# Classic Replay-Alya & the songs that saved us

An episode of [Music Saved Me Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1703080557), 5 Nov 2025, 26 min.

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Music Saved Me: Alya’s Story | How Music Became a Lifeline In this heartfelt Music Saved Me replay episode with Host Lynn Hoffman,Singer Songwriter Alya opens up about the songs, artists, and albums that provided comfort, hope, and healing during life’s most challenging moments. Discover the powerful connection between music and mental health as we explore the soundtracks that shaped Alya’s journey. From discovering solace in the healing power of music, to finding strength through meaningful lyrics, this episode dives deep into how music transforms pain into power. Alya shares personal stories about the tracks that got them through difficult times and why certain songs still resonate today. Whether you’re searching for music recommendations, love hearing personal stories about the healing power of music, or need a reminder that you’re not alone in your struggles, this conversation will inspire and uplift you. In this episode of storytelling with host Lynn Hoffman we share : • Alya’s most impactful musical moments • The songs that saved them during tough times • How music can be a form of therapy and self-care • Playlist recommendations for healing and hope Perfect for music lovers, mental health advocates, and anyone who’s ever found refuge in a song. 🎧 Subscribe for more Music Saved Me stories 💬 Share your own “music saved me” moment in the comments The Music Saved Me Podcast showcases real stories from real musicians about the healing power of music and is produced by Buzz Knight Media Productions and is part of the IHeart Podcast Network. Support the show: https://musicsavedme.net/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Music Saved Me.
[0:01] Speaker 2: I'm a very spiritual person and I'm also a very
[0:05] Speaker 2: pragmatic person. Every time when there is a research somewhere,
[0:09] Speaker 2: more and more I find a lot of evidence.
[0:11] Speaker 3: And this is a very hot topic on the science
[0:13] Speaker 3: as well.
[0:14] Speaker 2: How music, how words, how everything that we say changes
[0:21] Speaker 2: our reality.
[0:22] Speaker 3: And I'm a big delivering that.
[0:24] Speaker 4: I'm Lynn Hoffman and welcome to another episode of the
[0:27] Speaker 4: Music Save Me podcast, the podcast that discusses the healing
[0:31] Speaker 4: power of music. Now. If you like this podcast, thank you,
[0:34] Speaker 4: and please share with your friends. And also, if you
[0:37] Speaker 4: don't mind, check out our companion podcast called Taking a Walk,
[0:41] Speaker 4: hosted by my dear friend buzz Night, and you can
[0:43] Speaker 4: get that wherever you get your podcasts now. In this
[0:46] Speaker 4: captivating episode, Grammy winning artist Alia shares her profound journey
[0:51] Speaker 4: of transformation and resilience. Born in the Soviet Union, Alia's
[0:56] Speaker 4: life was forever changed when she discovered music at the
[0:58] Speaker 4: age of seven. Her path from classical training to becoming
[1:02] Speaker 4: a renowned vocalist is a testament to the power of
[1:06] Speaker 4: music as a source of healing and inspiration. With her
[1:09] Speaker 4: soulful melodies and philanthropic endeavors, Alia has inspired countless fans
[1:15] Speaker 4: all over the world in her recent Be the Hope
[1:18] Speaker 4: campaign with uns f USA. It's a powerful example of
[1:23] Speaker 4: how music can be truly a force for good. Join
[1:26] Speaker 4: us now as we delve into how music not only
[1:29] Speaker 4: saved Alia but also became her platform for making a
[1:33] Speaker 4: positive impact on a global scale.
[1:36] Speaker 1: Adia, Welcome to Music Save Me.
[1:37] Speaker 4: It's so great to have you here, hot on the
[1:39] Speaker 4: set of your new shoot of a music video you're
[1:43] Speaker 4: about to do, so I'm so excited.
[1:45] Speaker 2: All right, well, thank you for having me. I'm really
[1:48] Speaker 2: so happy connect with people. Like every single day, I wait,
[1:52] Speaker 2: Covin you know things be Hope campaign that you just mentioned.
