The Journey of \u2018Unwritten\u2019 reveals the inspiration behind Bedingfield\u2019s 2004 track and highlights its lasting impact<\/p>\n
\n\tNatasha Bedingfield<\/a> is celebrating the legacy of her massive track \u201cUnwritten.\u201d Rolling Stone can exclusively premiere The Journey of \u2018Unwritten,\u2019 a short-form documentary<\/a> about Bedingfield\u2019s song, which explores the inspiration behind the 2004 hit and how it came to be.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI don\u2019t know why this song has so much staying power, but I do know it is very honest and seems to keep resonating for so many different types of people,\u201d Bedingfield tells Rolling Stone. \u201cThe message of being in charge of your own life and letting go of inhibitions must be an important one for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe Katie Paul-directed documentary features interviews with fans (including one who has an \u201cUnwritten\u201d tattoo) ahead of a performance at Webster Hall in New York City and clips of Bedingfield\u2019s performances of the song over the years.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cA tattoo of your lyrics is such a compliment for a songwriter because it\u2019s permanent. When I write songs I always have hoped to make songs that will be around for a long time,\u201d she says. \u201cThe only time I freak out with tattoos is when people shove their arm in my face and ask me to write the words in pen for them to tattoo. That\u2019s too much pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe short doc includes Bedingfield walking around the venue ahead of her performance, discussing her love for singing live, and talking to her team about how she was discouraged from celebrating her big hit when it first released.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMy best advice to a new artist is to find some way to keep a tally of how many shows you are doing as there is no way to find out retroactively. Also, you gain nothing by having a knock-on-wood type superstition around celebrating. If anything, saying \u2018cheers\u2019 to yourself and those around you is gratitude which is the key to fulfillment,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tBedingfield explains in the documentary about how she wrote the single for her little brother and was inspired by philosophers who saw the lives of young people as empty pages in a book meant to be filled.<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer-songwriter is set to continue a tour later this month with a show scheduled in S\u00e3o Paulo on Sept. 13, before a string of East Coast shows at the end of September. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than being in a room with great music; feeling unguarded enough with strangers to dance and sing your heart out,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Journey of \u2018Unwritten\u2019 reveals the inspiration behind Bedingfield\u2019s 2004 track and highlights its lasting impact Natasha Bedingfield…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[2054,18,117,19,17,337,39303],"class_list":{"0":"post-53941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-documentary","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-natasha-bedingfield"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}