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PEOPLE FROM A
Dream
TO A REALITY
Pascagoula’s Madi Cooper Has Songs Featured on Love is Blind
story by Cherie Ward
photos courtesy of Madi Cooper
The romance might be for show, but the music... well that’s authentic.
Just ask Madi Cooper, a Pascagoula native with two songs featured on the Netflix reality television series Love Is Blind. Her songs “Trapped” and “Tell’Em” premiered on episodes that aired in the U.S. and Brazil.
“It was super surreal to be on Netflix,” Cooper said. “When we heard it for the first time, we were all jumping up and down the whole time it played.”
Cooper’s producer and friend, Kara Greskovic, was first contacted by the music company BMG which led to Big Story Music and eventually Love is Blind. The reality show has six seasons under its belt and has been adapted into eight international versions. The franchise is known to be quite kind to its musicians. Songs can play for as long as two minutes, which is incredibly uncommon on other shows that favor snippets or short transitions.
And Cooper’s television placement success doesn’t stop at reality TV. Her song “How to Fall” was featured on a couple of episodes of Emmerdale, a British soap opera that’s been aired since 1972.
“It’s really popular,” Cooper said. “It’s like the U.K.’s version of General Hospital.” Her most recent release, “Deja Vu,” hit the digital airwaves last month. Currently racking up streaming and digital successes are “Pain” with hundreds of thousands of streams and “Peace,” which is quickly closing in with growing streaming numbers.
“I’m super excited about the release of ‘Deja Vu,’” she said. “‘Pain’ popped off at 200k. That number is super crazy. I’m just excited to see what else happens at this point.”
Her discography also includes singles and EPs “Honey,” “React,” “Goodbye,” “Flower Tattoo,” and “City Air.”
Cooper has had a microphone in her hand since her highchair days. As a teenager,
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