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.
FINNEASYou 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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If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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I’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.
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I really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.
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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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Definitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
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For me, I’m going to try to make my favorite song over the most popular song.
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I feel like the thing that I’ve learned a lot is when you’re involved in something, you don’t always get to appreciate it for what it is as much. You’re focused on the details and how you can make it better. It’s kind of torture.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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As 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.’
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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 am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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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’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
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The amount of times I’ve been told something by artists I’m working with, which I’m sure they haven’t told even their significant other or families, is shocking.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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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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We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.
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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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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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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 think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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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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