OLIVER:
Good Evening, Everyone — and welcome to a very special edition of Nexth iTV's The Art of Emotion.
Tonight, we explore When Love Fades, the most heartbreakingly beautiful — and dangerously stylish — sonic saga from DJ Laurinda and the Princess Laurinda iArt Gallery.
They call it the Brand Art Emotion Remix Edition. I call it therapy with better lighting.
And joining us tonight is the woman who turns melancholy into gold, and gold into metaphor — the one and only…
PRINCESS LAURINDA!
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Oh, Oliver, your introductions are like champagne — elegant, excessive, and possibly dangerous after midnight.
OLIVER:
That's the goal.
Now, Princess Laurinda — When Love Fades. Sixteen episodes, countless hearts in emotional recovery.
Was your aim to break us, or to baptize us?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
A little of both, maybe.
When Love Fades began as an exploration — what happens when love doesn't die, but transforms? Each song is a stage in that transformation: tenderness, loss, reinvention, forgiveness, and… glitter.
OLIVER:
Ah yes, the five stages of Laurinda.
Let's start with Episode 1 — “You, Me, Always.”
A song so delicate, it should come with a warning: “May cause reflective silence and sudden nostalgia.”
It's quiet, restrained, yet feels like the world is holding its breath. Tell us — where were you emotionally when you wrote it?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Between holding on and letting go.
That song came from that space where two people still love each other but can't say it anymore.
I wanted the silence to be louder than the words. “Don't speak… I know what's coming” — it's not resignation, it's reverence. Sometimes silence is love's last act of kindness.
OLIVER:
Beautiful.
I, on the other hand, handle silence by panic-texting.
But yes, I felt that — it's like heartbreak conducted by moonlight. And then, Episode 2 — “Blow Your Mind.”
The title alone made my therapist sigh. It's sensual, subtle, hypnotic. You sing, “We don't need a single word to feel what hasn't yet been heard…”
Now, that's both erotic and philosophical. Were you in love, or were you just dangerously good at emotional geometry?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Maybe both!
“Blow Your Mind” is intimacy without spectacle. It's about the quiet moments that feel louder than anything. Love as vibration — not explosion.
It's the heartbeat after the chaos, when you realize the deepest connection doesn't need words at all.
OLIVER:
You make me want to whisper for the rest of my life.
But truly, there's a pattern — your songs don't chase noise, they sculpt stillness.
And then — Episode 5: “London Boy.” Now, that's a cinematic pivot!
It's cheeky, nostalgic, and unapologetically romantic. The rain, the neon, the accent!
I have to ask: is there a real London boy, or should we call this emotional fiction?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Let's say London inspired more than the weather forecast.
But “London Boy” is about fleeting magic — that spark that feels eternal for one night and becomes legend by morning.
It's romance wearing leather and sipping tea.
OLIVER:
Brilliant. So heartbreak, but with an Oyster Card.
And visually, the iArt Gallery piece that accompanied London Boy — that neon rain reflection — it was breathtaking.
Do you compose visually as you write musically?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Always. For me, sound and color are inseparable.
Each song is painted in its own hue — “London Boy” was silver-blue and scarlet. A night caught between glamour and memory.
OLIVER:
Silver-blue and scarlet… sounds like my last date's personality.
Now, moving to Episode 6: “Truly, Madly, Lonely.”
It's cinematic heartbreak.
You sing, “Truly, madly, lonely — I'm still holding on.” It's not sadness, it's devotion distilled.
Do you ever fear that you make love sound too eternal?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
I think love is eternal — not in possession, but in echo.
“Truly, Madly, Lonely” was me learning that even when love fades, it leaves a melody behind.
Loneliness can be a love song too, if you let it sing softly.
OLIVER:
You're dangerously quotable, Princess.
And then — you descend into sheer sensual art with Episode 9: “Midnight Waltz.”
Velvet, candlelight, whispered bridges — I nearly filed a noise complaint against my emotions.
Tell me, how do you write a song that feels like both temptation and prayer?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
By surrendering to both.
“Midnight Waltz” is about intimacy as a dance — not chaos, but choreography.
Two souls moving as one, aware of the danger but unwilling to step away.
It's the waltz that ends at dawn but lingers forever.
