It's been a few months since Sinead O'Connor passed away and fans are still mourning for their loss as the world of music lost a musical legend who challenged the norms and didn't care what she had put out for the public to hear.
More recently, supporters were surprised after an unreleased song was dropped but many were also confused as the singer previously opposed to releasing songs after her death; why was an exception made?
According to Parade, O'Connor had spoken about her thoughts on releasing music posthumously and two years before her passing, she said her estate already knows that no new albums will be put out after she passes away.
However, a track was aired on the finale of the show "The Woman in the Wall" featured the musician's vocals.
David Holmes, a producer of O'Connor as well as the man responsible for the miniseries' musical scoring, spoke with The Guardian to explain what happened.
"Sinéad sanctioned the track for use before they had even started shooting, and when the producers heard it they were amazed to have something so strong," he said.
Sinead O'Connor New Song Released After Death
The new song is titled "The Magdalene Song" and the outlet noted that it lined perfectly with the genre of the miniseries.
The show revolves around Magdalene Laundries of Ireland where nuns run asylums for women who were sex workers, pregnant, and those who have been unfortunate.
O'Conner previously experienced being one of the "fallen women" in the past and she expressed her thoughts about it in an interview with SPIN decades ago.
The singer mentioned that she "will never experience such panic and terror and agony over anything like I did at that place."
Why Sinead O'Connor Opposes to Posthumous Music
In an interview with People Magazine published in 2021, the musician expressed her thoughts on why she doesn't like the idea of releasing music after death.
She mentioned that when artists pass away, they become more valuable compared to when they were still alive.
O'Connor named Tupac as one of an examples as the late rapper had more albums since he died than he had when he was alive.
"it's kind of gross what record companies do," she said.
The singer also said she had always instructed her kids that when she "drops dead," before they call 911, they have to contact her accountant and tell them to ensure that companies would not release her music.
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