14 DAY TRIAL // Just hours after the release of the first posthumous Amy Winehouse album , “Lioness: Hidden Treasures,” Island Records is coming out with a special treat for fans who still haven't bought it: an “Amy Winehouse Hidden Treasures Story” video.
For Amy Winehouse fans, viewing the 14-minute clip will be painful because, above everything, it will remind them that she was more than a singer and definitely more than a pop star: she was a musician.
The preview includes interviews with close friends and collaborators Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, both of whom worked with her on her previous albums and now helped in the making of “Lioness.”
Each track on the brand new album is dissected, with explanations of how it came to be.
It's useless to say that the two appear still not over the tragedy (Amy died last summer from alcohol intoxication); in fact, at one point, Mark seems to be on the verge of tears.
Even so, they manage to present an Amy that the tabloids rarely bothered to acknowledge but fans loved: a consummate musician, an excellent lyricist, a perfectionist to the core and, most importantly, a genius.
Check out what they have to say in the clip above.