Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig on what inspired 'Father of the Bride,' why the band needed a 'reboot,' where he keeps his Grammy statue, and more GRAMMYsFYC
for a few months now. Have you learned anything new about these songs from playing them onstage alongside older tracks?
I was always stuck on this simple Earth on the cover — I didn’t really want to do anything witty or vibe-y. But it also felt like there was an opportunity to expand the world of symbols for this album. That’s been really valuable for building this bigger world of the tour and the record, and I also really like the amount of homemade tie-dye jobs and bootleg merch I’ve been seeing at shows.
The music I like, humor is built into it. I like some music that has a self-serious tone, but by and large, even the idea that music with a sense of humor is the exception, that’s weird to me. I think there’s a certain tone that informs a lot of the vanguard of critically acclaimed rock music that, my entire life, I always felt sucked [].
You made this album with the help of a lot of different people, what about that collaborative process is so appealing and effective for you? “All your favorite artists — even the ones who present themselves as serious people, whose music ponders questions of life and death and morality — they’re talking to their managers about if they should do some Wendy’s sponsored content.”
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