I like knowing that I can be there for people without actually being and that’s
people without actually being and that’s
people without actually being and that’s a nice feeling I’ve always been a very
a nice feeling I’ve always been a very
a nice feeling I’ve always been a very honest open writer I’ve always been on
honest open writer I’ve always been on
honest open writer I’ve always been on my heart and my sleeve my horses my is
my heart and my sleeve my horses my is
my heart and my sleeve my horses my is my instrument so sometimes I sing things
my instrument so sometimes I sing things
my instrument so sometimes I sing things that just sound crazy but then like one
that just sound crazy but then like one
that just sound crazy but then like one tank out of 20 will be really really
tank out of 20 will be really really
tank out of 20 will be really really cool hello bleep nation its Ivan my one
cool hello bleep nation its Ivan my one
cool hello bleep nation its Ivan my one word is believe and I believe in people
word is believe and I believe in people
word is believe and I believe in people more than they believe in themselves and
more than they believe in themselves and
more than they believe in themselves and my sincere hope is that if you see in
my sincere hope is that if you see in
my sincere hope is that if you see in yourself what I see in you you’ll be
yourself what I see in you you’ll be
yourself what I see in you you’ll be able to change the planet so to help you
able to change the planet so to help you
able to change the planet so to help you on your journey today we’re gonna learn
on your journey today we’re gonna learn
on your journey today we’re gonna learn from Grammy award-winning singer and
from Grammy award-winning singer and
from Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding and my take on
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often fans tell me that the music I make
often fans tell me that the music I make has helped them through things with
has helped them through things with
has helped them through things with their family and their friends and
their family and their friends and
their family and their friends and boyfriend and girlfriend help them you
boyfriend and girlfriend help them you
boyfriend and girlfriend help them you know reconcile with a father or mother
know reconcile with a father or mother
know reconcile with a father or mother or whoever that’s quite a nice feeling
or whoever that’s quite a nice feeling
or whoever that’s quite a nice feeling that my music can do that this is
that my music can do that this is
that my music can do that this is devotion I like knowing that I can be
devotion I like knowing that I can be
devotion I like knowing that I can be there for people without actually being
there for people without actually being
there for people without actually being that’s a nice feeling I try to be there
that’s a nice feeling I try to be there
that’s a nice feeling I try to be there for my own family that they’re my fans
for my own family that they’re my fans
for my own family that they’re my fans it’s nice I can produce something that
it’s nice I can produce something that
it’s nice I can produce something that is you know comforting
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my writing style has always been very
my writing style has always been very hopeful I don’t like writing
hopeful I don’t like writing
hopeful I don’t like writing depressing songs unless I can offer some
depressing songs unless I can offer some
depressing songs unless I can offer some kind of resolution and that’s also how
kind of resolution and that’s also how
kind of resolution and that’s also how I’ve always written even when I wrote
I’ve always written even when I wrote
I’ve always written even when I wrote lease to write poetry and essays and
lease to write poetry and essays and
lease to write poetry and essays and shit when I was young I write my songs
shit when I was young I write my songs
shit when I was young I write my songs in a very specific way like even if
in a very specific way like even if
in a very specific way like even if they’re about someone it will never be
they’re about someone it will never be
they’re about someone it will never be like oh that’s about that you know like
like oh that’s about that you know like
like oh that’s about that you know like it would never be it’s never like shade
it would never be it’s never like shade
it would never be it’s never like shade or burn or any of that kind of stuff I
or burn or any of that kind of stuff I
or burn or any of that kind of stuff I don’t believe in that I believe in you
don’t believe in that I believe in you
don’t believe in that I believe in you know I write I write songs I like to
know I write I write songs I like to
know I write I write songs I like to write songs at the resolution I like to
write songs at the resolution I like to
write songs at the resolution I like to write songs always with something
write songs always with something
write songs always with something positive so even if I write about
positive so even if I write about
positive so even if I write about somebody that’s broken my heart or
somebody that’s broken my heart or
somebody that’s broken my heart or somebody that’s hurt me or a situation
somebody that’s hurt me or a situation
somebody that’s hurt me or a situation I’ve been in it’s been unpleasant I
I’ve been in it’s been unpleasant I
I’ve been in it’s been unpleasant I still want to try and write like a poet
still want to try and write like a poet
still want to try and write like a poet you know I still want to buy something
you know I still want to buy something
you know I still want to buy something that is timeless like Shakespeare
that is timeless like Shakespeare
