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.
FINNEASI 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.
FINNEASA 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.
FINNEASI really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.
FINNEASAs soon as you make anything that people like, you get all these new artists hitting you up like ‘I want to sound just like Billie Eilish.’ And I’m always like, ‘Absolutely not.’
FINNEASAll my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
FINNEASYou know, that’s kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.
FINNEASI am just fascinated by music and I want to know how to identify all the things I love about it; to me music theory is like learning another language and then being able to explain how much you love something more clearly.
FINNEASWe wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
FINNEASIf you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
FINNEASI’m not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.
FINNEASI don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
FINNEASTo me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
FINNEASI usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
FINNEASI really value just being able to go out and grab a coffee or going to a movie and not have anyone recognize me.
FINNEASWell, predominately, if I’m writing for another artist, I’m sitting there with them and we’re writing it together.
FINNEASObviously 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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