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| Type = Song | track_no = 1 | next = "Army of Me" | next_no = 2 }} "Lotus Intro" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her seventh studio album, ''Lotus'' (2012). Written by Aguilera, Dwayne Abernathy, Candice Pillay and Alex da Kid, the song is about her rebirth as an artist, and is a representation of the symbolic nature of the Lotus Flower. "Lotus Intro" was created from Aguilera's passion for "chill-out" electronica music, and incorporates electronic and electronica styles. A sample of M83's "Midnight City" was originally included in the demo, but was ultimately not cleared. Upon its release, "Lotus Intro" garnered mixed reviews from music critics; some complimented its hypnotizing melody, while others stated the song's name is misleading, as the track is a full-length song, and not a short introduction. Aguilera first performed "Lotus Intro" at the 40th American Music Awards on November 18, 2012, as part of a medley with ''Lotus'' tracks "Army of Me" and "Let There Be Love". Upon the release of the album, the song debuted at number 165 on the South Korean international singles chart, selling 1,898 copies. ==Background and recording== After the release of Aguilera's sixth studio album, ''Bionic'' (2010), which failed to generated sales, she divorced from her husband Jordan Bratman, made her acting debut in a film called ''Burlesque'' and recorded its accompanying soundtrack. The singer then became a coach on NBC's singing contest show ''The Voice''〔 and appeared as a guest vocalist on Maroon 5's single "Moves Like Jagger" (2011), which spent four weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Following these events, Aguilera announced that she wanted to record her seventh album, stating that she wanted high quality and "personal" songs to record.〔 She revealed that the album would be a "culmination of everything I've experienced up until this point ... I've been through a lot since the release of my last album, being on (''The Voice''), having had a divorce ... This is all sort of a free rebirth for me." She continued to say that "I'm embracing many different things, but it's all feel-good, super-expressive () super-vulnerable."〔 She further expressed that the album would be about "self-expression and freedom" because of the personal struggles she had overcome during the last couple of years. Speaking about her new material on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' in 2012, Aguilera revealed that the album was taking a while to record because "I don't like to just get songs from producers. I like them to come from a personal place ... I'm very excited. It's fun, exciting, introspective, it's going to be great". "Lotus Intro" was inspired by Aguilera's passion for "chill-out" electronica. Recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California by Josh Mosser, "Lotus Intro" was written by Christina Aguilera, Dwayne Abernathy, Candice Pillay, Alexander Grant, and it was produced by Alex da Kid and Dem Jointz.〔 Aguilera's vocals were recorded by Oscar Ramirez at The Red Lips Room in Beverly Hills, California, while Aguilera and Pillay conducted the vocal production.〔 Mike Delo Rio contributed additional vocals on the track, and J Browz added additional strings.〔 The original demo of the track included a sample of M83's "Midnight City", but it was not approved and therefore not included on the final version.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lotus Intro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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