English singer-songwriter Declan McKenna talks breaking away from his past-self on his new album, 'What Happened to the Beach?'
The English singer-songwriter talks breaking away from his past-self, the freedom gained from working with Gianluca Buccellati and his new album,So much of Declan McKenna’s career has been defined by image. With hefty labels like “the voice of a generation” being thrown around at the beginning of his rise to fame, he spent much of his early career being told who he was.
While the singer-songwriter has matured, in a way, McKenna has tapped into his adolescence more than ever on his latest album,—as if he is, at the age of 25, taking a chance at reclaiming the playfulness he missed out on in his teens. “I feel like I’m taking more influence now from my teenage self than ever before, in terms of how I create,” he says. “I think there’s something beautiful about simplicity, just going for it and not overthinking it.
“Then the interludes and stuff came right at the dead end. Random little bits from the album-making process that weren’t going to turn out as full songs for the record but that just maybe gave a little—it’s nice to have little grounding moments to give a bit of character,” he continues. “Messing around in the studio really is just pure fun. And that’s kind of what most of those interludes came out of; that was us building the world for it all to exist in.
In an era where it seems like the average music listener wants to be spoon-fed a specific type of artist, Declan McKenna sits at a crossroads from the space his music used to occupy in the industry—a youthful take on political pop—and where it is headed—an experimental spark of inspiration and a focused future. His younger perspective was weighed down by the desire to have something to say in every lyric. Now, he wants to stand out just by finding his joy in music again.
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