When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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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I really value just being able to go out and grab a coffee or going to a movie and not have anyone recognize me.
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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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It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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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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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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I just have no interest in being at a party.
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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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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.
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If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio.
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I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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You go to a truck stop and there are key chains with names on them, and there’s no Finneas. There’s no Billie. They’re little things, but as a kid, you just feel weirdly ostracized.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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I think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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I stopped telling people what lyrics meant to them when I saw them tattoo it on them, because it clearly meant much more to them than it ever did to me.
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