FINAL ASSESMENT (MAGAZINE)

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RACHEL PLATTEN
THE INSPIRATIONAL ANTHEM ICON
Born in May 20, 1981, she was a woman that transpired the odds who went from playing gigs
nationwide for a few cents to becoming one of the most recognizable names in the music industry.
Yet, there is so much of her not known, so let's find out.
Interviewed by Tehrenne Firman
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How did you get started in music?
Rachel Platten: I was trained classically on piano and sang in choirs and a cappella groups,
but it wasn’t really until I went abroad to Trinidad in college at 19 years old. I had my first
concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals. I was interning at
a record label and a friend’s band needed a backup singer and was like, ‘You’ll do. We don’t .
When did you really feel like things started to take off?
Recently my life really changed. I wrote ‘Fight Song’ when I was probably at the pinnacle of
this self-doubt and wondering, ‘Am I crazy to keep believing myself after all of this time?’
And I decided through writing the song that I wasn’t going to give up no matter what. remember
to believe in myself no matter what.
What’s next for you?
It’s a lot of drums and then some organic sounds because I’m a little bit of a hippie in my
heart. Then some electronic stuff because I love that, too. So I don’t know completely yet, but
from what’s starting to come together, it seems like its not a departure from ‘Fight Song.’
4 Stripped Magazine - June 2020