after making it big at home these British bad boys are trying to make it
British bad boys are trying to make it
British bad boys are trying to make it stateside hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
stateside hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
stateside hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with the wanted about their
speaking with the wanted about their
speaking with the wanted about their album battleground
album battleground
album battleground I had to see
dreams cheap
dreams cheap let’s talk about battleground just tell
let’s talk about battleground just tell
let’s talk about battleground just tell us kind of what what you’re going for
us kind of what what you’re going for
us kind of what what you’re going for what you think you’ve achieved I mean
what you think you’ve achieved I mean
what you think you’ve achieved I mean we’d all come from different musical
we’d all come from different musical
we’d all come from different musical backgrounds and because it’s pop we
backgrounds and because it’s pop we
backgrounds and because it’s pop we could mix them but I think we kept it
could mix them but I think we kept it
could mix them but I think we kept it quite safe we had like some really
quite safe we had like some really
quite safe we had like some really experimental tracks but mostly we were
experimental tracks but mostly we were
experimental tracks but mostly we were like I was just trying to fit our voices
like I was just trying to fit our voices
like I was just trying to fit our voices together and make our sound which we did
together and make our sound which we did
together and make our sound which we did we made the sound but then second time
we made the sound but then second time
we made the sound but then second time around we were trying to get creative we
around we were trying to get creative we
around we were trying to get creative we wanted to make some weird stuff we
wanted to make some weird stuff we
wanted to make some weird stuff we wanted we really wanted to do a little
wanted we really wanted to do a little
wanted we really wanted to do a little bit more up-tempo get people on their
bit more up-tempo get people on their
bit more up-tempo get people on their feet but then also there’s some stuff in
feet but then also there’s some stuff in
feet but then also there’s some stuff in there that’s a little more aggressive we
there that’s a little more aggressive we
there that’s a little more aggressive we had some issues we got some record label
had some issues we got some record label
had some issues we got some record label problems when we were like seriously
problems when we were like seriously
problems when we were like seriously we’re not wearing matching clothes and
we’re not wearing matching clothes and
we’re not wearing matching clothes and it was quite stressed and I think that
it was quite stressed and I think that
it was quite stressed and I think that all came out in the songs we liked we
all came out in the songs we liked we
all came out in the songs we liked we wanted to have a bit of balls and I
wanted to have a bit of balls and I
wanted to have a bit of balls and I think the album does so hence the name
think the album does so hence the name
think the album does so hence the name is a little progressive but I mean it’s
is a little progressive but I mean it’s
is a little progressive but I mean it’s from a song Max and they throw called
from a song Max and they throw called
from a song Max and they throw called war zone it’s totally the greatest song
war zone it’s totally the greatest song
war zone it’s totally the greatest song of all time so you chew
so let’s talk about war zone
so let’s talk about war zone give us a concept for the song and for
give us a concept for the song and for
give us a concept for the song and for the video well it was just about a girl
the video well it was just about a girl
the video well it was just about a girl cheats on cheats on the guy cuz I think
cheats on cheats on the guy cuz I think
cheats on cheats on the guy cuz I think I think a lot of the time I think that
I think a lot of the time I think that
I think a lot of the time I think that the the guy gets the the stick for it so
the the guy gets the the stick for it so
the the guy gets the the stick for it so we just came up with the concept of it
we just came up with the concept of it
we just came up with the concept of it being the other way around
we wanted it to be not just just words
we wanted it to be not just just words we wanted the music to be heavy Tom’s a
we wanted the music to be heavy Tom’s a
we wanted the music to be heavy Tom’s a big dubstep fan and he’s always banged
big dubstep fan and he’s always banged
big dubstep fan and he’s always banged on about his so we we had that put in it
on about his so we we had that put in it
on about his so we we had that put in it to give it you know some hard-hitting
to give it you know some hard-hitting
to give it you know some hard-hitting beats and stuff and and and literally
beats and stuff and and and literally
beats and stuff and and and literally make it as aggressive as we could
make it as aggressive as we could
make it as aggressive as we could without you know without the lyrics if
without you know without the lyrics if
without you know without the lyrics if we’re gonna strangle someone
in the video as well we actually got
in the video as well we actually got girls in and a guy this with your
girls in and a guy this with your
girls in and a guy this with your girlfriend and she’s cheating in you
girlfriend and she’s cheating in you
girlfriend and she’s cheating in you capture owl I think it really came
capture owl I think it really came
capture owl I think it really came together I think the producers in
together I think the producers in
together I think the producers in ourselves did a pretty good job on that
ourselves did a pretty good job on that
ourselves did a pretty good job on that one if we must say so ourselves I want
one if we must say so ourselves I want
one if we must say so ourselves I want to blow my own trumpet hey the day in
to blow my own trumpet hey the day in
to blow my own trumpet hey the day in the studio and Max and Nathan were
the studio and Max and Nathan were
the studio and Max and Nathan were recording no one stepped in the studio
recording no one stepped in the studio
recording no one stepped in the studio is the most aggressive angry studio just
is the most aggressive angry studio just
is the most aggressive angry studio just just stayed away we were next door
just stayed away we were next door
just stayed away we were next door actually writing one of the cheesie’s
actually writing one of the cheesie’s
actually writing one of the cheesie’s love songs of all time that got caught
love songs of all time that got caught
love songs of all time that got caught but war zone
I mean you guys obviously did some
I mean you guys obviously did some writing on this one do you see
writing on this one do you see
writing on this one do you see yourselves writing more in the future
yourselves writing more in the future
yourselves writing more in the future yeah I think there’s been a steady
yeah I think there’s been a steady
yeah I think there’s been a steady progression the first album we wrote
progression the first album we wrote
progression the first album we wrote something like 50% and we really bout
something like 50% and we really bout
something like 50% and we really bout for that the first time we went in the
for that the first time we went in the
for that the first time we went in the studio is a five you were a single in
studio is a five you were a single in
studio is a five you were a single in first time called behind bars and the
first time called behind bars and the
first time called behind bars and the record I were impressed but they were
record I were impressed but they were
record I were impressed but they were still like this is what we want you to
still like this is what we want you to
still like this is what we want you to do eventually you want to say okay we
do eventually you want to say okay we
do eventually you want to say okay we want your help and guidance what we want
want your help and guidance what we want
want your help and guidance what we want to do what we want to do and second
to do what we want to do and second
to do what we want to do and second album I think that’s what happened we
album I think that’s what happened we
album I think that’s what happened we stayed the ship and got a great help
stayed the ship and got a great help
stayed the ship and got a great help from our record label iron in the UK and
from our record label iron in the UK and
from our record label iron in the UK and yeah I think every time we go we’re
yeah I think every time we go we’re
yeah I think every time we go we’re getting better and I mean some of these
getting better and I mean some of these
getting better and I mean some of these boys were in song right into like five
boys were in song right into like five
boys were in song right into like five anyway I’m a two-year newbie but yeah I
anyway I’m a two-year newbie but yeah I
anyway I’m a two-year newbie but yeah I think that’s the plan because it’s it’s
think that’s the plan because it’s it’s
think that’s the plan because it’s it’s creatively satisfying I think
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