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guidelines STOP MESSAGING ME IN CHARACTER. Fucking weirdos. If you don't take the time to read anything, why do you roleplay? My tagline is pretty clear that I only plot and write in direct messages. Tag me on a status or a bulletin if you want. (OOC)//I don't do connections, or limit my character to one love interest. I am multi-ship. Meaning every story is separate. I'm part of this dying breed of roleplayers. So if you're single-ship, there's the door. Here, I am seeking a male character willing (unwillingly for more tension) to undergo a turbulent, long-term relationship. Amy may be a royal pain, but she promises not to be boring. If swayed correctly, she can be loyal and assertive. She wields the ability to soften most hearts. Unable to deliberately hurt anyone, the few times she did, Amy was as drunk as a skunk. I can be swayed toward a plot involving Amy in a short-term romance with another female character. The twist could be a male character of your choice coming into the story to fall in love with Amy. Putting her promiscuous lifestyle to rest has proven to be a real challenge so far for her. But Amy has found very few men she has dated are willing to love her for her, not her high social status. That goes for friendships, those who hang around her for what she has, and nothing more. What she wants more than anything in the world is to be a mother. But she has a lot of work on her plate to finish. First and foremost, her dependency on alcohol. Amy drinks to get through her day-to-day life, seldom is she seen sober. For several years now she has been engaged in a seesaw battle with anorexia and bulimia. Eating disorders and alcoholism are slowly killing her. But when you're depressed enough, your self-awareness plummets. Over the years, Amy had experienced several attempts at rehabilitation, but they all led to relapse after relapse. She had already achieved victory over her addiction to crack and heroin three years prior. The right motivation and a roadmap to improve her life are the key. Independence is one major thing she needs to find some happiness. That is if she no longer needs to be babysat by friends or her bodyguards because she cannot look after herself. Recklessness almost cost her life numerous times previously. Once being married to a trainwreck had no positive influence. I'm not opposed to the idea of Amy potentially exploring other genres of music. Gravitating her toward rock has been on my mind. Vocals aside, she is quite skilled on the guitar. She is a fast learner who loves picking up new skills. I don't want to make a bunch of rules. Just don't be a d.ick. I do not intend to sound like one, but I get sick and tired of repeating myself. I only write in the third person and past tense. I'd very much prefer you did, too. First-person is a dealbreaker for me. It's creepy. If you cannot at least write more than two engaging paragraphs, I don't think we will be a fit. I do believe in quality over quantity, but there isn't much you can put in liners to keep me invested. No in-character chat in DMs. I'd like plot and write there. If you're an engaging novella writer, that's a big plus for me. However, if you cannot at least try to mirror my effort, then f*** off. Don't waste my time. Also, I'm fine with friends I don't write with!

BASIC BIO GOOGLE DOCS BIO Introduction to the real Amy RANDOM FACTS ABOUT AMY GALLERY ABOUT THE ADMIN THE MISUNDERSTOOD JAZZ DIVA HAS SHE EVER... STATUS FEED 2007 AU EXIT TO ROLEPLAYER.ME HOMEPAGE CREDIT

ALBUMS FRANK BACK TO BLACK

backstory I was a depressed teenager with awful acne who would cry herself to sleep.

The Winehouses never had trouble making ends meet. Keeping financially stable must be in our genes, or something. Nevermind that. I suffered in other ways, it all started with "Daddy's work wife". It was no secret, everyone in the family knew for years. Mum and Dad's divorce when I was nine hit my brother and I hard. Dad was never around for the important things, like when we were being little shits. Mum was too mild-mannered to discipline us. 1983 - 1990 Entering the world kicking and screaming as if she were tone-deaf, Amy was a seven-pounder born four days late. Her brother Alex, three years her senior, had desired a brother. He would fight her for the limelight often. Despite the result, he still loved and protected his little sister. Her mother, Janis Winehouse, was a pharmacist, and her father, Mitch, was a cab driver. The Winehouse family has a long history of financial success in past generations, so they were never short on anything. But the tension would originate elsewhere. Since the day she learned to walk, Amy was always getting herself into trouble, hence was dubbed "Hurricane Amy" for how she would bolt from room to room, unable to relax until she tired herself out. She was notorious for frequently injuring herself due to her rowdiness, running away from home, and desiring to be the center of attention no matter her mood. Generally, she was a happy kid when she got her way. And that was often. Amy vanishing without a trace, sustaining severe injuries (such as breaking both of her hands from falling), and showcasing an uptight attitude were the result of Mitch’s absence from his children’s lives. He was never there for the important things, allowing Alex and Amy to be wild to their heart’s content. Amy's interest in music began at a very young age when she listened to jazz, blues, and rock records with her father, namely Tony Bennett, Carole King, and James Taylor. She knew then that singing was her calling and started as a toddler. Mostly self-taught, she would shake the world with her beautiful, smoky vocals. Still, to this day, her father topped the list of credited people for the growth of her talent. As her speech was advancing, Amy grew more obnoxious to get in the center of attention. “Shut up, Amy!” was the most common phrase in the family. During the first few school years, Amy felt like the odd one out. She was never mean-spirited, but she bullied and judged the other kids so they would notice her. Over time, her number of friends outnumbered everyone else. Amy had been able to solve complex math equations since before she started primary school. Very intelligent, Amy was bumped up a year but quickly grew bored because it was too easy. In her mid-teens, her interest in the guitar began when one night she decided to sneak into her brother’s room and play Alex’s guitar when he wasn’t home. Saving up on allowance, she bought her first acoustic. 