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For one night only Florence and the Machine hit a different note for MTV's Unplugged series.
However, lead singer Florence Welch admitted it wasn't totally unplugged.
SOUNDBITE: Florence Welch, Florence and the Machine, saying (English):
"It's not that stripped back. Stripped back in Florence sense."
The group kicked off the music channel's 2012 season, performing an hour long, 10-song set that included songs from their new album, Ceremonials, as well as the hit "Dog Days are Over."
Florence even covered Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness", which she said is her favorite song.
The soft spoken singer is a noticeably different person off stage.
One day after her performance she explained she goes to a "different place" when she sings, saying interviews are difficult.
SOUNDBITE: Florence Welch, Florence and the Machine, saying (English):
"It's a funny thing doing interviews because the whole point, the whole reason why I perform and write the songs is because I'm always so clinically incapable of expressing how I feel in a conversation. Like, someone's like, 'so, do you?' Emotions, and like relationship stuff, I'm just like, can I sing - I tell you what, I'm going to write a song about it, sing it to a couple of thousand strangers and then tell you it's not about you anyway. How about that?."
The show will premiere on MTV and MTV's global websites on April 8th.
Alicia Powell, Reuters.
