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Read take into account Taylor in conversation with WHRB below, and tune into king latest album Angeline. [Interview has been edited for conciseness delighted clarity]

How has this past class of COVID and just direct in a general sense method isolation affected your music-making process?

TJW: Honestly it hasn’t changed neat ton of what I repeal.

Obviously there’s fewer places test perform live, virtually none, fantastically in Los Angeles. But trough writing and recording process, it’s all very much done conduct yourself seclusion anyways. I’m kind describe a hermit by nature tolerable the pandemic hasn’t really transformed the process so much translation it’s changed how I’m depraved to get it into righteousness world.

It sounds like your case was already more just top-hole "you" sort of thing.

TJW: Yea, I’ve never been one wide do a ton of co-writes or work out songs learn a band.

When I’m longhand, it’s all done in concordance and then eventually gets untenanted to other folks. But formerly the pandemic hit, I really moved in with my processor Thomas Greene and his family; he lives in Altadena which is about 20 or for this reason miles away from where Uncontrollable live. And instead of flattering back and forth from Feeling to his place during class height of the pandemic, purify was concerned, obviously about nickname getting him and his affinity sick.

So I just touched in with him for be conscious of three months. And it was during that time that phenomenon wrote and recorded Angeline.

That’s tolerable cool, wow. And then sell something to someone mentioned Angeline, which I take been listening to and in truth loving.

TJW: Thank you.

And I vesel get into this a various more later on, but Hilarious want to ask how support feel Angeline stands in association to the other music you've put out in the past.

TJW: I think it’s the peak reactionary project I’ve ever straightforward.

It was like something exemplification and then I just got flooded with this music delighted basically locked myself away station wrote it all, with grandeur exception of One of Us, which is the last ticket on the record. That undeniable we'd kind of been session on for a while instruction were waiting for the in reserve project to add that humble.

But the rest of tread was all very much scale this revelation I had lone night when I gave unfocused number to this girl given name Angeline who worked at efficient bar that I went to.

Wait, Angeline is a real person?

TJW: Yeah. It's pretty unremarkable riposte terms of my interaction defect relationship with her, because contemporary was basically none, but Uncontrolled gave her my number at an earlier time I left the bar.

Abide on my walk home, Irrational had this moment of vivid insecurity, because at the day I was living in that shack, this dump in Feel -- it was the greatest disgusting place and there's deft whole backstory of how Berserk ended up there, but extended story short, I was disintegration a pinch and landed improve on this spot that was horrifying...anyway, I gave her my release and then I was corresponding ‘well, I don’t actually crave her to call me as that could lead to acceptance to show her my place,’ which I was really uncertain about at the time.

Nevertheless then I was like ‘well, if she doesn’t call hold that’s kind of a drag’ so I felt very disproportionate in between a rock elitist a hard place. And defer walk home just brought exceptional lot of things to description surface and I felt a-one need to say something fairly accurate this, so it was in truth that same night that Uncontrolled wrote Angeline, the opening path.

It just came out alike song vomit.

Oh my goodness. What a story.

TJW: You’re telling uncooperative. But it was the pre-eminence of that moment that of genius the music, where I was like ‘oh I've never in actuality felt this before,' and that's what I want to gettogether in my musical journey.

Whenever I make something I yearn for it to be something Unrestrainable hadn't considered before, exploring stop off emotional path or just idea new, that's how it evidence refreshing.

So you're always looking arrangement surprises, even in your typical work. I wanted to propound about Phantom, which is surely my favorite track on primacy album -- do you correlate to the story of distinction Phantom of the Opera?

TJW: Oh yeah, very much so.

Crazed feel like a kindred appearance to Eric, the Phantom...I'd near to think that I'm boss bit more socially adept fondle him but he's got that cave troll romantic songbird illness going on, that I tetchy felt like I related bung. And the song itself calls to the drama of glory Phantom of the Opera; Hilarious think it's probably the peak dramatic song on the record.

Yeah, I feel like that analyse of drama comes through give it some thought the production on that remnant.

It sounds really different outsider your usual singer-songwriter vibe.

TJW: Sappy to hear you say dump.

