Muse Band Presents a Dramatic Version of Ghosts (How Can I Move On)
Muse Band – Experimentation in music is quite close to the persona of Muse. This iconic rock band just released their latest album, Will Of The People, a few months ago. However, the momentum is maintained so that attention remains focused on Muse. One way is to introduce a remixed version of one of the songs on the album.
Muse Band chose a song called Ghosts (How Can I Move On) for their latest initiation. Compositionally, this British rock band has not changed many aspects of its music. However, Muse invited Elisa, a singer from Italy to present a more dramatic atmosphere.
In this ballad-like song, Elisa contributes her vocal skills to the verse and chorus of the song Ghosts (How Can I Move On). However, there is one interesting thing you can listen to. In this remixed version of the new song from Muse, Elisa sings the lyrics in Italian.
The Italian singer also had the opportunity to do a duet with Matt Bellamy, Muse’s frontman, at the end of the song. The story about the collaboration between Elisa and Muse was uploaded to the singer’s account from Italy.
In her Instagram account, Elisa explained that she and Muse Band had known each other since the 2000s. At that time, Muse was on tour in Italy and at the same time, Elisa was also performing at the same music festival. Elisa added that she had fallen in love with Muse’s works since they succeeded in penetrating foreign markets.
The Absolution album, which was released in 2003, became Elisa’s favorite Muse album. The Italian singer admits that the album Absolution has managed to find a place in his heart to this day. According to him, the music written by Muse on the album can touch the hearts of the listeners. Elisa also added that many of the songs on the album eventually became soundtracks for important moments in her life.
With the great influence she felt on Muse, Elisa made this collaboration for the song Ghosts (How Can I Move On) a special moment that might not be repeated again. This moment came from Elisa’s involvement in giving life to a song from the band that adorned the singer’s life.
On a different occasion, Matt Bellamy revealed the background of the song’s creation. Ghosts (How Can I Move On). in an interview on Apple Music, the frontman from Muse explained that the song Ghosts (How Can I Move On) is a work that is unique and far different from Muse’s repertoire.
This unique work originally existed only as an expression of the feeling of loneliness that existed in Matt Bellamy’s imagination. The Ghosts song (How Can I Move On) was made during the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, Matt Bellamy tried to show his response to the world’s deplorable conditions at that time.
For that, Matt Bellamy only sang this song with the piano as his companion. However, it turned out that the other two members of Muse, Dom Howard and Chris Wolstenholme liked what Matt Bellamy had made and wanted the song Ghosts (How Can I Move On) to be included in their latest album.
Not only Ghosts (How Can I Move On) are a form of expression towards world conditions during the pandemic to date. Matt Bellamy revealed that the main theme of the album Will Of The People was taken from the reality that is happening in today’s society. With deep and personal themes, Matt Bellamy himself even thinks that this latest album from Muse will be their best work in a new generation of music.
With this concept, Muse Band is free to work according to their wishes. You can listen to various kinds of musical genres in the latest album from Muse. Starting from melancholic ballads like Ghosts (How Can I Move On) to rock music that resembles metal music.