that is timeless like Shakespeare I want to write things that you really
I want to write things that you really
I want to write things that you really you know stand stand true forever I see
you know stand stand true forever I see
you know stand stand true forever I see the good in everyone and I see the good
the good in everyone and I see the good
the good in everyone and I see the good in everything and I think that there’s
in everything and I think that there’s
in everything and I think that there’s always a silver lining and there’s
always a silver lining and there’s
always a silver lining and there’s always a there’s always good to come out
always a there’s always good to come out
always a there’s always good to come out of everything
of everything
of everything and so if you know it’s my lyrics
and so if you know it’s my lyrics
and so if you know it’s my lyrics there’s always a resolution of some kind
there’s always a resolution of some kind
there’s always a resolution of some kind as always like think everything’s going
as always like think everything’s going
as always like think everything’s going to be okay moment yeah um so even if I
to be okay moment yeah um so even if I
to be okay moment yeah um so even if I see yeah even if I have been in
see yeah even if I have been in
see yeah even if I have been in situations where I think that was really
situations where I think that was really
situations where I think that was really unfair that was mean or that was you
unfair that was mean or that was you
unfair that was mean or that was you know I was hurt by something I was
know I was hurt by something I was
know I was hurt by something I was trying to do it in a way that resolved
trying to do it in a way that resolved
trying to do it in a way that resolved it in my own head I think like I think
it in my own head I think like I think
it in my own head I think like I think as a writer I progressed in that like
as a writer I progressed in that like
as a writer I progressed in that like I’ve always been a very honest open
I’ve always been a very honest open
I’ve always been a very honest open writer I’ve always been on my heart on
writer I’ve always been on my heart on
writer I’ve always been on my heart on my sleeve the way that I write lyrics
my sleeve the way that I write lyrics
my sleeve the way that I write lyrics and tell stories without sound like a
and tell stories without sound like a
and tell stories without sound like a cliche be very honest
cliche be very honest
cliche be very honest my situation about my childhood about my
my situation about my childhood about my
my situation about my childhood about my boss
boss
boss it kind of contributes to my right and
it kind of contributes to my right and
it kind of contributes to my right and who I do as an artist so I think it’s
who I do as an artist so I think it’s
who I do as an artist so I think it’s important to shed light on my wife you
important to shed light on my wife you
important to shed light on my wife you know
know
know and I never I always feel weird if I
and I never I always feel weird if I
and I never I always feel weird if I leave some ow
not knowing something about me
not knowing something about me I did listen to a bit of Joni Mitchell
I did listen to a bit of Joni Mitchell
I did listen to a bit of Joni Mitchell to listen to I have listened to a lot of
to listen to I have listened to a lot of
to listen to I have listened to a lot of Feist and my brightest Island and
Feist and my brightest Island and
Feist and my brightest Island and another Michael Rilo Kiley’s I really
another Michael Rilo Kiley’s I really
another Michael Rilo Kiley’s I really like their lyrics and it was suddenly I
like their lyrics and it was suddenly I
like their lyrics and it was suddenly I realized that you could be quirky but
realized that you could be quirky but
realized that you could be quirky but you could also still be quite poppy in
you could also still be quite poppy in
you could also still be quite poppy in it my mum can’t listen to pop and dance
it my mum can’t listen to pop and dance
it my mum can’t listen to pop and dance music so it was very pop and I wasn’t in
music so it was very pop and I wasn’t in
music so it was very pop and I wasn’t in shoes to any old bands the more I was
shoes to any old bands the more I was
shoes to any old bands the more I was discovering music by myself so it was
discovering music by myself so it was
discovering music by myself so it was kind of a discover it was me discovering
kind of a discover it was me discovering
kind of a discover it was me discovering things that would allow me to find out
things that would allow me to find out
things that would allow me to find out about older bands and older singers
about older bands and older singers
about older bands and older singers maybe it could be that I have a very
maybe it could be that I have a very
maybe it could be that I have a very kind of unique a sort of way in that
kind of unique a sort of way in that
kind of unique a sort of way in that I’ve listened to a hell of a lot of
I’ve listened to a hell of a lot of
I’ve listened to a hell of a lot of quite obscure folk music and and yuck
quite obscure folk music and and yuck
quite obscure folk music and and yuck and then but then I also really loved
and then but then I also really loved
and then but then I also really loved pop music and but I refuse to let one of
pop music and but I refuse to let one of
pop music and but I refuse to let one of them overtake the other so I think
them overtake the other so I think
them overtake the other so I think that’s why I seem to have been given
that’s why I seem to have been given
that’s why I seem to have been given this this appreciation in blocks and in
this this appreciation in blocks and in
