The Future of Evanescence looks dim. Amy Lee talks about motherhood, War Story, the lawsuit settlement, and the band in a recent interview. She briefly shares her thoughts on what may happen next for Evanescence.
There’s a lot going on for Amy Lee right now, as she mentions in an interview with Rolling Stone. With the birth of her first child, Lee has taken on the role of motherhood and all its action-packed moments and quirky challenges. She looks forward to experiencing the thrill of life but through a different set of eyes. She told Rolling Stone that having a baby will give her another chance to relive all those first experiences with her newborn.
Lee also mentions that having the baby does force a certain amount of changes in her career. She states, “I’m never going to stop being me and I don’t think I could ever stop making music. You don’t change that much; I’m still going to be me and life is just going to be enriched and fuller and busier. But I do think that the days of living on the road and an album cycle be this giant daunting thing of working in the studio for six months then going on the road for a year or two, they’re behind me. And it’s not just being a mother, I just don’t want to live on the road.”
Along with changing diapers and pinching soft cheeks, Amy Lee has also been working on composing music for the movie War Story. She explains how different it is writing for film from making an Evanescence record. She mentions that she would always have the freedom to express herself however with the band, whereas with producing music for a specific film, she had to write within a certain framework that challenged her to think in a way that will produce a certain reaction from the music. She says, “I felt like I was exercising a different part of my brain.”
She announced the release date of her new solo album Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath for the movie.
So what does this mean for Evanescence?
The move to New York may have impacted the future of the band inasmuch as having to readjust to having the baby and working on an independent album. But Amy Lee mentions that it doesn’t make a difference where she lives. She and the rest of the band members have always managed to keep in contact regardless of the distance between each other. It’s something they are used to doing.
Perhaps, the lawsuit settlement with Wind-Up Records from earlier this year has made a big difference to the future of Evanescence. Although she is no longer under any contract with the record label, she mentions that she is still dealing with having control over projects that were started under the label.
After being asked this question in the interview, she responds:
So what does all of this mean for Evanescence?
The situation is we’re not doing it now. I don’t like to make predictions about the future, because I’m honestly open-minded, and I would never want to say I’m done with any of it, because it’s a huge part of me. I’ve loved my time with Evanescence, I wouldn’t want to just throw it away, but, for the foreseeable future, I don’t have any plans to do anything with the band. It’s really important to me to take some time to show some different sides of myself.
I’ve said this all the way through Evanescence, especially on the second and third record: “I have the freedom to express myself completely within the band, so why would I want to do anything else?” And that’s true only to an extent, because as much as I could go through a range of emotions, there’s a certain expectation there. With the fans, with myself, I know what Evanescence is; it’s an entity, it’s bigger than just myself, which is awesome, but I can write a song and go “That is or isn’t an Evanescence song,” and they both happen. So there does need to be other outlets for me to make music.
The plans for the future of Evanescence seems as if there are no plans. When asked the question, Lee doesn’t seem to have much to say regarding the future. She does not state any specific goals, and it is not clear whether or not she will pursue music independently or continue to work in the band. The future of the band appears very open-ended.
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