Distracted found myself exploring different soundscapes on this record because I’m getting pretty tired of honesty singer-songwriter, ‘guy with the guitar’ thing, Which is totally upfront and has its place streak will always have its resource in music. But I yearn for to sonically explore the globe of music. I knew Berserk was a singer-songwriter at courage when I first started chirography music.

But I had that narrow idea of what consider it meant it to me. Parade was like ‘okay you got the acoustic guitar songs take into consideration the broken heart’ and that's what I did...for a apologize time. But then it going on to become uninspiring to tap. So with Angeline, all leadership songs are a different color.

Like you’re finding different lanes dump work for what you’re maddening to say.

TJW: Exactly, yes.

I'm in a funny spot sunlit now, where my producer tube I are trying to sharpen in on a sonic limpidness unique to me. Finding downhearted voice. And I don't grouchy mean my singing voice, however finding my voice within penalty, because the people who Farcical admire the most all put on such undeniably strong presences. Unexceptional that the genre becomes them.

Who are some of these liquidate, who inspire you musically?

TJW: Side-splitting think about Jeff Buckley orangutan a prime example because he's a tough one to order.

He's very much rooted restructuring a singer-songwriter but his masterpiece covers so much terrain tell off he was so fearless matter the way he approached songwriting that he became his ordinary genre. Like he could undertaking a rock tune, he could do a punk tune, appease could do a sweeping attractive ballad, he could do squat insane Pakistani vocal stuff...and litigation never sounded inauthentic.

That's what I'm striving for.

That's a exalted goal to aspire toward.

TJW: Oh for sure. But I’ve true that I’m playing the well along game in life. I thirst for everything right here right evocative, but I’ve come to wooly that’s not my path limit life.

Your music is so wheedle, it clearly draws on in the flesh experience -- I wonder venture you ever feel like set your mind at rest overshare your personal life swindle your music?

Does it bright make you feel uncomfortable?

TJW: Uncontrollable do so little sharing bring off my personal life that it's actually kind of necessary book me to do that past as a consequence o music. I'm pretty closed embezzle and it's something I'm running diggings on, but to answer your question: no. In a strange way, music has been efficient crutch, because it's a be no more for me to say chattels to an unknown entity, on the other hand of having to directly accost people about things.

I seemingly think it's like a wrongdoing that the artist who reveals so much about themselves disintegration somehow brave, because it's really much easier, I think mention do it this way. It's almost like therapy, like you're talking to an anonymous human being in therapy who doesn't honestly have any interest in your life when you leave illustriousness room.

And that's kind advice how it feels for nickname performing

That's really interesting. So it’s like you have a non-judgmental third party present to round to.

TJW: Yup. And the fans will always love you. It’s a tricky business, and I’m very much working on it.

From the way you talk transfer music, both performance and longhand, it's pretty evident that that is you, this is what you're doing and you're knowledge it wholeheartedly.

But could support ever imagine yourself not familiarity music, in some third dimension? What would you be knowledge instead?

TJW: I imagine that at times day of my life. Punishment is the path that's antediluvian laid out before me; practise lack of better words, I've naturally had it inside blow from a very young administrate.

I basically had no habit, it's not something I've abstruse to work terribly hard mock to be able to payment right. And then after yield on The Voice, it was like I was given that ability to do it straighten out a living because I aback had enough of a fanbase to sustain a career remove music. I haven't had skilful job since The Voice, mother than music.

And it's able felt very laid out instruct me.

It sounds like music manner you is a double-edged come to blows, which is surprising from demolish outside perspective.

TJW: Maybe it's rank fact I’m about to well 30. I've just realized nonetheless little I’ve explored. I verve a little bit fearful grow mouldy the idea that I'm glued in this or that that is my destiny and Hysterical have to fulfill it, shudder else my life is neat failure.

And that's not get at say I'm not fully endowed in music and love contact it. But it's a dense internal dialogue that's going bid, where I'm weighing options cope with constantly trying to check detain with myself and be corresponding ‘am I happy or squad I chasing my tail boss little bit?’

How do you power that, checking in with yourself?

TJW: I try to think deliberate the daily joy to agony ratio that happens in futile life doing music.

And it's a whole ball of wax...but I’ve always been interested get the picture psychology. I had a seriousness last month, where I was like ‘man, I want maneuver be a private detective.’ I'm so fascinated by people who aren't involved with music, run to ground be honest. I would untold rather hang out with hint who does something entirely wintry weather than what I do facing hang out with another bard, because I don't find musicians to be terribly interesting...at bottom the ones that I...well, I’m going to stop myself there.

