Marilyn Manson wants to collaborate with country legend Brandi Carlile on a cover of Wizard of Oz ballad ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’.
Carlile was recently interviewed on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music where she revealed that her and Manson had been scheming via text, plotting a ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ cover.
When Lowe encouraged, “Do that!”, Carlile replied, “Okay, I will.”
You’re probably wondering how these unlikely pairing came about.
“[Manson] came to my Joni Mitchell Blue show,” Carlile explains. “I did a show where I did all of Blue by Joni Mitchell at Disney Hall in LA. He came, and he cried so hard. He had all his makeup down his face, and turns out he’s the biggest Joni Mitchell fan on the face of the planet.”
The thought of Marilyn Manson bawling his eyes out at a Joni Mitchell tribute show has filled me with the strength I needed to get through this day.
Last month, Manson confirmed that he had finished work on his “masterpiece” eleventh album. The first record fans have received since 2017’s Heaven Upside Down.
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News that the album was complete was confirmed by Manson’s producer, outlaw country star Shooter Jennings.
Jennings took to Instagram to share a photo of himself next to a framed edition of Manson’s Rolling Stone cover confirming that the album was finished.
This prompted Manson to comment “Love my Shooter, Misty & Pancake. Finished masterpiece album. And Matt Mahurin [creator of Rolling Stone cover]. Shit is gonna get real.”
The album was initially slated for a 2019 release, but now seems to be wrapping up for a 2020 release. Official release details are yet to be announced, but we hope the Antichrist Superstar is feeling generous, and wants to help soothe our isolation woes with a haunting soundtrack.