this this appreciation in blocks and in a lot of in you know like enemy and not
a lot of in you know like enemy and not
a lot of in you know like enemy and not sort of a more of an indie area and then
sort of a more of an indie area and then
sort of a more of an indie area and then and then also I seem to have this sort
and then also I seem to have this sort
and then also I seem to have this sort of pop thing as well I guess my lyrics
of pop thing as well I guess my lyrics
of pop thing as well I guess my lyrics are just really important to me I never
are just really important to me I never
are just really important to me I never wanted me to be too alien and
wanted me to be too alien and
wanted me to be too alien and complicated but I never you know I want
complicated but I never you know I want
complicated but I never you know I want me to have a meaning always so it’s like
me to have a meaning always so it’s like
me to have a meaning always so it’s like it’s always a finding the right kind of
it’s always a finding the right kind of
it’s always a finding the right kind of balance and my and my songs of surreal
balance and my and my songs of surreal
balance and my and my songs of surreal it’s surreal staff and then very real
it’s surreal staff and then very real
it’s surreal staff and then very real stuff that’s very Universal and
stuff that’s very Universal and
stuff that’s very Universal and relatable so for me it’s always finding
relatable so for me it’s always finding
relatable so for me it’s always finding that balance within my tracks yeah I
that balance within my tracks yeah I
that balance within my tracks yeah I write things on my laptop a lot and now
write things on my laptop a lot and now
write things on my laptop a lot and now that I’ve got a laptop I write on my
that I’ve got a laptop I write on my
that I’ve got a laptop I write on my phone I write on paper
phone I write on paper
phone I write on paper it depends sometimes I kind of have to
it depends sometimes I kind of have to
it depends sometimes I kind of have to be in a certain frame of mind to write I
be in a certain frame of mind to write I
be in a certain frame of mind to write I could I have to be sometimes I have to
could I have to be sometimes I have to
could I have to be sometimes I have to be quite down sometimes has to be really
be quite down sometimes has to be really
be quite down sometimes has to be really related but generally it’s me coming up
related but generally it’s me coming up
related but generally it’s me coming up with some chords and some words and
with some chords and some words and
with some chords and some words and something I really want to write about
something I really want to write about
something I really want to write about something I need to get off my chest
something I need to get off my chest
something I need to get off my chest what do you think that this panel is
what do you think that this panel is
what do you think that this panel is seeing in you that they have decided
seeing in you that they have decided
seeing in you that they have decided that you hit it
that you hit it
that you hit it I don’t know and I wish I did because it
I don’t know and I wish I did because it
I don’t know and I wish I did because it would be a lot easier
would be a lot easier
would be a lot easier I suppose I’m quite normal and I wasn’t
I suppose I’m quite normal and I wasn’t
I suppose I’m quite normal and I wasn’t necessarily ambitious so I guess I don’t
necessarily ambitious so I guess I don’t
necessarily ambitious so I guess I don’t really have a business kind of mind so
really have a business kind of mind so
really have a business kind of mind so in that way up my music ends up being I
in that way up my music ends up being I
in that way up my music ends up being I hate using this phone but quite organic
hate using this phone but quite organic
hate using this phone but quite organic in that I write things you know I just
in that I write things you know I just
in that I write things you know I just go at it blind and just hope for the
go at it blind and just hope for the
go at it blind and just hope for the best and that’s happened that’s how I’ve
best and that’s happened that’s how I’ve
best and that’s happened that’s how I’ve always worked I sort of like to do
always worked I sort of like to do
always worked I sort of like to do things at them in the moment so if I
things at them in the moment so if I
things at them in the moment so if I have a resolution that I want to make I
have a resolution that I want to make I
have a resolution that I want to make I just kind of do it actually you know I
just kind of do it actually you know I
just kind of do it actually you know I want to be a bit more adventurous next
want to be a bit more adventurous next
want to be a bit more adventurous next year as in I want to like be a bit more
year as in I want to like be a bit more
year as in I want to like be a bit more of a like adventure seeker do some sky
of a like adventure seeker do some sky
of a like adventure seeker do some sky dives and stuff but like don’t think I
dives and stuff but like don’t think I
dives and stuff but like don’t think I can do a bungee jump I think that’s a
can do a bungee jump I think that’s a
can do a bungee jump I think that’s a bit too far you could skydive but you
bit too far you could skydive but you
bit too far you could skydive but you couldn’t bungee jump I think it’s very
couldn’t bungee jump I think it’s very
couldn’t bungee jump I think it’s very different bungee don’t you throw
different bungee don’t you throw
different bungee don’t you throw yourself off at least skydive skis right
yourself off at least skydive skis right
yourself off at least skydive skis right coming in that fat and just takes you