1990 - 2001 The turbulence in The Winehouse family started rather early when Mitch had an adulterous affair with a secretary at his job when Amy was about a year old. Her parents divorced when she was ten, delivering a heavy blow to her premature psyche. She thought of taking her own life by consuming an abundance of sleeping pills. Amy has told nobody about this except Tyler. Exploring other options to numb her pain, she started chain-smoking Marlboro Reds, drinking booze, and smoking cannabis by the age of twelve to cope. Mitch was oblivious to how much the distance he created from his kids affected them. Suspended several times from school due to disruptive behavior, Amy was still the popular (and unpopular) girl with a handful of friends; notably Juliette Ashby and Lauren Gilbert. Last but not least: Tyler James, whom she was acquainted with in her jazz class at age thirteen during her first year at Sylvia Young Theatre School. Tyler thought he was listening to a 40-year-old jazz singer who chain-smoked Marlboro Reds. Amy fell in love with the touch of Stevie Wonder in Tyler’s voice. He asked Amy, “Who the fuck are you? Your voice is absolutely sick.” Her quick comeback was “Your voice is absolutely mental.” He would become her roommate for several years after she dropped out of school at seventeen. Her teachers knew she was brilliant, but because of her lack of effort in academics, teacher comments were often “could be better”, or “waste of potential”, “a pity!”, “a sharp, but disruptive girl”. Her interests were now solely poetry and music. Amy would always be singing and grabbing the concentration of others, the big elephant in the room that wouldn’t keep quiet, whether she was running her mouth or letting her bold pipes go. That included during her times in detention. “I was always loud because you have to scream to be heard in my family.” In her preteen years, she gained interest in hip-hop groups such as Salt-N-Pepa and TLC, forming a brief band with her friend Juliette dubbed Sweet N’ Sour. Amy, of course, was "Sour". They had only performed one show and never recorded anything. One notable song they had penned was “Boys? Who Needs Them?” Silently, she began to suffer from bulimia in her early pubescent years, and anorexia would follow her into adulthood. This left her parents shocked, they knew how much Amy loved to eat. Her parents did not think much of it, her mother thought it would pass, so no action was taken. Like many young women, Amy had a troubled body image. In desperate need of an escape from her woes, watching her brother play his electric guitar inspired her greatly. Amy would snatch his Stratocaster and practice on it for hours when he wasn't home. The accelerated learner she was, Amy picked up on it in a few months studying jazz guitar tabs and sheet music. It was then she discovered another means of self-therapy. Play guitar for an hour and feel ten times better. In time, she saved enough money and bought herself an acoustic. The only person she felt she could be herself around was her paternal grandmother, Cynthia. Amy needed someone to tell her “no” and tell her things as they were. Janis unfortunately did not fit that role appropriately in her daughter’s life. Amy’s unruly behavior at times became too much for her mother to bear, so she just tolerated it. However, Cynthia’s totalitarian way of authority instilled some kind of discipline in Amy. But they didn’t live under the same roof. Sadly, Mitchell’s absence led to the dawn of Amy’s promiscuous lifestyle at the age of fourteen. The ability to contain her urges since hitting puberty at the age of ten failed her. Due to her father’s infidelity, Amy’s view of men became very warped. By the time she was sixteen, she had many sexual encounters but no serious relationship up until she met a black boy named Crispin Waller, a fellow classmate in her later years of secondary school. He was the first she fell in love with and would be far from the last. Another factor to the early dawn of Amy’s sex life was a dark secret she kept to herself; at the age of sixteen, she was brutally raped by a date while under heavy influence of alcohol. She may not remember well because she was very intoxicated, but the mental toll it took on her left a deep scar. That feeling of powerlessness and the humiliation of being violated were near impossible to forget. Her increasing body count was from a hope that she would forget the trauma. But she would learn the hard way that it wasn't the proper solution. Spending a year as the head singer of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, they could be considered her first band. Amy departed once she was through school and sought other opportunities to make a living with her natural talent. 2001 - 2007 After playing guitar and singing in a few jazz and R&B bands in her mid-teens, Amy gained a temporary job as a journalist for the World Entertainment News Network through the father of her best friend, Juliette Ashby. Figuring school was the least of her concerns, it was at this point she took an early leave from Sylvia Young’s and sought job opportunities to begin her adult life. Bored with the traditional authority of her stepfather Tony, and seeing less of her brother who left for university, more and more of Amy’s spare time was spent writing music and spending time with Tyler. Winehouse had no ambition to take her musical talent and truly do something with it. Unsatisfied with her lack of chemistry with local music groups, she took her leave into her stepfather’s basement, smoking weed, singing, and playing guitar all day. Tyler, who was looking to make a music career for himself after leaving university, urged Amy to send in a demo tape. It wasn’t until after six months of demands that she gave in and recorded. From the moment talent scout Nick Shymansky heard her voice, he knew she was destined for greatness. Following a critically acclaimed audition at Brilliant 19 promotions, a handful of record companies wanted to sign her. Amy was offered a £250k contract under Island Records which she accepted but would not get until she was of age. But she couldn’t do this alone. So she called up old friends and held auditions to form “The Amy Winehouse Band”, a seven-piece group. Troy Miller, a friend from a previous band Amy played for, volunteered to fill the role of percussion. Following a year of small shows around London, Amy was promoted by Simon Fuller through Tyler and signed a record deal the following year when she reached eighteen. Together with manager Nick Shymansky, the search began for a record producer. An admirer of his work, Amy settled on hip-hop producer Salaam Remi, who instantly agreed to work with her upon hearing her demo tape. They became fast friends through their time in the studio. No music was churned