[1:57] Speaker 2: You know, every single day became an adventure and it
[2:00] Speaker 2: gave me so much internal power and drive. So every
[2:04] Speaker 2: single day I wake up, I'm like, Okay, what else
[2:07] Speaker 2: I can do? Where else I can go? How many
[2:09] Speaker 2: people I can inspire? What else we can do together
[2:11] Speaker 2: to make life a little bit better for us? Send
[2:13] Speaker 2: the people around us.
[2:15] Speaker 4: Well, it's obvious because you're in the car. I mean,
[2:17] Speaker 4: you are a woman on the move and you are
[2:19] Speaker 4: taking action as we speak, which I love. Let me
[2:22] Speaker 4: ask you, what was your first encounter with music and
[2:26] Speaker 4: how did it influence your life's path, because as I
[2:29] Speaker 4: looked about your how you started out, you didn't initially
[2:34] Speaker 4: pursue a career in music, did you.
[2:37] Speaker 2: No, you know, I'm always jealous of these people, these musicians.
[2:41] Speaker 2: Let's put it right that you usually say, Oh, I
[2:44] Speaker 2: grew up in this musical family. Music was always around me,
[2:47] Speaker 2: and this is just in my blood, in my dna.
[2:49] Speaker 2: I didn't have all of it, So I consider that
[2:52] Speaker 2: a luxury because my family was not musical at all,
[2:55] Speaker 2: and the only exposure to music I had was through
[2:58] Speaker 2: my grandma, my wonderful Ukrainian grandma, and she was a
[3:02] Speaker 2: church choir singer, and so she was singing all these
[3:07] Speaker 2: religious songs and that was sort of, I guess, very
[3:11] Speaker 2: influential for me because my first songs that I actually
[3:17] Speaker 2: earned some money for were Christmas carols. We lived in
[3:21] Speaker 2: Ukraine back then, and I was, you know, on a
[3:24] Speaker 2: Christmas Eve walking with a group of other children, or
[3:27] Speaker 2: knocking on every single door and people would open and
[3:30] Speaker 2: we would sing some choirs, you know, some harmonies, some
[3:34] Speaker 2: Christmas carols and the people would give us money or candy.
[3:37] Speaker 2: So that was like very exciting time for me because
[3:40] Speaker 2: then you can buy something you want, and there was
[3:42] Speaker 2: not so many things back then in Soviet Union, so
[3:45] Speaker 2: it would be just you know, like piece of banana
[3:47] Speaker 2: gum I remember right now, but there was the most
[3:50] Speaker 2: delicious gum because it was you know, like earned. And
[3:57] Speaker 2: I always had dreamed to be on a stage, to
[4:01] Speaker 2: be a musician, to be able to express my voice
[4:04] Speaker 2: not just by using words, but somehow differently with the sound.
[4:09] Speaker 2: And I always was writing music and songs that I
[4:13] Speaker 2: remember from very early childhood. But career wise, even though
[4:17] Speaker 2: I had a professional musical education while I was still
[4:21] Speaker 2: in school, when I decided to pick a university was
[4:24] Speaker 2: journalism faculty. So my first degree is TV journalism, which
[4:28] Speaker 2: I also really liked. It's a very exciting profession. But
[4:32] Speaker 2: the call from music, call to be on a stage
[4:37] Speaker 2: was always with me, and when I had a chance,
[4:41] Speaker 2: after moving to different country to finally pursue it, I
[4:46] Speaker 2: just jumped right in.
[4:47] Speaker 3: And I'm so happy.
[4:49] Speaker 4: How exciting. Who was influential and inspiring in your life?
[4:53] Speaker 4: That sort of instilled that giving back attitude because I
[4:58] Speaker 4: understand that you are heavily involved in philanthropic endeavors, a
[5:03] Speaker 4: lot of them on top of your music career.
[5:06] Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think this is in our family roots.
[5:10] Speaker 2: Like I grew up in the very modest household. I'm
[5:12] Speaker 2: very blessed right now to have a platform an opportunity
[5:16] Speaker 2: to give back, and I'm grateful for that. I'm not
[5:20] Speaker 2: taking this for granted. And every single day I try
[5:23] Speaker 2: to give back because I'm a big believer in that
[5:27] Speaker 2: as much as you give back, as much as you
[5:29] Speaker 2: will get in return. So I'm not afraid to give big.
