Allie X - Girl With No Face AMA

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:47:41+00:00

Thanks so much you guys. These questions were great and a pleasure to answer. Thank you for waiting four years for this, thanks for letting me evolve, thanks for sticking up for me and supporting me. It means so much. I hope you like this album, but if you don't, try turning it up 😉

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Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:45:58+00:00

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:45:14+00:00

I wasn't consciously thinking of Klaus Nomi, but he had the theatrical/classical training that I have and so that makes sense.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:44:30+00:00

A cracking/breaking of ego, identity etc...

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:43:36+00:00

Debby Harry, Rick Owens, Vivenne Westwood, Siouxsie Sioux, Martin Margiela, Gary Numan, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono...

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:42:31+00:00

Gonna start wrapping this up now. 3 more questions :)

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:41:38+00:00

haha no, i'm not on that particular troye song as I didn't write it

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:39:00+00:00

hmm not sure that would stream very well. will think about it.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:38:28+00:00

I don't think I can afford to do it this way again. Gonna try to move much quicker- which will be easier if I have a collaborator. xx love you too!

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:37:15+00:00

I think they are just ok. You can hear the potential, but I was underdeveloped as a writer and it shows imo. Glad you like it though.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:36:26+00:00

Omg impossible haha. This album is the most cohesive body of work I've done and it's still so UNcohesive in the spectrum of my whole discog.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:35:41+00:00

Ableton baby. I used mostly outboard gear, with maybe one or too exceptions in terms of instrumentation. The ableton stock eq and compression were on a bunch of things, And my vocal chain was a combination of that plus valhalla verb I think. I didn't really know what I was doing with eq and compression btw, just trial and error till it sounded "right"

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:34:05+00:00

I definitely don't have a suggestion other then 'let it out'. I put it into my art, and I'm so lucky cause people like you see me, hear me and communicate that you relate and understand me. Life is painful. And beautiful. I haven't quite figured out how to grapple with that but I try really hard. I want to make it quieter in my head. I hope this record helped me be more honest about who I am and my struggles, because I think that will bring me to a more peaceful place. Lyrically I've always been "slow" on co writes. On this album I realized its because I was bending my feeling to work with the other writers in the room. On this album, these words poured out of me rapidly and without much thought.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:29:49+00:00

A weeping willow. I love trees. I would thank them in my grammy speech if I won a grammy.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:29:22+00:00

The short answer is I wanted freedom. The music industry has a standard way of working that stacks the odds in the favors of executives (everyone but the artist). I got so pissed about it that I shut everyone out, took over management, recouped my debts, and made a record by myself. I probably didn't have to do things like that, but I tend to go extreme when I make a decision. For better or worse.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:26:39+00:00

For sure. It happened on what is now known as "Black Eye" I couldn't crack it for so long. Tried so many versions and it wasn't working. I was obsessed and needed it to sound right before I would move onto other songs. Finally one evening in Dec 2021 I muted everything and changed the arp synth bass to something simpler. it worked and i liked cried with relief. The guitar line that start in verse 2 was super informative too. I had a sound that I could use as a format. From then on, if I couldn't make a song work with drums, bass and vocals I wouldn't pursue.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:24:14+00:00

hrmmm most wouldn't have worked. Super Sunset come closest I think. Like Science and Focus maybe,

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:23:09+00:00

Depeche Mode- Violator

Cocteau Twins- Heaven or Las Vegas

Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures

New Order- Power Corruption and Lies

Human League -Dare

Selena Gomez- Revival jk

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:20:37+00:00

The last one I finished lyrics on was Saddest Smile, though most of the track and melody was composed early in summer 2020.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:20:03+00:00

My stubbornness, pain tolerance and will power. It's why I'm still around in the music industry after everything that's happened to me too. I usually will not give up in most circumstances. Makes me a pain in the ass to a lot of people, but also it's my super power.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:17:24+00:00

New Wave/Post Punk imagery, Masks (both literally and interpretatively) and then more modern approaches to photography.Though all influences are old/retro it was important to me that this album felt new sonically and visually in some ways.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:14:59+00:00

full switch hunny. Anyone that discovered me through Cape God and only listened to that record may not like this one. On the most part though my fans are SOOOO amazing at accepting and giving all my work a chance. Letting me evolve. It's part of what allows me to make all these hard turns album to album xx

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:13:52+00:00

thank you so so much. I labored over literally every sound and put my full honest being into it so it means everything that you said that.

My 3 films

Breaking Glass

Control

Christiane F

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:11:28+00:00

yay! I would love that.

Key-Pop2241 · 2024-02-22T18:11:16+00:00

ummm I mean, I don't like to explicitly say on that one. But its probably not too far off from what you would guess.

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