✨💥 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝟏𝟎𝟓.𝟕 𝐅𝐌 - 𝐌𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐂𝐎 💥✨

"𝐈'𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐂𝐎, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄" 

Last Monday, February 7th, 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊́𝒏𝒆𝒛 interviewed 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 for the 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 radio station 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟓.𝟕, which was broadcasted the next day. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 sounded happy, he kindly answered all the questions about 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's new album, "𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐" in perfect 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 and also revealed some great 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 news for 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐.🤩 Today I will share with you the transcription and translation I made of it. Enjoy reading dear soulmates! 😊

Photo Credits: Mads Perch

🔹𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨. 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Very well, good morning! How are you?


🔹𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨, 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧.
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Well, I'm glad that people still want to listen to our music (laughs) because you never know and we really appreciate it because it's also been a long time since the last album, almost ten years ago and well it's not like a comeback. It's like a continuation of our career, the path of our music and well, what can I say...? We had a very long tour of the last album and we had a break to land a little bit and get the desire to do something new again. And the process has been, well a bit different because we are only two of us in the studio now and it's the first time we've made a record without a drummer, for a long time, and so we did it mostly in my studio here in London and well so with a lot of gaps (laughs) they weren't planned gaps let's say, but I think the record follows very much the Placebo sound. What we tried to do was try to start with a slightly different angle, this time instead of doing the cover and the title and all that, the latter we did first, at the beginning. Brian showed me a picture that is now the cover and some song titles and the title of the album, and we worked from that point forward to have a kind of experience, a little bit different process.


🔹𝐖𝐨𝐰! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 "𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬“, 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Well, a lot of the music and inspiration comes from working and I think that being just the two of us gave us the freedom to experiment more. There are, for example, many more keyboards in this album than in all the previous ones. There are layers and layers of vintage keyboards or that come from the computer, for example. There is like a mix of the history of keyboards and that has excited us, to have so many electronic sounds mixed with the guitar and I think that is quite noticeable in the first single "Beautiful James" where the main melody is from a keyboard. And I think that was like a red line, let's say, to follow, to have that electronic component and use what the studio has, for example we spent days getting lost in guitar pedal sounds for example (laughs) So it was like experimenting and trying to discover new sounds and sometimes start a song instead of lyrics from a sound for example, or as I say, start with a theme or a title.

Photo credit: Nadav Kander

🔹𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡? 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Maybe, we wanted to make a record without drums at the beginning, instead of a drummer having a drum machine, so there are traces of that on the record. There are several songs that have an electronic beat, but on top of that we have added acoustic drums as well. I don't know, I think sometimes the gaps we have been exploited by me on my side and Brian on his side - him with the lyrics and me with the arrangements - to explore more like silences, for example, or codas, pieces that come after the song. Those gaps in the recording gave us time to really lock ourselves into the songwriting and we haven't had that time before to explore.


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🔹𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Whoa! ehhh… I don't know, the only constant in life is change, right? And always in the background has been the world and everything that happens in the environmental world, in the political world, in the music world and in the world of our private lives, you know? That has always been in the background, so everything influences. Maybe at the beginning of our career we were in such a hurry to do things. You listened to the first album and it seems like we didn't have time to get to the end of the song. You know, it's like we had that energy of youth (laughs) and the most important thing was to get there as soon as possible (laughs). And now maybe it's like reflecting on things a little more maturely, right? That the world, our world is not just us, we have families and we are also more aware of what is going on outside of the studio. I think the themes of the lyrics in this album, for example, speak more about that than other albums and I think that maybe that's the difference, that we are more open to what is happening in the world.


🔹𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨'𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢. 𝐞. 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩, 𝐤-𝐩𝐨𝐩, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Yes, I think the good thing is that they talk about many more topics now. Everything is like there in the front, isn't it? Everything is there, all the things are discussed much more than before in those topics that you have said I believe, but the only thing we have tried to do from the beginning is to have a relationship with our reality and with our truth and compose from a place as honest as possible and that is on the side of music, for example.

We have quite an emotional reaction to what we are creating, so if we feel it's okay, it's the sound that is Placebo and also with the lyrics it has always been an expression of our version of how we see humanity, the emotional side of the human being and that's the only thing we have done and just telling our truth, you know? And we are still doing it now. We are not the first ones to talk about those topics that you mentioned and we are not the last ones either, so it's like we are there, in the line (laughs) of rock bands that are doing their thing, and saying their message and their truth.

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🔹𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 "𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬". 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Well, the answer is quite easy, it's just that we don't know how to do it any other way (laughs). And yes, for example, I'm quite afraid now to go out again, to get out of that bubble but also to go out there on stage again and to release a new work, for that reason, because it is so personal and now we're going there, to be a little under the spotlight. But I don't know, it's like, it comes from our way of doing what we do and we don't know how to do it any other way and I think we couldn't do it any other way. So it comes with advantages and disadvantages (laughs). But it's like yin and yang, black and white, good and bad. It's always like in life. The mix is where the thing is, right?


🔹𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭...
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Yes, a middle point that's always moving (laughs).


🔹𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲! 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: That's right, yeah.


💙 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 💙
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🔹𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Big dreams are law and you do not have to stop, you have to keep going because the road sometimes is very dark, but if you keep going down the road, that's where you find the opportunities. If you're not on the road, there are no opportunities.

Photo credit: Trip Fontaine

🔹𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Well, speaking of going back, of going back to Mexico, I'm smiling now because of the memories and the welcome we've always had in Mexico, so I'm not afraid there, there it just fills my heart with love.


🔹𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞! 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: Thank you very much and see you soon!


🔹𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
🎤𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: You're welcome, bye.


🔹𝐂𝐢𝐚𝐨.✪


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