[5:33] Speaker 2: And I'm not talking about money. I also talk about
[5:36] Speaker 2: the time and the you know, emotions and energy that
[5:39] Speaker 2: we give back. And you know, it's it's it's It
[5:43] Speaker 2: wasn't the culture of my family, so we I was
[5:46] Speaker 2: raised in the very.
[5:49] Speaker 3: I would say, traditional Orthodox.
[5:52] Speaker 2: Household, and you know it's always says in the Bible,
[5:55] Speaker 2: you know, you have to if you've meet someone who's
[5:58] Speaker 2: in need, you give your life rope.
[6:00] Speaker 3: So that was sort of the truth that I lived with.
[6:05] Speaker 2: And I always was a giver, even when I didn't
[6:09] Speaker 2: have much to give. But from the perspective of me,
[6:15] Speaker 2: you know, sitting right now and reading the news and
[6:18] Speaker 2: looking out of the window, I just believe this is
[6:21] Speaker 2: just inspiring time, you know, as hard it is as
[6:25] Speaker 2: sometimes uncertain to leave these days, it's also very inspiring
[6:30] Speaker 2: because where there are a lot of suffering and a
[6:33] Speaker 2: lot of tears and a lot of uh, you know, uncertainty,
[6:37] Speaker 2: there is a lot of hope and opportunities. So I
[6:41] Speaker 2: would say, like everything I see as soon as I
[6:45] Speaker 2: wake up my eyes in the in the early morning,
[6:48] Speaker 2: that's an inspiration for me to give back.
[6:51] Speaker 4: Would you share with our audience a personal challenge that
[6:56] Speaker 4: stands out to you in your life that you faced
[6:58] Speaker 4: and how news maybe helped you overcome that moment or
[7:02] Speaker 4: that time oh.
[7:04] Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.
[7:05] Speaker 2: Well, you know, there are so many things that music
[7:08] Speaker 2: helped me to overcome. But I would say the self
[7:13] Speaker 2: confidence issue or I don't even know how to put
[7:18] Speaker 2: it right. Definitely, me moving to different country was something
[7:25] Speaker 2: that was I mean inspiring and traumatic at the same time,
[7:29] Speaker 2: because even though I can speak English and I traveled before,
[7:33] Speaker 2: I speak other different languages, when you come not as
[7:38] Speaker 2: a tourist but to live in the country, this is
[7:43] Speaker 2: as Russian classic writers would say, it's a little bit
[7:47] Speaker 2: of a death, you know, the immigration, It's a death
[7:49] Speaker 2: in some thought, and you leave parts of yourself either
[7:54] Speaker 2: back in your homeland or just put it somewhere very
[7:57] Speaker 2: very deep in the closets of your soul and it
[8:01] Speaker 2: never comes back.
[8:02] Speaker 3: And so I think that the music.
[8:07] Speaker 2: And my decision to pursuing music professionally when I became
[8:11] Speaker 2: an American was a sort of me to find myself
[8:14] Speaker 2: again because there was a time when I felt like
[8:18] Speaker 2: there is not enough language for me to express what
[8:20] Speaker 2: I want to say. You know, I want to say something,
[8:23] Speaker 2: but there's so nuances that I feel could be brought
[8:27] Speaker 2: like using let's say Russian language or Ukrainian language or
[8:30] Speaker 2: Japanese language that I speak, I can't and that when
[8:33] Speaker 2: music would come in and I would, you know, sit
[8:36] Speaker 2: down with I usually I love writeing a ton down
[8:39] Speaker 2: with the people. I would sit down with my partner
[8:43] Speaker 2: and we would put all this carmony so use instruments
[8:46] Speaker 2: that represents different cultures, and it sort of would come
[8:49] Speaker 2: together and express whatever emotion I wanted to bring.
[8:54] Speaker 3: On the table at that moment.
[8:56] Speaker 4: Do you feel that you ever could have done what
[8:59] Speaker 4: you're doing here back home or that probably never would
[9:02] Speaker 4: have been able to happen.
[9:03] Speaker 3: I don't know, because.
