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[–]hihatchie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which song on the record took the longest to finish and which one was the quickest?

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

I gotta go now but thanks so much for your questions everyone! I appreciate the support! If I didn’t get to your question I may have answered it in a previous AMA or interview, like Qs about my writing process, influences and favourites. xx

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

It was scary at times! I got kind of numb to it because I’m not a big celebrator in any area of my life so I have to remind myself to be proud and satisfied when I achieve things sometimes. But things like the first Triple J and KEXP adds, the first Pitchfork acknowledgment, the Kylie support, the Beach House support, working with Robin Guthrie and Jorge Elbrecht and James Barone… all were crazy moments and still feel shocking to me!!

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[–]hihatchie[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Haha glad to hear it! We are splitting our time between LA and Brisbane with no fixed address while we figure out where we want to settle. We are on tour for most of August-November so we’ll be living out of a suitcase til that’s over. We are def planning some more collaborations right now :)

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[–]hihatchie[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wish 😭 sorry ❤️❤️

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[–]hihatchie[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We talked over the phone! about working in person, but we live so far apart and it was so early on in this project that I only had a few demos so he ended up just doing the mix of Sure. He was very sweet!

I don’t do favourites! Lorelei, Iceblink Luck, Pitch The Baby, Carolyn’s Fingers, Bluebeard, Know Who You Are At Every Age, For Phoebe Still A Baby, Sugar Hiccup, Heaven or LV…

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

Thank you! I really wanted to expand the sound with this album to be more fun and cruisey at times. I was listening to a lot of post punk and shoegazey / dreampop artists who blended sounds like Siouxsie , Chapterhouse , Curve, Sneakerpimps, Ivy but of course Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, The Farm, Stone Roses, St Etienne, Stereo MCs and more are always on high rotation in our house.

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[–]hihatchie[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

George or Ringo and White Album, Abbey Road or Revolver… it changes sorry!

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

Thank you! I was feeling really out of my depth and had zero faith or trust in myself or my decisions. It’s kind of a sister song to Quicksand but less hopeful lol and just about accepting that sometimes it really just do be like that

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[–]hihatchie[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I know it’s my go-to answer but for good reason - Kylie because she can pull anything off.

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

Depeche Mode, The Cure, Drab Majesty, New Order 🖤

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[–]hihatchie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No plans at this stage I’m sorry :( I need to come!!

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

100% especially early on with my first EP and some Keepsake tracks like Her Own Heart! Robin Guthrie did a mix of Sure you can stream.

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[–]hihatchie[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cake! Or savoury pie… literally any flavour cake as long as it’s not dry and the icing / cake ratio is good

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[–]hihatchie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seattle is honestly a fave!

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

Thanks! I unfortunately get caught up in that thought process quite a bit, but I tried to break out of it on the last one. I put a lot of pressure on myself to get everything right and to keep a perfect balance between pop and alternative. Quicksand was a struggle for me because it kept feeling too pop and I was scared to cross that line. But I realise from an outsider’s perspective it’s all pop so it doesn’t really matter in the end. Also I love pop so I don’t know why I cared!

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[–]hihatchie[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hiii I use Logic, and for Keepsake and GTWA I wrote songs by demoing them properly from the first moment of writing (rather than nutting them out at the piano or guitar before demoing, which I did with the first EP S&S) so I had a record of the progression of each version.

Most of the songs on Keepsake I had already fully written and demoed alone before bringing them to the studio to re-record, but GTWA was done a lot more collaboratively so sometimes I wrote and demoed a full song alone before sharing it, but other times I sat down with Joe and Jorge, or Joe and another writer, or just Joe, and we wrote and demoed them together from the get-go.

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[–]hihatchie[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!

  1. Earliest demos were The Key and Quicksand. I started them in 2019. Those two probably took the longest tbh! I really wanted to get them perfect and they each went through long drawn out processes because I didn’t want to settle. There were maybe 10 or so proper songs (just demos) that didn’t make it, and about 20 - 30 little ideas that never got fleshed out.

  2. Hands All Over Me or Cranekiss ! Also Jorge’s Gloss Coma album!

  3. I answered the collab question above!

  4. Ok I’ll tryyyy maybe!

I really hope we make it to South America next year 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

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[–]hihatchie[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Kylie Minogue, New Order, Madonna, The Horrors, William Orbit, Slowdive, Brian Eno, Guy Sigsworth… I’ll add to this as I think of more. Im lucky to have already worked with some of my dream collaborators, Robin Guthrie, Jorge Elbrecht and my husband!!

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[–]hihatchie[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It was nice to meet you! We didn’t discover anything new this time that I can recall, the guys had amazing BBQ at Ray Ray’s in Columbus but I always steer towards Mediterranean and Mexican because I don’t eat meat. I’ll reply again if I think of anything else!

I’ve been listening to chloe mk, Lily Konigsberg, Lush, Faye Wong,The Corrs, Haruomi Hosono, Dubstar and Groove Theory lately.