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How are ya
I'm good better now
Good stuff so you know the story has been told over and over again
In a record amount of time in the shortest time possible it's insane
So I just want to talk about now
And just talk about your interests
Talk about what you want to talk about what do you want to talk about
Me I'd like to talk about anything other than myself
Yeah I know what a crazy few months you had huh
It has been different yeah
You have said
One of the things I really like has been a constant throw out the press
That you've had to do is that you said
This has always been something you wanted to do to make music
That It really lives and dies with the music that's it the rest is whatever
Right
I like writing and I like singing um
But I'm passionate about it because I enjoy the craft of it
But I do actually have a big outside life outside music
Included in that in those interests um film
I mean you you are really into the ardour that feels really cinematic
I mean when you listen to it
Well I'm definitely interested in like having a cinematic soundscape
Like having a record and I do I do like film yeah I do
Did it kind of play any role at all On the album Born to Die
I mean did you you mean it's impossible to make cinematic sound of music
Without having a scene in your head right
That's true you know I think when I wrote the songs
I was sort of looking back to moments in my past
And trying to paint pictures with my words about the way that things used to be
And when I met Emile Haynie
Who sort of been the famous hip pop producer for the last 10 years
Could I just stop you there and also point out for those who are listening that
He's probably the classiest beat maker in New York City
Emile Haynie
He's really classy you know when I met him when I met Justin Parker
I feel like I met um my music soul mate
And you know Emile's beat plus Larry Gold's string composition really sort of
Started to make it cohesive kind of gorgeous sound for the entire record
Because you know Emile makes modern day hip hop soul music I think
Yeah like when I found Emile we were sort of an unlikely duel
But he knew exactly what I was talking about when
I describe the sound of the record I was trying to bring out
And we've just been God we are together so much you know
I bet you there've been times recently where you wish
You were back in the studio in that safe place with him and just making beats
Yeah I do a lot of the time but you know
I've really found like a musical family within the three producers that I met
And you know Emile's been amazing really supportive like Emile
He's not even moving on to another project yet
We're still working on like a mix tape to release in the summer
Awesome fantastic we're gonna continue to talk to Lana Del Rey
And we're gonna play right now the track from her new album born to die
Just kinda how cool is made of that all by the way
Just gorgeous it was crazy
Amazing isn't it It smells of music in that
It does the band was just like in heaven
Did they check out the Bing Crosby plaque on the wall
I don't know if they saw that
We spoke briefly when you were in New York City once
Shopping on 5th avenue
I wasn't shopping I was like sitting on the corner
And they were all like oh she now have fancy
You fancy you think you get fancy huh
I was like great
So you're back up here in the UK
And I suppose given that it was very recent
We should give you a chance to talk about
What happened last night with the Maccabees
You know it's early for to be not doing a show
And it never hurts anybody more than a musician
Than has to cancel so what happened
No one wants to cancel but I just really wasn't feeling very well
And you know I was I did the Meadville sessions earlier and afternoon
Pretty much by the end of that I was pretty certain
I couldn't really go on stage
But like I said I could've but you know never really had to cancel the show before
It's gone to serious you hear that
All of a sudden it got too serious there for a second
All of a sudden it was like the end of The Incredible Hulk for a second
I would start crying and you would start crying and Craig would start crying
And everyone would cry a little bit
And we've thought better of the end we don't wanna go there
Hahaha
Now that we're talking about the live thing
Because not everybody necessarily I think should feel
Once they make a record they need to rush on and perform it
I mean if you think about yourself
And the essence of what you are trying to do with your art with your craft
And you feel very comfortable in the studio
Working with your producers and the people around you
You know for instance some people when they think about public speaking
It make them wanna throw up
Yeah most people
Yeah I mean how do you feel when
I mean there're some musicians for instance
If I say Dave Grohl one of the thing
You know you look forward to most about being foo fighter is
He goes pull up and play alive man
But how do you feel when you think about the idea
If you see your manager come and say at least do a tour
How does it make you feel right now
Well it kind of depend on the day for me
Like obviously like I'm sort of more you know like I do well in the studio
Because I like putting things together kind of with my producers and things like that
But you know ever since I went on the road
And I realized how many people were out there
I actually feel pretty good you know on the road I like to travel
But you know I also really like Brooklyn I like being in New York so I miss home
And I you know it really depends on the show
Like if it was I probably wouldn't play a really giant show
I would probably you know but so long as they are kind of small I
I have a good time
Yeah right and many who've gone before here
Whether it's Neil Young or Bob Dylan or most recently Adele
These are the artists that say
Look if there's nothing interesting what I have to do live
Then I'm gonna pick and chose how I present that
Have you thought about like making it more special for you in the future
