There are few people whose stories are as interesting as Lola Blanc’s. In her childhood, she fell prey to a con man who capitalized on Mormon beliefs and who became a cult leader, now influencing many of the recurring themes of broken faith and spiritual turmoil in Blanc’s music. And as a former child ventriloquist, it’s not hard to see why elements of theatricality compose much of her musical and visual style.
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Today, Blanc has released the titular second single from her debut EP, "The Magic" and it's a spooky ballad that hopefully searches for the "magic" to scare away all the frights and things that go bump in the night. Framed against a ghostly show tune backdrop ripe with bouncing piano chords, "The Magic" shouldn't be interpreted literally, lyrically speaking. Instead, with lines like "only true love can last" and "because I want to believe in the magic", one can only assume that the "magic" Lola is speaking about extends beyond the tricks and mystical nature of Houdini and the circus; it's actually rooted in humanity, in the real things that influence our lives for the better.
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