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MTV: My Heart is Broken Behind the Scenes
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video: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/167...s-broken.jhtml
Earlier this summer, Evanescence took over a very cramped warehouse in Brooklyn to shoot the back-to-basics video for "What You Want," the first single from their self-titled (and subsequently chart-topping) comeback album. For several sweaty hours, Amy Lee and company rocked and roared, performing the song in front of a jam-packed crowd of superfans, most of whom had spent the day queuing up outside, in the heat, just to be part of the production.
In the end, all that perspiration was worth it: The "What You Want" video was definitely one of the most visceral the band has ever made, capturing both the throttling energy of their live sets and the genuine joy Ev (and their fans) were feeling after four years apart. It was a reunion — a super-charged, super-sweaty one.
But now, with their return clicking on all cylinders, Evanescence are prepping the video for "My Heart Is Broken," the second single from their album. And when MTV News caught up with Lee on the set in Los Angeles, she explained that this time, they're not going for visceral; they're going for ethereal. And a lot less sweltering too.
"We have an air conditioner this time," she laughed. "This [video] is going to look a lot different. Actually, I kind of wanted it to be the opposite. The first video, for 'What You Want,' was very real, and this is very surreal."
To help get that surreal feel, Lee explained that she drew inspiration from a decidedly below-the-radar source: the 1988 British fantasy/horror film "Paperhouse," which stuck with her since she first saw it as a teen.
"[It's about] this girl, and everything that she would draw would come to life in her dreams, and she was creating this dream world for herself. And at first, it was cool, but then it's like this nightmare," she explained. "So I sort of thought it would apply, and be cool, to have it be this dream that you're trapped in. So you're in a place that, at first, is a magical world, but at the same time, you're isolated and trapped there, and that's the reason you want to come back to reality after a time.
"We're playing with fiber optics, and so it's basically like I'm drawing the world around me from nothingness, and when I draw things with my hands, it's like they actually come to life," she continued. "So it's a lot of fun with creating this surreal dream world, and the guys' performance is sort of like the dream within the dream, in an abyss of darkness; it's very cool."
Even though the "Broken" clip delves deep into fantasy, the song itself was actually inspired by a very real (and very awful) situation: sex trafficking. Which is why, Lee said, the idea of being trapped in a nightmare applies so well. A friend of the band's had started , an organization in New York that helps rescue victims of sex trafficking.
"We were having conversations with her, and I was writing at the same time," Lee said. "And a lot of times when I write, I just sort of make up words, and something will stick, and I'll be like, 'Oh, that's from my subconscious. That's what I need to write the song about.' And that sort of happened halfway through. I was like, 'I think I'm writing about this thing, it's on my heart,' just imagining being in such a trapped place and how that might feel, so the song was actually inspired by that idea."
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She looks so gorgeous  ..
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I love the story of the MV, OMG it's gonna be EPIC ! 
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Voted. 
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She has never looked this beautiful and when it comes to her that means a lot. I can't wait! Hopefully this song will perform better.
Also voted.
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I agree with pretty much everything you said. Amy looks amazing
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Do we know when they are going to sing (and what mainly)?
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^Not sure when they're going to come on and they were supposed to sing 3 but they might have to cut it to 2 since during the rehearsal the Concert organizer said that My Heart is Broken is too heavy...  , I hope it's not going to be BMTL and MI...they at least need to play Lost in Paradise...
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Ok thanks, a last question, is there a good audience? Is it a good promo?
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^It's going to be shown on TV in 100+ Nations so that's a huge promo. I hope they use it iright...
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^It's going to be shown on TV in 100+ Nations so that's a huge promo. I hope they use it iright...
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Yes but if it's on air on channels with poor audiences....
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Yes but if it's on air on channels with poor audiences....
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Yeah...most of it will show on some obscure television network unfortunately. .
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Yeah...most of it will show on some obscure television network unfortunately. .
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Oh.....
WYW/MHIB/LIP would be perfect.
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They get to play Lost in Paradise and Bring Me to Life with an orchestra . They didn't get to play My Heart is Broken though..
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At least they played LIP, I just saw the end of BMTL.... 
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I forgot, why the organizer said that MHIB was too heavy?
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^Not really sure, I would say that BMTL is far heavier than MHIB, even the lyrics to BMTL is darker....
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