
“When I’m feeling something and don’t think there is a song I can jam out to to get me over it, I think, ‘Okay. Music as a gift she can give to others is a theme 19-year-old Mags returns to again and again in conversation. “To be able to give that to people––to provide an escape, help them feel understood and like they’re not alone. “I feel so fortunate to be able to have my songs as an outlet for my life, my feelings,” Mags says from her home in Nashville. She’s private but candid, pulling from her own life to help others understand theirs. She lives distinctly in the moment but is also a welcome throwback to vintage Hollywood glamour, a mix of beguiling sweetness, risky edge, and class. She’s a could-be poet laureate who writes club bangers. Retrieved August 8, 2016.Mags Duval is a study in the magic only contradictions can make. "Justin Bieber Cries On Stage as He Pays Emotional Tribute to Christina Grimmie". "Tori Kelly Dedicates New Song 'Blink of an Eye' to Christina Grimmie". "Tori Kelly releases fragile, lo-fi Christina Grimmie tribute 'Blink of an Eye' ".

However, I am still comforted knowing that I'll get to see her again someday in Heaven." įor the video, Kelly sat in near-darkness singing and playing a guitar. "My heart was and is still so heavy when I think of her not being with us. Kelly wrote in the caption that the song was something she needed to write.

"Blink of an Eye" was released through Kelly's YouTube channel on July 10, 2016, one month after Grimmie's death. Life is so short." Release įor the music video, Kelly sat with a guitar in near-darkness.

Kelly had met Grimmie through their mutual friends, and the women had similar careers Grimmie's death "at a meet and greet was also just so close to home." Though the song is specific to Grimmie, Kelly wrote, "more recently I'm overwhelmed at the pain and the brokenness in the world today, and so this is really just me grieving. Numerous artists and others in the music industry posted tributes to Grimmie via their social media accounts. Grimmie was pronounced dead about thirty minutes later, and her death was reported early the following morning. On June 10, 2016, YouTube artist and The Voice season 6 alumna Christina Grimmie was shot by an infatuated "fan" as she signed autographs during a meet and greet event following her performance at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. Christina Grimmie killed by 'infatuated' fan Orlando police close case.
