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Julee Cruise, whose voice was an integral part of many Lynch projects such as ” Twin Peaks ” and ” blue-velvet “, died at the age of 65.

Singer Julee Cruise, whose haunting voice made her a favored collaborator with filmmaker David Lynch, has died aged 65.

The news has been confirmed on Facebook by her husband, Edward Grinnan, on Facebook. ” She left this realm on her own terms. No regretshe wrote. She is at peace. Grinnan added: “ I made him listen [la chanson des B-52’s] ‘room‘ during his transition. Now she will wander forever. Rest in peace, my love. »

Grinnan later said at NPR that Cruise had committed suicide after battling ” lupus, depression, and alcohol and drug addiction “. In 2018, Cruise explained on his facebook page that she suffered from systemic lupus and had difficulty walking and standing.

Deeply saddened by the passing of Julee Cruise todaywrote on Twitter actor Kyle MacLachlan, who starred in blue-velvet and Twin Peaks. Her angelic voice transported us all to another dimension. Now she floats among the angels. Sending love to his family, friends and fans today “. David Lynch also paid tribute to the ” great singer, and to a great human being “.

Born in Iowa in 1956, Cruise has worked with Lynch on several occasions. His most famous song was ” falling ”, released as part of his first album Floating Into the Night in 1989. The instrumental version of this track, written by Angelo Badalamenti, was used as the theme song for Lynch’s iconic television series, Twin Peaksin 1990. She also appeared as a character in the series, reappearing in 2001 in the spin-off film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks: The Returna highly anticipated third season of the series that premiered in 2017.

Before Twin PeaksLynch first used Cruise’s music for his film blue-velvet (1986), in which his collaboration with Badalamenti figures prominently, ” Mysteries of Love “. In 1990, the singer appeared alongside Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in the avant-garde theatrical production of Lynch, Industrial Symphony No 1.

Cruise has also worked with other directors. In 1991, she covered the song ” Summer Kisses, Winter Tears by Elvis Presley for the film’s soundtrack Till the end of the world by Wim Wenders. His second album, The Voice of Lovewas released in 1993. His third album, The Art of Being a Girlwas only released in 2002.

Besides her own music, Cruise has also performed with other artists. She toured with the B-52’s as Cindy Wilson’s understudy from 1992 to 1999, and performed with Bobby McFerrin’s improv vocal group, Voicestra/CircleSong.

In 2004, Cruise sang alongside Pharrell on the song ” Class System from Handsome Boy Modeling School. Cruise’s last album was My Secret Life in 2011, a collaboration with DJ Dmitry from Deee-lite.

In 2018, Cruise released Three Demos, a collection of three recordings recorded with Lynch and Badalamenti between ” Mysteries of Love ” for blue-velvet and his first album. There are the first versions of ” floating », « The World Spins ” and ” falling “.

Badalamenti recalled Lynch’s impact on the success of Floating Into the Night in a 2014 interview with RollingStone. ” It was obviously a different soundhe said of Cruise’s music. When she came out, the radio stations said they had no slots for her. Is it pop? Not really. Is it R&B? Certainly not. What is that ? Even the most avant-garde stations found her unusual, and it was difficult to get her on the air. But when ‘falling‘ became the main theme of Twin Peaksthat was a whole different story. »

In the same interview, Cruise explained that he heard his influence among the singers of the following decades: They sing like sexy little girls. They all have their own personality “.

Emily Zemler

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