coming in that fat and just takes you
coming in that fat and just takes you with them yeah I think minded it was a
with them yeah I think minded it was a
with them yeah I think minded it was a whole different thing but yeah I think I
whole different thing but yeah I think I
whole different thing but yeah I think I want to do things that kind of scare me
want to do things that kind of scare me
want to do things that kind of scare me and get over my fears a bit more next
and get over my fears a bit more next
and get over my fears a bit more next year so maybe I maybe I do have some new
year so maybe I maybe I do have some new
year so maybe I maybe I do have some new resolutions actually I mean supporting
resolutions actually I mean supporting
resolutions actually I mean supporting Bruno Mars and I supported quite a few
Bruno Mars and I supported quite a few
Bruno Mars and I supported quite a few artists in arenas so I feel like I’ve
artists in arenas so I feel like I’ve
artists in arenas so I feel like I’ve been lucky in that respect because I’ve
been lucky in that respect because I’ve
been lucky in that respect because I’ve built a stamina that’s required of
built a stamina that’s required of
built a stamina that’s required of playing such big shows but they haven’t
playing such big shows but they haven’t
playing such big shows but they haven’t been my show so the pressures been off
been my show so the pressures been off
been my show so the pressures been off so I’ve been able to practice playing to
so I’ve been able to practice playing to
so I’ve been able to practice playing to lots of people but like I said the
lots of people but like I said the
lots of people but like I said the pressure is is off in that it’s not my
pressure is is off in that it’s not my
pressure is is off in that it’s not my own show and I can sort of I don’t know
own show and I can sort of I don’t know
own show and I can sort of I don’t know it’s it’s definitely easier supporting
it’s it’s definitely easier supporting
it’s it’s definitely easier supporting someone in an arena like the crowd is
someone in an arena like the crowd is
someone in an arena like the crowd is not necessarily there to support you but
not necessarily there to support you but
not necessarily there to support you but you can win them over and it kind of
you can win them over and it kind of
you can win them over and it kind of makes you realize that you have to put
makes you realize that you have to put
makes you realize that you have to put on a really special show to get people’s
on a really special show to get people’s
on a really special show to get people’s favor so I’ve been able to do that and
favor so I’ve been able to do that and
favor so I’ve been able to do that and then my own shows I go back and do my
then my own shows I go back and do my
then my own shows I go back and do my own shows and I sort of replicate what I
own shows and I sort of replicate what I
own shows and I sort of replicate what I do in arenas and it makes the show a bit
do in arenas and it makes the show a bit
do in arenas and it makes the show a bit bigger and a bit more special what is it
bigger and a bit more special what is it
bigger and a bit more special what is it like as a writer as a musician at a time
like as a writer as a musician at a time
like as a writer as a musician at a time when there is this glut I mean once upon
when there is this glut I mean once upon
when there is this glut I mean once upon a time and again show me as I apologize
a time and again show me as I apologize
a time and again show me as I apologize for this but I can’t help it something
for this but I can’t help it something
for this but I can’t help it something like you would have come along and in a
like you would have come along and in a
like you would have come along and in a way there would have been one of it
way there would have been one of it
way there would have been one of it maybe – where’s now and not to say that
maybe – where’s now and not to say that
maybe – where’s now and not to say that that
that
that they’re exactly the same but you know
they’re exactly the same but you know
they’re exactly the same but you know what I’m saying that there can be a lot
what I’m saying that there can be a lot
what I’m saying that there can be a lot of the same kind of thing appears so I
of the same kind of thing appears so I
of the same kind of thing appears so I wondered how difficult it is for you to
wondered how difficult it is for you to
wondered how difficult it is for you to try and generate the kind of originality
try and generate the kind of originality
try and generate the kind of originality that you really want to have well I
that you really want to have well I
that you really want to have well I think the important thing is is not is
think the important thing is is not is
think the important thing is is not is not to try and hopefully you don’t have
not to try and hopefully you don’t have
not to try and hopefully you don’t have to try and luckily I feel like I’ve been
to try and luckily I feel like I’ve been
to try and luckily I feel like I’ve been given that that kind of advantage in
given that that kind of advantage in
given that that kind of advantage in that I feel like I’m not trying hard to
that I feel like I’m not trying hard to
that I feel like I’m not trying hard to create something that’s original but
create something that’s original but
create something that’s original but because I have such a passion for the
because I have such a passion for the
because I have such a passion for the folk music and music which is which is
folk music and music which is which is
folk music and music which is which is so simple and beautiful with just a
so simple and beautiful with just a
