From the melancholy melodies of post-Soviet Latvia to commanding pride festival stages across New York, Keeana Kee's journey embodies the transformative power of living one's truth. In this deeply personal conversation, the independent pop artist and activist shares how economic hardship shaped her artistry, the dangers she's navigated as a queer woman in male-dominated industries, and why visibility remains her most powerful tool for change.

Keeana opens up about the evolution from exotic pop to cinematic ballads, the deliberate choice to make her debut single explicitly queer despite industry pressure, and how her grandmother's wartime songs still echo through her minor-key compositions. Her story is one of resilience, artistic integrity, and the belief that music can literally save lives.

Timestamped Takeaways

[02:57] Early musical memories: Singing melancholy post-Soviet war songs with grandmother in Latvia shaped Keeana's artistic DNA and preference for minor keys.

[04:22] Breaking artistic barriers: Growing up in economic hardship where arts weren't valued as career paths, until London opened new possibilities for creative freedom.

[06:01] London awakening: First pride parade and seeing visible queer community provided crucial realisation that she wasn't alone or "sick" for being gay.

[08:24] Fashion world confidence: Modelling career built performance confidence but also taught harsh lessons about comparison and fighting for spotlight in competitive industry.

[10:42] Music industry dangers: Discusses the reality of being vulnerable as woman in studios, needing protection from sexual abuse and harassment from male producers.

[15:23] Sound evolution explained: Natural progression from exotic pop to cinematic style driven by deep connection to world's pain and personal healing journey.

[21:34] Deliberately queer debut: Chose to make "Coconut Rum and Coke" explicitly lesbian despite industry warnings it would damage her career prospects.

[26:13] Fan connection impact: Receiving messages from fans whose lives were literally saved by her music brings tears and demonstrates music's healing power.

[30:20] LGBTQ Emerging Artist Award: Winning prestigious 2023 award recognised her visibility work and artistic contribution to queer community.

[32:19] Advice to younger self: Would tell 15-year-old Keeana to never lose her light despite family criticism and always believe in herself.

[35:12] Pride month message: Two-minute uninterrupted platform to speak about pride as resistance, staying visible for others, and hope for united world.

[36:58] Gateway track recommendation: "TikTok" chosen as perfect introduction because it balances clubby pop with strong message about staying true to yourself.

Guest Bio

Keeana Kee is an independent pop artist and activist whose music bridges vulnerability and strength. From Latvia to London to New York, she's transformed personal struggles into anthems of resilience. Winner of the 2023 LGBTQ Emerging Artist Award, Keeana performs at pride festivals across America whilst maintaining fierce authenticity in an industry that often demands conformity. Her latest work includes the cinematic ballad "Small Fragile Woman" and soul-stirring "Heal Me", showcasing an artist unafraid to tackle personal and global healing through music.

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Welcome to In the Key of Q, the podcast that explores the lives, music and experiences of queer musicians from around the world. I'm Dan Hall. Today I'm chatting with Keeana, the independent pop artist and activist whose music lives at the intersection of vulnerability and strength, from Latvia to the fashion runways of Milan and Paris, and now commanding stages at pride festivals across New York and beyond.

And I want to attract people who want to know who is singing for them. Not just like a little girl that's like, oh, there's that girl shaking her booty. You know?

Keeana has transformed her journey from economic hardship to artistic freedom into anthems that prove beauty is power. Softness is strength, and healing is a revolution. Her latest cinematic ballad, Small Fragile Woman and the soul stirring Heal Me, showcase an artist unafraid to tackle everything from personal resilience to global healing. If you're a queer musician interested in being featured on the show, drop me an email at inthekeyofq@gmail.com.

And before we start properly, please do support the podcast by recommending it this week to just one other person. And let's grow our community. So grab a brew. Settle in for something special and enjoy In the Key of Q, a show that's as transformative as the artists we celebrate. And with that, a big welcome to Keeana. Keeana.

Hello.

Hi. Such a beautiful introduction. Thank you so much, Dan. And thank you for having me.

So let's start with your earliest musical memories. You've mentioned singing the saddest songs with your grandmother back in Latvia. What was it about those melancholy melodies that really captured your young heart?

