Posted April 22, 201016 yr readers may not know this, but the original Idol was not Kelly Clarkson. No, it was Will Young, who in 2002 became the first winner on Britain's "Pop Idol," the prototype show that spawned the entire global "Idol" phenomenon. Eight years later, Will is still a big star in the U.K., with his career branching into acting, jazz gigs, techno collaborations with Groove Armada, and a guest mentorship on "The X Factor." But in America, he remains largely unknown, despite having sort of paved the way for countless Idols. This is odd, since his guest spot on the Season 1 finale of "American Idol," when he dueted with winner Kelly Clarkson (see footage above), seemed like the perfect springboard for his U.S. career. But it's bizarrely taken him until now to officially release music in States. Still, by doing so he's come full circle, as his first U.S. single is "Leave Right Now," the official exit song for "American Idol" Season 9. I recently spoke with Will about why he's finally conquering America now, how it feels to be the Original Idol, his sexuality, his advice for future "Idol" contestants, and that time he famously stood up to Simon Cowell. Here's what he had to say... REALITY ROCKS: So I'm going to start with the obvious big loaded question...how does it feel to be, quite literally, the guy who started all this crazy "Idol" stuff globally? You're literally the first Idol. WILL: Well, it's kind of cool and weird to then have, eight and a half years later, my song be the exit song on this season's "American Idol." I feel quite honored in a way. When you're part of something new, it's really exciting and you grow with it, you're a part of it and you experience how it can get bigger and bigger. So I feel really kind of honored to have experienced that kind of excitement. You know, it wasn't a big brand then, it was something new. And now it's become a household thing--it's the biggest thing in America, isn't it? People really identify with it. REALITY ROCKS: Did you have any idea what you were getting into, or what you were starting when you auditioned for that show in 2001? WILL: No, no, I didn't, but funny enough I just thinking about it. My aspirations were always big. I had worked in a record company and had ended up at talent shows. I sent my demos off to producers. I had a politics degree. I was at musical theater college. You know, so ["Pop Idol"]was another thing to do. But my aspirations were to get a record contract and to get a career in music. REALITY ROCKS: And it worked! WILL: And it worked! Hooray! [laughs] REALITY ROCKS: As you mentioned just now, "Leave Right Now" is the exit song for "American Idol" this year. Am I mistaken, or is this the first music you've released in the U.S.? WILL: First official music, yeah. Wow, what a way to start--to have a song on the biggest show in America! It's brilliant. I'm really lucky. REALITY ROCKS: Well, the other obvious question of mine is, why has it taken so long for you to have a U.S. single? It seems like it should have happened some time ago. WILL: Well, I suppose there are several reasons, some of them I can't control--and you know, I've just kind of learned to relinquish the things that I can't control in life, because there are enough things going on. But also, it took me a long time to get comfortable with a very quick rise to fame in my country and stuff I was doing in Europe. And then I went into acting. I don't think I would have been in the right headspace to have done it earlier, whereas now, it's eight years on and I've done so much and it just feels right now. I think if I had done it before I wouldn't have been as relaxed and probably as content in the work that I'm doing now--which I am. I love my job so much, I love it, and so I think this is the right time to come out. We're doing a digital release on May the 4. I'm going to come out and do some performances. You know, you just feel things in your heart and it just feels right now. My instinct says it's right. REALITY ROCKS: So there's no truth to the rumor that you've had some falling out with someone like Simon Cowell or something? WILL: Oh, God, no! Is that a rumor? No, that sounds way more exciting. I don't really work with Simon Cowell--Simon Fuller is my manager. But no, that probably came from the fact that on the show I stood up to [simon Cowell] famously. I was probably like the first contestant to stand up to him. But no there's no ill feeling. I've been on his show "X Factor" in England. No, no, God--but that sounds way more exciting! REALITY ROCKS: That is interesting that you say you stood up to Cowell on the show, because I don't know--perhaps the viewers are different in the U.K.--but it seems on "American Idol" when the contestants stand up to the judges, it ends up backfiring on them and they end up getting voted off that week. It seems like the American audience doesn't like that kind of defiance. WILL: I think it's about the way you do it. And for me, I was--and actually still am--a very shy politics graduate. And it was very out of the blue for me to stand up to someone as strong as Simon Cowell. But I did it in a very polite way--a very English way!