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Tony and I played a version of Nina Simone's \"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free\" and decided to record together. I asked my old friend and fierce musician, Dave Okumu, to join from London and that November, in a Parisian studio, we improvised all night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"default0\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the world shut down, I used those recordings to write a record entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Solution Is Restless”. This first single, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTake Me To Your Leader”, is the most incendiary on the new record. I wrote it watching Jacinda Ardern, PM of New Zealand, navigate 2020. In my dreamworld, the US asks to meet her in order to learn how to better run the country. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTake me to your leader\/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecause I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003em ready to play\/ can\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003et hold my breath any longer\/ word on the street is she\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003es a healer\/ I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003em know I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003em down to obey\/ and don\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003et we need a break in the chaos”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"default0\"\u003eIn a year when most of the world pressed ‘pause’, Joan has been making and releasing new music. 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