within a year, Amy spent her quarter of a million pounds (UK currency) on new clothes, and her first property in Camden was in the apartment complex known as Jeffrey’s Place. The geek she was, thousands were spent on WWF and comic book memorabilia and also her hobby of collecting posters of pinup girls that decorated the walls of her flat, a fascination she picked up from Cynthia. Winehouse had no material to release, and Island Records had threatened to drop her, so Amy had to come up with a record quickly. For years she had a strong dislike for contemporary pop, she could relate to none of it, and that was motivated her to write her own music in the first place. Since the age of seventeen Amy was dating a man seven years her senior, Chris Taylor. It was unlike what she had with Crispin, falling heels over in love with him. But that passion soon faded when she realized it wasn’t meant to be. Chris lacked the masculine qualities that attracted Amy. He was sensitive, and didn’t like taking the reins, giving Amy too much control and it bored her. The relationship with him would inspire songs such as “Stronger Than Me”, “Take The Box”, and “In My Bed”. For years, she would not have another serious relationship. Amy developed an attraction to the handsome manager at her job as a cashier at a coffee shop at the age of sixteen. But the thirty-year-old did not feel comfortable with a girl of barely legal age ogling him. He rejected her, and this led to the lyrical compositions of “Amy Amy Amy”, and “You Sent Me Flying”. ”I wrote this song about this guy who I really, really liked. And he didn’t like me back… I’ve fucked him up since then, so…” Progress began on her debut album, Frank, named after her biggest music hero, Frank Sinatra. Recorded in New York City and Miami with Salaam, the record made itself. In a matter of a few weeks, the album finished. Frank was released to the UK in a mere few months in 2003, raising Amy to widespread fame in the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe. She raked in BRITs, Ivor Novello, and Mercury Awards for her first body of work. Overwhelmed by her success, Amy believed she didn’t do much to deserve them so she gave them to her mother. How could she possibly have been ready for stardom at the barely ripe age of twenty? She dreamed of fame as a child but thought it was a pipe dream. Was this what she really wanted? Her world was changing so fast, and it was the dawn of her young adulthood. At first, she made friends with the paparazzi who lingered outside her home. Over time, she grew frightened and aggravated of them, dubbing them "vultures". A year following Frank, Amy’s lifestyle began to change. She wasn’t that lively immaculate girl for much longer. She hung around different crowds; enjoying the fruits of her labor through partying and other activities. Again, no music was being developed. Amy became distant from those close to her, leaving herself alone with Tyler who was still her roommate at Jeffreys Place. The local pubs became Amy’s frequent habitat. “T, let’s go to the pub and play pool.” Became a daily thing. He grew irritated by his friend’s new habits that were surrounding her with delinquents and drug addicts. Her alcohol consumption continued to climb; she was exhausted creatively and it distressed her. She needed inspiration, and heartbreak was what motivated her to write Frank. Island Records was steps away from throwing her to the curb if she still had her hands empty. Two years after her first album was released; Amy was empty-handed of any new lyrics. Her day-to-day routine of daytime drinking and betting on games of pool led to her meeting a man who would change her life forever for better or for worse. She fell hard for video production assistant Blake Fielder-Civil, meeting him at one of her favorite pubs in Camden, The Old Blue Last. He started as a fling, but became much more than that, despite Blake already dating someone else. Civil was a heroin addict, a huge red flag that her social circle continued to point out. But Amy was not the type to judge for such things. Nobody could tell her what to do. Following a year together, Blake dumped Amy for his girlfriend on the side, Becky. Not that it mattered. Amy was with someone else as well, an A&R scout named George whom she had known since she was discovered by Nick Shymansky. It was a friends-with-benefits relationship. The fact was, Amy did not like that Blake was with someone else but yet, she was so intensely attracted to Civil. It was around this time Amy dressed more immaculately, got more tattoos, kept her hair dyed jet black like Cynthia’s, and the cat-eye and winged eyeliner that was to become her iconic look. The breakup with Blake led to Amy increasing her daily alcohol consumption to clear him from her mind. Nick Shymansky demanded she go to rehab, but instead, Amy asked for her father, Mitch’s opinion and made the decision to not go. This exact event in her life would lead to the composition of the song that would launch her career further in both a positive and negative way. “Rehab”. Feeling that Nick was too invasive to her problems due to their sentimental relationship and short romantic history, Amy fired him and requested that Raye Cosbert, her promoter, also fulfill the manager role. Amy and Nick would barely see one another for years after this. Her next album, Back to Black, was to be centered around her savagely broken heart and dwindling mental state; the yang to its predecessor, the mostly funny, and intelligent Frank. The release of ‘Rehab’ as a single catapulted her to superstardom. The record would launch her into worldwide fame, and there was no escaping it. Seemingly overnight, Amy Winehouse became a household name. Being in denial that she would ever be famous could no longer continue. At the 2005 BRIT awards, Amy had suffered defeat to fellow British soul singer, Dido. This would further increase Amy’s disappointment with how Frank ended up to be. She was dissatisfied with the record before its release, not liking the sections of artificial drums that were added to the final mix of a few tracks without her consent. Following her loss to Dido and singles that barely hit the charts, Amy felt a bit discouraged by those results. Two years after her first album was released; Amy had no concrete material for a new record. Her daytime drinking led to her meeting a man who would change her life forever. She fell hard for Blake Fielder-Civil, meeting him at her favorite pub in Camden, Good Mixer. He started as a fling, but became much more than that, despite Blake already dating another girl since he met Amy. Civil was a heroin addict, a red flag that her social