'I wrote it as a promise': Chloe Lattanzi's tribute to late mum Olivia Newton-John on her birthday

Chloe Lattanzi is honouring the wishes of her late mother, Olivia Newton-John.

The Grease star died on August 8, 2022 of breast cancer, leaving behind her only child, Lattanzi.

To commemorate what would have been the singer's 76th birthday, Lattanzi, 38, has released a new single, Phoenix, that her late mother had hoped she would finish. 

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"I co-wrote the song Phoenix for my mom as a promise to fly, to know my own worth and to make sure to love myself," Lattanzi told People. 

"I had struggled with PTSD and multiple things of the mind.

"So this was my promise to be happy, healthy, and love myself. She said the most important thing to her more than anything in the world is that her child, me, shared her gifts with the world and was happy."

Lattanzi said she had been working on the song for years and her mother would listen to it every day and ask for it to be put on.

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"But then Mama took a downward turn and the most important thing to me is taking care of my mum," Lattanzi said.

"So I'm really excited to release this song in her honour. And for anyone who's struggling with issues of the body, the mind, or the spirit, I want it to be a reminder to them that they are incredibly more powerful than they could ever imagine. 

"You are not what has happened to you, and you are not the illness that you have.

"You are eternal, bright light."

Lattanzi is also preparing for the annual Olivia's Walk For Wellness in Australia, which will raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre.

"I'm so looking forward to seeing everybody dancing and the joy on their faces," she told People.

Olivia's Walk For Wellness will take place on October 6 and is themed by Newton-John's smash hit, Physical. 

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