CE L EBRIT Y INTERVI EW JONAS BLUE
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Your breakthrough hit was your cover of Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ – did you ever expect to receive such a great response from your debut single? What was it that drew you to that song? It was actually my mum’s favourite song when I was really young and she used to play it on long car journeys, so I always had the song kind of ingrained in my memory. I always felt doing a dance version of it would be cool but the timing didn’t feel right until 2015; there was the perfect moment with dance music having a very melodic feel and the growth of the tropical sound which had the ability to work so well with organic / folk music – I was inspired by a summer 2015 trip to Ibiza and came home and basically made the full instrumental in a day.
You’ve worked with some of the biggest names in music, including collaborations with Liam Payne, JP Cooper, Tiesto, Becky Hill – who has been your favourite or most memorable to work with? They’ve all been great in different ways -JP Cooper and Liam have been favourites, JP’s voice is just so perfect in tone and has so much soul, and Liam is just a great guy to be around and really professional and disciplined with his vocal recording; we recorded Polaroid in my
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Can you tell us about your creative process - are you in the studio with the artist and work on a sound together, or do you produce a track on your own with an artist in mind? It usually starts with me in the studio with a co-writer who will have more of a focus on the lyrics of the song, I will generally start at the piano trying to find a strong melody they can connect with and you just hope the magic happens. In an ideal world, by the end of the ses- sion we have a first demo which for me should really have all the key ingredients and sound pretty well developed. I also often go into a ses- sion with a song title, I have this list of cool song titles which can often spark an entire song concept. I’m always looking for inspiration on song titles and find them anywhere. I’ve been inspired by shop names on the way to the studio or memes I’ve seen on Instagram! One thing that really bothers me is doing a full day in the studio and not having a great result at the end of the day, I’m a perfectionist and that probably extends to my music more than anything else!
JP COOPER AND LIAM HAVE BEEN FAVOURITES, JP’S
VOICE IS JUST SO PERFECT IN TONE AND HAS SO MUCH SOUL, AND LIAM IS JUST A GREAT GUY TO BE AROUND AND REALLY PROFESSIONAL AND DISCIPLINED
tiny studio in my parent’s garage. It was quite mad having someone from one of the biggest boy bands ever in my parent’s tiny garage!
Who would be your dream collaboration? It’s got to be Shawn Mendez, he just captures so much of what I love in his music, it’s pop but it’s got some funk and soul to it and that youthful energy, and he’s just a superstar.
It’s rumoured that you’re currently producing the debut album of girl group Four of Diamonds – how did that come about? Yeah, I’m involved, more of an executive producer role. Actually we’re on the same label Virgin, and the guys at the label knew I was a real pop music fan and was keen to get involved in a project, particularly a girl pop group as I’ve always mentioned there was a gap in the market in the UK for that kind of project to really work. The girls are amazing and each have their own character and unique voice - I’m definitely excited to see how the project develops.
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