so simple and beautiful with just a guitar and it just so happens that I’ve
guitar and it just so happens that I’ve
guitar and it just so happens that I’ve I’ve constructed my songs that way
I’ve constructed my songs that way
I’ve constructed my songs that way without thinking about it too much and
without thinking about it too much and
without thinking about it too much and not putting to much kind of you know God
not putting to much kind of you know God
not putting to much kind of you know God this song has you know has to be
this song has you know has to be
this song has you know has to be different it has to be but it also has
different it has to be but it also has
different it has to be but it also has to be mainstream to that I sell records
to be mainstream to that I sell records
to be mainstream to that I sell records it’s completely not like that it’s just
it’s completely not like that it’s just
it’s completely not like that it’s just the fact that myself and my producer
the fact that myself and my producer
the fact that myself and my producer star Smith it’s the same age and he has
star Smith it’s the same age and he has
star Smith it’s the same age and he has a passion for electronic music I have a
a passion for electronic music I have a
a passion for electronic music I have a passion for folk music in particular but
passion for folk music in particular but
passion for folk music in particular but you also have to listen to a lot of the
you also have to listen to a lot of the
you also have to listen to a lot of the same things when were younger so we just
same things when were younger so we just
same things when were younger so we just we just go into a session and we slowly
we just go into a session and we slowly
we just go into a session and we slowly start to construct a song and I usually
start to construct a song and I usually
start to construct a song and I usually already have the kind of the backbone
already have the kind of the backbone
already have the kind of the backbone for it but I think yeah I mean it’s easy
for it but I think yeah I mean it’s easy
for it but I think yeah I mean it’s easy enough for me to say this what I think
enough for me to say this what I think
enough for me to say this what I think the best thing is not is not to try
the best thing is not is not to try
the best thing is not is not to try heart because you can you can almost
heart because you can you can almost
heart because you can you can almost tell and I think that’s where the
tell and I think that’s where the
tell and I think that’s where the breaker of connection between you and
breaker of connection between you and
breaker of connection between you and and your your listeners that so the
and your your listeners that so the
and your your listeners that so the break comes because they can’t connect
break comes because they can’t connect
break comes because they can’t connect because they can either notice almost
because they can either notice almost
because they can either notice almost sense that it’s like a to try hard or
sense that it’s like a to try hard or
sense that it’s like a to try hard or whatever that’s key to everything that’s
whatever that’s key to everything that’s
whatever that’s key to everything that’s key to what I do I wouldn’t be here
key to what I do I wouldn’t be here
key to what I do I wouldn’t be here without experimenting like crazy I I
without experimenting like crazy I I
without experimenting like crazy I I like to I didn’t types of music and I
like to I didn’t types of music and I
like to I didn’t types of music and I hope that I could get away with
hope that I could get away with
hope that I could get away with including all of those different
including all of those different
including all of those different influences on my first record I think I
influences on my first record I think I
influences on my first record I think I got away with it and maybe my second as
got away with it and maybe my second as
got away with it and maybe my second as well but I mean like I would say that
well but I mean like I would say that
well but I mean like I would say that I’m a pop artists I’m a pop music but
I’m a pop artists I’m a pop music but
I’m a pop artists I’m a pop music but it’s not without a lot of
it’s not without a lot of
it’s not without a lot of experimentation and also you know
experimentation and also you know
experimentation and also you know risking doing you know writing something
risking doing you know writing something
risking doing you know writing something that maybe isn’t very good or is or is
that maybe isn’t very good or is or is
that maybe isn’t very good or is or is silly you know my voice is my it is my
silly you know my voice is my it is my
silly you know my voice is my it is my instrument so sometimes I sing things
instrument so sometimes I sing things
instrument so sometimes I sing things just sound crazy but then like one take
just sound crazy but then like one take
just sound crazy but then like one take out of 20 will be really really cool and
out of 20 will be really really cool and
out of 20 will be really really cool and then I keep that one then that’s that
then I keep that one then that’s that
then I keep that one then that’s that so yeah it’s fermentation is everything
so yeah it’s fermentation is everything
so yeah it’s fermentation is everything for me as a musician yeah when I tweet
for me as a musician yeah when I tweet
for me as a musician yeah when I tweet it today that you were going to do
it today that you were going to do
it today that you were going to do another interview we got all kinds of
another interview we got all kinds of
another interview we got all kinds of questions one of them was how do you
questions one of them was how do you
questions one of them was how do you feel about so many people remix it sorry
