Avalanche: Difference between revisions

"'''Avalanche'''" is the first song off of ''Act II'' of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' 2023 rock opera, ''[[ATUM]]''. The child's voice at the beginning is [[Billy Corgan]]'s daughter, Philomena Clementine, saying "I hope someday we'll find out what happiness means," followed by a computerized voice repeating the line. It is the first time she's appeared on a studio recording. Corgan said he didn't want his daughter to later in life feel jealous that her brother, Augustus Juppiter, appeared on a studio recording ("[[Wyttch]]" from ''[[CYR]]'') when she did not.<ref name="podcast2">{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-thirty-three-with-william-101982283/episode/avalanche-with-austin-idol-105242639/|title=Avalanche (with Austin idol)|work=[[Thirty-Three (podcast)|Thirty-Three]]|first=Billy|last=Corgan|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref>

Corgan described the songwriting process for "Avalanche" to be very frustrating. Unlike most of his songs, "Avalanche" features a triple [[W:Refrain|chorus]] that descends rather than leading to an [[W:Crescendo|crescendo]]. This made him unsure of the song's potential, and he ultimately rewrote it roughly five times before engineer [[Howard Willing]] convinced him that it should be kept.<ref name="podcast2" />