You know, wow, what an interesting question. Well, so you get, like, when I take myself back in my memories. First of all, I'm from Latvia at that time, you know, it's like post Soviet Union time, you know, it's like it's pretty hard time. I mean, it's still now it's so hard to live there. But at that time, especially the energy in the air, it's like all this old Soviet Union, like it's sad. And we were, at least with my grandmother, listening to a lot of war songs, post war songs, because I am Russian, like in lot like my family. My mother is Russian, even though we were all born in Latvia. But we are Russians. We speak Russian like my mother tongue is Russian and the Russian. So that's for the most part, is pretty sad and melancholic. Definitely is running through my blood.

As you said though, this was a period in Latvia where people were considered lucky if they could put food on the table. So how did your grandmother, how did the world around you think about your passion sort of being driven into music and arts, which arguably aren't necessarily going to put food on the table?

Oh, yes. It was hard. That's why until I moved. Well, I moved to London first from Latvia, and then I moved to New York. And honestly speaking, even when I started singing, when I was already in London, I mean, I was singing, but I wasn't taking it seriously just because of what you just mentioned in our heads when I was growing up. In my case, first of all, in my family, nobody was an artist. Nobody was like playing instruments or singing, like professionally. And when you grow up in a family, I can say that's not why they cover arts, but it's not taking it seriously. You will never do right. You just like, okay, I really love singing. I can't live without that. I can't live without listening to music and I want to make it my life. But in this environment, you can't even think that you have a chance making it your career. So till I moved to London, I was living alone and independently and learning about the world outside Latvia, which is a very small and controversial, very close minded country, especially that time. Now it's better, and I felt like I can do anything I want with my life. It was also the time when I, discovered my sexuality, if I can say. And I came out as an openly gay artist and just like being myself. So a lot of this turned in my head, turned my perspective of life. And it's all the ideas and beliefs that are put in my head.

So you talked there about sort of your eyes being opened and there being a sense of new possibilities. What was it in the London that you were living in that did that?

I think it's the visibility that makes you see that you're not the only one and you're not like as they make you believe that you're like sick or something. If you're gay, right? If you feel like you're not normal. And, and there you could see gay people on the streets, people would hold hands, kiss and pride parades and these just like my first pride parade was in London. And it's so beautiful. It makes you feel that you're not alone. And you can be yourself, and you can still be happy being yourself and London gave me that.

Did you ever have a journey of acceptance to yourself that you were gay? Or were you, like me, one of those people who like. Well, there's nothing to accept. It's just me.

I had the journey. But it wasn't that long because, well, I first of all, I was with a boyfriend. And when I first felt real, real attraction to the woman that I was like, I can't, like, that's it. I can't be with, my boyfriend anymore. It's not personal. It's just like, I want to be with a woman and it's stronger than anything I can feel.

Yeah. No, totally, I remember, so I grew up in Finchley, in north London, and I remember walking down the high street of Finchley in the summer time when I was like 12 and all these men were just walking down the high street with their tops off because it was hot. Yeah. And I couldn't take my eyes off them. It was, it was like my it was like my eyes had been stolen by them.

She has like got it. I, you know, I had well it was a bit later, I wasn't 12 but gosh. And I which I was with my boyfriend, we were walking hand-in-hand and the girl is passing me by and I'm like, you're like this. Like, well, but reflection. Right. Like this teenager boy, that's like, oh my God. Like with a child, like a dog, you know? Oh my God. Like, you know what I mean? It's the same feeling I felt. But he was such strong understanding that that's what I want. I never really questioned that. Oh my God, I'm going to check the dog. No, it was like, I want her now.

The music isn't the only part of your career trajectory because you're also went into fashion. How did that happen?

I'm glad you caught that because it is a very important part of my life as well, in creating who I am today. The fashion world gives you confidence. It also helps you. Like today I'm performing, right? Why can't you just perform? And you fancy or, like, dance and be all this confident? Confident? You girl to be that you are not boring with that? I mean maybe some. You know I don't believe in that. You become that. And I think the fashion world is what helped me becoming, more confident about myself, about my body. And honestly, fashion world is a very tough world as well, because it gives you a lot of insecurities as well as confidence, because you're around these beautiful, stunning models and you fight for that same in life, but in every career. But they are you fight for that spotlight, right? You are literally those castings that you're going for, so you're always comparing yourself to everyone around you. So that also took me to, I don't know, not to compare myself as much. And be who I am.