--and I think it did a lot of favors for me. It showed that you can stand up for yourself, stand up for what you believe in, but you don't have to be rude to do it. And so it was very out-of-character for me, but it really worked for me. Maybe it's different in America, but I don't know, I think that Americans are quite forthright. You guys stand up for yourselves! REALITY ROCKS: We're definitely known for that, but maybe the audiences don't appreciate that as much. WILL: Yeah, maybe, yeah. REALITY ROCKS: Now, I've been following the whole "Idol" franchise pretty much from the beginning, and I very clearly remember when you came on the finale of Season 1 and you did a really great duet with Kelly Clarkson. And I thought that was going to be your launching pad. I thought that was 19 Entertainment's way of sort of introducing you to a readymade Stateside audience. I surprised there was no follow-up on that at the time. WILL: Yeah, but I don't think there was a backup of a release. There wasn't anything in the market then, I guess. And also things had happened so quickly then. I mean, like in England, "Idol" took off in America and I remember Simon [Fuller] going, "Right, come out and sing!" But I think you have to be a bit more planned than that. That time, it was so crazy for me as well--I don't think I'd had a holiday in eight months. REALITY ROCKS: Yeah, the "Idol" machine, whatever country it's in, keeps people busy. WILL: It definitely kicked in, in the beginning. REALITY ROCKS: Has U.S. success ever been important to you? Is it important to you now? WILL: It is important to me--I mean, I want to win Grammys, win Oscars, and that's what I hope for, and that's what I'd absolutely love. But if I don't, I've learned now that if I don't do as well as I think I'm going to do in work, I'm not going to fall down and weep. I've got my life. I'll go surfing, and I'll be happy surfing and I'll be happy hanging out with friends. But I mean, I'm a very driven person; I think that's what brought me to "Idol" in the first place. So yeah, it's really important to me because I really believe in what I do and I love what I do. You know, from a good point of view, not from like "I want to be a powerful person" you know? [laughs] REALITY ROCKS: [laughs] "I want to rule the world!" WILL: Do you know what I mean? I think some people can be like that. I'm not interested in that, I'm just interested in...if I get to perform in more and more places, and if that's in America, I think that would be brilliant. It means I get to come out to L.A., maybe a bit in New York, and I get to hang out with friends, which is something I love doing, and I get to sing, which is something I love doing as well. So it's just the best of both worlds. REALITY ROCKS: It does seem that British artists of all kinds, however they got their start, be it on a reality show or any other way, seem to have a bit of trouble breaking here in the U.S. I mean, I think of Robbie Williams as an example of that, as someone who is so huge elsewhere but not here. WILL: I think that female British artists in the past few years have done well, don't you think? From Adele to Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, there's definitely been a resurgence in England of female artists, and that's really been accepted by America. So maybe I could sneak in behind the ladies. Solo males in the past few years haven't done so well as the female singers, even if you go back to people like James Blunt, who was a big hit in America. There's definitely a lot more female singers than male singers, but I'm happy with that, because there's less competition! REALITY ROCKS: That's a good way of looking at it. So how did "Leave Right Now" end up becoming the goodbye song on "American Idol" this season? WILL: Well, Simon Fuller came up with the idea; he said, "Look, I just think it would be great and now it's the right time," and he put it to the guys over there and they liked it as well. And it's funny, I've seen it, I've watched it when I can, and I think it fits really well with the show. It's an older song for me--I mean, I released it years ago--but I think it fits really well. REALITY ROCKS: It's funny because now that I've heard the song, I understand it's sort of sung from the first person. But when I first heard the title and heard that the new exit song was going to be called "Leave Right Now," I thought, wow, that's rather harsh! WILL: [laughs] "Just get out! Don't come back!" REALITY ROCKS: Yeah, that's how I interpreted the title at first, so I was pleased to find out it had a nicer meaning. WILL: That's pretty funny. [laughs] REALITY ROCKS: So probably your American equivalent would be Kelly Clarkson, and Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood are other examples--just in terms of people who first came to light on a reality show like this and then had a long career. We all know that some people on those shows are not really able to parlay that into long-term success; they may have some hits at the beginning, but then it all sort of dies out. Not only have you kept up your success in the U.K., but you've branched out into other things. So what advice would you have for people who want to follow in those footsteps, coming out of a show like "Idol" or "X Factor" or whatever? WILL: I think Jennifer Hudson is a great example. You know, I act as well--although, I ain't winning Oscars... REALITY ROCKS: Not yet! WILL: