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====''Room 29'': 2017==== In March 2017, he released ''Room 29'', a collaboration with musician [[Chilly Gonzales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22968-room-29/|title=Jarvis Cocker / Chilly Gonzales: Room 29 Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> It was Cocker's first album in 8 years. ''Room 29'' is a concept album about the Hollywood hotel the [[Chateau Marmont]]. Cocker stayed in room 29 at the hotel during a Pulp tour in 2012. The room contained a baby grand piano and inspired Cocker to wonder if the piano, possibly having been there for decades, could tell the stories of previous tenants. Each song on the album is a different story of a potential guest.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=12 March 2017|title=Jarvis Cocker: 'People fall in love with an illusion, something that's never existed'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/12/room-29-jarvis-cocker-people-fall-in-love-illusion-chateau-marmont-chilly-gonzales|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The songs aren't all about the glamour of Hollywood, but the potential illusions and disappointments of the industry as well.<ref>{{cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=19 March 2017|title=Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales: Room 29 review β pretzels and despair|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/19/jarvis-cocker-chilly-gonzales-room-29-review-chateau-marmont-hollywood|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> It was performed as part of the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2017/room29|title=Room 29|date=29 August 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
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