Arlo Parks - Black Dog

Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway

Music

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Arlo Parks is a singer and songwriter from London. In January 2021, she released her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams. It hit number three on the UK charts, and she won this year’s BRIT award for Breakthrough Artist. Last year, NME called her song "Black Dog" the year’s "most devastating song." In this episode, Anaïs breaks down “Black Dog," which she made with producer Gianluca Buccellati. ("But I just call him Luca.") Here’s Arlo Parks on Song Exploder.

If you’re thinking about suicide, or if you have a friend who is, or if you just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or by texting HOME to 741-741, which is the Crisis Text Line. If you're outside of the U.S., check out the list of international hotlines at suicide.org.

For more about “Black Dog,” visit songexploder.net/arlo-parks

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0:00.0	You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.
0:06.7	I'm Rishi Kesh Hirwe.
0:10.6	On September 5th, I'm going to be doing a special live Song Exploder event in Los Angeles with Boni Vair.
0:16.9	Justin Vernon and producer Jimmy Stack are going to be joining me on stage to tell the story behind one of the songs from the new Bonie Verre album, Sable Fable. So if you've ever wondered what a full, unedited Song Exploder conversation is like, this is your chance to be in the room. This is going to be a live event only. It's not going to be live streamed or repeated on any other night, so I hope you can make it. It's going to be at the beautiful Palace Theater in downtown L.A.
0:40.7	You can get tickets to this special Song Exploder Live event with Bonnie Vair at
0:45.4	songexploder.net slash live. Again, it's on Friday, September 5th in downtown L.A.
0:51.8	And you can get tickets at Song songexploder.net slash live.
0:56.8	Before this episode starts, I want to let you know that the song being discussed is about someone
1:02.0	who's alive and well today, but was going through a period of depression and anxiety. Both the
1:07.0	song and the interview allude to suicide, so please be careful before listening.
1:11.5	If you're thinking about suicide, or if you have a friend who is, or if you just need someone to talk to you right now,
1:16.8	you can get support by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273 Talk.
1:23.6	That's 1-800-273-8255.
1:27.2	Or you can text Home to 741-741, which is the crisis text line.
1:33.3	If you're outside the U.S., check out the list of international hotlines at Suicide.org.
1:38.3	I'll link to all of this on the Song Exploder website and in the episode show notes. Arlo Parks is a singer and songwriter from London.
1:48.0	In January 2021, she released her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams.
1:53.0	It hit number three on the UK charts, and she won this year's Brit Award for Breakthrough
1:58.0	Artist.
1:59.0	Last year, Anna Me called her song Black Dog the year's most devastating song.
2:04.6	In this episode, she breaks down Black Dog, which she made with producer John Luca Bucillati.
2:09.6	But I call him Luca.
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