“ I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand. ”
I usually don't like to 'spoon feed' my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.
~ The Weeknd
Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.
For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - he was inspired by the Cocteau Twins and new wave pop and brought it into R&B when he first started, and then it became this cool, next-level, kind of hard-to-digest music. Which is what I felt 'House of Balloons' was.
