This afternoon I want to share with you the interview with 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 that 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏 published last April. What motivated 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 to record this new album "𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐"? What is he most proud of on this album? And, what are his feelings towards his fans? Read on to find out the answers.
💎𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://bit.ly/3suZgXF
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| Photo credits: Mads Perch // Edit by Rita |
𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1990𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭-𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 13 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮, "𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘦 𝘎𝘰," 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 20𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 2017. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.
🌠 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟐𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕.
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 "𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑳𝑬𝑻 𝑴𝑬 𝑮𝑶," 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔.
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅.
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌?
🎤 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 |
🎤 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.
💚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 (𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞) 🎶
https://bit.ly/3PfcMIP
🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 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.
💜 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎶
https://bit.ly/39WfbYP
🌠 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒍" 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.
🎤 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.
💗 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎶
https://bit.ly/3FBc8RA
🌠 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 "𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔".
🎤 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.
💙 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 🎶
https://bit.ly/38iBfMS
🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓?
🎤 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 |
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎?
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕?
🎤 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.
🌠 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔?
🎤 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.
✨🔹 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄 🔹✨
Formed in 1994 in the 𝑼𝑲 by 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 released their debut album "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐" in 1996, which reached #5 in the 𝑼𝑲 charts, and since then many hits have been released. So far, they have successfully performed twice in 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏, and will embark on a world tour from May 2022.
▪️𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸.
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