[9:06] Speaker 2: You know, I believe that there is not such a
[9:09] Speaker 2: thing as if what if in history, whatever happened happened
[9:13] Speaker 2: for a reason.
[9:13] Speaker 3: That's fair, because because like if I when I mean,
[9:18] Speaker 3: it's not like I wasn't trying.
[9:19] Speaker 2: I was trying to do my music career when I
[9:23] Speaker 2: was back in Russi, even though I was very successful
[9:25] Speaker 2: as a journalist. But back then, the music industry was
[9:28] Speaker 2: very different in my country and everywhere in the world.
[9:31] Speaker 2: You would have to find a big label that would
[9:33] Speaker 2: back you up, and you know, sign a contract, and
[9:36] Speaker 2: the contracts were not good and actually all right before
[9:41] Speaker 2: im agready to the United States, I was offered a
[9:45] Speaker 2: contract from Universal and it was not a good one,
[9:48] Speaker 2: and I didn't didn't sign it because I got pregnant
[9:52] Speaker 2: and kind of thinking back then, you know, back then,
[9:54] Speaker 2: I thought, oh my gosh, this is such a terrible timing.
[9:57] Speaker 2: You know, I always wanted to do that, and this
[9:59] Speaker 2: is such a great opportunity, a great company, promising career,
[10:04] Speaker 2: and you know, I'm about to have a baby. And
[10:06] Speaker 2: of course they dropped the contract and I felt like
[10:10] Speaker 2: this is the end of everything. But that's actually was
[10:12] Speaker 2: the beginning, and the music industry changed today.
[10:15] Speaker 3: So today I don't have to look for approval from
[10:20] Speaker 3: the big label.
[10:20] Speaker 2: You know, like every single talented person can go and
[10:24] Speaker 2: record anywhere, even in their bedroom, and release anywhere they want.
[10:28] Speaker 2: There's so many different distribution platforms and it's just completely
[10:33] Speaker 2: different world. So everything happened for a reasons at the
[10:37] Speaker 2: right time and the same I believe with the approach
[10:41] Speaker 2: to music that I have. You know, I love blending generous,
[10:44] Speaker 2: I love blending languages, I love trying new things, and
[10:47] Speaker 2: I feel like this kind of music, in addition to
[10:51] Speaker 2: you know, given something not just perfect in terms of performance,
[10:56] Speaker 2: but molwas the soul and something more personal. I think
[11:01] Speaker 2: this type of music is having a moment right now
[11:04] Speaker 2: and this is what I love to do the most.
[11:07] Speaker 4: Hindsight absolutely is twenty twenty. And you know, I want
[11:11] Speaker 4: to bring up something that you just sort of mentioned
[11:13] Speaker 4: about giving back. You know, I've always been a person
[11:16] Speaker 4: who felt like, if if you can get a big
[11:18] Speaker 4: enough platform, why would you not do good with that?
[11:23] Speaker 4: And you know, why wouldn't you use that for good
[11:25] Speaker 4: things and to help people? And not everybody does that,
[11:28] Speaker 4: but I always felt like you had to. Can you
[11:30] Speaker 4: tell us how you feel about how musicians have this
[11:34] Speaker 4: responsibility to use their platforms for meaningful change, because I
[11:39] Speaker 4: agree with you.
[11:41] Speaker 2: I mean, everybody has an opinion, and as as you said,
[11:45] Speaker 2: I'm I usually don't understand people that have a huge
[11:49] Speaker 2: platform and they either use it, have a legion want
[11:52] Speaker 2: to tie, which I mean, I can understand. But then
[11:56] Speaker 2: you have to leave with your soul. You know, you
[11:58] Speaker 2: have to look at yourself in the mirror single morning,
[12:00] Speaker 2: and at some point you might you know, I end
[12:03] Speaker 2: up thinking that I don't really like the person that
[12:06] Speaker 2: I see every day.
[12:07] Speaker 3: So you can't.