circle continued to point out, but Amy was not the type to judge for such things. Several years later, her decision would leave a scar on her heart. After a year together, Blake dumped Amy for his girlfriend on the side. Not that it mattered, she was sleeping with someone else as well, an A&R scout named George. The breakup with Blake led to Amy increasing her daily alcohol consumption to clear him from her mind. Nick Shymansky demanded she go to rehab, but instead, Amy asked for her father’s opinion and made the decision to not go. This very event in her life would lead to the composition of the song that would launch her career further. Feeling that Nick was too invasive to her problems due to their sentimental relationship and romantic history, Amy fired him and requested that Raye Cosbert, her promoter, also fulfill the manager role. ”Everything reminded me of him. I see blood running down the walls and I think of him. I know, it’s crazy, innit?” It was in late 2005 that Cynthia, Amy’s beloved paternal grandmother, had passed away from lung cancer due to decades of chain-smoking. Disraught by the loss, Winehouse fell into an even darker place. It was around this time Amy dressed more immaculately, got more tattoos, kept her hair dyed jet black like Cynthia’s, and the cat-eye and winged eyeliner that was to become her iconic look. The beehive would be the last touch in the near future. Her next album, Back to Black, was centered around her savagely broken heart and dwindling mental state; the yang to its predecessor. The release of ‘Rehab’ as a single catapulted her to superstardom. The record would launch her into worldwide fame, and there was no escaping it. Seemingly overnight, Amy Winehouse became a household name. Being in denial that she would ever be super famous could no longer perist. Winehouse’s trademark beehive made its debut when she and her hairdresser tossed around ideas for her look in the music video to the album’s title track. A subtle silver streak was added to the bangs as a final touch. The retro look quickly grew on Amy; it reminded her of the beehive hairstyle that Ronnie Spector sported. Ever since the shooting for the title track’s video, the beehive was there to stay and immediately became a distinctive part of her image. It became a comfort blanket for her, a way to mask her true self from prying eyes. Many different styles of her voluptuous hairstyle would come and go. It was during this time that Amy found herself a new flame, a fellow singer and guitar player, Alex Clare, who was also weaving his way into the music industry. While she loved him so much she had an ace of spades inked on her left ring finger after him, Amy did not harbor the same bold feelings that she did for Blake. When ‘Rehab’ was released as a single, Amy was scrutinized by the press, ignoring the fact that it was the first chart-topping single of Winehouse’s career. Through the years she would begin to loathe the very song that started the media circus that paraded her. The band that accompanied Amy through the recording of her second record; The Dap-Kings, would join her on stage for years to come. Amy’s stage act is sometimes referred to as Amy Winehouse & The Dap-Kings on a few posters for shows. Personally, Amy prefers this over just her name. Upon filming the music video for “You Know That I’m No Good” at the near end of 2006, Blake appeared on the set to return to the life of his ex-girlfriend, now that she reached great success. She had gotten exactly what she wanted and accepted her hustling ex-boyfriend back into her fold. Now more than ever, she was glued to his lap, and could not go anywhere without his presence. The hopeless romantic in her fell slave to him. Alex on the sidelines however, was not at all pleased. His strong passion for Amy was what kept him lingering a bit longer. Back to Black became the number-one album in nineteen countries, catapulting Amy to superstardom. She had become the first British artist, notably a female solo artist, to go platinum in record sales in years; becoming the pride of the United Kingdom. Amy failed to see how much she had underestimated herself. All she wanted to do was sing. Fame and riches meant zilch. And she got far more than she dreamed of in a mere few years. Winehouse made her presence known in the United States when ‘Rehab’ was released as a single to America and made her first appearance on American television on The David Letterman Show and later, Jay Leno. Four US shows later, that was as far as she would go in this corner of the world. Winning a handful of BRIT awards that year led to Amy’s rivalry with fellow contender, Lilly Allen. At her shows, Allen would openly diss Winehouse. Amy dismissed Allen’s jealousy and harassment. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, those two obstacles happened to be Blake, and Alex Clare. Amy threw herself onto Blake when he proposed to her in March of 2007, leaving Alex in the dust. A move she would regret for a very long time. Unfortunately, her and Blake’s self-destructive behaviors fueled one another, and their marriage in Miami in 2007 did not improve their relationship. Blake had her on a tight leash. No friends or family of the bride were invited to the wedding in Miami. Calling her parents following the ceremony, they were furious with her. By now, Amy felt powerless, stuck under Blake’s thumb. Her unconditional love would cause years of suffering. Secondly, it made Amy and Fielder-Civil’s chemistry much more toxic now that Blake could fuel his addictions beyond any limit with his wife’s money. It was then he properly introduced her to heroin and crack cocaine in July of 2007. She tried it previously and did not like it, but if it meant Blake would not leave her, she would do it. So Amy made the irresistible decision to share the bad habits of her husband. To feel what he was feeling. Self-harm was not a new habit for Amy, but around this time it flared badly. She started slashing her forearms whenever she was in emotional turmoil, which was often. Often wanting some kind of dominance in any romantic relationship, was overpowered by her husband and knelt before him. She volunteered to satisfy his every need no matter the cost. A wall was beginning to close around her fast, and it was becoming overwhelmingly tight and dark. Her best friend, Tyler, he too was cut from her life for three whole months straight. It was the longest she had ever been apart from him. None of Amy’s friends would not hear a word from her for years. And it was for the most part because of Blake. Rehabilitation was attempted for the couple, but they refused to go separately. After a week in rehab, which was without