Amy Page #5

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- It's quite fun, really.

- An acoustic session?

Never been filmed like this.

I've never done it before.

She was having a couple

of whiskey-and-Cokes.

We had broke for lunch.

Amy had ordered

this massive plate of food

and she had a big dessert as well.

She finished the whole thing off

and she disappeared for a while,

and 45 minutes later

came back a bit kind of dazed.

And the studio manager pulled me

out of the session and said,

"Look, I need you to come

and see something."

She took me

to the women's toilets

and Amy had thrown everything up

and literally

redecorated the toilets.

She'd obviously been

wiping her face,

and all the mascara had

been rubbed off on the towels.

And that's when I kinda realized

that something serious

was wrong.

I had a toffee fudge...

but I ate it.

Yummy.

When she was probably 15,

she one day said,

"I've got this

really great diet, Mum.

I eat what I want and then,

I just bring it all up."

I know, I'm a pig.

I know I'm a pig,

I just... can't help it.

I obviously

did not think that deeply of it.

My feeling was, it would pass.

And then she told Mitchell

about it.

He also sort of pushed it aside,

not taking it seriously.

That basically is bulimia.

And it doesn't pass.

- Hello.

- Hello. You alright?

Welcome to the show.

Now, you've been away

for a little while.

What have you been up to?

I've done an album.

It's called Back To Black.

Mm-hmm.

How would you describe it?

It's a lot more... more...

I don't wanna say more raw,

but it's not got all the clever,

like, jazz chords.

It's not really like that now.

I've been listening

to a lot of girl groups,

a lot of garage bands.

It's kinda what it's like.

It's a lot more guitar.

I'm a guitarist,

I've been listening

to a lot more guitar bands.

In Camden,

you can't really

get away from it, so...

- You can't.

- It rubbed off on me.

Would you go as far as to say

it's a bit more accessible

than your debut?

I'd say it was more accessible.

It's not necessarily more poppy,

but, you know,

jazz is quite an exclusive.

Not exclu...

It's quite an elitist music,

you know,

and this album's

a lot less like that.

I'd rather be at home

with Ray

So let's talk

about your music, then.

And Rehab has gone down so well.

Are you kind of surprised

by the reaction to it?

Uh... I am, actually.

I never even thought

it'd be a single, really.

The record company were like,

"We want it to be a single."

And I was, like,

"Okay, I love all of it,"

know what I mean?

I'm really proud of it.

Now, the Q Awards,

which you were at yesterday.

Did you have a good time?

I had too good a time,

to be honest.

If that's possible.

Alcohol is bad, kids.

...in a shot glass

They tried to make

me go to rehab

I said no no no

Can you tie that any tighter?

What are you doing?

You have to be able to sing.

How can you breathe when

you're singing? That's tight.

Breathe? Sing? What?

There was already

this atmosphere of celebrity...

all tied into Rehab.

Rehab was the pivotal song.

It was the song that gets her

into a particular place,

her becoming a commercial star.

The winner of the Best

British Female this year,

way more rock'n'roll

than Liam Gallagher,

it's the one, the only...

Amy Winehouse!

Okay, let's just go.

Get the... get the... Go.

Ali, just go, man.

We're... we're still friends

We're still friends

We're still friends

Ooh. Rach, this is Blake.

He's my fianc.

Hello.

Turn the volume up!

We're kickin' off

the 107 days of summer,

on 107.5, WBLS!

No no no

The man said

Why do you think you're here

I said I got no...

I'm gonna

I'm gonna lose my baby

So I always keep

A bottle near

He said

I just think you're depressed

This me

Yeah baby

And the rest

I love, not like, Amy Winehouse,

because her voice

is the most original voice

that I've heard in the last,

I dunno, 10 years.

My daughter turned on to it,

everybody got turned on to it.

And I've turned all my friends

on to it.

Her CD is entitled

Back to Black.

Please welcome Amy Winehouse.

I just

Oh I just need a friend

See I'm not gonna spare

ten weeks

Have everyone think

I'm on the mend

And it's not just my pride

It's just till these tears

Have dried

They tried to make me go

to rehab

Amy called me.

Then I saw her in New York.

She wasn't puffed up

about herself at all.

She was almost embarrassed

by the fact

that she was doing so well.

She expressed a lot of concern

and fear

about where things were gonna go

and how she was gonna handle it.

She was just, like,

"What am I supposed to do

in this space, you know?"

I won't go go go

Amy Winehouse! Nice job!

Thank you very, very much!

Everybody just wanted

to spend time with Amy.

In our business,

there's nothing

that can prepare you

for that level of success.

There's no textbook.

You can warn an artist,

you can try

and prepare them for it,

but at the end of the day,

until you go through it,

it's unlike anything

you've ever encountered.

By yourself! By yourself!

By yourself!!

How do you think

the shoot's going, baby?

- Really well, baby!

- Yeah? Enjoying yourself?

What's it like to be shot

by Terry Richardson?

What's he like at shooting?

It's a lifelong dream come true.

What do you think

about the broken glass?

Um, I wrote "I love Blake"

on my tummy.

Did you? Did you outline it?

I wrote "I love Blake"

on my tummy.

I can't see any scars.

It's just chicken scratch.

So what's been your highlight

of the day?

Um...

it'll be in about five minutes.

When?

We go in the toilet

and I f***ing...

- Blake, sit here.

- Yes, Terry, sir.

Amy, sit there.

Amy.

That's good, that's lovely.

You've been famous in the UK

for a little while longer.

Does it seem like it's different

how you're treated here,

in a way too, compared to...

The way people write about you,

it's almost like a 23-year-old's

never wanted go out

and have fun before.

It's kind of hypocritical,

in a way, too.

Uh... I wouldn't know,

I really wouldn't know.

Um... you guys have known

each other for a long time.

You've known each other...

You grew up together?

- Almost.

- Almost?

You were fighting

to get her back?

And what happened?

The day we got married,

we went out on a boat

around Miami,

smoked a cigar and...

it was like a real achievement,

an amazing thing that me

and her had actually done.

We'd actually gotten married.

And we did it

exactly how we wanted to.

You lazy people!

Hurray! Wave!

Her whole thing was she wanted

to feel how he felt.

And she was, "I just wanna feel

what he's feeling."

"I wanna be on the same level.

Otherwise he's there

and I'm here."

That's what she wanted,

that was the goal.

Welcome back to 45th at Night.

Please give a warm,

warm round of applause

for Amy Winehouse.

Yeah I cheated myself

Like I knew I knew I would

I told you

I was trouble

You know that I'm no good

Thank you very much.

Oh, have they? Bollocks.

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