feel about so many people remix it sorry
feel about so many people remix it sorry I well a lot of real room it’s that and
I well a lot of real room it’s that and
I well a lot of real room it’s that and a lot of people remix once I’ve just
a lot of people remix once I’ve just
a lot of people remix once I’ve just kind of blown up out of nowhere and it’s
kind of blown up out of nowhere and it’s
kind of blown up out of nowhere and it’s amazing I love hearing my song with a
amazing I love hearing my song with a
amazing I love hearing my song with a completely different feel to it I love
completely different feel to it I love
completely different feel to it I love the idea that my vocal can just be put
the idea that my vocal can just be put
the idea that my vocal can just be put onto pretty much anything lights has
onto pretty much anything lights has
onto pretty much anything lights has been remixed by every single artist
been remixed by every single artist
been remixed by every single artist right now in the planet it seems like
right now in the planet it seems like
right now in the planet it seems like you have a favorite version Bassnectar
you have a favorite version Bassnectar
you have a favorite version Bassnectar remix has always been my favorite he’s
remix has always been my favorite he’s
remix has always been my favorite he’s not my big one I Lauren so it’s so funny
not my big one I Lauren so it’s so funny
not my big one I Lauren so it’s so funny how it remix started off our friendship
how it remix started off our friendship
how it remix started off our friendship but yeah also like it really
but yeah also like it really
but yeah also like it really kick-started lights in the States
kick-started lights in the States
kick-started lights in the States because like at first when when lights
because like at first when when lights
because like at first when when lights started getting like having some kind of
started getting like having some kind of
started getting like having some kind of prominence in America it was always like
prominence in America it was always like
prominence in America it was always like oh yeah I love the Bassnectar remix at
oh yeah I love the Bassnectar remix at
oh yeah I love the Bassnectar remix at first and then all of a sudden like
first and then all of a sudden like
first and then all of a sudden like lights was creeping up and it had its
lights was creeping up and it had its
lights was creeping up and it had its own journey so yeah but there’s there’s
own journey so yeah but there’s there’s
own journey so yeah but there’s there’s there’s probably about a thousand lights
there’s probably about a thousand lights
there’s probably about a thousand lights remixes out there I’m not joking it’s
remixes out there I’m not joking it’s
remixes out there I’m not joking it’s miss remix song probably of all time
miss remix song probably of all time
miss remix song probably of all time I’ve been probably most remix artist in
I’ve been probably most remix artist in
I’ve been probably most remix artist in the UK so some remixes I’m just like
the UK so some remixes I’m just like
the UK so some remixes I’m just like okay that’s that’s okay but then someone
okay that’s that’s okay but then someone
okay that’s that’s okay but then someone listened to you I think that’s better
listened to you I think that’s better
listened to you I think that’s better than the original and I’ve really fallen
than the original and I’ve really fallen
than the original and I’ve really fallen up with them like a couple months – Adi
up with them like a couple months – Adi
up with them like a couple months – Adi from France remixed guns and horses and
from France remixed guns and horses and
from France remixed guns and horses and just blew me away or I thought God it
just blew me away or I thought God it
just blew me away or I thought God it sounded like it was supposed to be like
sounded like it was supposed to be like
sounded like it was supposed to be like at the end of the film like something
at the end of the film like something
at the end of the film like something epic like a love story because it was
epic like a love story because it was
epic like a love story because it was amazing it made me cry a little bit so I
amazing it made me cry a little bit so I
amazing it made me cry a little bit so I just put my sight it was all suck it
just put my sight it was all suck it
just put my sight it was all suck it wasn’t my song anymore it’s just sent
wasn’t my song anymore it’s just sent
wasn’t my song anymore it’s just sent this amazing thing that’s on a creative
this amazing thing that’s on a creative
this amazing thing that’s on a creative I really like her I’ve read a lot since
I really like her I’ve read a lot since
I really like her I’ve read a lot since I was young so books inspire me at
I was young so books inspire me at
I was young so books inspire me at Murakami’s for some folks poetry I’ve
Murakami’s for some folks poetry I’ve
Murakami’s for some folks poetry I’ve read a lot of poetry in the last few
read a lot of poetry in the last few
read a lot of poetry in the last few years and I like kind of dark like the
years and I like kind of dark like the
years and I like kind of dark like the funny kind of humorous stuff like I’ve I
funny kind of humorous stuff like I’ve I
funny kind of humorous stuff like I’ve I read too I read a big book of poems
read too I read a big book of poems
read too I read a big book of poems staying alive a compilation of poems yes
staying alive a compilation of poems yes
staying alive a compilation of poems yes I really like real and roar and and and
I really like real and roar and and and
I really like real and roar and and and quite express it and so I use those and
