.inglewoodSiR broke down ChasingSummer for us— from its down-to-the-wire final feature, to the intense creative process
, its down-to-the-wire final feature, and how his music engineering background allowed him to mold the sonics to his specifications.MTV News: As a songwriter, you've written and co-written songs for legends and locally known artists around L.A. How much has the city of Inglewood influenced your songwriting even when you're writing about broader subjects?It's definitely a huge part of who I am as an artist. L.A. shaped my whole perspective on life.
MTV News: You're already known as a singer/songwriter, but you engineer and mix a lot of your own music as well. What did you want the album to sound like on that side of the process?I always think crisp-cut corners when I think of my building. It's layers like a house. This album was like a 10-story apartment building with fucking 300 tenants. I always look at it as it has to have shape. This one is like an elegant house from 1979 — super nostalgic.
The mixing process was actually very long because we kept adding layers musically. A month before we dropped, we were adding the last bit of pieces like the sax on"The Recipe" or the acoustic guitar on"You Can't Save Me." Those changes made the mix process longer than I normally would let it be. This is the first time where I had a body of work where I feel like, ah, I wish I could change this or that. We were really content and happy with the finished product.
MTV News: You also recently released the video for"That's Why I Love You." Should we expect any more visual treatments for the album in the future?We're working on something special for"John Redcorn" that I can't say much about yet, but we're most definitely working on that and a few other videos. We're trying to get as much as we can with this project. Be on the lookout. We're definitely working.
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