And I've been surprised whenever I've maybe stupidly surprised, but I've been surprised whenever I've seen any programs about the fashion industry to realise quite how male dominated it is. And one of the things that surprised me most, I was watching a documentary, a few weeks ago called *The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone* here on the BBC, made by Rogan Productions. And Michelle Mone had set up, a bra, an underwear company and sold things. And one of her biggest tricks was that she said, you know, I've designed a brand new set of bras that's actually comfortable for a woman to wear. And and that's when I realised that almost all the bras on the market have been designed by men, and they've been designed by men, not for the comfort of women, but for the titillation of that.

Yes. Oh, my God, this is crazy. It's so true. It's so true. But it's not the only fashion, you see. Just the world, period. It's still male dominated world.

So did you find that the music industry was pretty male dominated as well as you began to go into it, and how?

Absolutely, absolutely.

And what did that look like for you? What changes did that bring?

First of all, it's dangerous to be a woman in the music industry or fashion industry. You have to really have thick skin and be a fighter because you have to protect yourself.

When you say dangerous, what do you mean?

Well, there's a lot of abuse or like sexual stuff happening there in this world. And especially the problem is that, like, you meet new producers, you don't know how the person going to react. And you know, it's dangerous for a while for a girl to be alone in a studio with a guy until you know and trust this person. If you're queer, it's even worse because I don't know. They feel empowered that they can change your sexuality and you just didn't have the right man by your side. Like, I went through a lot of that, honestly. And I don't know if a lot of men think, they just can get a piece of you.

That's an incredible statement for you to make that until you know the man, it is not a safe space to be alone in a studio with, with them. And I think it's really important for men, gay and straight men, for all of us to hear that, because it is so much not a part of our world that it is easy to forget that.

That's why, you know, when I work, I meet incredible people like I have incredible team of producers that I know. And when they when I realise, oh my God, first of all, they accept me for who I am. They know that I'm gay. They're not trying to get in my pants, you know, and all of that kind of stuff. And I continue working with them. There's like, it's such pleasure and such incredible happiness for me to meet people like this and work with them who accept you, that, you know, when you're in the studio, especially with a lot of music, a lot of producers that I've worked with, you are at night in a studio. My sessions would be at night, and it's not like I was forced to not. I love that because I also have inspiration at night. Like it's so nice, especially for the club music that I have. We would usually meet at 11 p.m., stay up in the studio till morning.

Are you joking? I would do that for two hours. By that.

I mean, oh my God, you can't be. I could say like we had. It's incredible time as well. We had so much fun. You know, that's how all this music was recorded that I have, like this Colombian music and, you know, and there's alcohol involved and you have fun, you know, you just like, have some shots, you know, and you write this incredible song and you record like it's incredible time. But at the same time, especially when you just get to know a person, you have to. I had to be so careful. So because it's night, imagine you're at night locked in the studio, in the booth with some guy that can do anything like this, just like it's insane if you think about it. But luckily, I would always have my manager with me, you know, I wouldn't be alone because I was terrified even going to the studio, meeting some of the producers that I worked with. I would always be like, in this, like, I'm having that pressure. Oh my God, oh my God. Like, you can't get drunk, you can't freely relax. You have to be always in this real, you know. Oh my god. Like is everything okay? Is he too close. You know, like it's my experience. So like, in my experience, you have to be always careful.

And to men listening, men listening to this podcast, when you're walking at night and you're walking behind a woman, cross the fucking road, cross the road and and fall behind so you can keep an eye on, learn some fucking manners, guys, I watch. I grew up in London. I know none of you do it.

Yes. Don't scare us.

Now, of course, studios are also wonderful places where wonderful things can happen to. And your sound has curiously really evolved and really quite a short space of time. You know, you've gone from this sort of exotic pop sound with that fusion of Spanish, Latin, Afrobeat to what you do now is just kind of a much more cinematic direction. Before looking at your stuff now, did your kind of extensive travels that you did throughout the world to shape the sound palette that you did in the music, in the start of your career?

