WHILE the height of the COVID-19 pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill, it also spread a blanket of loneliness in its path by isolating family members and friends. And despite international fame and accolades, Cynthia Erivo was not exempt.
“I did feel really lonely. I remember I was in L.A. on my own… I had loads of people around me, but I felt like I was doing my life solo, and it was going really fast at that time,” said the Oscar nominee. “I was sort of like in the middle of what felt like a storm. And I felt like I was just by myself and I just didn’t know how to really handle it completely.”
Erivo retreated to her comfort zone of writing, penning the lyrics, “Where do the lonely hearts go when the silence falls and the storm comes in?” She memorialized those emotions
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