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“Is it possible to have a relationship with a holograph?”
I bite my lip to stop the laugh from escaping my mouth. Eden’s hilarious.
“But you’re not a holograph.”
“Says the guy whose show is featured behind a screen.”
“The audience here is live. They know you’re real.”
“Did you know the original Eden wasn’t real blonde?”
“I think many of us guessed that,” Earl chuckles.
“Yet, many were happy to go along with the fake Eden.”
She’s very cunning. This is the new Eden to the public, but we’ve known her like this forever.
“So let’s move on to Callum,” Earl realizes he’s going nowhere with Eden. “You’ve adopted this bad boy rocker image and spent time in rehab over the last ten years. Does it work for you?”
Callum gives him a side eye, and I can see how he’s ready to get up and leave.
“It’s a lifestyle,” I quickly interrupt before my bandmate takes out his metal box and starts rolling up a fag.
Earl turns to me.
“That’s interesting. So, you all adopted a lifestyle. How did that come about?”
“You can’t adopt something that’s been a part of you since you were born,” I explain. “Back when we were Sonic Revolution, we had a lot of fun, and we adored our fans, but it was a role we played, a persona that our manager at the time wanted us to emulate. It was a job we did well, but it didn’t define us. And I think this is where you missed Eden’s point in its entire form. You didn’t know who we were. You knew the character we played what you were given to believe. Fake news versus real news. Unfortunately, with so much digital technology, even online fact checks are manipulated by a mix of humans and AI.”
“So the public was lied to,” Earl wants to twist it against us.
“The public has a responsibility to decide for themselves,” Haze interjects. “They liked our sound when we were Sonics and bought into the brand. Today, we’re making our own music that’s no longer led and created by a music mogul manager or record label. We’re working with people who want to promote the music and style of what we create and not the other way around. So, in essence, you’re getting the raw music directly from us today. It’s not artificial. It’s music we wrote and produced with the new music label we’re recording with.”
“It’s a departure from our old selves,” Jagger adds. “Hence our new song titled Phoenix Rising. Listen carefully to the lyrics because everything you wanted to know about us, what happened to us, and where we’re going is right there.”
“We heard a teaser of the song which you promoted on the band’s online account. Eden leads the vocals, and Jagger joins her in the chorus. You both still maintain powerful vocals. Has there ever been a power struggle between you?”
Jagger chuckles and looks at Eden.
“We’ve got a lot of struggles, and anyone currently in a band will agree with that statement, but power struggle isn’t one of them,” hereplies. “We each recognize our roles and build our strengths from them. As a band, we work well as a team, and we were keen to get back together to do something we always dreamed of but were too scared to do on our own. We’re older now and a lot braver. We’ve seen the world from different angles, but one thing that’s never changed is our love for music and ability to draw our strengths from each other.”
“So, is this permanent?” Earl looks at us skeptically.
Wow, that's the million-dollar question.
“No doubt,” Haze quickly retorts.
“And what about relationships? Are any of you with someone? Haze, you are or were engaged?”
Oh boy.
Eden glances at him, and I’m not sure what she’s thinking. Her expression remains stoic.
“Was, Earl. It ended two years ago, and the news made so many headlines that it broke the internet.”
Earl laughs. “Well, so much was revealed.”
“Nothing was revealed. It was a one-sided view from which we all survived and moved on. Hence, me sitting on your sofa with my bandmates from Velocity Vortex talking about our future hit record Phoenix Rising.”
