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"Santigold has said that transcendental meditation cured her writer&amp;#039;s block.  The &amp;#039;Disparate Youth&amp;#039; singer tried the meditation technique after it was recommended to her by TV On The Radio&amp;#039;s Dave Sitek, The Scotsman reports.  She had developed writer&amp;#039;s block while working on her upcoming second album Master of My Make-Believe, which she attributes to being exhausted after touring for two years. &amp;quot;I had nothing,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;When you spend two years on the road you lock off the most vulnerable part of you, the part you need to write your songs.&amp;quot; After Sitek recommended meditation as a means of increasing her confidence, Santigold received teaching from Nancy Cook De Herrera, who worked as the publicist for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1960s and introduced him to The Beatles. Santigold said: &amp;quot;All of a sudden, I was the most confident person in the world. &amp;quot;You get given a mantra, one word, which you repeat to yourself. I can&amp;#039;t tell you what mine is, I don&amp;#039;t think it actually has a meaning, but saying it over and over brought me confidence, clarity and calm and made me think, &amp;#039;I can do this&amp;#039;.&amp;quot;   The singer also spoke about collaborator Jay-Z, describing the rapper as &amp;quot;very supportive&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;When he heard the new tracks he said, &amp;#039;This record sounds like a revolution!&amp;#039;&amp;quot; she described. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s right, I think, but I have to say I wasn&amp;#039;t consciously tapping into the Arab Spring or anything. I hardly watch the news.  &amp;quot;Possibly the influence of these events was an intuitive thing; I was drawing from the energy of the world.&amp;quot; Santigold has been announced for this year&amp;#039;s Radio 1 Hackney Weekend.  Master of My Make-Believe is released this week. &amp;gt; Santigold criticises modern pop music: &amp;#039;LMFAO make me cry&amp;#039; Watch the video for &amp;#039;Disparate Youth&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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