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USA Today
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Trailblazer' Lola Kirke visits USA TODAY Acoustic to perform songs from her album
Actress, singer, songwriter, poet and author Lola Kirke is a "Trailblazer." The multitalented artist kicked off the Nashville edition of USA TODAY Acoustic with a four-song acoustic set drawn from her third full-length album. Her title track, "Trailblazer," opens with the line, "If I got what I wanted, I never would've gotten to meet me," a poetic thesis that sets the tone for her introspective storytelling. "That sounds kind of like a wall quote you'd see at your grandmother's house or something," she jokes before delving into the project's deeper meaning. "I wanted to set the scene of where the album was coming from because so much of it is about blazing your own trail and trying to understand who you are when your life looks different from what you thought it would look like." Lola Kirke's 'Trailblazer' country album latest in a trio of new introspective projects The Nashville-based artist from New York played alongside steel guitarist Nick Larimore. Kirke is having a standout year in 2025, not only releasing "Trailblazer" but also publishing the book "Wild West Village" with Simon and Schuster. During the taping, Kirke sat tucked into a nook awash in soft blue fluorescent light and reflected on her creative process. "Lately I've gotten really interested in sitting down and observing everything," she says. "Like I guarantee, if you went downstairs and just sat on the street and observed how people cross the street and what they're doing and what people are saying to each other, it would reveal so much about this world that we live in." Kirke tells stories through song, prose and acting. One of her breakout roles was in "Gone Girl" portraying Greta, a mysterious woman who crosses paths with Amy at an Ozark campground. She's since appeared in "Gemini," "Lost Girls" and HBO's "Winning Time." When it comes to putting poetry to paper, Kirke takes inspiration from musical writing legends. "I was listening to a Joni Mitchell interview the other day where she said, 'I write about me to show you you,'" Kirke said. "I think that's the value of songwriting or any kind of writing or storytelling." For USA TODAY Acoustic, Kirke performed a 17-minute set of "Hungover Thinkin'," "Trailblazer," "Marlboro Lights and Madonna" and "Mississippi, My Sister, Elvis and Me."
Forbes
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Sinners' Produces Another Top 10 Single In America
'Will Ye Go, Lassie Go' from Sinners debuts at No. 10 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart, ... More earning the film a second top 10 bestseller in America. US actor Michael B. Jordan poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the European Premiere of "Sinners" at Cineworld Leicester Square, central London, on April 14, 2025. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) The movie Sinners is quickly turning out to be one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially relevant film projects of 2025. The Ryan Coogler-directed vampire/historical/musical film quickly found an audience and has been bringing in huge sums at the global box office every week, as people rush out to theaters to see what will surely become a major contender at the upcoming Academy Awards. As the movie performs well at the box office, The music featured in Sinners continues to succeed on the Billboard charts. The two albums spun off from the film have already spent time on the weekly rankings, and for the second frame in a row, the project produces a top 10 single. "Will Ye Go, Lassie Go," a track taken from Sinners, debuts on the World Digital Song Sales chart this week. The tune opens at No. 10 on Billboard's ranking of the bestselling tracks classified as "world" by the company — a fairly vague designation. The composition is credited to the film's actors Lola Kirke, Peter Dreams, Brian Dunphy, Darren Holden and Jack O'Connell, who perform it in a quieter moment in the movie, breaking up the action and some tense storytelling. Clearly, it has stood out to those who have seen the film – or perhaps Sinners is simply becoming so big, its success reaches everything connected to it. The tune is also commonly referred to as "Wild Mountain Thyme," among other names it has adopted over the years. It's a Scottish/Irish folk song that is several hundred years old and has been recorded and performed by dozens of well-known artists, including Ed Sheeran, James Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, and Bob Dylan. "Will Ye Go, Lassie Go" is the second track from Sinners to reach the World Digital Song Sales chart. Last week, "Rocky Road to Dublin" debuted at No. 3 on the tally, scoring the highest start of the frame. This time around, that tune lifts to a new peak of No. 2, and in the future, it could become a surprising leader. Both Sinners albums — the soundtrack and the score — still live on the Billboard charts this frame. The score drops from its peak of No. 5 to No. 7 on the Blues Albums tally. Meanwhile, the soundtrack remains at No. 1 on the same list. It also appears on both the Top Americana/Folk Albums and the Soundtracks rosters, and even manages to debut on the Billboard 200.