It's very interesting you said that because I honestly, it's kind of like I feel very strongly and deeply the pain that our world is going through and was going through. And in my music, my, my liking, like I've always liked more dark and like, sad music, like my records are minor. Like, if I'm writing a song, if you would ask me, oh my God, like, what do you feel today? Even if I'm happy and I'm talking to you now, I'm, I'm actually I'm enjoying this conversation so much. Again, thank you for having me. And it's such pleasure talking to you right now. But my, if you would ask me right now, oh, what would you like to write? Like a happy song. Like I'll be like, okay, let me find a minor key. You know, I like to do something like I'm always my soul holds so much, the classic pain. I don't know what it is like. Spring for healing. And, I would always be happy to write a melancholic, inspirational song over the happy fan club one know completely.

And I think often I'm quite a happy, bubbly person, but on my own, if you give me a list of films to watch, I'll watch the film about just the destroyed world and a post-apocalyptic lifestyle where children have to read their own parents.

It's sort of that's how I am. This is so crazy. I am the same.

Why are we like that?

You know, when they show, I don't know if you saw, like the snippets when they show a little video of you cannot really judge a person. Like if you see, like the most depressed person can actually come off as the funniest, happiest person in the world. Like, I don't know if you saw that little video that's going around the internet. The, two guys are at the match like soccer game or something, and they're sitting down and one guy is always cheering every goal. He's just getting up and like, all so happy and excited for the match. And his friend is always sitting and like it looks that crass and sad and just like, not really a lot emotional. Just like sitting there and just like looking depressed. And then the second day they're going for the second match and whatever or whatever. It's going for like a while, and then suddenly one guy is only the game, so the other one disappeared. He's not there. So they kind of showing that something happened and then he's not there anymore. And you know, the guy who was. So it's a mental health awareness, a video. So that, that person who was always depressed, they had some emotional struggles and going through something was that person that looked the happiest and bubbly and just like what we're thinking that, oh my God, everything is great in his life. I was actually the person who inside was suffering.

So, Keeana, you describe your newer music as deeper and more empowering. From the exotic pop of the start of your career. What was there? Was there any kind of internal shift within you that drove that change?

Well, you know what it was? It was just who I always was. And what I always wanted to do is just with every year, with the experience, with what I'm doing, what I'm learning, with every day, honestly, I feel more freedom to express myself and, stay true to myself. It doesn't mean that I'm going to like, really is only cinematic or more like I don't call it like more sadder music. I don't know, it's not really sad, but it is kind of, even though it's inspirational and motivational. So it's not like I'm going to shift my music into this cinematic. It's just like something I've always loved and this is like my favourite artist, is Sia like, I absolutely adore her. I adore her energy, her music, her voice, everything. Like the emotion she carries in her music. So that I guess that was a lot of inspiration for me as well. So right now I just feel more free. In choosing and doing what I love and whatever comes out.

Now, then coming out publicly, especially with the brilliant, very deliberately lesbian positive video for "Coconut Rum and Coke" was a pretty noteworthy statement to make early in your career. Can you just talk us through your decision to make that video so explicitly queer, and I guess knowing that it might impact your career?

Yes. And I had a lot, a lot, a lot of people saying to me that you cannot do that. You're going to hurt yourself. This is just like super bad idea. Do not do that. So many people. But you know what? It was because I already went through so much. Like I moved to UK. Like I came out publicly. There's a queer artist and it was hard. My family took it so bad, like, oh my God, it was really bad. But and then I moved to New York and I was like, oh, like I was so true to myself. And then suddenly when I'm releasing my debut single, somebody said to me, oh, you know what? Cover it all up. You want to be a normal girl? And you are this just like this straight, beautiful girl. Go dance and shake your booty. This is what I was sold to do, and I was it. It was hurting me. I was like, how? After everything I've been through already, by becoming who I am, by being here, by coming by and staying true to myself to become the artist in the first place. Like so. Even stay like, focus on making music, my career. Here's somebody going to tell me completely change yourself. So I was I would wake up in the morning, I was like, oh my God, I can't. This is just so wrong. This is not who I am. I do not want to portray myself as someone who I'm not. And especially at that time, it's hard because you just like you seen you first song, you know, you just like you don't know what's going to come after this. And there's a lot of fear. But I was like, you know, who cares? Like, if a person doesn't like me after finding out that I'm queer, why do I need this person in the first place? You know what I mean? Like, you have to attract people who support you, who appreciate what you do and who can relate in the music, who can relate to my music because I'm writing for you. Yeah, that message that I put in every single song, there's always something, even in a fun one. There's always something. And I want to attract people who want to know who is singing for them. Not just like a little girl that's like, oh, there's that girl shaking her booty. You know? I want them to know who I am, me as a person. That's why I really love doing, like, an interview like this, a podcast where you can, I don't know, open me up. You know, it's like, talk to me. So for me, it was very important as my debut single, to come out completely central to myself. Visibility is so important. I strongly believe staying visible and being out there for people who are still in the shadow, you know, and just like healing and still like whispering because they are not ready to come out, it's very important. So for me, it means a lot having performing at the pride festivals is my biggest. Like I'm obsessed with that and it's my happiest time and happy. Like I'm enjoying that so much because then you perform. You are true to yourself, I am queer, I am out there and I see these people who are also at large families. It's their brothers and everyone and they just like, I don't know, it's the happiest time for me and performing for my community is the biggest thing, and that's what I live for, and that's what I am, who I create my music for.

