But ultimately, everybody really, really loved her."
Creating music for the biopic of her life was understandably no small task for Andra Day.
I hope people are strengthened by Truth and Love when they hear it."
Day toldVarietythat she enlisted the help of a coach when she was learning to sing and sound like Holiday.
“Our voices are very different.
And in speaking withV Magazine, Andra Day outlined the magnitude of playing such an influential figure.
She told the outlet, “The truth of it all actually mattered to me.
But she persevered and candlidly toldHarpers Bazaarthat she sought to interpret Holiday rather than impersonate her.
I want the younger generation to say, ‘Thank you, Billie Holiday.’
