don Hardy Jr.
- Streaming services
- Hulu and Disney+
What people are saying
I was struggling a lot, I was just having such a hard time figuring out how to write a song for myself.
I was just having such a hard time figuring out how to write a song for myself.
And then, as it always happens when a camera shows up, things start happening.