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Expensive speaks of self worth and the Creole track Fanm Vanyan is an ode to the strength of Haitian women. Sitting in a radio studio, mics on and cameras rolling, Moraille hesitated a beat before explaining what the song is about.

It happened to me," she said, quietly. She doesn't go into detail, but talks about the toll it took emotionally and physically—a ballet dancer at the time, she says she developed anorexia. That outlet she'd been searching for seemed to fall from the sky when Corcoran approached her with a poem he'd written, inspired by the MeToo movement.

Jean Leloup gave "Forest" to Bran Van Di Salvio discovered Liquid. In , the album was almost finished. As a joke, James and E. Bran Van came in first place with another act Jack Rustle , but got disqualified because there was no real band to perform the showcase. They finished the album and E.

In April of the same year, the band released their first album, called Glee. The record went gold in and won a Juno Award for best alternative album. It contained 17 tracks, one of them entirely in French called "Forest" featuring Jean Leloup. In March , Glee was released internationally albeit some changes: "Ceci n'est pas une chanson" became an instrumental simply called "Une chanson"; the French song, "Forest", was reworked with several English verses.

The international version has 19 tracks. After signing with Capitol Records, Bran Van began a massive touring schedule. Every day, the band was waiting for confirmation of show dates.

The dates were sometimes confirmed the day before and the band would have to drive for ten hours to the next gig, only to find the posters rolled up in the coat check of many venues instead of on the walls.

This inadequate tour planning forced the band to play in front of 20 to 50 people a night. Things eventually got better. Everybody was there and it was like all eyes on me. The song hit the Top 10 in the U. But you only get one once-in-a-lifetime hit.

He hears it frequently still, living as he now does in the City of Angels, blaring from car stereo systems, bar jukeboxes and even supermarkets.

Even during this conversation, a woman overhears Di Salvio reminiscing and stops by his table to wish him a happy anniversary. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. All rights reserved. To order copies of Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.