OLIVER:
That's dangerously romantic. If I waltzed like that, I'd need emotional insurance.
And the visuals — crimson silk, flickering shadows, the gallery lighting like breathing velvet — it's almost like your songs are rooms people can live in.
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
That's exactly what I want — for every track to feel like a place.
Music isn't just heard; it's inhabited. I want listeners to feel surrounded by feeling, drenched in it — like walking through art.
OLIVER:
You've invented emotional architecture.
And speaking of architecture — Episode 10: “Let Me Reintroduce Myself.”
I nearly stood up and clapped halfway through.
You went from heartbreak to haute rebirth. That jazz intro? That line — “Not a record gathering dust on your shelf.” It's you reclaiming the stage, isn't it?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
It's me saying, “You thought I was heartbroken? Watch me sparkle.”
After the ache comes the reinvention. “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” is confidence reborn — cosmopolitan, flirty, and unapologetically alive.
Because even sadness wears heels in my world.
OLIVER:
You've just rewritten self-love in satin.
And I must say, it's nice to know heartbreak comes with a travel itinerary — Shanghai, Milan, New York, London! I almost packed emotionally.
Then — the emotional curveball — Episode 11: “No One Touches Me Like You Did.”
Laurinda, that song made the entire internet sigh. Every breath in it feels sacred.
What's the story behind that intimacy?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
That one came from memory — the way touch can outlive time.
It's not about loss, it's about remembering something beautiful exactly as it was.
When I sing “Every heartbeat melts under your name,” I'm not mourning — I'm celebrating what was real.
OLIVER:
That's exquisite. You've turned nostalgia into fine perfume.
And then Part 2 — even softer, even closer.
It's as if memory became its own heartbeat.
Was that deliberate — to make the sequel feel like a ghost of the original?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Yes.
I wanted Part 2 to sound like the echo of the first — the way love lingers after goodbye.
Sometimes, the second version of a feeling is quieter, but it stays longer.
OLIVER:
You're going to make poets quit.
And yet, somehow, after all that yearning, you gift us “Happy For You.”
Episode 14 is revolutionary — not angry, not bitter, just graceful.
That chorus — “I must've loved you more than I ever knew, 'cause I'm happy for you.”
It's heartbreak reimagined as freedom. How did you reach that kind of peace?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
By accepting that love isn't ownership.
“Happy For You” is about wishing someone well without wanting them back. It's strength disguised as softness.
Forgiveness is the most elegant form of love.
OLIVER:
I'll need that embroidered on a pillow — or perhaps tattooed on my self-esteem.
The visuals, though — gold tones, runway shimmer, emotional couture. It's heartbreak in sequins!
You've made moving on glamorous.
And then, finally, we arrive at Episode 16 — “When Love Fades.”
The finale. The French exit. The whispered goodbye under a Shanghai moon.
Princess, tell us — is this the end of the story, or the beginning of another?
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Both.
“When Love Fades” isn't about endings — it's about transformation.
It's the moment when love becomes memory, and memory becomes art.
The final whisper —“Filer a langlaise… no regrets in it” — it's my way of saying: love doesn't vanish. It changes shape, but it stays luminous.
OLIVER:
And luminous it is.
You've turned farewell into fine art, Princess.
What I adore most is how When Love Fades doesn't just describe emotion — it stages it.
Each track is a room, each lyric a heartbeat, each silence… an invitation.
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
That's what I wanted — to remind people that every emotion, even heartbreak, is worth savoring.
Because when love fades, it leaves behind beauty — if you choose to see it.
OLIVER:
And with that, dear viewers, we conclude this symphony of feeling, this masterclass in elegance and vulnerability.
Princess Laurinda, you've shown us that art isn't just something we look at — it's something we feel until it glows.
You've turned silence into music, and heartbreak into halo light.
And yet somehow, you made me cry while looking fabulous. Unforgivable.
PRINCESS LAURINDA:
Oh, Oliver — that's the only kind of art that matters. Beautiful… and a little bit cruel.
OLIVER:
Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparable Princess Laurinda — DJ, artist, alchemist of feeling.
When Love Fades — streaming this August and September on Nexth iTV, in collaboration with Princess Laurinda iArt Gallery and DJ Laurinda XShows.
Remember… even when love fades, it leaves a glow.