now he's got to be one of those soft is saying is it popular music british on says james blake a specialist in melancholy and subtle tons but he's much admired by of us as can us is called him his favorite artist and he's collaborated with the likes of jay z. and beyonce his songs of thanks and insecurity and his vulnerable male vocals have also struck a note was so many millennia else is new album assume full sees a bit of a change as it's apparent he zoloft up. he's one of the most desired collaborators in the music biz since james blake helped shape beyond say his album lemonade and kendrick lamar's dam. and a duet with spain's pop sensation rosalia also looms large on his current album.

but here at london's apollo hammersmith theater the fans have lined up just for him . since 2011 when he was limited to your love shot him to international celebrity james blake has come a long way. you never necessarily challenge him to actually saying how is he feel out loud not through a song not through a guitar or piano but actually in words. blake has taken that challenge upon himself laying his feelings bare for his fans. but. you know.

his new album assume form is perhaps his most vulnerable to date. play has also been open about his own battles including thoughts of suicide he had early in his career. in my twenty's in general i think i missed a lot of great things that happened to me i've lived a very lucky life and i think i missed some of it just through anxiety and depression and i think that people. you know a lot of people. who might resonate with that. part of it was dealing with the feeling that as a man he perhaps shouldn't have feelings. the struggle to. fit the mold of the kind of manly you know. that i was i felt like i've been prescribed by god and i think. i'm far more

sensitive than i ever accepted that i was. music fits the zite geist of his generation of young men who want to move beyond the clichés of masculinity but who still feel pressure to hide their emotions for the 1st came on the scene blake's detractors called his songs sad boy music. this felt like personal criticism and it felt like a. stigma the continual stigmatize ation of mental health and even though i think that emotional repression obviously. i think it affects every gender but in this specific case i was talking about men because you know it's true that suicide is highest i see all men.

now blake is fairing better than before he's happier he's opened up to love in his life and in his music although he says the love songs on his album seem desperately uncool. but then again coolness isn't everything. is speaking all singing from. silis faith is a light design company based in moscow who in just a few years have managed become a global player in the entertainment business they work closely with russian band leningrad but also with colombian pop star cara and this year they designed the projections for canadian superstar drake's latest tour and one of their life installations lit up the hearts of new york. the bright flashing

lights of times square make it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and its famous billboards have become the digital campus of russian light autists. day transforming architecture open spaces all over the world with mesmerizing installations and 3 d. projections. this renovated moscow loft where the agency developed the cutting edge visual concepts creative director alexander us says that aim is to brighten up everyday life. we inherited this post soviet grayness. that's why we want to bring color to today's world. because. you can ask. despite the international success to have maintained the creative ties that han collaborating with the russian chart toppers leningrad and then live to it's. it's incredible a full house and unbelievable energy richard says. to

us but i have become the unlikely extra member of leningrad. they provide a visual installation for each of the $39.00 songs in the band set. some of these benefits. behind me is the model of the stage we developed for leningrad concert it's taken on the with the supposed to putting on the song will project different things onto 2 huge screens sometimes it's a prefab building sometimes a piece of gum or a car itself to my beat so. they take leningrad slide show it to the next level by playing on typical soviet imagery. but life doesn't always go expect me to plan . a litany. in this case we have a few tricks up our sleeve. system for example the. endless loop here the 1st and

the last images must be identical then when it's played spectators don't notice the at it that way a video can go on forever. the must have been a good audience is imaginations around the world and in just a few showy it's still a spread have gone from the start up to an international city. where pioneers in video projection. it may sound overstated but we were instrumental in the development of this multimedia marvel want to get them with. now we want to grow and conquer new markets. because we believe in russian creativity. and the russian design team but what i see is key. for us these kids were not poor but rather better than the rest. doesn't lack

self-confidence but then again why should they. all this week we're featuring some of europe's top. culture today charles bridge in prague capital of the czech republic it is the main artery between the old town and what is referred to unfortunately as the less a town which you could say the little town but the prague castle anyway the bridge was originally built in the 14th century so it has been witness to 600 years of the city's history. the charles bridge is one of europe's gothic jewels and it has a special place in the hearts and minds of the czech people. holy roman emperor charles the 4th was said to have laid the foundation stone in 1357. barrack mine runs the charles bridge museum and has also had

a few historic riverboats restored so sightseers can get a view of the bridge from the water that in the. similar survey recently asked the czechs what historical figure they think is the most important to me. they answered king charles the 4th because he built things like the charles bridge summits and they do even when he's not as the liver just going out of. the old town bridge tower once served as a victory arch bohemian kings pass through it on the way to their coronations. most of you know that when you start so here you can see the city's patrons. kemas harald's king wenceslas and patron saints. procopius and vetoes. every day an estimated 30000 people walk across the charles bridge it's a favorite photo backdrop for newlywed couples from as far away as asia. here

buskers can also find an ideal stage at an audience. the charles bridge is lined with 30 statues of apostles angels and theologians but these are copies the originals are kept safe and sound in a museum the oldest is unique about. it is that it looks the theme this statue was the 1st to stand on the bridge it was put here in $683.00 it depicts st john of neptune and it's the only bronze here. they say john is the patron saint of bridges the world over but especially in your own words the hiccup i like him in particular most of all he's protected people who work on the water although if you call your body. here on the rivers bank the 16 arches of the charles bridge dominate the view . i like it in the

morning early in the evening you know people it's a good place very calm as you cross the bridge it's like you're taking a step back and it's time it's like you know most every day i walk across the bridge to get to work. because they should it's not just a transit route to me and i'm inspired by a spiritual as well. if you see him going you know makes me think about history as well as the future. has made a little history on this bridge as well. as his initiative a festival is held every year in may in on are of the bridge and its patron saint them the stars shine over on and around the charles bridge. and we'll be featuring more european live this week that solo for this edition of.

more about these topics of course another cultural news from all around the world on the website at g.w. dot com. the crew here in berlin thanks for watching.

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