Thursday, May 28, 2015 5:24am ET by Newsdesk
Florence Welch: 'Neil Young thought I was a male artist'Songstress Florence Welch has revealed that when she met Neil Young at his annual Bridge School Benefit last year, she was surprised to learn that he thought she was a male artist because of her unique vocal style. Speaking to the Rolling Stone, the 'Dog Days Are Over' hitmaker explained that Young assumed she was a man who went by the name Florence: "He said that when he first heard my record, he thought that I was a man with a high voice. He was like, 'I live in the mountains. I don't know much media. I just thought you were a man called Florence'. I was like, 'Hey, that's pretty punk!'" Welch told Zane Lowe recently that her musical hiatus was much needed because she made the band's previous two records back to back: "'Ceremonials' and 'Lungs' all blurred together, we didn't take any time off. It was a decision to have a year off. In the year off, I was still going out and going to events but something wasn't quite right, I was spiralling a bit. I wasn't making myself happy. I wasn't stable." The flame-haired singer went onto add: "It was a really vulnerable time for me when we first started making the record and because of that it's the most personal record I've ever made." Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter / Pressparty on Facebook. Watch Florence + The Machine's video for 'Ship To Wreck' below:
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