quite express it and so I use those and
quite express it and so I use those and then obviously like other singers other
then obviously like other singers other
then obviously like other singers other bands musicians and classical music and
bands musicians and classical music and
bands musicians and classical music and I listen to so much stuff that I’m just
I listen to so much stuff that I’m just
I listen to so much stuff that I’m just kind of inundated all the time so that’s
kind of inundated all the time so that’s
kind of inundated all the time so that’s kind of how I work really listened to a
kind of how I work really listened to a
kind of how I work really listened to a lot of music all the time now it’s just
lot of music all the time now it’s just
lot of music all the time now it’s just Internet is used by so many people and
Internet is used by so many people and
Internet is used by so many people and that you know this so much downloading
that you know this so much downloading
that you know this so much downloading that it’s just it’s it’s become the way
that it’s just it’s it’s become the way
that it’s just it’s it’s become the way and more people are getting iPods more
and more people are getting iPods more
and more people are getting iPods more people finding their music and so it’s
people finding their music and so it’s
people finding their music and so it’s kind of they’re more attracted to
kind of they’re more attracted to
kind of they’re more attracted to internet stuff but but the yeah the I
internet stuff but but the yeah the I
internet stuff but but the yeah the I guess there’s there’s more there’s more
guess there’s there’s more there’s more
guess there’s there’s more there’s more ways of finding out music meaning and
ways of finding out music meaning and
ways of finding out music meaning and get things like track in a box you get
get things like track in a box you get
get things like track in a box you get get a track sent to you every day and
get a track sent to you every day and
get a track sent to you every day and you find out things that way and maybe
you find out things that way and maybe
you find out things that way and maybe me personally I do feel like there’s so
me personally I do feel like there’s so
me personally I do feel like there’s so much music that that it’s impossible for
much music that that it’s impossible for
much music that that it’s impossible for me as a maker of new music to be
me as a maker of new music to be
me as a maker of new music to be completely aware of everything I just go
completely aware of everything I just go
completely aware of everything I just go on random recommendations and people
on random recommendations and people
on random recommendations and people give me and I might discover something
give me and I might discover something
give me and I might discover something for myself
for myself
for myself I think that’s the best way because you
I think that’s the best way because you
I think that’s the best way because you can get just inundated with just you
can get just inundated with just you
can get just inundated with just you just get so much stuff thrown at you
just get so much stuff thrown at you
just get so much stuff thrown at you I can beatbox oh yeah we’ll forget that
I can beatbox oh yeah we’ll forget that
I can beatbox oh yeah we’ll forget that a little bit oh that’s good I don’t know
a little bit oh that’s good I don’t know
a little bit oh that’s good I don’t know good try
all right eyebrows a little one no it’s
all right eyebrows a little one no it’s getting up yeah
getting up yeah
getting up yeah and then you like in one
thank you guys so much for watching I
thank you guys so much for watching I made this video because SH island
made this video because SH island
made this video because SH island Reinstein asked me to if there’s someone
Reinstein asked me to if there’s someone
Reinstein asked me to if there’s someone you like me to profile in their future
you like me to profile in their future
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in the description below and you can
in the description below and you can cast your vote on who we should do next
cast your vote on who we should do next
cast your vote on who we should do next I also want to give a quick shout out to
I also want to give a quick shout out to
I also want to give a quick shout out to Marta Magdalena Marta thank you so much
Marta Magdalena Marta thank you so much
Marta Magdalena Marta thank you so much for picking up a copy of my book your
for picking up a copy of my book your
for picking up a copy of my book your one word and posting that awesome
one word and posting that awesome
one word and posting that awesome message on Twitter I’m so glad that
message on Twitter I’m so glad that
message on Twitter I’m so glad that you’re coming back to it and rereading
you’re coming back to it and rereading
you’re coming back to it and rereading it whenever you’re having moments of
it whenever you’re having moments of
it whenever you’re having moments of doubt I really appreciate that and for
doubt I really appreciate that and for
doubt I really appreciate that and for sharing it as well thank you thank you
sharing it as well thank you thank you
sharing it as well thank you thank you thank you so much and I’m really happy
thank you so much and I’m really happy
thank you so much and I’m really happy you enjoyed the book thank you guys
you enjoyed the book thank you guys
you enjoyed the book thank you guys again for watching I believe in you I
again for watching I believe in you I
again for watching I believe in you I hope we continue to believe in yourself
hope we continue to believe in yourself
hope we continue to believe in yourself and whatever your one word is much love
