I 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.
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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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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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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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Imagine if somebody was like, ‘Who’s the next Timothee Chalamet?’ It’s like, he’s currently Timothee Chalamet.
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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 don’t analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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You know, that’s kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.
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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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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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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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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 really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.
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People 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’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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