Yeah, not yet, exactly! But um, I think it's all the clichés: that you follow your heart, and you follow your instinct. For me, actually, the most important thing was to have a long-term career. So I probably could have made a lot more money earlier on, but my career would have died out. A lot of the decisions that were made, that I made with the people around me, were based on, "Will I want to still be around in five to 10 years' time?" I didn't just want to burn out in two years. So that was kind of my main goal. I wasn't interested in having instant fame; I was interested in having a career for the rest of my life. And I always followed my gut, I always followed my instincts, and I knew the things I would do and I knew the things I wouldn't do. And those things haven't really changed for me over eight and a half years. REALITY ROCKS: I don't always follow all the people overseas that come out of these shows--are you sort of the exception to the rule? Do most people come out of shows like "Pop Idol" or "Pop Stars" or "X Factor" tend to sort of burn out quickly, or do they tend to have careers like yours? WILL: No, I think it's kind of what you were leading to, that some people stick around for longer and other people don't seem to. And there's not always a rhyme or reason to explain it. But I would say also that the music is the most important thing--you know, people forget about that. You can have marketing, you can have clever advertising and all that, but if you don't have great music in the end, you're going to come a cropper [fail]. You know, funny enough, something like "Leave Right Now" was a major change for me in my career. because I had the kind of honeymoon period of "Pop Idol" but then I took a year off, which is brave in itself I guess, to make my second record--which is really my first proper record. And I sold twice as many albums. "Leave Right Now" was a major change for me and a major departure. It was a much more grown-up, kind of deeper type of pop, with lyrics that people really identified with, and it was kind of the beginning of a new phase for me. REALITY ROCKS: And you wrote that or co-wrote that? WILL: No, I didn't write that. It was Eg White. He's wonderful. REALITY ROCKS: I know you have done a good amount of writing. I think maybe there's this idea that people have, at least in America--I think it came from some things that went down with Kelly Clarkson on her third album--that it's hard for people who come out of the "Idol" machine to establish themselves as songwriters. Was that a difficult thing for you? WILL: I never think that matters. I mean, I love songwriting and I've written songs with a group called Groove Armada and stuff, but I don't mind just singing. I'm doing a jazz gig next week--I do these jazz gigs on the side--and jazz singers sing standards, you know what I mean? And they're amazing songs. Although at the moment my next album at the moment is 100 percent written by me, I'm not really pressured about it. I think people get hung up on "Are they a songwriter or are they a pop star?" It doesn't matter. I mean, how many songs did Frank Sinatra write, or Aretha Franklin? As long as the singer believes it, then it doesn't really matter, and I don't mind saying that "Leave Right Now" is written by someone else. I'm really proud of the songs that I write, but the personal attachment that I have to a song I've written or someone else has done is always the same--because if it's not there, then no one is going to believe it. I mean, it's just the same as taking a script: I don't mind taking a script that I haven't written! You know what I mean?[laughs] REALITY ROCKS: That's actually a good analogy, because no one would ever criticize an actor for not writing his own dialogue. WILL: It's all about the belief, I think. I've definitely grown as a songwriter and from working with people. I mean, God, Burt Bacharach wrote a song for me on my first album! I got to perform with him and Cathy Dennis and Eg White, and Greg Kurstin who did the Lily Allen album--you know, all these people I've learned from. I'm really happy to sing others' songs. I think people get hung up on it too much. I was writing songs before "Pop Idol" but I never got hung up on that kind of "I am credible, I am a songwriter!" thing. It was more about just making sure the delivery was right. REALITY ROCKS: I think probably there's some stigma that may come from just being on these shows. I mean, I love these shows, but some snobs turn their noses up at them. WILL: The thing about music is everyone's different. I love all sorts of music and always have. I love Britney Spears singing "Toxic," then I love listening to Cat Power--you know, take that wonderful Cat Power covers record she did, with a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" on it. "Oh, she didn't write it!" But it doesn't matter! [laughs] REALITY ROCKS: That is a good point. Tell me about this Groove Armada collaboration [History"]--I didn't know about that, that sounds exciting! WILL: Oh yeah, I kind of do these sort of dance things on the side, and we gigged it the other day on the TV here, and it's done pretty well. It's not a single, but I think it's better to leave it that way because it's quite a departure for me. I just think it's great to do all types of music. So