This afternoon I want to share with you the interview with ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ that ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ published last April. What motivated ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ to record this new album "๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐"? What is he most proud of on this album? And, what are his feelings towards his fans? Read on to find out the answers.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐:
https://bit.ly/3suZgXF
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| Photo credits: Mads Perch // Edit by Rita |
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1990๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ-๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 13 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ, "๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ," ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ด 20๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ 2017. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ.
๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ค That tour seemed like an eternity to me. As a result, I personally started to become disillusioned with the name and existence of Placebo, and I feel like I had no idea what we were trying to do here. I felt like we were on an endless commercial journey, that our souls were being destroyed and the band was bearing the brunt of the negative effects. So it took a lot of effort and time to think about starting all over again.
๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ?
๐ค It felt like I lost the band in my head. I thought there was no other way for me to survive, and it was the first time I felt so extreme. However, I think I was able to start walking again relying on the feeling that there was about 1% left in the cup to move forward a bit.
๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ "๐ต๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐น ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ป ๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ถ," ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ค I think the fact that it has been quite a few years since our last album means that it took us a while to make the record we really wanted to make. Now we have some beautiful songs that we can show off on tour, and we feel like we're in a good shape.
๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค Having spent more than half of my life in Placebo, I feel like it has been deeply engraved in my DNA and that's what drives me. So when we talked about making a new album, I couldn't say no because of my love for Brian and the band, my love for the fans, and my love for what we have accomplished, even though the past tours have been painful in many ways. Sometimes I was overwhelmed by Brian's enthusiasm during production, but I couldn't have done any of it without him, and I think I'm here because he was there.
๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
๐ค In terms of album production, I think this pandemic was an advantage. It was frustrating at times, but it gave me and Brian time to digest what we did, come up with individual ideas, bring them back and develop them lyrically and musically.
๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
๐ค From a technical standpoint, I think we've allowed more spaces in the sound than on any of our previous records. Before, it was like, 'I gotta fill in here, I gotta fill in here. Where's the drum beat? Where's the bass?' But then I remembered that the music also needs silence. Silence is there to create anticipation. It took some courage to do that, because I've been making records with a lot of sound so far. But this time, I've evolved as a musician by doing that, and I want to add more nuances from now on.
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| Photo credit: Jon Stone |
๐ค This song was born out of a piano melody that Brian brought to me. It started out in a very slow mood, but I think it became a pop track by making full use of the synthesizers.
๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐จ (๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐) ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/3PfcMIP
๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค I would have to say "Forever Chemicals" at the beginning of the album. It was the first song we worked on for the album, and it starts out as a weird drum loop I had on my tablet, but I had a lot of trouble finishing it. It's a song with a lot of emotion and it's a great way to start off the album.
๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/39WfbYP
๐ "๐ป๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐" ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ค Strings have been an essential instrument in our work since our fifth album. Adam Noble (who has worked with Paul McCartney, Liam Gallagher, etc.), who produced the song, and I finished it while talking about The Beatles. I can't speak to the world of this song, but the strings definitely add to its beauty.
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/3FBc8RA
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ "๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐".
๐ค There's a mysterious vibe to this song, almost like a spy movie soundtrack. I feel like I was able to build a sound that is a mix of tension and chaos, while interweaving high-speed beats that sound like drum'n'bass. But the piano tone that resonates at the end makes the song land on something beautiful.
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/38iBfMS
๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค I think it might have an otherworldly feel to it. In fact, it's a kind of desolation, or post-apocalyptic, or what happened to life, ...... yes, exactly what happened to life, and just looking at the ocean, again, it's also a place to dream. But if you look closely, the small stones are pieces of artificial glass, rounded and smooth from being washed ashore so many times. In short, they represent a kind of memory of what mankind has scattered on this planet. This image is very beautiful and evocative, and I think it's enough to encapsulate the album.
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| Photo credit: Mads Perch |
๐ค I opened my mouth a little more this time. I mean, I'm singing more on this album than I ever have and I'm more confident. Brian also praised me, 'You're like Martin Gore to Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan. I don't think I'm that good, but I really enjoyed singing on this album.
๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค I'm ready to tour with this album… Self-confidence comes from being a band and feeling good about the sounds you make. I don't think we would have been able to go on the next tour if we hadn't made this album. Playing live has been an integral part of my life since I met Brian when I was 19 years old. I love this band so much and it would be a mistake to just release an album and not tour. On the upcoming tour, I think people will be able to enjoy the charm of the album from multiple angles.
๐ ๐พ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ '๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค I think it's integrity. We've had our lives threatened at times for standing up for what we believe in, but we've been able to write our truth in everything we've ever released so far. I feel like that sincerity is what keeps us going.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
๐ค The love I get from the band's core fans is very important to me now. Our daily lives are simple and not very revealing, but we want to provide everyone with the best possible images, photos, and artwork we can.
✨๐น ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐น✨
Formed in 1994 in the ๐ผ๐ฒ by ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ and ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ released their debut album "๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐" in 1996, which reached #5 in the ๐ผ๐ฒ charts, and since then many hits have been released. So far, they have successfully performed twice in ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐, and will embark on a world tour from May 2022.
▪️๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ.
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