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Lost 2007 Amy Winehouse interview published nearly 20 years later
A long-unpublished Amy Winehouse interview has now been published, nearly 20 years after it was recorded.
Journalist Ariel Leve spoke with Winehouse in Los Angeles in May 2007, when the singer was 23.
The interview came after the success of her album Back To Black, released in 2006.
Winehouse said her biggest fear when she was younger was dying without making her mark, though she also said she was proud of her work and happiest cooking and cleaning for friends.
She discussed her family, fame and marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil; the couple separated in 2009, and Winehouse died in 2011, aged 27.
The interview offers a record of Winehouse reflecting on fame and her future at a pivotal point in her career.
An anniversary edition of Back To Black is due later this month, with previously unreleased demos, rare B-sides and unseen photos.
A lost interview with Amy Winehouse, conducted in 2007, has been published nearly 20 years later.
Winehouse told The Sunday Times that her biggest fear had been dying without making her mark.
The interview took place in May 2007 at the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, days after she married Blake Fielder-Civil.
Journalist Ariel Leve shelved the interview before writing it up, and it was only recently completed and published.
Winehouse was 23 during the interview and died in 2011, aged 27.
- Who
- Amy Winehouse, interviewed by Sunday Times journalist Ariel Leve.
- What
- A previously unpublished 2007 interview with Winehouse has been completed and published.
- When
- The interview took place in May 2007 and was published in October 2026.
- Where
- The Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Ariel Leve interviewed Winehouse at the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, days after her marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil.
The interview was shelved before it was written up.
The Times and Sunday Times announced that the story was being published.
The interview was completed and published nearly two decades after it was conducted.
- Interview date
- May 2007
- Interview location
- Mondrian Hotel, Sunset Boulevard
- Journalist
- Ariel Leve
- Winehouse’s age at interview
- 23
- Publication
- The Sunday Times
- Winehouse’s age at death
- 27, in 2011
What people are saying
The thought of dying without ever making my mark, that was my biggest fear.
Yes. I’m just a musician, you know. I love looking after people.
I’ve done well, you know what I mean? I’ve just done an album that I’m really proud of. If I die tomorrow then cool,
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In Los Angeles in 2007, the newly married singer bared all to The Sunday Times Magazine about family, fame, her future — and her love of housework. The story was never published. Until now https://t.co/JlvzESPBA0
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