Now, when fans reach out to you about their own personal struggles, inspired by listening to your music, what does that kind of level of trust and connectivity mean to you as an artist?

That sometimes brings tears to my eyes because this is, the whole idea of me making music like it's not only to heal my own soul and to speak my truth for my soul, because that release is very important for my soul as well. But to see people connect to your music, this is such a big joy and just gift for me from the people that they see. I had things that people were like, I literally wanted to end my life and I listened to "Sweet Haven", and I literally have a new breath. Well, it's crazy. It's crazy. First of all, the impact that music can make and knowing that your song can or such impact, this is absolutely insane. Like it's insane.

But how do you handle the responsibility of visibility? Because it is empowered, you know, especially if you think, you know, young queer people who might be in Latvia, which still isn't the easiest place. So that's a lot for you to be carrying that sense of having to be that trailblazer.

I've experienced all of this, and I also feel how it can be and what it was. This is insanity, like what's happening in the world, but in luckily, it's much better right now. And for people who are still trapped, I just, carry your truth inside of you. And yes, it's not always it's not like you should run out of your house because I said something. Or in us, for example, we can hold hands on the street with your partner. It doesn't mean you have to do this because it's. It is dangerous. It is life threatening in a lot of countries and cities. But, carrying a truth and finding your community at least where you are, because there are people like this evenly in the countries that say there are no gay people, it's ridiculous. We were born gay. You know, we are born. We are not because we decided to be that, you know, it's not the decision. I mean, it's the decision to come out, but it's not the decision we make. Oh, you know what? I'm gay today. You know, like, it's not that we weren't born like this. And if you are one like this, it means it's fine. It's fine. This is not the same. This is not any of that stuff that they put in our heads. We are not sick. We are actually happy and living our truth. You do have to like. And I censor music a little bit because especially with my experience before I would be like, I'm writing this, I can swear, oh, I can do this. But as more I perform and a lot of my music before the performance, they were asked to send the songs to like check, and they would censor and ask me to change lines in my music because they would. How? You know what? This is like a little too much or like, can we change this line or can we like it's crazy, honestly, because it's not like my music is very political or very I don't know, I'm not if I don't consider it to be super extravagant, if that's the word. But I'm still getting my music censored.

And clearly, whatever you're doing is working. Because in 2023, you won LGBTQ Emerging Artist Award.

Yes. Oh, my God, that was so amazing. That was my city. And this is incredible. It was. Oh, I just have a smile on my face. It means it's an honour. It's an honour for me. And just like being, recognised because it's, of course, there's so many incredible artists. Incredible. We can't compete with them. But to be together, recognised by a huge organisation and winning the awards, I don't know, this is major. I mean, it means so much.

It's insane and rightly deserved as well. And I thought I was waiting for you to mention it and you didn't. So I thought I would.

Thank you.

Do you know you should be British with that kind of humility? You spent too long in London.

I miss London, I want to go back. I love it so much.

Well, I can't believe you were here. I can't believe I. We could have recorded this in person. I live in Brixton.

I think about this. I should have come to you. Oh, I and I would love to meet you, but hopefully not some. Hopefully next time.

I would have made you a cup of tea.

Oh, milk.

So then, Keeana, what would your 15 year old self think of you and the person that you've become?

