{"id":5101,"date":"2019-12-12T22:05:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2020-05-20T00:08:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:08:24","slug":"aly-aj-at-keshas-weird-wonderful-rainbow-ride-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/aly-aj-at-keshas-weird-wonderful-rainbow-ride-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aly & AJ Michalka at Kesha’s Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

If some of you are fans of the singer, Ke$ha<\/strong>, you will probably be happy to hear this piece of news that is also related to the Michalka<\/strong> sisters. As we found out some time ago, Aly & AJ<\/strong> are going to set sail with Kesha<\/strong> on Kesha’s Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride 2<\/strong> from October, 16th<\/strong> to October, 20th 2020<\/strong>. They are going to set sail on Norwegian Pearl from Miami<\/strong> to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas<\/strong>. You can go to this site<\/a> to find out more information and join the pre-sale.<\/p>\n

\nAnimals! Kesha\u2019s Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride 2<\/strong> is back! Join me as we set sail on Norwegian Pearl<\/strong> from Miami<\/strong> to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas<\/strong> October 16-20, 2020<\/strong>. Get your boogie feet ready to raise some hell! For four days we\u2019ll enjoy plenty of gag worthy activities, live shows, relaxation and so much more. Did I mention I\u2019m bringing along some of my fabulous friends to party with us? Let\u2019s ride the cosmic rainbow and get weird and wonderful together!<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not surprising time is a theme continually revisited by musical sisters Aly & AJ<\/strong>. Having achieved success in the entertainment industry as early adolescents, when the duo step back and examine their time and career achievements they do it differently than most adults. Their 2018 album Ten Years<\/strong>, which came out after a decade long hiatus, felt simultaneously like a new beginning and a reintroduction- exploring the reckless fun of their 20s and the relationships of that era with a light and airy synth-pop throwback sound. Now, Aly and AJ<\/strong> return with an evolution of that sound on their new EP Sanctuary<\/strong>, a five song examination of the soul searching that comes after those feelings writ across the Ten Years<\/strong> EP.
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\nAfter years of battling with major labels and an industry eager to define their identity and shape their sound and story, Aly and AJ<\/strong> spent their 20s stepping back and pursuing acting opportunities. The Michalka<\/strong> sisters, having always sought solace in songwriting, had lost touch with their musical passion. Their energy poured into their acting and producing projects.
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\nIn 2018<\/em>, they re-emerged with their first release in a decade, Ten Years<\/strong> – a collection of shimmering pop tracks that were brimming with a new found sense of energy and excitement that was impossible to ignore. \u201cMusic became our friend again,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d explained AJ<\/strong>. \u201cOnce we were able to take some time and embrace who we were and once we started writing again these last few years, we were able to find the direction we naturally lean,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d she explains.
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\nTen Years<\/strong> was received with critical acclaim, with Teen Vogue<\/strong> writing, “It is everything you’ve been waiting for.<\/em><\/strong>” MTV wrote “It’s impossible not to get sucked into Aly & AJ’s creative vision,<\/em><\/strong>” and BuzzFeed exulted, “Aly & AJ just released a new song and it will be the best three minutes of your life.<\/em><\/strong>” Behind these rave reviews the EP shot to 21 million streams and sent Aly and AJ<\/strong> across the country on a sold-out tour, where they reconnected with fans in their favorite setting. It was here in the packed out and sweaty dance floors of venues nationwide that the roots of their forthcoming release, Sanctuary<\/strong>, began to grow. The fans were resonating with SPIN Magazine<\/strong> when they called this new music, “Flirtatious, anthemic…Atmospheric and dreamlike…Nocturnal, cool…A rush of glittery, ’80s inspired synth pop. It’s practically perfect.<\/em><\/strong>”
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\n\u201cShows are a sanctuary for our fans. We find a lot of peace and healing comes with talking to them while on tour,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d explains Aly<\/strong>. \u201cHearing their stories about how they came to our music or how it impacted their life – it really touched us and we wanted to give something back.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Sanctuary<\/strong> does just that- the forthcoming effort sees the duo touch on themes that push the boundaries of pop, moving past break-ups and focusing on stories of identity, self-reflection and socially consciousness. This reflection of wider issues draws a connecting tissue to their earlier songs such as “Rush<\/strong>.”
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\nOne issue that they encountered often was mental health – the sisters were inspired by the courage their fans showed in speaking up about their experiences with debilitating struggles with depression and anxiety. Growing up in the spotlight, the duo also had their own story to tell. \u201cDepression had held us hostage for so many years and this felt like our time to talk about it,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d notes AJ<\/strong>. \u201cMusic has been like therapy for us, and we wanted to let our fans know that we\u2019re not just going to write music that deals with relationships. It is our duty to write some songs that we felt were socially conscious,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d adds Aly<\/strong>.
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\nThe making of Sanctuary<\/strong> finds the sisters at one of the busiest times in their career. The duo worked as a team, but from afar, often working in the studio at different times. \u201cIt showed how connected we are as musicians<\/em><\/strong>\u201d says AJ<\/strong>, with Aly<\/strong> chiming in, \u201cWe\u2019re 95% on the same page.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d
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\nThroughout Sanctuary<\/strong>, 80\u2019s inspired synth, electronic textures and layered harmonies are bound together by an undeniable and resounding strength from the sisters who are not afraid to let their voices and stories be heard. This is exemplified in lead track, \u201cChurch<\/strong>,\u201d as they open with, \u201cI do bad things for the sake of good times I don\u2019t regret \/\/ Call me what you will, I\u2019m in it for the thrill, I\u2019m just selfish \/\/ I need redemption.<\/em>”
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If some of you are fans of the singer, Ke$ha<\/strong>, you will probably be happy to hear this piece of news that is also related to the Michalka<\/strong> sisters. As we found out some time ago, Aly & AJ<\/strong> are going to set sail with Kesha<\/strong> on Kesha’s Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride 2<\/strong> from October, 16th<\/strong> to October, 20th 2020<\/strong>. They are going to set sail on Norwegian Pearl from Miami<\/strong> to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas<\/strong>. You can go to this site<\/a> to find out more information and join the pre-sale…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5,7],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-5101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alyaj","category-alyaj-music","category-appearances","tag-aly-and-aj"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020_KESHA_LineupGraphics-1200x1200-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alyandajrussia.tk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}