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The album reflects a somewhat new sound for Bowie, being influenced by [[AvantGardeMusic avant-garde]] {{jazz}}, ProgressiveRock, hip-hop acts such as Music/DeathGrips and Music/KendrickLamar, and electronic acts such as Music/BoardsOfCanada. Having been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2014, Bowie dedicated the album to exploring his [[ApocalypticLog newfound awareness of his mortality, not knowing whether or not he'd survive his ailment and preparing for the possibility of him having to die]]. Indeed, Bowie's fears would turn out correct; while shooting the music video for "Lazarus", he was informed that his cancer had become terminal. He would die on January 10, 2016, just two days after the album's release.
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The album reflects a somewhat new sound for Bowie, being influenced by [[AvantGardeMusic avant-garde]] {{jazz}}, ProgressiveRock, hip-hop acts such as Music/DeathGrips and Music/KendrickLamar, and electronic acts such as Music/BoardsOfCanada. Having been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2014, Bowie dedicated the album to exploring his [[ApocalypticLog newfound awareness of his mortality, not knowing whether or not he'd survive his ailment and preparing for the possibility of him having to die]]. Indeed, Bowie's fears would turn out correct; while shooting the music video for "Lazarus", he was informed that his cancer had become terminal. He would die on January 10, 2016, just two days after the album's release.
release and his 69th birthday.
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''★'' was supported by three singles: the TitleTrack, "Lazarus", and "I Can't Give Everything Away". "Lazarus" was the last single to be released during Bowie's lifetime. On a somewhat more trivial note, "★" was, at the time of its release, the longest song to ever chart on the Billboard 100 (running just under ten minutes and peaking at No. 78) until Music/{{Tool}} broke the record with the 10:21 "Fear Inoculum" in 2019.
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''★'' was supported by three singles: the TitleTrack, "Lazarus", and "I Can't Give Everything Away". "Lazarus" was the last single to be released during Bowie's lifetime. On a somewhat more trivial note, "★" was, at the time of its release, the longest song to ever chart on the Billboard ''Billboard'' 100 (running just under ten minutes and peaking at No. 78) until Music/{{Tool}} broke the record with the 10:21 "Fear Inoculum" (running at 10 minutes and 21 seconds) in 2019.
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* ConceptVideo: Bowie's final video before his death, 2015's "Lazarus", depicts him as an ailing patient in a hospital contemplating his mortality. Bowie passed away just months later, and the discovery that he was secretly battling liver cancer while making ''★'' (which saw release two days before he died in 2016) made it apparent that the video was a direct allegory for his situation.
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* PictoralLetterSubstitution: The album cover features a series of star fragments at the bottom, which are shaped in just the right ways to read "BOWIE."
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* PictoralLetterSubstitution: PictorialLetterSubstitution: The album cover features a series of star fragments at the bottom, which are shaped in just the right ways to read "BOWIE."
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* CallBack: The harmonica on the closing track "I Can't Give Everything Away" plays the same tune as the harmonica on "A New Career in a New Town" from Bowie's 1977 album ''Music/{{Low|DavidBowieAlbum}}''; fans have also cited similarities to "Music/NeverLetMeDown", "[[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Soul Love]]", and "[[Music/HoursDavidBowieAlbum Thursday's Child]]". The music also becomes more reminiscent of Bowie's old styles towards the end of the album.
* PictoralLetterSubstitution: The album cover features a series of star fragments at the bottom, which are shaped in just the right ways to read "BOWIE."
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* ProductionThrowback: In some parts of the music video for "Lazarus", Bowie wears a striped jumpsuit identical to the one he was pictured in on the back cover of the Creator/{{Rykodisc}} CD reissue of ''Music/StationToStation''.
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** In some parts of the music video for "Lazarus", Bowie wears a striped jumpsuit identical to the one he was pictured in on the back cover of the Creator/{{Rykodisc}} CD reissue of''Music/StationToStation''.''Music/StationToStation''.
** The harmonica on the closing track "I Can't Give Everything Away" plays the same tune as the harmonica on "A New Career in a New Town" from Bowie's 1977 album ''Music/{{Low|DavidBowieAlbum}}''; fans have also cited similarities to "Music/NeverLetMeDown", "[[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Soul Love]]", and "[[Music/HoursDavidBowieAlbum Thursday's Child]]". The music also becomes more reminiscent of Bowie's old styles towards the end of the album.
** In some parts of the music video for "Lazarus", Bowie wears a striped jumpsuit identical to the one he was pictured in on the back cover of the Creator/{{Rykodisc}} CD reissue of
** The harmonica on the closing track "I Can't Give Everything Away" plays the same tune as the harmonica on "A New Career in a New Town" from Bowie's 1977 album ''Music/{{Low|DavidBowieAlbum}}''; fans have also cited similarities to "Music/NeverLetMeDown", "[[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Soul Love]]", and "[[Music/HoursDavidBowieAlbum Thursday's Child]]". The music also becomes more reminiscent of Bowie's old styles towards the end of the album.
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''★'' (pronounced ''Blackstar'') is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by Music/DavidBowie, released on January 8th, 2016 (Bowie's 69th birthday).
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''★'' (pronounced ''Blackstar'') is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by Music/DavidBowie, released on January 8th, 2016 (Bowie's 69th birthday).
birthday) through ISO & Creator/ColumbiaRecords.