a doubt nothing, it happened to be somehow drugs were being slipped onto the isolated island where the facility was located. Blake confessed that he loved being a drug addict, and that he only did this for Amy. The couple resumed their drug-fueled escapades, screaming matches, physical abuse toward each other. Oftentimes unable to bring herself to strike her husband, Amy allowed Blake to beat her. She never attacked him deliberately, but her mouthy behavior occasionally earned her a backhand, a fist to the face, or a pair of hands wringing out her neck. The lovemaking between them was often animalistic, leaving strangulation bruises on Amy’s neck that she often covered with makeup. One argument came to a close with the busting of her lower lip after taking a drugged up suckerpunch from her husband. It required three stitches. To this day, there remains a scar that she frequently masks with makeup. Another one of Amy and Blake’s poor decisions in their marriage was to try for a child. Due to her anorexic and bulimic behavior, Amy had not menstrated in the last few years, greatly affecting her fertility. This would become one of the reasons Blake divorced her. Blake getting arrested a few months after their marriage wasn’t a good sign. While a good man, he allowed his demons and damaged mental state to get the best of him. His parents offered little support throughout his life, leading Blake down the path of a street survivor. Nearly beating a pub owner to death with a friend the year before, the police busted down the door of Amy’s flat to arrest Blake for attempted murder. Oblivious due to her crack psychosis, Winehouse pleaded for his innocence, becoming an emotional cripple when her husband was taken away in handcuffs. The courtroom drama was like a soap opera to the press, who had gotten a thrill writing stories on Amy’s crying fits and pleas of innocence for Blake. He was her world, and she felt like nothing without him. This was just the beginning of something much, much worse. Amy’s American tour was cancelled due to ‘exhaustion’, and her gigs that followed that year throughout Britain were not received well. Off her face and never not under the influence, Amy became someone who wanted to disappear. Smoking crack all of the time, and drinking until she dropped, she wanted to eradicate her existence because she was separated from the man she felt was her soulmate. A chorus of boos would come her way whenever she ranted about Blake’s “innocence” during concerts. The tabloids dissected Amy inch by inch for her addictions and domestic bouts with Blake. There was nothing Amy could do right by this point. 2008 - 2012 (present) Nominated in six categories for the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, Amy had lost her work visa in the United States due to her excessive drug use and it became essential that she got sober for her segment of the ceremony that would be held via satellite in her home country or she would not be nominated at all. She succeeded and won five of six Grammys that night, including Song of the Year for “Rehab”, and Best New Female Artist. Her win for “Song of the Year” spawned her famous “gasp”, when in fact she was just awestruck that one of her most impactful influences, Tony Bennett, had called her name. It was a symphony to her ears. Amy’s triumphs that year would reshape the music industry. The second mark of her legacy was to be cemented, leading to similar artists such as Adele, and Lana Del Rey getting promoted big. The attitude of the music world changed, and other female singers made it big following the commercial success of Amy. She was just twenty-three years old at that time. This would become what some may call the Second British Invasion. Following Amy’s huge victory at the Grammys, Jay-Z and Beyoncé offered her to take residence in their home to be away from Blake and recover, but Amy declined help once again. She didn’t care that she had won six Grammys that night. Amy was so moved that one of her most influential idols, Tony Bennett, called out her name for Album of the Year. Given a sentence of twenty-seven months behind bars, no amount of money would get Blake out of prison. Amy spiraled, and her Back To Black tour was canceled after the first leg due to her weak performances because of her severe drug and alcohol abuse. Returning home to London, Amy felt worse than before. At one moment her mind was a bit clear, and she realized how much she screwed herself by not finishing the tour millions had been anticipating for. Not knowing what else to do, crack and booze were her tools of the trade to disconnect her from reality. Tyler saw this as the best opportunity to get Amy some help with Blake out of the picture. It was that year in 2008 when Amy was on her first getaway to the Caribbean, and those still close to her hoped she would wake up and try and fix herself. Veteran rockstar Bryan Adams was more than happy to help Amy at his rehab facility, with Tyler on the sidelines. Unfortunately, it would backfire hard. A string of shows throughout the UK took place, some were very poorly received by fans, many pleaded for Amy to get help; some were outraged that she would bother to make people pay for disappointing concerts. Ever the trooper, Amy trudged through the disaster her life became and refused rehab again, finishing her UK tour. Throughout the second half of 2008, what was supposed to be a two month stay at the Caribbean island of St. Lucia for Amy to recuperate, turned out to be eight months long. There were no drugs in Amy’s reach during that time, and Tyler remained by her side every step of the way. Her withdrawal was hell, but she pulled through and there was improvement in her behavior. By 2009, she had been entirely sober from class-A substances. Sadly, alcohol took its place as Amy’s constant source of comfort. During her stay in St. Lucia, Amy had a list of flings, and paparazzi had slipped some pictures of her into the tabloids. Enraged, Blake filed for divorce for the reason of infidelity. At that point, Blake was fading from her mind and she was boxing any thoughts of him to go on with her life. Trying to focus on her problems for a change and also write new music, Amy’s perfectionism prevented her from settling upon any material she worked on or recorded. Returning to England in mid-2009 with a clearer hindsight, Winehouse realized what had taken place in her life the past three years. She could hardly believe it. Through the wool being pulled from her eyes, appreciation and confidence kicked in. Watching videos of herself in fights with journalists and paparazzi alike, discouraged her from ever returning to street drugs other than