Enya

Her producer (and lyricist), Nicky Ryan, once said that a three-minute song takes five to six months to finish. Enya doesn't write sad songs or happy songs. She writes "atmospheric" songs. Here is where the myth gets real.

She doesn't go to award shows. She doesn't have social media. When The Lord of the Rings asked her to write "May It Be" for the film, she didn't fly to Hollywood. She watched the movie in her home theater and mailed them the tape. Why do we listen to Enya? Not for a beat drop. Not for a lyric about heartbreak. Her producer (and lyricist), Nicky Ryan, once said

But for someone whose music has sold over 80 million albums (making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time), we know shockingly little about her. Here is where the myth gets real

We listen to Enya for .

When asked why, she says: "If you tour, you have to sing the same song 200 nights in a row. By night 50, the soul is gone. I refuse to let the soul leave my music." When The Lord of the Rings asked her

Her biggest modern hit, Only Time (which went viral again after 9/11 and again during the pandemic), contains the lyric: "Who can say where the road goes... where the day flows?"

Close your eyes. Sail away. Best for: Instagram captions, a "deep dive" YouTube script, or a newsletter segment on music history.