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The Internet,Ego Death
“I floundered for the first six months of doing the album.
You could hear how I inspired I was by them.Sydis the coolest person in the entire world.
Ben Cope
Shes not serving Mariah vocals, but shes serving energy and vibe.
Britney Spears
“I listened to Britneys second and third albums a lot while making my record.
The song I ended up doing was’Mama Say.
‘I think the bridge is the kitschiest thing ever.
of *NSYNC and Britney Spears songs.
It took us two hours.
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We were listening to’…Baby One More Time’in the studio to see how they did it.
We were so proud of ourselves.”
“People have watched the’Mama Say’video and alreadyrecreated the dance.
Thats all Ive ever wanted.
I saw that and was like, ‘Thisis the reason I do what I do.’
I grew up watching pop acts who did this every day obviously I’m obsessed with Britney Spears.
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Its so rare that you get that now.
When I was writing this record, that was a big part of what I was thinking about.
I have dancers on tour now.
Levi’s
It’s just about waking up my brain.
Or: ‘I love the use of this word, maybe Ill take that word.’
We had a handful of treatments, but none of them were really speaking to me.
Betty Who
He played it for us, and we were like, ‘This is what we want to do.’
We looked at so many washing machine photoshoots for inspiration.
I have so many emails and PDFs of, like, edgy girls hanging out of washing machines.”
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I would finish a lot of lyrics out there.
Im in Woodland Hills, and being so far away, people dont want to come to you.
Thats the thing in L.A.: If you cant Uber there, its like, ‘Im not coming.’
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Thats really isolating, and that affected my well-being and mental health during the record.
I fell into this k-hole of Album Land and went a little bit insane in the valley.
It felt like, if you will, the valley of my life.
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Entourage
“I watchedEntouragefrom start to finish right in the middle of making the album.
I like to start a recording session at 11 a.m. and finish at 5 or 6.
Then you get dinner and are home at 8 or 9.
‘Entourageis such a love story to the good and bad of Hollywood.
Serena Williams
“I got really into running while making this record.
I remember being like, ‘This is my bitch.’
Running is also how I finished the record.
You have to get your physical body to do something else to free up your mind.
It felt too slow, so we sped it up 5 bpm.”
I wanted to write something uplifting, but its hard you dont want to sound preachy or smug.
The whole first verse is about howImthe hardest on myself,Ihave the biggest issues with my body.
I cant wait to play this at pride, because thats where I think itll resonate the most.