[12:09] Speaker 2: You can't sell your soul for the money. And if
[12:12] Speaker 2: you have a platform, you have responsibility. This is something
[12:15] Speaker 2: that I've learned from being a journalist. And you know,
[12:20] Speaker 2: as I said, everything comes at the right time and
[12:22] Speaker 2: the right place. Maybe if fame, an opportunity to pursue
[12:28] Speaker 2: the music to my pleasure came to me earlier, and
[12:31] Speaker 2: maybe I wouldn't have this very strong sense of responsibility
[12:35] Speaker 2: for what I say and what I'm trying, you know,
[12:39] Speaker 2: people to convince, but knowing how much you know, the
[12:47] Speaker 2: words can go. I'm very conscious like what I say,
[12:52] Speaker 2: what I do, like on my social media, I'm very
[12:56] Speaker 2: very careful of what information I'm putting I'm very care
[13:00] Speaker 2: full what people, what brands, or what companies I represent,
[13:05] Speaker 2: and for me at this stage of my life, it's
[13:08] Speaker 2: about giving back. Like even you know, my partnering with
[13:13] Speaker 2: UNISEFF for the song Hope kind of confirmation of that.
[13:18] Speaker 2: I was looking for the right partner for plenty of time,
[13:22] Speaker 2: and finally I felt like the UNISEEF this is the
[13:24] Speaker 2: organization that aligns with my principles and what I've believed
[13:28] Speaker 2: in this time. And the collaboration happened, and you know,
[13:32] Speaker 2: it's raising money for children around the globe.
[13:35] Speaker 4: It's a wonderful thing that you're doing. And I wanted
[13:39] Speaker 4: to know specifically a few things because you do I
[13:43] Speaker 4: alluded earlier that you do a lot. What ways would
[13:46] Speaker 4: you say or that you can share with us that
[13:48] Speaker 4: you use your platform to make a positive impact, and
[13:51] Speaker 4: some of the initiatives that you're working on as well
[13:54] Speaker 4: as the UNSEEFF initiative that I definitely want to hear
[13:56] Speaker 4: more about.
[13:58] Speaker 2: Well, the UNISEF collaboration one that I'm really really proud.
[14:01] Speaker 2: It's ongoing collaboration and started from me releasing very very
[14:08] Speaker 2: powerful song. Its song is very beautiful by itself and
[14:10] Speaker 2: the name is hope it's out there. It was released
[14:13] Speaker 2: not long ago, a beautiful single and we were pro
[14:18] Speaker 2: Grammar consideration last year. And as soon as I released
[14:22] Speaker 2: the song, I asked my followers to see if it
[14:25] Speaker 2: could inspire them to do something good, like little act
[14:30] Speaker 2: of kindness, and people started making these videos. It started
[14:35] Speaker 2: from TikTok and then it b led to Instagram and
[14:39] Speaker 2: YouTube when they you know, do like random things like
[14:42] Speaker 2: one lady was giving hugs, that lady was talking about
[14:45] Speaker 2: the love to their children's but it was making sandwiches
[14:48] Speaker 2: for friends or spouses, or giving flowers on the street.
[14:51] Speaker 2: It became sort of this beautiful movement that let me
[14:55] Speaker 2: thinking about the potential that the song had. And then
[14:59] Speaker 2: I started looking for a good partner. And then you know,
[15:03] Speaker 2: Russian and Ukrainian conflict happened, which was very personal for
[15:06] Speaker 2: me because you know, I'm half Ukrainian, i have Russian
[15:10] Speaker 2: so an I'm pacifist also on top of that, so
[15:13] Speaker 2: it was like very very painful moment for me, which
[15:16] Speaker 2: gave me a lot of anxiety. And I started thinking about,
[15:20] Speaker 2: you know, all these children that suffering, and how it's
[15:23] Speaker 2: terrible that in the strangey first century we adults can
[15:26] Speaker 2: figure out any other ways to solve the conflict, but
[15:31] Speaker 2: go and you know, kill each other. Like what lessons
[15:34] Speaker 2: we give to about children? And I have three children myself.
[15:37] Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not just saying from some perspective. I'm
[15:40] Speaker 2: among myself. So it is a very very hard topic for.
[15:46] Speaker 3: Me to talk about.
[15:47] Speaker 2: And so the Universe was the company the organization that
[15:53] Speaker 2: it's heavily you know, supporting children. And I love the
[15:56] Speaker 2: scope of their work. I love that they go to
[16:00] Speaker 2: very far away areas, they work with the people in fields.
