Her debut album "Violet Journey", was officially released in 2007 through Universal Music (it was self released earlier in 2005), in which she composed all the material, contributing guitar, vocals and drums on most cuts. She also produced and mixed the final product at her home studio.
Her breakthrough came with her debut single (which is off her second album "Believe") "According to You" which peaked at #3 in Japan, #8 in Australia and #17 in the US. Her second album, "Believe", received a worldwide release in late 2009 (the album was re-released on 8 June 2010 as "Believe (II)", which included four new songs).
On 12 October 2011, the 5 track EP Fire (produced by Dave Stewart), was released as an iTunes download. All 5 tracks would later be released again on Heaven In This Hell.
Her third album Heaven In This Hell was released on 12 March 2013. The album featured Orianthi moving away from pop rock leanings of Believe, and towards a somewhat rawer sound. Orianthi cited modern country and blues as the main inspirations on the album's sound.
Orianthi first started learning piano and playing at the age of three and moving to acoustic guitar at the age of six. She learned to play the acoustic guitar at six at the encouragement of her father, started electric when she was eleven and left her school, Mercedes College, enrolling at Cabra Dominican College. At the age of 15, she turned her focus to writing songs and so began her professional career. She has been playing in bands since 1999 England and in France, and performed in her first stage show for Steve Vai at the age of 15.
Orianthi has appeared on several late night shows, most notably on American Idol results show 26 March 2010. In 2010 she toured extensively with headlining shows in the US, Japan, Australia and Malaysia. She also opened for other artists including: John Mayer, Mika, Kid Rock, Daughtry and over 30 dates for Adam Lambert’s Glam Nation Tour with former Idol contestant Allison Iraheta. Orianthi has performed at various music festivals and charity functions most notably at the Stand Up to Cancer telethon.
Orianthi has been very prolific in collaborating and being featured by many artists. She is featured on Iraheta's third single "Don't Waste The Pretty" and on Fefe Dobson's song "Can't Breathe" which appears on Dobson's album Joy released in November 2010. She has stated that the people she has collaborated with (i.e. Allison Iraheta and Lacey Mosley) are some of her best friends.
She recorded for the song Saadda Haq composed by Academy award winning composer A.R.Rahman for a Bollywood film soundtrack Rockstar. The song became popular and lot of media coverage in India came for Orianthi, being cited for her time as Michael Jackson's lead guitarist.
In 2009, Orianthi was included on a list of "12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists" by Elle magazine and won the "Breakthrough Guitarist of the Year" award from Guitar International magazine in 2010.
On 29 August 2011, Orianthi was announced as Alice Cooper's new guitarist. She replaced Damon Johnson, who is now a member of Thin Lizzy. She was the first female member of the Alice Cooper band. Orianthi did two world tours with Alice Cooper, but resigned in June 2014, and was replaced by Nita Strauss. Her departure caused a rift between her and Strauss' respective fanbases, though the guitarists themselves are friends.
Orianthi has appeared as a guitarist for other stars including shows with Michael Bolton, Dave Stewart and James Durbin. She also appeared on the Top 7-week season 12 of American Idol on 3 April 2013 to play guitar for each of the performances. One month later Orianthi performed Fine China with Chris Brown at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, and on 8 December of that same year she paid tribute to Carlos Santana, performing in the Kennedy Center Honors Gala. She spent most of 2013–2015 touring with Dave Stewart, started BeMyBand, and released a song. In 2014, she joined Richie Sambora for his solo tour in Australia and Europe. In 2016, the two toured under the name RSO in Australia, South America and the UK
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Orianthi Lyrics
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To fall I had no fear at all
I saw you beside me
You never saw me there at all
I promised you all this
I made plans thinking this was it
I never imagined I'd find you and lose myself instead
I just never pictured it would end
And I wanna believe in love
I wanna believe in something bigger than the two of us (the two of us)
And I wanna breathe again
I wanna go back to the days the days I had my innocence
I wanna believe again
He picked up the pieces and put them back where they belonged
But somethings missing but a part of me will carry on
I am gonna learn to trust again
And I wanna believe in love
I wanna believe in something bigger than the two of us (the two of us)
And I wanna breathe again
I wanna go back to the days the days I had my innocence
I wanna believe again
In the song "Believe" by Orianthi, the lyrics suggest someone reflecting upon a past relationship that ended with disappointment and heartache. The singer conveys a deep sense of yearning and hope as she considers the possibility of finding love and trust once again. As the singer, she admits to having trusted someone completely and felt completely fearless in the relationship but felt invisible to the person, "you never saw me there at all."
The singer reminisces on the relationship she thought was "it" - a perfect love - but it ended badly, and she didn't see it coming. She has lost her self in the relationship, and now she wants to go back to her earlier days of innocence. Even though someone picked up the pieces and put them back where they belonged and she wants to trust again, she desires something beyond just herself and someone else; she longs for something bigger than two people, something worth believing in.
In general, the song is about hope and how it can inspire people to believe in themselves and the world around them, even after terrible disappointments. The singer clearly blames herself for not seeing the end of the relationship, and now she is searching for a newfound strength that comes from love and self-discovery.
Line by Line Meaning
You made it so easy
I found it effortless to fall in love with you
To fall I had no fear at all
I felt safe and secure with you, without any reservations
I saw you beside me
I felt like we were a united force, always together
You never saw me there at all
You were either oblivious or indifferent to my presence
I promised you all this
I made many commitments and spoke of the future ahead
I made plans thinking this was it
I thought that you were the one for me, and planned accordingly
I never imagined I'd find you and lose myself instead
I didn't expect to fall so hard for you that I lost my sense of self
I just never pictured it would end
I never considered that our relationship would finish, and we'd go separate ways
And I wanna believe in love
I want to continue having faith in the possibility of love
I wanna believe in something bigger than the two of us (the two of us)
I want to have confidence that there is more to life and the world than just our relationship
And I wanna breathe again
I want to feel free and alive, and not stifled or smothered
I wanna go back to the days the days I had my innocence
I want to revisit simpler times, before I became disillusioned by life and love
He picked up the pieces and put them back where they belonged
After the breakup, someone helped me to mend and recover from the ordeal
But somethings missing but a part of me will carry on
Even though I feel incomplete, I will still move forward and persist
I am gonna learn to trust again
I am determined to overcome my trust issues and not let them hold me back
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Patrick Leonard, Ronan Keating
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