and whatever your one word is much love
and whatever your one word is much love I’ll see you soon
I’ll see you soon
I’ll see you soon [Music]
how’s all your new stuff going so
how’s all your new stuff going so obviously your sounds evolved a lot
obviously your sounds evolved a lot
obviously your sounds evolved a lot since the first album how’s it being
since the first album how’s it being
since the first album how’s it being taken ah it’s pretty good like the
taken ah it’s pretty good like the
taken ah it’s pretty good like the second album has gotten me around the
second album has gotten me around the
second album has gotten me around the world and got me
world and got me
world and got me to get some ghosts some cool places it’s
to get some ghosts some cool places it’s
to get some ghosts some cool places it’s definitely like I think everything’s
definitely like I think everything’s
definitely like I think everything’s evolved like I’ve I’ve managed to sort
evolved like I’ve I’ve managed to sort
evolved like I’ve I’ve managed to sort of get worldwide a bit more and tour
of get worldwide a bit more and tour
of get worldwide a bit more and tour places I’d never talked before and it’s
places I’d never talked before and it’s
places I’d never talked before and it’s all evolved in general like touring and
all evolved in general like touring and
all evolved in general like touring and the record and just everything yeah I
the record and just everything yeah I
the record and just everything yeah I don’t know really I feel like I do I do
don’t know really I feel like I do I do
don’t know really I feel like I do I do work really hard but I sort of stay at a
work really hard but I sort of stay at a
work really hard but I sort of stay at a level that I’m really comfortable and
level that I’m really comfortable and
level that I’m really comfortable and happy with I genuinely never wanted to
happy with I genuinely never wanted to
happy with I genuinely never wanted to be a superstar
be a superstar
be a superstar I just just didn’t it just never really
I just just didn’t it just never really
I just just didn’t it just never really occurred to me that that would ever be
occurred to me that that would ever be
occurred to me that that would ever be possible I’m grateful for every day
possible I’m grateful for every day
possible I’m grateful for every day because I get this foot Bruno freakin
because I get this foot Bruno freakin
because I get this foot Bruno freakin Mars on tour like I just don’t
Mars on tour like I just don’t
Mars on tour like I just don’t understand it so long as I have that
understand it so long as I have that
understand it so long as I have that which I do every day I just I have the
which I do every day I just I have the
which I do every day I just I have the best time I get to write songs and put
best time I get to write songs and put
best time I get to write songs and put them on a record and some people buy
them on a record and some people buy
them on a record and some people buy limbs and then down and it’s I’ve yeah a
limbs and then down and it’s I’ve yeah a
limbs and then down and it’s I’ve yeah a really fun time with it the biggest
really fun time with it the biggest
really fun time with it the biggest thing I probably go to if I’m kind of an
thing I probably go to if I’m kind of an
thing I probably go to if I’m kind of an if I’m kind of in a rush is a hype
if I’m kind of in a rush is a hype
if I’m kind of in a rush is a hype machine I’ve gone hype machine a lot I
machine I’ve gone hype machine a lot I
machine I’ve gone hype machine a lot I go on air milk blog quite a lot but you
go on air milk blog quite a lot but you
go on air milk blog quite a lot but you know I I feel like I’m very lucky
know I I feel like I’m very lucky
know I I feel like I’m very lucky because I’ve been connected with so many
because I’ve been connected with so many
because I’ve been connected with so many producers and DJs just from like remixes
producers and DJs just from like remixes
producers and DJs just from like remixes and from working with people and having
and from working with people and having
and from working with people and having an affinity with electronic music the I
an affinity with electronic music the I
an affinity with electronic music the I I get to meet people and people send me
I get to meet people and people send me
I get to meet people and people send me stuff and have connections with a lot of
stuff and have connections with a lot of
stuff and have connections with a lot of people so um yeah I guess just cuz I’ve
people so um yeah I guess just cuz I’ve
people so um yeah I guess just cuz I’ve been doing it for such a long time like
been doing it for such a long time like
been doing it for such a long time like the first people that I reached out to
the first people that I reached out to
the first people that I reached out to on myspace for the electronic producers
on myspace for the electronic producers
on myspace for the electronic producers baryon Frank music and a bunch of people
baryon Frank music and a bunch of people
baryon Frank music and a bunch of people Roscoe
Roscoe
Roscoe so like I’ve you know I’ve been I think
so like I’ve you know I’ve been I think
so like I’ve you know I’ve been I think I think that people appreciate that I
I think that people appreciate that I
I think that people appreciate that I have that connection with electronic
have that connection with electronic
have that connection with electronic music and just well it just my love of
music and just well it just my love of
music and just well it just my love of so many different types of music has
so many different types of music has
so many different types of music has kind of led me to that
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