Yeah definitely I mean everyone on my team is totally aware
That I like to cap every venue of 900 people
So yeah those artists are good examples
People who did things on their own terms
And I think that people that I involved with like they are involved with me
'Cause I'll do things the way I want
What I really cared about was that the record was good and so I mean
Too good now huh
I know it's Ellen off to their races
There you go that horse is bolted welcome to the modern world
And this has been an really interesting experience I wanna talk about that in a sec
But let just make it light again and let talk about AAP Rocky
This guy is just a real breath of fresh air for American rap music
And I know what a beagle you are as well
Well I mean you know I like the best of the best
I don't like it all but I mean you know like I feel like
Energized by yeah like good rap music
You are a very intriguing character
You know I just started see your music in the way you know
You are the kind of subject matter of your song I think
You find yourself meeting a hero in some
Pretty interesting environments you know
Oh I like that prediction
Right
And this's been an fascinating experiment
Watching this all happen from my point of view
For one very specific reason which is the music that you've made
The art that you've tested along all the videos and photographs
The way that you've present yourself be honest or otherwise
That's your that's entirely your business by the way
But I believe it's absolutely honest
But what is done is it conjured up an essence of time that's come before us
And yet it's found it's way to people in the most modern way imaginable
Right
Have you thought about that And if not can you now
Well when I was putting the clips together
Like I wasn't really going necessarily for a vintage feel
I just knew that I love the quality of vintage film
But I didn't think that people would really
Think that like a hearkened back to bygone eras so much
When did you sort of become a digital kid
Because you grew up in the middle of nowhere
The internet's become something that's changed the way
You know everything's distributed and discovered
But predominantly music has been completely transformed
And the industry has redefined itself
I mean when did you sort of become a digital kid
And discovered that it could work for you as an artist
I mean like in terms of being a digital kid I had different phases of it
Like I remember when I was 14 years old
Instant messenger came about so like we all met our bf over instant messenger
It's like carry a pager of digital isn't it
Yeah I just remembered when that happened
It's like you just can freaking believe it
You're like talking to like the most popular senior in high school
And like can you sneak the house to meet down the block
That was crazy and then you know
I didn't really pay attention to the internet
Like I've always been a big believer in the internet
Know a lot of people who are sort of you know trying to use it
To unify the world in a good way and make our world one you know one small globe community
Where information could travel quickly and you know help could travel quickly
So I mean I never actually thought about in terms of like furthering my music
I was always putting up music videos on Youtube since I was really young
Just because it was a passion of mine
I liked editing and things like that
But I always thought like if anything went well
It's because someone came to one of my shows
The traditional approach hey that's good music I'll tell someone about it
Yeah you know I mean that was how I read about
Other people sort of getting their music heard but
It's interesting though because now
That's just a given these days in how we discover music
But this is a superb saga way here I just come up with in my head
This is on some broadcasting this is classic broadcasting material
Back in the day you have to rely on classic singer songwriters like
Bob Dylan or John Byer to get the message across you know
They were the modern day information carriers back in the day
Maybe
They were I mean that's to a certain extant how things change works to a song
You got a track with Bobby Womack on his forthcoming new album
With Damon Albarn and Richard Russell
I do
How was that experience for you working with legend
It was good I mean I think they want me to come in after
Like the day they saw me on Jewels
So really they just you know
Bobby wanted me to freestyle on just some of the tracks he had Bobby
He wanted me to just make a chorus
So that's why I did and it's been a while now but it was beautiful
Well I've heard the track
Oh have you
Yeah and I can tell you that it's incredible
And there's a note you hit on that song where you go hiiiiiii
And your voice cracks and I was like this sounds like Bobby
And it's not it's you
Oh shoot
There you go
Hey that's I haven't heard it
I'm glad they're gonna use it you know
Well fingers crossed I think it's amazing fantastic
I can't wait for people to hear that side of you with that track
It's gonna be good interesting
Lot of things to look forward to you know
In terms of this year ideally having achieved so much in terms of what's conventionally successful
With lots of people watching Video Games listening to the songs and the album
You know you made it you did it congratulations
You're a modern day hero
What do you want to look back on 20122012
And what do you ideally want to have achieved
I mean I think the same thing as I sort of wanna achieve every year
Which is just to have no regrets and live gracefully
And I wanted to make a good record and I did that so that's cool
Yeah you did and you know I hope you enjoy that process of getting it out
And the way people react to the music
'Cause you know as well as I do that's what really matters
And thank you very much for your time Lana Del Rey
Thank you
And we'll catch up with you when the time's right
You've started planning any show out here again in the summer
Or is it too early to say
Um thinking about festivals kind of have to figure it out
It's nice to talk with you