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May 21 2010
Natasha on her Ivor Novello Award
As you may have heard Bat for Lashes was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Contemporary Song’ for ‘Daniel’ yesterday. Here is a little message from her about that:
“Hello everyone… Wow!!! I am so thrilled and happy to have won an Ivor Novello award! The whole ceremony was really overwhelming with tons of great musicians, songwriters and composers gathered under one roof. I was soooo nervous, but managed not to cry until after I accepted my award.
I think this one means such a lot to me, because its about the craft of songwriting, which at times can be a maddening and terrifying thing to do, but equally joyous and liberating when you think you’ve cracked it. I couldn’t have believed after writing Daniel in my bedroom, dreaming about lost teenage love, that this would happen!
I just want to thank everyone who has supported me to get to this point… I am writing the new album right now and so excited to be creating a whole new world!! Cups of tea, piles of books and musical instruments abound. I am also making some short films which i hope to share with you at some point.
Stay happy and well, and please, if you can, make your vote online to save BBC 6Music. The deadline is approaching, we music lovers can’t afford to lose this radio station!
Love natasha “
Here is a link to one of the ways that Natasha mentioned where you can show your support to 6Music.
Comments:
Congratulations, it is a beautiful song!!!!!
By CHRISTOPHER LLOYD on 26 May 2010
We join you in the big starred sky where you must be diving for Daniel carried us so high up there…congratulations!!
Your bat fellow of the infinite
Louve
By Louve dans la nuit on 25 May 2010
Huge congratulations to Natasha on her win; you are an amazingly talented songwriter. Very much looking forward to the new album and, of course, any live performances.
By Aoife on 25 May 2010
what wonderful news natasha,a beautiful song from a beautiful album,i wish you all the love and happiness in the world,because your words and music have brought love and happiness into mine.so looking forward to your new album and films.love from michael
By michael daley on 24 May 2010
you’re so beautiful! stay in touch with cups of tea and in the books you must have near at your eyez-piano, the majestic novel “three horses” by Erri De Luca.
is a beautiful beautiful NATASHAKHANBOOK write for you beautiful as you,
please be always happy and bedroom is the heart of home and the chicken’s the ice,
you know we love you, you know I LOVE FUCKING SO MUCH!
damiano d’innocenzo
By damiano d'innocenzo on 24 May 2010
Please come again to COLOMBIA…...04/03/10
By andres on 22 May 2010
So happy for you Natasha: if you hadn’t won,I’d have howled my protest to the skies like your broken-hearted werewolf! (BTW I was there for your amazing De La Warr Pavilion gig in Feb and was totally blown away by all your performances, especially ‘Howl!’ and ‘Wild Is The Wind’). I wish you all the best and good luck with the songwriting for the third album…hope you’re able to tune into those little bat-muses of inspiration I think you once referred to!
By Pete aka TheReplenishingFlame on 22 May 2010
Congrats Dear. More accolades to come…
Looking forward to the short films and your journey into film making and video as well as another musical masterpiece on the horizon. Peace, Love, Health, and Success Always.
By Ali Durrani on 22 May 2010
i want to see those films of yours!!
By differentguythanthatotherguy on 22 May 2010
aw love you Natasha! :D you are so cute!!
I’ve been waiting forever to see you win an award! I’m so happy you did! you deserved it and so many more awards!! much love Natasha! can’t wait to hear the new album! 
and see the new videos you’re making. 
you are so talented and have such an amazing naturally talented voice and unique music and fashion! and you’re an amazing artist. 
you’re such an inspiration to me. 
come to Toronto soon! :D can’t wait to hear your song with Beck! he’s amazing too and I love him a lot too! I’m so glad you’re doing a collab with him. 
I hope you do a collab with Thom Yorke too! because I know he loves you and it would awesome to hear something with your amazing voice and his! :D 
much much love. 
I sent BBC an email and did their survey about 6 Music. I hope they stay.
<3
By Janine on 22 May 2010