I can do that and I can do my jazz gigs, but "Leave Right Now" is very classic pop. It just keeps me kind of happy and challenged, that I'm doing lots of different things. REALITY ROCKS: So what are your American plans? You mentioned that you're coming here in May. And what exactly are you putting out in May? WILL: It's a digital release, which is eight tracks, and then I'm hoping for a physical release as well. Then hopefully some performances and some TV performances. REALITY ROCKS: Do you think you'll revisit the "American Idol" stage again, all these years later? WILL: Well, I don't know yet, but maybe! Tune in and see! REALITY ROCKS: Oh, I will! I watched "X Factor" last season, and you were a guest judge on it. I remember seeing you sitting by a pool... WILL: Yeah, I sat by a pool pretending it was my house: "Look what you can get if you win this show!" Whereas actually it was just rented in Morocco. [laughs] REALITY ROCKS: Ha! How did it feel, looking at these young hopefuls that were kind of in the same position you were in eight years ago? Was it odd now that the tables were turned, and you were giving them advice? WILL: It was great to do, but the problem was that on the show, you had to remain impartial. I mentor and I do singing workshops anyway, and so it was really hard for me not to go, "Ah, try this," or "I feel you should try it like that," or "You would really benefit from doing this." I couldn't do that on the TV, but afterwards, I think there were eight or six guys, and I wrote them all a note saying what I felt they could do to improve their singing. I love doing workshops. I go to Paul McCartney's performing arts school in Liverpool, I've been there a couple of times doing talks and workshops, it's called LIPA. I've just about to start with a new charity called Catch 22 and do some stuff with them. I've done some stuff with schools. I love teaching because you actually learn a lot from teaching other people; you realize how much you know and how much more you need to know. I did really enjoy it for those reasons, and also it was a bit weird, because I thought, "Oh Christ, that's what I was doing eight years ago?" REALITY ROCKS: Did you get to give [infamous identical twin contestants] John and Edward any advice on "X Factor"? WILL: That's brilliant! No, I didn't meet them, they were in another group--but I am a twin! REALITY ROCKS: You are? WILL: Yeah, but I wouldn't do my hair like that. [laughs] REALITY ROCKS: What's your twin's name? WILL: Rupert. REALITY ROCKS: So what would be your combination name? Wilpurt? WILL: Oh, that would be bad, wouldn't it? Or Rup-wil...not so good. Not as good as Jedward. REALITY ROCKS: No, Jedward rolls off the tongue a little better. So I already asked you about advice you'd give to people coming out of this show in terms of career longevity, but what advice would you give to them about dealing with the instant fame and media attention? You mentioned that was tough for you. WILL: I think it's about remembering why you entered in the first place. I entered because I wanted to have a singing career, so I was always prepared for the hard work. I always remembered how much I wanted to sing and how much I love singing and performing. I think it's about not forgetting that and about setting your instincts and your parameters and knowing what you will do and what you won't do. REALITY ROCKS: And standing up to Simon Cowell! WILL: Yeah! Well, I did that once, but it's all right. I think we're friends now. REALITY ROCKS: I don't know about this famous moment. How did you stand up to him, exactly? WILL: We just disagreed, and because I had studied politics, I was used to putting my point across--of course, in a very polite way--and it became a "moment" because I was the first contestant at that time to do that. I think it won me a lot of Brownie points. REALITY ROCKS: Did the floodgates open after that, and everybody started sassing back after you? WILL: [laughs] I think they did, actually! But it was great and I'm really proud of it, and not because of the confrontation--it wasn't a confrontation, it was just a polite disagreement. I was just really proud of it because I think if you really want something, you do have to stand up for yourself in any job. Journalism--God, how many people want to be a journalist? Famous singing--how many people want to be a singer? I think sometimes everyone has moments that are kind of defining, and I think that was a defining moment for me because it made me realize that actually, I was a lot stronger than I realized. I was quite a shy person before that. REALITY ROCKS: I've got to look that up on YouTube. WILL: Oh, you've got to look it up! I looked so young then, and now I'm old. Old and haggard. REALITY ROCKS: Oh, what are you, 30 now? WILL: 31. But yeah, I was very polite. Very polite. REALITY ROCKS: I'm sure by American standards, what you defined as "standing up" to Simon Cowell was nothing. WILL: Oh yeah. I'm sure, literally, you'll be watching it and go, "What confrontation? Where was the disagreement?" REALITY ROCKS: So do you think the market is deluged with too many talent show contestants now? I don't think it's a given anymore, when someone wins these shows, that he or she is going to have your kind of success. Do you think the market's too saturated