cannabis. “That was me? You’re having a bubble. I was this damned mad?!” However, alcohol was making a bold statement in Amy’s life. Her family thought little of it at first, until it started to become a serious issue, affecting Amy’s ability to perform simple daily tasks. After a year rolled by, her alcohol tolerance had gotten so high most of the time she did not appear intoxicated. Unable to do simple things such as see a doctor, or perform without a shot or two, Amy was falling into an all-new low. Eminem, one of her all-time favorite music acts, had requested she participate in his upcoming album, Refill. Amy, while very flattered, kindly rejected it, not feeling it was a good time. She was still recovering from her sobriety. That year she was due to write a theme song for a James Bond film, but her addictions held her back on that opportunity as well and the song was canceled. It was around this time in mid-2010 she began to date movie producer Reg Traviss. Desperate for companionship, she dealt with his emotional and sexual neglect. Reg never moved in with Amy and seldom spent any time with her. Not once did she cheated on him during the eight months they were together. Too submerged in her issues, sex was the last thing on her mind. She wanted to just be loved. Their relationship came to a close in June of 2011. It was after their split she discovered through the man himself that he was seeing other women behind Amy’s back, leaving her heart in pieces again. Her last recording was a duet track with the jazz legend, Tony Bennett himself in June of 2011. He was not oblivious to her damaged psyche but encouraged her to get the help she needed. Distraught that Mitch did not show as he said he would, Amy felt down and urged for a glass of wine to get through this session. The last few weeks she had not had a single drink. Amy was still being consumed by her demons and undiagnosed mental disorders. Her father’s actions continued to have a big influence on her emotions. Following this recording session, Amy relapsed again, drinking herself back into the darkness for the next week. The good friend he was, Tyler tried to be around as much as he could, including bathe Amy because she couldn’t take care of herself. Back To Black continued to make revenue. Her main source of income now is her new Fred Perry fashion line and the continuing sales of her music despite not releasing a new album for the past four years. Ultimately, she gave in and fired her father from her management team, who became too infatuated with fame and fortune than his daughter's well-being. Mitch had a solo tour underway and a record ahead of it. Instead of talking about Amy’s issues with addiction directly to her, he would discuss them on television. This strained their relationship more. In late May of 2011, a pregnancy scare shook Amy to the core. Out of panic, she quit drinking cold turkey. Her relationship with Reg was reaching its dramatic climax, so she never broke the news to him, or anyone else. Two negative tests later, Amy was treated for her withdrawal at the London Priority Health Clinic. The stay lasted just seven days, but her sobriety stuck for two fortnights. Amy tanked further after what was considered the worst performance ever held in Belgrade, Serbia. In what was supposed to be her comeback tour, Amy sabotaged it through relapsing yet again. The thought of having to sing “Back To Black”, and “Rehab” again led Amy to getting herself so wasted beforehand so the show would be canceled. Her heart was growing weaker, and each breath was more difficult than the last. No one who knew her had a clue how she was still alive by this point. The morning before the gig was to take place after dark, she urged her management to cancel the whole tour, but that did not happen regardless of the sorry state of her mental health. Instead, her father insisted she keep her word on the contract. Winehouse drank herself stupid before the show, but that did not stop it from taking place. And in front of twenty thousand, she was refusing to sing, leaning on her bandmates and demanding she be taken off the stage. Only two songs she performed all the way through despite the booing chorus that she received. Contrary to popular belief, she was not booed off the stage and the show ended on a high note. Despite all of this, cam recordings of the show spread all over the internet, making Winehouse a laughing stock once again. Ridiculed by the media and the press, Amy was the butt of the joke. ”Have you seen Amy Winehouse lately? She looks like a campaign poster for neglected horses!” - Frankie Boyle Seemingly not giving a damn about the outcome of the Belgrade show, Amy moved on from it and pulled off three sober performances in Brazil, wowing many. The rest of the tour ended up not taking place, and she returned home, and began to drink heavily again. That late July, she fell down the stairs of her home and sustained a concussion. During her in-home recovery, she relapsed again, downing two bottles of vodka and taking large doses of painkillers to try and numb her agonizing migraines. Overdosing, the high amounts of alcohol in her blood led to a cardiac arrest as her doctor warned her. She was a mere minute or two from death by the time she was resuscitated by paramedics. That health scare did not make Amy’s alcoholism budge. Amy's promiscuous lifestyle resumed following her breakup with Reg Traviss, out of fear of having her heart broken. Inside, she’s still a screaming little girl who was starved of her parents' love and discipline; her father in particular. The process of her next batch of musical material has been excruciatingly slow, but it is a work in progress. The peculiar writer she was and still is, Amy was not happy with anything that came out on paper and guitar, bringing the process of her next record to a halt. By that point, Amy was not sure if she cared about her music career any longer. She had enough money to live on for the rest of her days. Being ‘Amy Winehouse’ didn’t have to be a lifetime gig. Unable to cope with the verbal assaults from tabloids and the pestering paparazzi, Amy moved to Brooklyn Heights in New York City, her mother’s hometown. After six months of residing there, she has flown back home to London a few times to keep in touch with family. Long-distance contact was still persistent. Contrary to what the tabloids say about her, Amy has been clean from crack and heroin for almost four years now, but still struggles with alcoholism and eating disorders. The battle rages on. Whether she wants to quit her music career and pursue Hollywood or try to live a normal life, is determinant. Amy’s talent did not stop with music.

