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

Episode 48

23rd August 2018

EP48: Singer/songwriter Tiffany Gouche joined us to remind everyone that Beyonce…used to be a in a girl group called Destiny’s Child. No, seriously, we talk about one of the group’s biggest – and strangest – albums. We keep things jumpin, jumpin.

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.

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More on The Writing’s on the Wall

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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Guests

  • Tiffany Gouché

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Hosted by Oliver Wang and Morgan Rhodes, every episode of Heat Rocks invites a special guest to talk about a heat rock – a hot album, a scorching record. These are in-depth conversations about the albums that shape our lives.

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