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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Many artists get asked

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Speaker 1: to contribute to motion picture soundtracks, but when The Weekend

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Speaker 1: was approached by James Cameron to create an original song

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Speaker 1: for Avatar to the Way of Water, it was an

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Speaker 1: immediate yes because the first Avatar holds a special place

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Speaker 1: in the Weekend's heart. Reflecting on two thousand nine, when

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Speaker 1: Avatar was released, he tells The Hollywood Reporter that was

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Speaker 1: probably the darkest time in my life. I was pretty

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Speaker 1: much homeless. I had dropped out of school. I didn't

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Speaker 1: know if I was going to succeed as a musician,

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Speaker 1: and I somehow got to see the film in theaters.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how I got in. It was such

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Speaker 1: an escape from my real life that the film is

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Speaker 1: tattooed in my brain. So when they told me they

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Speaker 1: had one name on the list to contribute a song

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Speaker 1: and it was me, it felt like Kissman and a

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Speaker 1: full circle moment because it is such an important film

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Speaker 1: to me. The Weekend teamed up with Swedish house Mafia

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Speaker 1: composer Simon Franklin to create Nothing Is Lost You Give

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Speaker 1: Me Strength, which has just been shortlisted for an Academy Award.

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Speaker 1: Avatar to the way of water in theaters. Now, that's

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Speaker 1: direct from Hollywood.