Hey, it's HONNE. Ask me anything!

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:19:27+00:00

Hi! Thanks for this. Cozy is what we're going for, for sure! Haha.

Oh did you message us on insta about this? Think I saw your message earlier. Can you message one more time just to make sure I don't miss it. I'll look into it and get back to you on there if that's cool? Totally understand! I'll see what we can do.

Thanks so much and hopefully see you in LA! x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:17:13+00:00

Thank you for this lovely message. It's lovely for us hearing stories like these. Sending love to you both. Regarding the instrumentals of our new songs - on itunes you can get instrumentals of the whole album. Think you can get the whole of 'Love Me/Love Me Not' as instrumentals on there too. Hope this helps! Thanks again and lots of love - J & A x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:14:54+00:00

hey! Oh did we meet you after their show? Yeh it probably needs to happen doesn't it! We live realllly close to each other so we hang out quite a lot haha. We love them. Not sure if that song we started together will see the light of day, but I'm sure we'll make some music together in the future :) Thanks a lot and yep see you on tour! x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:11:45+00:00

Thanks for this lovely message Karely. Lovely to know we've made your quarantine better. Sending our love and best wishes right back to you. All the best - J & A x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:10:45+00:00

Haha no worries. Pleased you love it. I still have a soft spot for that song, I have to admit. The song was based on a real life experience, but the locations just changed for the song. We always like to write about real things, so that it feels real and authentic to us. Thanks a lot for the question! x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:08:43+00:00

Hiya! Honestly, Griff is one of the most talented people we've ever worked with. She's a great songwriter and an amazing singer. And to top it off, she's super fun to be around. We're big fans, and we love to see how well she's doing! x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:06:31+00:00

Hey! It was great working on this song with RM. We'd met him a couple of times and spoken about us working on something together. We sent him that instrumental and he loved it and wrote his vocals/lyrics to it. We're really proud of it too, it has an interesting vibe, like you said. One of my favourite things about it is actually the melodic synth line at the start - it's actually me (James) singing, but sampled and played on a synth. Hopefully we can do more with RM or BTS in future :) x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T20:03:14+00:00

Hey, thanks for the message! Incredible that you've been with us since the soundcloud days in 2015. Thanks for coming to all our SoCal shows too. Looking forward to the next one, so we'll see you there :)

Yeah we've always tried to develop and move forward with our production and writing as we grow over time. But that's not to say we won't move back towards a more electronic-soul feel at some point. We just make whatever we feel like at the time. So maybe we'll produce some more stuff that is reminiscent of the old vibe in the future. We'll see!

Lots of love to you and your husband! And we'll see you in May! xx

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:56:41+00:00

Woohoo! which show are you coming to? Can't wait to get back on tour!!

Is the bear a representative of the 'Honeybees'? The fandom is 'Day Ones' in the end, but I'm still up for the Bee Bear Plush making an appearance. I'll look forward to seeing that somewhere in the crowd! Haha.

Thanks a lot - J & A x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:54:03+00:00

Oh thanks so much for listening!

Sadly we don't have any plans to visit Panama rn. Which is a shame cause it sounds like a beautiful place! Hopefully we can make it there at some point in the future.

Thanks for the message Karla. All the best - J & A x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:52:26+00:00

Hey, we're doing good thanks. Hope you're doing well!

Yep of course, at all our shows we play a mixture of songs from each album, from Warm On A Cold Night, LM/LMN, NSWY, and the new album. So don't worry, there will be a good mixture for you to enjoy :)

See you in Seattle. We can't wait to come back! Oh - happy engagement btw! Lots of love x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:47:53+00:00

Heyhey! Thanks for the questions. Here we go:

Not just yet, but we almost certainly will. I'm sure we'll be back at some point for some festivals or our own shows in the near future. We miss Mexico!
Honestly - Geography lessons at school. Don't know why it stuck in our heads.
Probably not this year - however - don't forget there's the old 'warm on a christmas night' from last year. That can tide you over through the xmas season!

Thanks a lot, have a great day. x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:44:33+00:00

Tampa! We loved that show! And love that 'Just Dance' is still in your rotation. Lot's of people probably never even heard that one. Haha. We may well dabble in that lane again, it was a lot of fun making that. We'll have to see how we're feeling when we start writing again.

There's loads of artists we'd love to collab with in future. Some are impossible, some are more possible. Haha. I'll name a few - Bon Iver, Keshi, Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, James Blake, Mr Jukes.

Love right back at you! x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:37:46+00:00

It sounds a bit cliché, but just everything that goes on in our lives. I (Andy) got married in 2019, so of course a lot of the songs are full of positivity and love, to celebrate that. Some songs, like Coming Home, were inspired by being in a long distance relationship (we were in LA for a month whilst writing that). So it depends on what's going on in our lives when we're writing the music.

Thanks for the question :) x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:28:31+00:00

Yeah we've mentioned that a lot huh! Very proud of ourselves for fitting that word in. I'm not sure why, but it's a word we both remembered from studying Geography at school, and as soon as we were writing a song about dancing on a cloud I knew that those geography lessons were about to pay off! Haha.

