“A LOT OF The Orange Glow came out of feeling effed over and hurt, lied to, betrayed,” says Globelamp singer Elizabeth le Fey of her sophomore album. “A lot of people didn’t really care about my story.”
“Le Fey”—the singer’s adopted surname—is inspired by Morgan le Fay, a character from Arthurian folklore. “Morgan le Fay is like a dark fairy who was misunderstood,” says le Fey, whose birth name is Elizabeth Gomez.
Referencing the novel by controversial writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, she explains, “The Mists of Avalon is a retelling of King Arthur, and it’s told from the females’ perspective—Morgan le Fay and King Arthur’s wife. It’s about the rise of Christianity, and how it took over the pagan religions. This pushed Avalon, which was a fairyland, into the mist. Morgan le Fay is this archetype of a woman who was considered evil, but actually she was a really powerful fairy… It’s kind of a reclaiming of a myth, and reclaiming a female character who was considered evil. I feel like that has happened to me, sometimes.”