Room 29 was born from a stay #JarvisCocker spent at the #ChâteauMarmont in #LosAngeles.
In his hotel room stood an old piano, silent but heavy with history.
Cocker began to imagine all the hands that had touched it before him, all the stories absorbed by the walls of that space. He shared the idea with #ChillyGonzales, whose piano playing could give voice to those ghosts.
Together they shaped Room 29 as a song cycle: not a pop album, but a series of intimate scenes. Hollywood myths, forgotten figures and fleeting moments drift in and out, as if the room itself were speaking.
The result is a meditation on fame, solitude and memory, told through piano, spoken word and fragile melodies.
This is a short overview of some of the characters and stories that appear in the Room 29 concept album.
The piano in Room 29 is presented as a silent observer, witnessing decades of private moments and passing lives.
Figures such as Jean Harlow embody the fragile side of Hollywood fame and its tragic consequences.
Howard Hughes appears as a symbol of extreme wealth turning into isolation and obsession.
Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, represents the burden of legacy and personal struggle.
Around them, the Château Marmont itself emerges as a central presence, a place where myth, memory and celebrity continuously overlap.
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