Episode 48: Tiffany Gouché on Destiny’s Child’s “The Writing’s On the Wall” (1999)

Episode notes

The Album: Destiny’s Child: The Writing’s on The Wall (1999)

She sings about love and about longing. Hometown heroine and triple threat (singer/songwriter/producer) Tiffany Gouché (Inglewood, CA) sang her way into our playlists with silky smooth vocals and a production style that reminds us of R&B’s glory days in the 90s, mixed with the eclectic futuristic sound LA music has come to be known for.

She was, therefore, the perfect person to talk Destiny’s child platinum smash heatrock “The Writing’s On The Wall”.

We revisited an album that was full of anthems, an album that Tiffany experienced on cassette tape! Tiffany spoke to us about the layers of inspiration she got from this album as well as what made “Writing’s On The Wall” classic 90s R&B.

More on Tiffany Gouche

• Interview with Billboard
• Tiffany @ The Boiler Room
• Instagram | Twitter

More on The Writing’s on the Wall

• Wikipedia entry on The Writing’s on the Wall
• The 10 Commandments of Love Within Destiny’s Child’s “The Writing’s on the Wall”” (Billboard)

• “The Writing’s on the Wall: Review” (Pitchfork)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from The Writing’s on the Wall unless indicated otherwise):

• Say My Name
• Bug A Boo
• Tiffany Gouché: Dive
• Commisioned and Fred Hammond: So Good to Know (The Savior)
• Kim Burrell: Holy Ghost
• Outro (Amazing Grace Dedicated to Andretta Tillman)
• Bills, Bills, Bills
• Hey Ladies
• Jumpin, Jumpin
• Beyonce: Love Drought
• Say My Name
• Bills, Bills, Bills
• Usher: I Don’t Know
• P!nk: There You Go
• Confessions (feat. Missy Elliott)
• Now That She’s Gone
• Bug A Boo
• If You Leave (feat. Next)
• Aretha Franklin: At Last – Let Me In Your Life Outtake
• Aretha Franklin: Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

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