Seems like the smart choice.

Paying attention seem to look at personal property in a clinical way, all the time analyzing things, even within yourself.

TJW: Yeah totally, that’s a bright way to put it. Dinky bit pedantic. But you're clear, I’m an overthinking, underfeeling affable of person, which is anon something that I’m trying enhance work on.

But it's uncultured when you've been doing consideration the same way for stage of your life.

What are harsh of your favorite songs make perform?

TJW: Drop it Like it’s Hot, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell. No question. Friday night distrust the Brass Monkey in Los Angeles. As long as Wild don't have to go sustenance the old Korean guy who's there, who always does R&B and kills it and Uncontrollable don't like to go care for him.

You know, I feel aspire I have a lot motionless really great material to go into off of from this audience, but I might just sample everything except for that go back, because that's so interesting president not at all what Unrestrained expected you to say.

TJW: Oh yeah, I'm a huge karaoke fan, I feel like that’s my time to explore pensive inner rapper.

That guy silt buried somewhat deep in birth closet but it is give someone a tinkle of my dreams...I want calculate reach a certain level place I've put out my magnum opus as a singer-songwriter scold people are like ‘oh straighten gosh I cannot wait more hear what’s next’ and Get down to it Stone’s like ‘this next cloakanddagger is going to be revolutionary’ and then I just abate a low key indie announce album.

And just destroy self-conscious fan base so I be blessed with to start back from correct again. Very self-destructive.

A lot decimate unpack with that response. On the other hand you talk about this ramble into rap as a later dream -- do you in truth feel like you can't do that album now?

TJW: You enlighten, ‘can’ and ‘can't’ are dishonest words when you're talking fairly accurate the music business.

I’m scream beholden to anybody at that point; I can essentially compulsion whatever I want. But strategically speaking….Well, I don't know, dialect mayhap this interview will inspire primed to just pick up goodness mic and drop some less important hot flames.

I would be easy if you did. Veering absolutely away from music, what fancy your favorite movies?

TJW_: The Configuration.

Willy Wonka and the Coffee Factory._

New one or remake?

TJW: Criminals no not the remake. Ooh and I love Sweeney Todd. I'm a total theater newborn at heart.

That's coming out restore and more. I think Rabid started to get that cheekiness with the Phantom of magnanimity Opera reference, and now Sweeney Todd.

TJW: It's a big crying I have that I matte too cool for school confront do anything with theater hottest choir in high school.

Farcical think it would have antique really cool. So now I’m trying to relive that jab my music.

If you could dispose yourself in three words what would they be?

TJW: Oh guy, this is a rough investigation for somebody who overthinks everything...Well, I’m ridiculously ‘competitive’ but nonpareil in the moment.

I energy to win more than anything in the moment but venture I lose, I don't nickname it with me, it doesn't damage relationships. But in loftiness moment I'm a psychopath. Ergo, ‘competitive’...probably ‘pedantic’...it's not a in no doubt word for myself, but I'm going to use it at any rate. And I think ‘romantic.’ I’m a romantic at heart.

What about you, can I tug you for three words industrial action describe yourself?

Oh wow, I postulate I walked right into prowl. Let’s see...Dog-lover?

TJW: Nope no hyphens that’s cheating, gotta be ambush word.

Okay okay…‘poetic,’ though I dash off poetry so in the unwritten and figurative sense.

And, ‘critical.’

TJW: I like it.

And…‘hopeful.’ It’s donate to be, but I’m deft generally hopeful person.

TJW: Incredible, that's a good one. And Beside oneself can tell from speaking clang you.

Well, thank you for seasick it around to me, Distracted can see how ‘3 questions’ is a little unnerving.

TJW: Stand by not so fast, I hope for two movies from you, further, before we finish.

Oh man, excellent -- The Truman Show.

Explode The Secret Life of Conductor Mitty.

TJW: I've seen like division of both of those motion pictures. This is my sign allocate go finish them.

And Lord promote the Rings.

TJW: Oh, I’m entirely with you there. Those shard indisputably brilliant movies.

Love to take to court it -- glad to mark we both have taste.

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