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| TYLER JAMES | Best friend/companion Born Kenneth Gordon, Tyler has known Amy since secondary school at Sylvia Young's, he has been a constant companion through Amy's highs and lows. Their long history and complicated relationship made anything past friendship very unlikely. He too is a singer, Stevie Wonder is his biggest inspiration. When he first met Amy, they floored each other taking turns singing "Happy Birthday" for their music teacher's mother. James has been on talent shows and recorded an album in the studio, but the music industry machine crushed his music career. Tyler only has one record, 'The Unlikely Lad', which was not released on CD and can only be heard on iTunes. Born in the East End neighborhood in London, Tyler was not a roughneck like his male peers, he was much more into his academics and music. He is quite intelligent and has a university degree. Sadly like Amy, Tyler suffered from alcohol and drug addiction. Tyler is quite protective of Amy. Parental figures to each other, their relationship turned co-dependent. James is one of the very few people Amy fully trusts, her family adores him for all he has sacrificed to guard Amy from herself and others. Amy is also close to Tyler's mother, Tina. Tyler is the only person Amy has truly poured her heart out to. Since becoming sober from hard drugs, Amy has wanted nothing more for Tyler than to go and make music again, and fall in love. She feels the guilt of her best friend wasting his twenties to make sure she was still breathing. CYNTHIA LEVY-WINEHOUSE (Pictured) | Paternal Grandmother Of Jewish-Russian descent. Amy was closer to Cynthia than anyone else. When her own mother couldn't be strong with her, Cynthia was. Where Janis failed as a mother figure, her mother-in-law prevailed. She taught Amy logical viewpoints on life. Her nan was a known fortune-teller and it is believed Amy inherited her foresight. Shortly after her passing, Amy had gotten an old school pinup tattoo of her grandmother on her upper right arm, beside it is her name in small lettering. This very ink wavered her parents' dislike of her having tattoos. Since Cynthia's passing in 2006, Amy lost a piece of herself. Her nan's death was one of the motives that drove Amy to churn out her second record, Back to Black. | MITCHELL "MITCH" WINEHOUSE | Father Of Jewish-Russian descent. Former London cab driver and now Amy's secondary manager. If anyone influenced Amy's music taste the most it was her father, who often played vinyls of Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, and Billie Holiday. A vocalist himself, father and daughter singing together was a frequent occurrence during her childhood. Of all the people in Amy's life, the relationship with her father and his actions has affected her the most. His infidelity in his marriage to his wife and Amy's mother, Janis, has had a great effect on both Amy and her older brother, Alex. Mitch was hardly around during the adolescence of his children when he was needed most and has never been truly forgiven. Since Amy was about nine years old, Mitch just existed and did not engage in her life until the peak of her success in mid-2007 shortly after she married Blake. He manages Amy's finances and career, but he also protects her from drug dealers, nosy paparazzi, and other dangers. Mitch has been accused of stealing Amy's money, but there is no evidence. Amy's tattoo on her left deltoid that reads "Daddy's Girl" is dedicated to him. Amy would like nothing more than time with her father alone. But he rarely comes by himself, he has cameramen with him and photographers, despite Amy hating such attention. Mitch got caught up in the fame and spotlight, which skewed his priorities. His greedy personality and the need to control his daughter's life have damaged their relationship. At the peak of her drug addiction, Mitch had given up on trying to help her and talked about Amy's problems on television rather than to her face. Not much has changed since. Recently he has done a tour and recorded an album off the back of his daughter's success, which to many isn't sensible. However, Amy's undying love for her father has prevented her from taking such action. | JANIS WINEHOUSE | Mother Of Eastern-European Jewish descent. Born in Brooklyn, New York, as Janis Seaton, she lived in England for most of her life. Two opposites, Amy has always been a force of nature and her mother is mild-mannered. Unable to deal with Amy's rebellious behavior as a child, little to no discipline was dished out. Janis was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003 and her health is declining. While they are in contrast to each other, Amy's relationship with her mother is very important to her. She feels that Janis is one of the few she can open up to and not be shunned or judged. | ALEX WINEHOUSE | Older Brother Unhappy that his new sibling was a girl, Alex wasn't too happy at first, but Amy grew on him quickly and became her protective brother. Ever since Amy became independent at the age of 18 and Alex went off to university, their relationship has become a bit fractured, but nothing that cannot be mended. Amy still very much loves her brother and wants him back in her life. But her alcoholism has repelled him. Having recently married, Alex has had less time on his hands for his little sister and looking after their ill mother. He still very much cares about Amy but has a lot on his hands. He has since gotten married to a psychologist named Riva, who he wants to help his little sister. | JULIETTE ASHBY | Childhood best friend Jules, as Amy often calls her. She too is a singer, she and Amy formed a temporary hip-hop duo dubbed "Sweet N' Sour" in their early teens. Since Amy's life reached abysmal heights, distance has grown between the two girl friends. They still hold each other dear and Juliette is more than willing to mend things with Amy. LAUREN GILBERT | Childhood best friend The hard one. Another friendship wounded by Amy's fame, Lauren still tries to reach out to Amy, but Winehouse's life is far too crowded with business. Amy badly desires to repair their friendship and start over again since becoming two different people due to life experiences. | SALAAM REMI | Best friend The big teddy bear of a hip-hop producer, Salaam produced Frank with Amy, and a few tracks on Back to Black. Amy is very