Early this year, Apple featured Yael Naim’s single “New Soul” in the debut commercial for its new MacBook laptop, and the way that the song resonated instantly with listeners launched her to instant fame. But Yael is much more than a one-hit wonder. Her beautiful self-titled record features intricate, surprising songs sung in her bold voice in French, Hebrew, and English. Hear some of them in this edition of the Songlines podcast.
The overnight success of “New Soul” at iTunes led Idolator.com’s Chris Molanphy to write an article on iTunes’ impact on the Billboard charts amusingly titled “Hey, Let’s Write a Song Called ‘Steve Jobs Is Dreamy.’” Good idea. Anyone have any thoughts on lyrics?
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