Oh, I think first of all, my 15 year old self will be, like, shocked and incredibly proud of myself. Let me say badly. She cannot say well, because I am incredibly proud of myself, especially for the journey that I made to be where I am right now and to be able to live the life I have. And it's all thanks to myself. And the only person I have to thank is myself, because I did that on my own. Nobody helped me. Nobody was there for me. I'm moved alone and I was alone and I lived alone and I earned my money one way or another. You know, it was a tough journey. So I am absolutely proud. And my, it's great. I actually own that, if that's okay, change your question a little bit and actually reverse it. Maybe I would like to tell to myself. So that 16 year old girl that never lose your light, no matter what people say, and especially your closest people, your family, because for the most part, these are the people who actually put you down more than like people you don't know. That's what I believe is my experience. And just like knowing stories like your immediate family sometimes can be my biggest critics, or I can stop you from so much that you might want to, like, wanted to do. And you would do something because they said, oh, you have as in my family, you have to, I don't know, become a doctor, but you're a painter in your heart, you know. So I will say, believe in yourself and never lose that inner child in yourself. For a lot of people who are lost, I would say remembering yourself as that maybe 15 year old, person, what could you want to do? What did you like the most? Oh, did you like drawing? Did you like swimming? I don't know, what did you like the most? And do it now.

You know, so funny you said that I just. I finally, 52 years too late. But I finally started therapy a few weeks ago, and my therapist said to me, what do you want to get out of this? And I literally said, I want to find I want to get back to my 15 year old self because they I kind of miss that person.

I just got I just got goosebumps.

Maybe I should have started 20 years ago.

Oh, listen, listen, today is the day. It meant that today is your time. I mean, today you mean like right now is your time to realise this? It's okay. You know.

Now that I started this podcast so queer voices could be heard, you know, it was about allowing queer musicians to to have a platform. So in that tradition, I'm not going to mute my microphone for the next two minutes and I promise I won't get to an edit pen, but I'm editing this podcast, and the next two minutes are for you to stand on the stage and tell the world whatever you want about any subject you want.

Oh, thank you so much for giving me this space for so long. Thank you for having this podcast because it means so much and it's such strong messages. About and because it's pride month. And then I queer upon the queer artist and I'm proud of that. I would like to speak to all my family, to people who are still in the closet and afraid to come out, that pride is more than a celebration. It's our resistance. It's remembering that they were never meant to be hidden, never meant to ask for permission to exist. So shine bright like a loving mother's son, right? And be free and be happy. Stay visible because a lot of people around you might need to see you so well. Build a life. And all my messages actually will be about hope, healing through music, through kindness, through belief that the world can become a better place for all of us. And we can be united no matter where you're from, no matter your identity or sexuality, we can all be together and kind to each other and, in every song that I write, it's my message to you. I hope you can feel it. And I just want to keep sharing my music with you and hope it's gonna make a difference.

Now that in this episode, it's been my pleasure to speak with Keeana. The last thing I'm going to do with you now is ask you to tell us what your gateway track is, and the gateway track is the perfect introduction to your music for people who don't know it. What would your gateway track be and why?

I think I would choose "TikTok" as my gateway, and not just because it's kind of it's still a beat because I have a lot of music that's unveiled and clubby, and I have no music that's cinematic. So "TikTok" is more clubby and pop, but it still has a very strong message of staying true to yourself and, not allowing anyone to change your identity or who you are. So I would choose "TikTok" as my track, and I hope it will inspire you every day. And the time is fleeting. So today is your day to be happy and to be proud and live your life like it's the last day on earth. Okay, so be happy, smile and "TikTok" is the song.

Keeana. Thank you so much for coming on the show. One of the joys of making this podcast, and indeed, my day job of producing and directing documentaries, is that I get to meet people I would never normally have met. And it has genuinely been a joy spending an hour chatting with you. So thank you so much for giving up an hour of your time, and definitely join me for a cup of tea when you're next in London.

It was my absolute pleasure and I'm very grateful to you and thank you for this platform. Thank you for what you do. It means a lot to me and to the world, and I'm sending you big hugs and I can't wait to meet you. I hope one day. Thank you so, so, so much.

Thank you. And where can people find you online?

My name is Keeana, K. E. A. N. A. K. A. E. on all social media platforms, music platforms, YouTube, everywhere. Please stream my music and I hope you can feel it. And with every song I'm sending you my love and a piece of my heart.

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