tight with Salaam and they visit each other often when she is in the United States. She plans on working with him again on her third record. | KELLY OSBOURNE | Best friend Best friend since the rising action of Amy's career. Daughter to rockstar Ozzy Osbourne, Amy was first acquainted with Kelly through an interview, and have been great friends since. Sadly, the press mentioning 'Amy's best friend, Kelly' has upset Juliette and Lauren. A former addict herself, Kelly has done her best to motivate Amy to keep a life of sobriety. Amy adores Kelly and they share words of wisdom with each other. Osbourne is one friend who has never completely left Amy's side. | RAYE COSBERT | MANAGER Raye and Amy have an ambiguous relationship, they do care about each other and try to keep on the business side of things. Often she calls him “Raye-Raye”. Unlike Winehouse's previous manager, Nick Shymansky, Raye does not necessarily interfere with her affairs outside of her career, which was exactly the type she wanted, having formed an unprofessional relationship with Shymansky that ended in him caring more about her health than her career. | NICK SHYMANSKY | FORMER MANAGER Amy and "Nicky" Shymansky have been dear friends (and at one point lovers) since the dawn of Amy's career. He was the scout to promote Amy through A&R. He is an intelligent man who already owned a home at the age of 20 and had a wedge of yearly income. The first time around, Amy released him because Nick was interfering too much with the personal end of Amy, even forcing her to go to rehab shortly before the release of her second album, Back to Black. Amy loves Nick dearly as a friend and remains in contact. But lately, it's been ceasing. At some point, she wants to have him back as her manager. | BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL | EX-HUSBAND One of the biggest male figures in Amy's life and the most negative, Blake was a music video producer when he met Amy in 2005 at one of Amy's favorite pubs in Camden, The Old Blue Last. He was already with someone else, but Amy became infatuated with him. In the beginning, he was very passionate and understanding. Returning to his previous girlfriend and dumping Amy, this led to bad heartbreak and motivated her to begin her second album, 'Back To Black'. Nearly all of the tracks are about Civil. In 2006 she had gotten a shirt pocket tattooed on her heart with cursive text above that reads "Blake's". Soon to follow was the naval anchor on her navel that reads "Hello Sailor" around it, referring to her nickname for Blake. Falling back in his lap in 2007 and marrying him, Amy began to loathe him when their shared income fueled his drug addiction just as he intended. Shortly after they wed, Blake introduced Amy to crack and heroin. Wanting to feel what he was feeling, Amy obliged, kicking her avoidance of class-A drugs to the curb. Rehab was done for the couple, but their going together was a crucial mistake and led to a colossal failure. Two week stay and both were slipping drugs into the rehab facility somehow. He only thought of Amy, but Blake did not want to stop his drug use, admitting he enjoyed it. Following six months of bloody fights, screaming matches, and falling in and out of love, Blake was arrested one afternoon for grievous assault of a pub owner that almost resulted in murder. Amy was convinced he was innocent, disregarding the evidence against him that she could not see through her crack psychosis. She would fall into a spiral, her hook to crack and heroin grew much tighter. Blake's arrest just made the press scandal about them even more toxic. Sentenced to 27 months in prison, Blake saw less and less of Amy, who missed scheduled visitations often. Drying out in prison, a sober Blake urged Tyler several times to get her to show. After their divorce in 2009, Amy has done her best to move on from her former spouse. In 2010 they dated briefly again with sober minds. But, they came to realize drugs destroyed whatever was between them and have remained distant friends. Still crawling through the fallout of their marriage, Amy has struggled to love someone else, craving the chaos that Blake brought. Amy had no plans on returning to Blake once she realized everything her ex-husband had put her through. Unable to forgive him, her heart is still in his tight grasp. She still supports him emotionally and sometimes visits his current girlfriend and young daughter, but they could never be an item again. Amy's drinking problem made it more difficult; Blake was terrified of Amy when she was under the influence of alcohol. Deluded, she still believes she can save him from his drug addictions. Blake was arrested yet again in July of 2011 for robbery with a fake firearm and sentenced to a year behind bars. | REG TRAVISS Film producer. Amy's latest flame. Hailing from a Jewish family, his parents owned a pub in London that Amy frequented. Reg was the complete opposite of Blake— clean-cut, kind, and had never done drugs. After dating for nearly a year, talking of engagement, and starting a family, Amy and Reg cut things off in June of 2011, leaving her in pieces. Amy did love him dearly, but often felt her level of passion was not matched. Seldom did they see each other, he starved her of intimacy and declined to move in with her in Camden. He was often away doing gigs for his career, but he did not put much effort into visiting Amy regularly. It is rumored he had women on the side, but no one has confirmed that. Reg still contacts her sometimes, wanting her back into his life. But as far as Amy was concerned, she started to believe she was just his shoulder candy and a marketing chip to promote his films. He was not strong with her by correcting her drinking habits and was oblivious to the severity of her alcohol problems. | DIONNE BROMFIELD | GODDAUGHTER Since Dionne was eleven years old, Amy discovered her while visiting a theater school in London. Amy has mentored her, and became a close friend. Amy soon offered to be her godmother. Lioness Records was started so Amy could sign Dionne to the label. Now seventeen years old, Dionne has greatly missed Amy since her big move to the United States. Amy and Dionne have a strong relationship, both musically and personally. While Amy misses her badly, her loss of self-control has led Winehouse to keep her distance.

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