- published: 18 Aug 2011
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Russian Red is the stage name of Lourdes Hernández (Madrid, 1985), a Spanish indie and folk singer-songwriter.
Known by many as the Spanish Feist, in reference to the Canadian singer-songwriter who inspires her in many of her attitudes on the microphone, Hernández—who writes and sings all of her compositions in English—states that she sings in that language instinctively because she has always listened to music in English. Her voice and performing style are also reminiscent of the childlike and simple, poetic approach utilized by California singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom.
Russian Red's project began when Hernández met Brian Hunt, a musician with an English father and Spanish mother, with whom she recorded a demo (which included tracks that remain unpublished like "Reason", "The Night of the Paper", and "Sadie") that reached more than 70,000 visits on her MySpace page by 2008.
The name Russian Red comes from the colour of a lipstick that Hernández herself usually wears. When asked how she chose the name, Hernández stated: "I had a band without a name some time ago. Since then, I was haunted by an obsession: to find the ideal artistic name. One day, I fell in love with this colour that a girl was wearing. I pronounced its name, and now it is my pseudonym."
I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh, mommy, dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un
Oh, girls,
Just wanna have fun
The phone rings in the middle of the night,
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh, daddy, dear,
You know you're still number one,
But girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh, girls, just wanna have
That's all they really want,
Some fun
When the working day is done,
Oh, girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh, girls,
Just wanna have... fun
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun
Girls,
Wanna have
Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun
Oh, girls,
They wanna have fu-un
Oh, girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want,
Is some fun
When the working day is done,
Oh, girls,
They wanna have fu-un
Oh, girls,