[16:05] Speaker 3: They I mean they really rich people.
[16:07] Speaker 2: So that was very important for me to make sure
[16:09] Speaker 2: that the money, the royalties that we give from the
[16:12] Speaker 2: song Hope, they not just go somewhere, they go directly.
[16:16] Speaker 3: To the people. They go to the affected areas.
[16:19] Speaker 2: And as soon as I will have opportunity, And I'm
[16:21] Speaker 2: actually I was begging your stuff. I'm like, I want
[16:23] Speaker 2: to go myself there, really, I mean, I have so
[16:26] Speaker 2: much to give. I speak languages, so I want to go,
[16:29] Speaker 2: you know, to this Ukraine and Russian and Ukrainian border,
[16:32] Speaker 2: whatever conflict, you know, whatever people speak, any Islamic languages
[16:35] Speaker 2: that I speak, I want to go there. I wanted
[16:37] Speaker 2: not just to give you money royalties from a song.
[16:40] Speaker 2: I want to go and give my time. I want
[16:42] Speaker 2: to give my love because I know on my own
[16:45] Speaker 2: example that even your appearance, like someone who does something,
[16:51] Speaker 2: who brings any sort of life or light, it can
[16:55] Speaker 2: have a lessing impression on the little child and it
[16:58] Speaker 2: can propel career. What you know, let them dream beg
[17:02] Speaker 2: because you know, we all live in this sort of
[17:06] Speaker 2: lottery in this world. You know, we're very lucky to
[17:09] Speaker 2: live in this country where females have rights, but there
[17:13] Speaker 2: are countries that females have no rights, or where there's
[17:15] Speaker 2: extreme poverty, and people still dream and the talents distributed
[17:20] Speaker 2: just as evenly, the opportunities might be not. So I
[17:24] Speaker 2: feel very responsible to have the resources and platform to
[17:28] Speaker 2: inspire people and you know, to give back any ways.
[17:33] Speaker 4: I can, and that it is a beautiful song, and
[17:36] Speaker 4: it's a beautiful thing that you're doing to help vulnerable
[17:38] Speaker 4: kids all around the world.
[17:42] Speaker 1: It's such a testament to who you are and.
[17:45] Speaker 4: What you're doing, and it's it's a wonderful I don't
[17:49] Speaker 4: even know how to encapsulate it all, because you know,
[17:51] Speaker 4: you do want to change the world. When you have
[17:53] Speaker 4: a platform for the better like you are, and even
[17:57] Speaker 4: just helping one person, it can totally, like you said,
[18:01] Speaker 4: change the entire trajectory of that person's life. And if
[18:05] Speaker 4: you can do that, then you know, absolutely you can
[18:08] Speaker 4: really feel good about yourself. It's the reason why I
[18:10] Speaker 4: do this podcast actually, so I totally understand where you're
[18:13] Speaker 4: coming from. You know, if one person hears this and
[18:17] Speaker 4: it helps them, that's what we should all be doing.
[18:20] Speaker 3: Absolutely.
[18:21] Speaker 2: One of the things that I know it as the
[18:24] Speaker 2: person from a different country about America that Americans, in
[18:29] Speaker 2: my very very personal point of view a little bit
[18:33] Speaker 2: forgot what it is about something about American dream because
[18:37] Speaker 2: we all from all over the world count for the dream,
[18:41] Speaker 2: like for the dream whatever this dream is where it's
[18:44] Speaker 2: very personal theme, what is American dream?
[18:45] Speaker 3: But Americans? You know, every time I would talk with Americans,
[18:48] Speaker 3: I would ask, you know, what is it?
[18:50] Speaker 2: Like?
[18:50] Speaker 3: What is it?
[18:51] Speaker 2: And people very confused, so and very often what comes
[18:57] Speaker 2: out is, you know, well, this is not for us
[19:00] Speaker 2: to think about the dream.
[19:01] Speaker 3: Here's all these wealthy people or politicians.
[19:04] Speaker 2: That's for big people, you know, for big wolves to
[19:07] Speaker 2: work on a dream.
[19:08] Speaker 3: We're just little people. Were just living our lives. And
[19:11] Speaker 3: I think this is something that I don't know.
