![]() ![]() “It was just so healing and really helped me kind of understand where I was in my emotions and stuff,” she explained. “Butterfly” was the first song Meola had written since her mother’s death. Meola and her older brother, Matt, comfort their mother, Nancy, as she battles lung cancer. I felt so much love after the show it got me back in the studio writing again.” “It wasn’t just to inspire other people, but to inspire myself, too. I was in a moment of kind of needing to take my own advice,” she explained. “After going on the show, I kind of felt inspired again. It was so bad! But another day arose and I’m still kicking and people still understood the message and felt connected to it, and that’s all that matters.”įor Meola’s second performance, on the program’s fourth live show August 30, she chose an original song she had written about her mother’s passing called “Butterfly,” its bittersweet chorus ending with the words, “I know we’ll meet between Heaven and the sky, I’ll try, I’m gonna try to find the good after goodbye.” “I was so choked up and had snot dripping from my nose. “You know when you’re, like, crying and you have a lump in your throat? I felt like I didn’t hit one right note the whole song,” she said. “I’m all about showing myself in my rawest forms, but I lost it during that performance.” Her emotion was genuine, and intense. “Honestly, I don’t think I did well,” she admitted. “I guess being super honest and spilling my heart out might be uncomfortable for me-and maybe for some viewers, too-but it’s a moment to connect.” And connect she did, winning thousands of new fans literally overnight. “It was a bit more of a sob story than I would have liked,” she said of the way the show focused on her mother’s passing. The tearful, heartbreaking performance made her an immediate audience favorite and earned her the Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum. Simon Cowell’s questioning before the performance led to Lily revealing the loss of her mother, and with it, the loss of her first major label record deal. The song, which exhorts the listener not to let go of their youthful ambitions, was a favorite of her mom’s. But she threw caution to the wind and went for it, choosing a heartfelt, inspirational original song, “Daydream” for her first audition. When a last-minute opportunity to audition for “America’s Got Talent!” came up last spring, Meola wasn’t quite ready for the limelight, still mired in a lingering depression brought on by her mother’s death. “I still feel lost, but you’ve got to make do with what you’ve got and try to keep a smile on my face.” “I talk to my mom all throughout the day every day,” said Meola. The two held a deep mother-daughter bond, strengthened by their mutual love of music and butterflies. “It’s been really difficult and what I’m finding is that chasing after stuff and going on this tour and just continuing on is how I communicate with her.” “Even though she’s not here, physically, I’m still chasing every day to try and make her proud,” Meola told MauiTimes during a rest stop on her fall tour of the deep South. A longtime assistant to talent manager Shep Gordon, her passing was felt across the local music community. Now an inoperable tumor was constricting her pulmonary artery. 9″ x 12″ comb bound.Lily’s mother Nancy had been her biggest cheerleader as she developed her talent and found her sultry and soulful voice. and hundreds more! Includes chord grids for soprano, concert and tenor ukuleles.This collection is nearly bigger than your uke! Over 400 songs packed into one convenient songbook that lets you play all the songs you've ever wanted to, including: All Shook Up ![]()
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