In Sept… Read Full Bio ↴Dionne Bromfield (born 1996 in London) is an English singer.
In September 2009 Bromfield was the first artist to be signed to Amy Winehouse's record label Lioness Records. Her debut album Introducing Dionne Bromfield was released on 12 October 2009 and first single "Mama Said" was released on 2 November 2009. Yeah Right was released on March 20, 2011 as the first single from her second album.
Introducing Dionne Bromfield features covers of 12 classic songs that reflect her love of vintage soul music and ‘60s girl groups. Tracks include the Motown anthem Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, which Dionne has recorded as a duet with Zalon, and Foolish Little Girl, originally a hit for The Shirelles in 1963.
As Dionne explains: “Mostly I listen to Motown – that’s proper music. And these songs I’ve chosen, I just grew up around them. My mum had lots of old Motown LPs, and when you’re brought up listening to something you start singing the way these people are singing. My favourite singer is Marvin Gaye, and Aretha Franklin is amazing as well – she has such a big voice! I also like Ne-Yo very much, I like Beyonce, but I don’t want to go R&B or pop or anything like that. I want to keep it soul.”
It was at the age of ten that Dionne started to think seriously about singing, after an aunt recognised her potential and referred her to a professional vocal coach. A year later she sang for Amy for the first time. “I said, ‘You’re an amazing singer’,” Amy recalls. “We also played guitar together, and the way she accompanies herself on guitar is amazing too.”
Amy put Dionne together with Jon Moon, the producer who worked on the deluxe edition of Amy’s Back To Black album and whose credits also include N-Dubz, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens). Dionne says: “The first song we did was Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. I played it to Amy and she said, ‘Oh my God, that’s the nuts!’ Eventually we started doing more and more songs and it turned into an album.”
Backed by Amy’s regular touring band, Dionne recorded a wide variety of songs from the 1960s and early ‘70s: early Tamla Motown favourite Beechwood 4-5789, a hit for The Marvelettes in 1962; He’s So Fine, a US number one for The Chiffons in 1964; Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do), co-written and originally recorded by Stevie Wonder in ’67 and later covered by Aretha Franklin in 1973; and My Boy Lollipop, a UK number one for Millie in 1964, and a song first heard by Dionne when she saw the Spice Girls movie Spiceworld. “I thought it was a good song,” she says, “but when I heard Millie’s version I thought, this is the proper one. And Amy said, ‘You’ve got to do it – it’s my favourite tune!’”
When choosing each song for the album, Dionne had simple criteria. “You need a good melody and a good lyric,” she says. “To write a really great song, you have to really mean it. If you put your all into it, if you really feel it, you’re showing what you feel and what you want others to feel about that song.”
This is a principle that Dionne is applying to her own songwriting, although she is saving her original songs for the future. Says Amy: “Dionne’s writing all the time. I want her to experience life so that she can write songs. But while she’s doing a covers album she’s not singing all her songs, she’s not so consumed by it. Singing songs that are very personal, it’s very deep. But she knows what she’s doing – to be honest, when I say Dionne’s like my sister, a lot of the time she’s like my older sister! I’m just so proud of her.”
“I’m really happy with my album,” Dionne says, “I love these songs, and I’m really excited about going out and singing them. Once you’re on a stage, it’s like you’re home.”
Time Will Tell
Dionne Bromfield Lyrics
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I must be a real bad girl to treat you so
You painted a picture, put me in the frame
Now you get sympathy and I get all the blame
Fooled all of our friends
Fine, you can have them
Hours or days, though I don't know when
Time will tell
Yeah, you may have got it full now
But you gon' mess up somehow
Time will tell
Even though the fact is you play ghetto tactics
Served you well
I've seen the side that you hide nobody knows
But it's gon' show, it's gon' show
I call you Mr. Blanks, you're so see-through
But I'm unbreakable when it comes to you
So do your worst, I'll still come first
Cause one day it's gonna hurt
You'll get what you deserve
Time will tell
Yeah, you may have got it full now
But you gon' mess up somehow
Time will tell
Even though the fact is you play ghetto tactics
Served you well
I've seen the side that you hide nobody knows
But it's gon' show, it's gon' show
One day you're gonna push the line just a little
Caught between your lies and the truth in the middle
Gonna see the face that you hid so well
Time will tell
Yeah, you may have got it full now
But you gon' mess up somehow
Time will tell
Even though the fact is you play ghetto tactics
Served you well
I've seen the side that you hide nobody knows
But it's gon' show, it's gon' show
Time will tell, (time will tell)
Time will tell, (time will tell)
Served you well, (time will tell)
Time will tell, (time will tell)
Time will tell
The song "Time Will Tell" by Dionne Bromfield is a powerful song about a relationship where one person is being painted as an angel with a heart of gold, while the other is being blamed for all the problems in the relationship. The lyrics suggest that the singer has been treated badly by their partner and that they are seen as a real bad girl by their mutual friends. The singer calls out this behavior and suggests that although their partner may have fooled their friends in the short term, time will eventually reveal the truth. The singer also suggests that although their partner may be playing "ghetto tactics" to keep them in line, they will eventually get what they deserve.
In the chorus, the singer emphasizes that no matter how much their partner may think they've gotten away with their behavior, time will eventually reveal the truth. The singer uses the metaphor of a painting to describe how their partner has tried to control how they are seen by others, but ultimately this facade will crumble. The singer also asserts their own strength in the face of their partner's mistreatment, saying that they are unbreakable and that one day their partner's actions will catch up with them.
Overall, "Time Will Tell" is a song about the importance of standing up for oneself in the face of mistreatment and manipulation in a relationship. It emphasizes the idea that although someone may be trying to control how they are seen by others, the truth will eventually come out.
Line by Line Meaning
They think you're an angel, a heart of gold
People see you as a good person
I must be a real bad girl to treat you so
The singer feels guilty for treating you badly
You painted a picture, put me in the frame
You tried to make the singer look bad
Now you get sympathy and I get all the blame
You're getting sympathy and the singer is getting blamed
Fooled all of our friends
You lied to people about the singer
Fine, you can have them
The singer doesn't want to be around those friends anymore
Hours or days, though I don't know when
The relationship will end, but the timing is uncertain
Time will tell
We'll see what happens in the future
Yeah, you may have got it full now
You might feel like you've won for now
But you gon' mess up somehow
You will make a mistake eventually
Even though the fact is you play ghetto tactics
You use manipulative tactics to get what you want
Served you well
Those tactics have worked for you so far
I've seen the side that you hide nobody knows
The singer knows your true nature
But it's gon' show, it's gon' show
Your true nature will become apparent to others eventually
I call you Mr. Blanks, you're so see-through
The singer sees through your lies
But I'm unbreakable when it comes to you
The singer won't be affected by your lies
So do your worst, I'll still come first
The singer won't let you bring them down
Cause one day it's gonna hurt
You will suffer the consequences of your actions
You'll get what you deserve
You will face the consequences of your actions
One day you're gonna push the line just a little
You will go too far one day
Caught between your lies and the truth in the middle
You will be caught in your lies
Gonna see the face that you hid so well
Your true nature will be revealed
Time will tell
We'll see what happens in the future
Time will tell
We'll see what happens in the future
Served you well
Those tactics have worked for you so far
Time will tell
We'll see what happens in the future
Time will tell
We'll see what happens in the future
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: STEPHEN ANDREW BOOKER, WAYNE ANTHONY HECTOR, DIONNE BROMFIELD
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