After the Brits in 2007, it just seemed to go wild, particularly with Blake coming back onto the scene. Parry: When I first met Amy, Frank was out but no one really knew who she was. I wanted to do something that celebrated Amy, that was also honest and kept the focus on her. The book was something I’d always wanted to do, but you can’t really tell somebody’s story from one perspective. So that's how all of this stuff came about: through getting really pissed off with how people were talking about Amy. Parry: One of the things that Cat said after we turned down Amy documentary was that we can’t be annoyed at anyone for getting the narrative wrong if we weren't there to counter it. It got to the point where our silence was contributing to that, because we weren’t correcting anything. I didn't have any intention of talking personally, ever, but because her narrative had been completely hijacked I felt I kind of had to.Ĭatriona Gourlay: There was so much Amy noise, and most of it was pure bollocks or hot air from people who were trying to acquire some sort of status, or they were a signed artist – there was always something behind it. But I just got so fed up with the narrative and the way that she'd been portrayed. So we already had this little pact between us. So many people around the time of the funeral wanted to jump in front of the camera or go on Lorraine or whatever, and we were just like, “no way, that doesn't feel right”. Naomi Parry: Right after Amy died, we agreed that we wouldn't talk publicly about her.

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