{"id":3284,"date":"2018-11-19T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:30:08","slug":"empress-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/empress-of","title":{"rendered":"Episode 149: Empress Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;When I&#8217;m With Him&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder149-EmpressOf-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder149-EmpressOf.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder149-EmpressOf-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SongExploder149-EmpressOf-560x392.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_72d5b160-2bf6-40c4-936e-e9dfa0202942\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/72d5b160-2bf6-40c4-936e-e9dfa0202942\/SongExploder149_EmpressOf.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Lorely Rodriguez is a singer, songwriter, and producer who goes by the name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empressof.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empress Of<\/a>. She\u2019s released two albums, and she\u2019s sung on tracks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iI2f8eA8x4Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khalid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cR2EzHlPzxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blood Orange<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dC0PLp6gzE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dirty Projectors<\/a>. Her first album, <em>Me<\/em>, was made on her own. But her second album, <em>Us<\/em>, features a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_(Empress_Of_album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bunch of collaborators<\/a>. In this episode, Lorely breaks down the Empress Of song \u201cWhen I\u2019m with Him.\u201d She co-produced it with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimestack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim-E Stack<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDanielNigro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Nigro<\/a>, and I spoke to Jim-E Stack for this episode, too. Lorely explained how collaborating with producers opened up her process. Plus, the song\u2019s lyrics are in English, and Spanish, and Lorely describes how she relies on both languages to write.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1426106417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream &#8220;When I&#8217;m With Him&#8221; here,<\/a> and watch the music video below. <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-empress-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy the album, <em>Me<\/em> on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D4dtT-Pvrkk\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/empress-of-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When I&#8217;m With Him&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Lorely Rodriguez is a singer, songwriter, and producer who goes by the name Empress Of. 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