From an early age Natalie dreamed of being famous. Now on her new single ‘Fame’, she explains that fame is about learning to choose to do good things through love, instead of the bad things, through blocking pain. ‘I recall blowing my candles out on every birthday, wishing to be famous. Now I look back and think, hmmm, why did I want to be famous? I wanted to make a difference in the world”
Fame finally arrived for Gauci in 2007 when she gained massive national overnight recognition after winning Australian Idol.
Gauci subsequently signed a record deal with Sony BMG Australia. Her debut single, ‘Here I Am’ released in November that year, reached #2 on the ARIA Singles Chart and gained a gold accreditation.
The following month saw the release of her debut album, ‘A Winner’s Journey’ which reached #11 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum.
International success followed with a charting single and album in the UK, Sweden, Germany and Denmark. She toured the UK and Europe and held down a residence at Ronnie Scott’s in London. Other highlights included: Henley On Thames Music Festival UK (with Chaka Khan), In The City Festival Manchester, Sofa Sounds London, TEDx London, FestiBall, Buckinghamshire UK Festival, Walk The Walk Breast Cancer Charity Festival and The Big Umbrella Charity Event Kathmandu.
In a classic case of ‘be careful what you wish for’, Gauci learnt that being famous also had a downside as she illustrates on her new song; “Fame got me wanting all the bad things, the bad things, shame it brought the sad things” Gauci laments.
“Writing ‘Fame’ made a difference to my life; it made me realise it’s not about the fame, it’s about honouring the gifts I’ve been given”
All proceeds from the sales of Natalie’s forthcoming album, ‘Brand New Day’, are going to support her charity, A Call to Wisdom which will help people who have broken parts that require healing from sexual abuse, trauma and domestic violence.
“Brokenness is leading to homelessness and what we need now more than ever is hope” says Gauci
New single ‘Fame’ is available on all digital platforms Friday 29 th September.
Album ‘Brand New Day’ will be released in 2024
Back To Life was inspired by a movie called “Disturbia”. It was released back in the early 2000’s, you may remember it? It definitely left me with something to write about. A guy who was convicted of murder, was under house arrest and he watched his neighbour from his apartment like a hawk from his window and followed her every move .
I wrote the song based on an emotional reaction to the movie plot. I was quite disturbed by the whole “voyeur” aspect of people watching other people, and wrote this song as a juxta position, a positive fun vibe bringing life back into a bad and what could have been a very dangerous situation.
We may see people’s photos and videos on social media and how they
present themselves, but we really never know what’s going on deep down or behind the scenes, or who they really are.
I produced “Back To Life” in Logic Pro when I was living in London, UK but wrote it many years ago. I only really saw the relevance in the lyrics, now that we have social media and everyone watches everyone all the time.
I want to bring awareness to these serious situations but in a way that wasn’t scary, something that was upbeat and reaching the depth of the emotion, rather than the fear.
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