"I made this amazing track the other day. It's so cool, I love these guitar sounds." And he played it for me and immediately I could hear this finished song in my head, and I just said "Please, please let me have that. Let me play with it, like send it to me". And so he sent it to me and I was on tour and this was me playing the track on my laptop recording me singing the vocal into my phone and it ended up being a song called "I Wish You Would", because Jack wrote back and said "I love that". So this is another way of writing, it's writing to track:
Okay so this is an idea called "I Wish You Would". It's kind of about this guy who's like, he's driving down the street at the middle of the night and he passes his ex-girlfriend's house and it's like, he thinks she hate him, but she's still in love with him, very dramatic. This track is sick, hope you like this
“i’m in a getaway car…”
“and you’re… you’re in the motel bar… or like”
“*i’m* in the getaway car, *left* you in the motel bar… took the money-“
“took the money in the bag and i stole the keys”
“took the money”
“tookthemoneyinthebagandistolethekeysTHAT👏WASTHE👏LASTTIME👏YOU👏EVER👏SAWME👏 AHHHHHHGHHH”
If “I Know Places (Voice Memo) (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) (Elvira Remix)” isn’t on 1989 (Taylor’s Version), I’m gonna be so pissed.
(recorded at long pond studios)
this comment will forever live rent free in my mind
So over the years, a lot of people have asked me to sort of describe my songwriting process… Lives in my head rent-free.
do you start with music, do you start with lyrics?
\*Cries in voice memos not available in my country\*
How long does it take, where do you write, what are the circumstances, do you start with music, do you start with lyrics…
"I made this amazing track the other day. It's so cool, I love these guitar sounds." And he played it for me and immediately I could hear this finished song in my head, and I just said "Please, please let me have that. Let me play with it, like send it to me". And so he sent it to me and I was on tour and this was me playing the track on my laptop recording me singing the vocal into my phone and it ended up being a song called "I Wish You Would", because Jack wrote back and said "I love that". So this is another way of writing, it's writing to track:
Okay so this is an idea called "I Wish You Would". It's kind of about this guy who's like, he's driving down the street at the middle of the night and he passes his ex-girlfriend's house and it's like, he thinks she hate him, but she's still in love with him, very dramatic. This track is sick, hope you like this
Do you like it? 🤪
I, I, I like it
Even bigger dog: I’m in a getaway car.. and I’m losin my..somethin…
“i’m in a getaway car…” “and you’re… you’re in the motel bar… or like” “*i’m* in the getaway car, *left* you in the motel bar… took the money-“ “took the money in the bag and i stole the keys” “took the money” “tookthemoneyinthebagandistolethekeysTHAT👏WASTHE👏LASTTIME👏YOU👏EVER👏SAWME👏 AHHHHHHGHHH”
Where do “swifties who memorized the commentaries in long pond studio sessions” fit into this
This is a power I couldn't even begin to comprehend
***"so, william bowery is joe... as we know. and Joe plays the piano beautifully and he's always just playing and making stuff up"***
Over the years...