The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.
FINNEASTo me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
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Imagine if somebody was like, ‘Who’s the next Timothee Chalamet?’ It’s like, he’s currently Timothee Chalamet.
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I was on a TV show called ‘Glee.’ I mean, I was on the real tail end of that show; it was already way past its peak. But still, for me aged 17 landing something like that was a big deal.
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Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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I feel like you’re able to be your most creative in private environments, and not a studio where an A&R person is coming in, telling us a song isn’t a smash.
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Obviously I’m very grateful ‘Bad Guy’ is doing so well – it’s shocking and surprising and gratifying – but I do think it’s important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.
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I’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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I don’t think if you set out to make an album to get a bunch of Grammy nominations… you just have to set out to make an album you’ll really love.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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A lot of the time, in pop music especially, there’s reverb. And the reason is that reverb makes vocals sound better 99% of the time. It makes the notes ring out.
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I came to NAMM once and saw this guitar that self-tuned, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is the future!’ And I’ve never seen it again.
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