[19:15] Speaker 2: As I tell to my son, when he would say
[19:18] Speaker 2: me something like that, I would say him to him, Isaiah,
[19:20] Speaker 2: you're just too lazy.
[19:22] Speaker 3: You go out of your rand and go do the work.
[19:25] Speaker 3: So the dream comes from little actions. You don't have
[19:28] Speaker 3: to have a lot of money, you don't have to
[19:31] Speaker 3: have a platform. You just have to get going because
[19:35] Speaker 3: you never know where you will end up. But the
[19:38] Speaker 3: only thing, the only way you will succeed is just
[19:42] Speaker 3: by moving. It doesn't have to be big. And this
[19:45] Speaker 3: is a dream dream to keep going, to keep doing something.
[19:49] Speaker 3: I believe it's very important. I mean not just for America,
[19:54] Speaker 3: but for any country. And I'm very dreaming by that.
[19:57] Speaker 2: I'm a really like do your person and I believe
[20:00] Speaker 2: that that's something that keeps us alive.
[20:03] Speaker 4: Probably well, hard work pays off. I mean that's the truth.
[20:07] Speaker 4: And you know you're living proof of that. So and
[20:10] Speaker 4: you know, you come here, I think to become the
[20:12] Speaker 4: best version of yourself because it's the freest place in
[20:15] Speaker 4: the world.
[20:16] Speaker 1: So you know, I think that's a lot of people
[20:19] Speaker 1: forget that.
[20:21] Speaker 4: And I'm so excited for you and your family and
[20:24] Speaker 4: all the amazing things that you have ahead of you,
[20:27] Speaker 4: besides the stuff that you've already accomplished just to get here.
[20:30] Speaker 4: To do that, I want to know how you believe
[20:32] Speaker 4: music can serve as a healing tool for other people
[20:36] Speaker 4: who are maybe suffering or going through personal challenges. Kind
[20:40] Speaker 4: of like what you were just saying, but maybe a
[20:42] Speaker 4: bit more about how music can help.
[20:44] Speaker 2: I'm a very spiritual person and I'm also a very
[20:49] Speaker 2: pragmatic person. So every time when there is a research
[20:55] Speaker 2: somewhere I find online about how music actually scientifically can alter,
[21:01] Speaker 2: you know, not just our stays of mind, but something
[21:04] Speaker 2: on a level of self, I always go dip down
[21:07] Speaker 2: and kind of try to track this research and more
[21:10] Speaker 2: and more I find a lot of evidence and this
[21:13] Speaker 2: is a very hot topic and the science as well.
[21:15] Speaker 2: How music, how words, How everything that we say changes,
[21:22] Speaker 2: you know, our reality. And I'm a big delivering that.
[21:26] Speaker 2: I when my kids were still in my belly, they
[21:31] Speaker 2: will listening from the moment I knew that they have
[21:34] Speaker 2: all the sensory.
[21:37] Speaker 3: You know, things evolved and working.
[21:39] Speaker 2: They were listening to classical music and they all have
[21:41] Speaker 2: perfect pitch that just came out like that, So I
[21:44] Speaker 2: know it works.
[21:45] Speaker 3: I know music can heal salts.
[21:47] Speaker 2: I know music can change lives, not just because we've
[21:52] Speaker 2: a little bit, but because it's scientifically proven.
[21:54] Speaker 3: And that's why in my music, I.
[22:00] Speaker 2: I'm very very careful about lyrics, you know, my lyrics.
[22:05] Speaker 2: I don't write music about bad stuff, not because it's
[22:08] Speaker 2: all sugarcoated and cheesy, but because I believe that at
[22:12] Speaker 2: this point of my life and my life in the
[22:16] Speaker 2: life of the earth, this is the content that we need.
[22:19] Speaker 2: We need start talking about positivity, about something bigger and
[22:25] Speaker 2: better than money, fashion, you know, all these wonderful, beautiful
[22:30] Speaker 2: instincts that we love, you know, love and hate or
[22:33] Speaker 2: sexual relationship. There is something more out there. So I
[22:37] Speaker 2: found myself very successful and self inspired, only failed of
[22:42] Speaker 2: inspirational pop. I still would like to write pop music.
