Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
FINNEASPeople were like, ‘he’s collaborating with Taylor Swift’ and I was like, ‘I am?’ I think she’s wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired me for years.
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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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I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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To be honest, I’ve found so many more friends in the music industry than people I disagree with. I certainly haven’t been made to feel like an outsider.
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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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I feel like a lot of music producers have, like, the same toolbox. And I think, like, to me, as a producer, like, I want something to set my stuff apart.
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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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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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I don’t particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don’t want to be bound to a studio to who we’d have to pay untold sums to.
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I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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When we are making a song for Billie I want it to resonate and speak the truth with her and want it to be a piece of fabric she can wear.
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