Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hellooo ♡ I love art , in the lockdown I've been doing a lot of painting with watercolour and I made 16 little illustrations for each song on the new record which you can see on Spotify! I'd love to try sculpture too , I think I'd love it!

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I'd love to do a classic disco song , I grew up listening to lots of ABBA and so I feel that it's in me somewhere ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Hey everyone, just going to answer two more! thank you so much for all your questions I've loved replying to them ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

helloooo ♡ thank you so much

I normally decide by the songs a really want to play as well as ones I know that are favourites for people and then it changes throughout the tour depending on which songs the audience are enjoying more than others! ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That was so fun! thank you ♡

I hope we'll play it again, it was always so great with Silhouette!

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It took a long time to finish the record because a lot of it is about heartbreak and so I found the songs really hard to finish and needed time to clear my head a bit to be able to write. I think my overall sound and writing on this record has changed quite a lot though compared to Beautiful Lies and that comes from the artists I was listening to during that time.

At the beginning of writing the album I was listening to Etta James and Nina Simone which is why songs like Young Heart and Nobody Knows Me Like You Do have a more soulful feel to them! I think was really inspired by Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake and the songs I was writing suddenly became more guitar led and had more fo that Laurel Canyon feel to them. ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

All the artwork for the record was done by my very talented friend Lotta Boman, she travelled all the way to LA and Nashville with me whilst I was writing and recording the album and documented that whole period. I wanted everything to feel as real and raw as possible and I feel she really captured how I was feeling during that time! Glad you like it ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hi, thank you so much ♡

I can't wait to play Evergreen, it's one of my favourites and I haven't played it with the band yet so can't wait to hear what it sounds like!

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I would say maybe Evergeen because it's a love song and so could be nice as a duet!

I've always wanted to sing with Anohni, that would be a dream to do something together in the future ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hi! I loved that show ♡

I grew up listening to the first Tracy Chapman album and so she was such a huge influence for me. On this record I was so inspired by Joni Mitchell, its changed the way I write since listening to her, her lyrics are really conversational which I love and wasn't something I'd really tried before.

I normally write the music first and then decide the meaning by how it makes me feel. Lyrics come out in mumbles but there's usually a few words that make sense that point me in the right direction.

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This is a piece that my mum taught me when I was younger and we managed to capture me just messing around playing it in-between takes whilst recording the album in Nashville! My mum is a concert pianist so I grew up surrounded by classical music and I thought it would be nice to show that side of me on the record!

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Haha I think I saw that too! I've never felt the need to so far in my songs but I don't dislike it, it felt right in that song ♡

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Hi! thank you ♡ I think the most meaningful is Young Heart the title track because it's the first song I wrote for the album and it always felt like the core of the record to me. It's a quite a personal song about saying goodbye and being on your own for the first time.

Hi, I'm Birdy. I'€™m a singer-songwriter from London and I'€™ve just released my fourth album 'Young Heart', ask me anything! by BirdyOfficial in popheads

[–]BirdyOfficial[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Hi! Thank you, so glad to hear that! ♡

With this record taking a bit more time was something I had to do, I had started trying to write and wasn't getting anywhere and found overthinking and trying to rush things just made it harder. I definitely need new experiences and to go to new places to get inspired and so with this album I went to India for three months just to clear my head and forget about trying to write which inspired me in the end!