with this sort of thing? WILL: No, I've always said, when there was probably more fuss about it because it was the beginning, "Let's just wait and see. See who wins, see who sticks around, see if people like them and obviously if they're doing good stuff. And if they don't, then they don't." And that's kind of the way I see it still. These are really popular shows because people love variety, people have always loved talent shows, and there's the extra aspect of having your say. In that respect it's kind of like talent show with democracy, and I don't think that's a bad thing. If the people stick around after, then they're obviously good enough to stick around. REALITY ROCKS: Well, people like the rags-to-riches dream, someone being plucked out of total obscurity and turned into a Cinderella story. You can see as these shows have gone on, that's not necessarily always the case; it's almost like the real contest starts once your music is out in the marketplace competing with everyone else. WILL: Oh yeah, it definitely changes. But you know, I was a 22-year-old politics student. I wasn't very cool. I was gay. I worked in a record company. Not many people would have really given me a chance. And that's the wonderful thing about that kind of show, actually: Singers can get a chance, and people can look past certain barriers and listen to someone's performance ability and talent. That's where I think these kinds of shows are fantastic. Then, exactly as you say, you're in the real world and you're in with the big boys. You don't demand respect, you have to earn it. But at the beginning, that chance that people get sometimes is extended to people that wouldn't necessarily get seen by record companies. REALITY ROCKS: Since you've brought up the subject of your sexuality, was being gay such an issue in the U.K.? I seem to think feel that they're a bit more open-minded over there. It's definitely was an issue in the U.S. for a few of our Idols, like Clay Aiken and Adam Lambert. WILL: I get the sense that it's changing in the U.S., even in the times that I've been coming out there. It's definitely changed over here as well, and I think that's the beauty of shows like "Idol," is people listen to the music and listen to things that in the past they might have been more closed-minded about. I think that's a great thing, because [sexuality] is really not that important, is it? REALITY ROCKS: Yeah, I hope you're right. I hope things are changing, and that artists like you are a part of that. :wub:
April 22, 201016 yr Author Feeling terribly smug...sorry :blush: REALITY ROCKS: Has U.S. success ever been important to you? Is it important to you now? WILL: It is important to me--I mean, I want to win Grammys, win Oscars, and that's what I hope for, and that's what I'd absolutely love. But if I don't, I've learned now that if I don't do as well as I think I'm going to do in work, I'm not going to fall down and weep. I've got my life. I'll go surfing, and I'll be happy surfing and I'll be happy hanging out with friends. But I mean, I'm a very driven person; I think that's what brought me to "Idol" in the first place. So yeah, it's really important to me because I really believe in what I do and I love what I do. You know, from a good point of view, not from like "I want to be a powerful person" you know? [laughs] Yippee! :wub: and how about this bit..surely the most amazing bit! :w00t: Although at the moment my next album at the moment is 100 percent written by me, :wub: :cheer: Edited April 22, 201016 yr by Sweetwilliamfan
April 23, 201016 yr Thanks SWF - just been reading this over on D. We've read before much of what he's said - but they haven't over in the US and this will give them an insight into the feelings and thoughts of Will Young. Fabulous interview - what a long chat they had. REALITY ROCKS: Has U.S. success ever been important to you? Is it important to you now? WILL:It is important to me--I mean, I want to win Grammys, win Oscars, and that's what I hope for, and that's what I'd absolutely love. But if I don't, I've learned now that if I don't do as well as I think I'm going to do in work, I'm not going to fall down and weep. I've got my life. I'll go surfing, and I'll be happy surfing and I'll be happy hanging out with friends. But I mean, I'm a very driven person; I think that's what brought me to "Idol" in the first place. So yeah, it's really important to me because I really believe in what I do and I love what I do. You know, from a good point of view, not from like "I want to be a powerful person" you know? [laughs] WILL: Yeah, not yet, exactly! But um, I think it's all the clichés: that you follow your heart, and you follow your instinct.For me, actually, the most important thing was to have a long-term career. So I probably could have made a lot more money earlier on, but my career would have died out. A lot of the decisions that were made, that I made with the people around me, were based on, "Will I want to still be around in five to 10 years' time?" I didn't just want to burn out in two years. So that was kind of my main goal. I wasn't interested in having instant fame; I was interested in having a career for the rest of my life. And I always followed my gut, I always followed my instincts, and I knew the things I would do and I knew