[22:45] Speaker 2: I want to have a big platform because I believe
[22:48] Speaker 2: there's so many people want to hear this music and
[22:51] Speaker 2: this kind of message that I mean, the more the
[22:56] Speaker 2: merrier is. So I'm really, really, very very excited to
[23:00] Speaker 2: work in here. And you know, my first Grammy that
[23:01] Speaker 2: I got it comes from New Age music. This is
[23:05] Speaker 2: sort of type of music that become in a very
[23:07] Speaker 2: very mainstream these days when it's meditative, when it's calming,
[23:12] Speaker 2: when it's something that puts people in this stage when
[23:17] Speaker 2: they can slow down and think about who they are
[23:20] Speaker 2: and don't forget about their roots. So this is just
[23:24] Speaker 2: I believe that the music and especial music that I
[23:28] Speaker 2: love and work on, it's a little bit more than entertainment.
[23:32] Speaker 3: This is something for the soul for sure. There.
[23:36] Speaker 1: Well, thank you.
[23:37] Speaker 2: I'm not saying I'm just only you know, write something
[23:40] Speaker 2: very melodic and obviously like in my repertoire. In my
[23:43] Speaker 2: album is Dropping this year, you will see a lot
[23:46] Speaker 2: of ballads, a lot of melodic, inspirational things. But I
[23:49] Speaker 2: also write songs that you can dance, you know, your
[23:52] Speaker 2: head off. But the lyrics over there, they're still good,
[23:55] Speaker 2: There is still inspiring, there is still clean. I really
[23:58] Speaker 2: want to make sure that whatever comes out from me
[24:03] Speaker 2: as an artists is clean and suitable for everyone. So
[24:08] Speaker 2: my kids can listen to that, and the grandma that
[24:11] Speaker 2: turned hundreds you know last week, also can you know,
[24:15] Speaker 2: comprehends and relate. So this is kind of my goal
[24:18] Speaker 2: as an artist.
[24:19] Speaker 4: Wow, well, thank you for first of all, congratulations. That
[24:24] Speaker 4: one hundred's pretty impressive, and I hope we all should
[24:29] Speaker 4: live that long, if not longer, And thank you for
[24:32] Speaker 4: all the great work you do on top of all
[24:34] Speaker 4: the wonderful music that you put out. I was dancing
[24:36] Speaker 4: to your song in the club. The name is escaping
[24:40] Speaker 4: me because it just it was twenty twenty American beauty. Yes,
[24:44] Speaker 4: thank you, that was the one, and I thought I
[24:47] Speaker 4: remember hearing it, and then when I was doing my
[24:49] Speaker 4: research on you, I thought, oh my gosh, that was her.
[24:52] Speaker 1: I didn't even realize that I that was you.
[24:54] Speaker 3: And that's so funny. Yes, I love this song. This
[24:57] Speaker 3: was so beautiful.
[24:58] Speaker 2: That was one of the songs that sort of introduced
[25:01] Speaker 2: me to American market. And it was inspired by my
[25:04] Speaker 2: personal journey as someone from different countries coming to United.
[25:08] Speaker 3: States to chase the dreams.
[25:11] Speaker 2: And there's that that's that's what I felt represent American beauty,
[25:17] Speaker 2: you know, the variety of us, the beauty of us,
[25:19] Speaker 2: the freedom of us.
[25:21] Speaker 3: It's a good song, yes, and.
[25:23] Speaker 4: So as hope it is equally is wonderful in a
[25:26] Speaker 4: different way though, and it is it's very healing, and
[25:28] Speaker 4: it also goes to such a great cause. So where
[25:31] Speaker 4: people can go download the song on iTunes anywhere it's
[25:34] Speaker 4: called Hope by Alia. Yes, and thank you so much
[25:38] Speaker 4: for everything that you're doing, and keep keep dreaming because
[25:42] Speaker 4: I'm sure there's going to be more great things coming
[25:44] Speaker 4: from the artist known as Alia. And thank you for
[25:47] Speaker 4: being on Music Saved Me and sharing your story.
[25:50] Speaker 3: Thank you

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