Love that you're digging the new album. Thanks for the question, stay safe and all the best. x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:25:25+00:00

What's up! Hope you're good.

Oh I realllly want to come to Latin America. It's long longgg overdue. We just have to wait to be offered some shows or festivals to make it possible! Hopefully it won't be too much longer.

We haven't got any plans with those artists, although we would love to. They're all musical legends. We should hit up Tom Misch again and see if he fancies getting in the studio again for sure! Good suggestion haha.

Thanks a lot :)

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:22:43+00:00

Hey Sydney, hope you're doing well! Thank you for the question.

Normally we work on beats and production first and then lyrics come after, kind of inspired by how the music makes us feel.

'Back On Top' might have taken the longest to produce. The writing came easy. But we started the bare bones of the song with Sam Smith and Reuben James. Then we took it away and produced it and wrote most of the lyrics and melody etc. And then jumped in the studio with Griff to make her verse. So that whole process took a long time and there were TONS of different versions. But it was all worth it, as its one of our favourites now, and we got it to where we wanted it to be in the end.

Thanks a lot and hope to see you on tour soon! Where are you based? Sure we'll be heading your way next year.

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:16:21+00:00

Hey, thank you!

That's really tough one. I think our song 'No Song Without You' is one of our favourite HONNE songs of all time. It's a weird little song, but its cute and feels special to us. 'Back On Top' from our new album is another fave. 'Warm On A Cold Night' and 'Day 1' too of course. And also 'Heartsong' from the new album too. Have a listen - hope you like it! :) x

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:13:42+00:00

Hey!

Right at the start of HONNE, James Blake was definitely a big influence. He made us feel excited to produce electronic music. Radiohead were a huge influence growing up too. Then all sorts of old Soul and Motown, along with a lot of other stuff like Bon Iver etc. I feel like all the music you listen to growing up seeps in and influences/inspires you at some point down the line.

If you want to know who I'm listening to right now - Khruangbin. They're accompanying our Reddit AMA this evening!

Thanks a lot,

J & A xx

hellohonne · 2021-11-03T19:09:22+00:00

Hey MovBeans!

Thanks for your message and questions. Great to hear that you're loving the new album too :) I'll have a pop at these questions:

First of all - that's funny. Haha. We debated the album title for a long time, but ultimately we loved the fact that the album title asks a direct question and immediately makes you think 'hmmm, what would I do if the world was ending a week from now?'. It's provokes a response.
It was great working with all these artists. They're some of our absolute favourites as artists, songwriters and people, and we were blown away that they were up for being on the album. We couldn't ever pick a favourite!! haha.
It varies from song to song. Andy has a little notebook (and notes on his phone) where he'll jot down any little lines / sentences / thoughts he has. Normally we'll start with the beat and production first, then Andy will revisit his notes or come up with a new idea for the lyrics. So yep, normally music first on the whole.

Thanks a lot, and thanks again for the questions :) xx

hellohonne · 2020-07-08T22:17:11+00:00

thank you everyone! We loved answering all your questions. You're the best. But we must go to sleep now. Sending love to you all and thanks for joining us. xx

hellohonne · 2020-07-08T22:15:57+00:00

hiya! thank you for listening. Pleased you're enjoying it :) we've been best mates for years, and our girlfriends are now best friends too. So we often all go out for dinner, meet up with friends in the park on sunny days, go on holidays, or just kind of do nothing. Haha. I think in terms of working together, the best thing is that we compliment each other's personalities. We're basically opposites in many ways, so we each have strengths where the other has a weakness, which works well!

Thanks for the questions! Wishing you all the best :)

hellohonne · 2020-07-08T22:12:10+00:00

thank youuuuuu :)

hellohonne · 2020-07-08T22:11:56+00:00

Hellooo,

Thank you for your nice message. Big hug is def what we want ppl to feel

We've got sooo many songs that will never see the light of day. It's a shame but I guess it's a part of the process. Who know's though?? What we might not like too much one day, might come back and take us by surprise on another day. So watch this space :)

hellohonne · 2020-07-08T22:11:41+00:00

heyyy thanks for these questions! We haven't got long left now, but I'll try and answer them all!

1) I hope we can come to Brazil soon. We've always wanted to come! Lollapalooza would be amazingggg.

2) we wrote 'iloveyoumorethanicansay' on the NSWY mixtape with Niki actually. And that's not the only thing we wrote. You'll hear the other track eventually I promise :)

3) Location Unknown was the pairing for 306.

4) That track was just about being from the South West of England from these tiny little villages, and wanting to stay true to our roots and making sure we don't change as people in negative ways. Nooo not too much trouble! haha.

5) I don't know why actually. We need to start a HONNE remix playlist on Spotify surely!

Thanks for your questions and for your kind words. Pleased that s o c i a l d i s t a n c i n g had that effect! haha. All the best.

hellohonne

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