the things I wouldn't do. And those things haven't really changed for me over eight and a half years. Absolutely. REALITY ROCKS: I know you have done a good amount of writing. I think maybe there's this idea that people have, at least in America--I think it came from some things that went down with Kelly Clarkson on her third album--that it's hard for people who come out of the "Idol" machine to establish themselves as songwriters. Was that a difficult thing for you? WILL: I never think that matters. I mean, I love songwriting and I've written songs with a group called Groove Armada and stuff, but I don't mind just singing. I'm doing a jazz gig next week--I do these jazz gigs on the side--and jazz singers sing standards, you know what I mean? And they're amazing songs. Although at the moment my next album at the moment is 100 percent written by me, I'm not really pressured about it.I think people get hung up on "Are they a songwriter or are they a pop star?" It doesn't matter. I mean, how many songs did Frank Sinatra write, or Aretha Franklin? As long as the singer believes it, then it doesn't really matter, and I don't mind saying that "Leave Right Now" is written by someone else. I'm really proud of the songs that I write, but the personal attachment that I have to a song I've written or someone else has done is always the same--because if it's not there, then no one is going to believe it. I mean, it's just the same as taking a script: I don't mind taking a script that I haven't written! You know what I mean?[laughs] REALITY ROCKS: That's actually a good analogy, because no one would ever criticize an actor for not writing his own dialogue. WILL: It's all about the belief, I think. I've definitely grown as a songwriter and from working with people. I mean, God, Burt Bacharach wrote a song for me on my first album! I got to perform with him and Cathy Dennis and Eg White, and Greg Kurstin who did the Lily Allen album--you know, all these people I've learned from. I'm really happy to sing others' songs. I think people get hung up on it too much. I was writing songs before "Pop Idol" but I never got hung up on that kind of "I am credible, I am a songwriter!" thing. It was more about just making sure the delivery was right. Shame a lot of people - mainly those who know nothing about him criticise him for not being a 'real' musician - can't look beyond this 'thing' they have about songwriting and playing an instrument in order to appear credible. I don't think I would have been in the right headspace to have done it earlier, whereas now, it's eight years on and I've done so much and it just feels right now. I think if I had done it before I wouldn't have been as relaxed and probably as content in the work that I'm doing now--which I am. I love my job so much, I love it, and so I think this is the right time to come out. So good to hear him say this - something we've felt for so long. You know, you just feel things in your heart and it just feels right now. My instinct says it's right. How often was he criticised for being a 'diva' because he followed his own path - followed his heart. He was so right to stay with Simon Fuller - Simon Cowell would have killed his career stone dead. His only 'perceived' success has been Leona but she is yet to prove longevity. It just keeps me kind of happy and challenged, that I'm doing lots of different things. Long may you continue to do so Mr Young - we'll be there every step of the way Just as he said before: "I couldn't just keep on churning out the same stuff."
April 23, 201016 yr Thanks Bev. Fab interview. Sounds to me that an appearance on American Idol could be on the cards. Can't wait to see what tv work they have lined up. Hope he has a spot on one of the big chat shows, as his endearing personality can't fail to win over the American public. Although at the moment my next album at the moment is 100 percent written by me, Wonder oif he just means lyrically or there's been another rethink. :unsure: Edited April 23, 201016 yr by truly talented
April 23, 201016 yr Author Wonder oif he just means lyrically or there's been another rethink. :unsure: I think Lyrically TT, when you co write you work on melody and words together..when you use dance acts many of who dont wrote lyrics, you request the sound you want andhow you want it to flow and then get the dance track from them and write your own lyrics on it, like he said he did with that Calvin Harris track he said he had a while ago! I'm so excited by that! :cheer:
April 23, 201016 yr I think Lyrically TT, when you co write you work on melody and words together..when you use dance acts many of who dont wrote lyrics, you request the sound you want andhow you want it to flow and then get the dance track from them and write your own lyrics on it, like he said he did with that Calvin Harris track he said he had a while ago! I'm so excited by that! :cheer: The Groove Armada boys also said that he asked them for base tracks.
April 23, 201016 yr Author The Groove Armada boys also said that he asked them for base tracks. Yes he did, how brilliant, i expect he did that with Shapeshifters then. :dance: This is one of the things that's most exciting about the interview, knowing that he's writing his album on his own.
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