On his new single with Sia: “It was in the middle of confinement (lockdown) and everyone was so depressed, and I was watching the news, I was like okay I need to stop watching the news…I texted Sia and said, ‘we need to save the world like superheroes! We need to make a happy song…And because she’s such a genius she took my little text message and made a song in 24 hours, it was really crazy.”
He spoke about a possible album with Sia: “That would be amazing! That is actually a really good idea, because we’ve made so many records together, it would make a lot of sense. She makes it really easy you know. She’s such a genius.”
On the benefits of working in lockdown: “We’re all very different right, a lot of artist hate it, I personally, I love it. For me it’s been giving amazing results because we don’t have to rent a studio and feel the pressure of like ‘oh I’m with some big artist some big producers or big writers, I need to deliver a hit record’, you know, you’re from home you’re going to be 2-3 hours on Zoom, if it works it works, if it doesn’t it’s no big deal.”
On wearing a face mask: “It’s funny because, I’m French as you can probably hear and when I’m in France for me it’s a little bit difficult because people have known me for so many years and recognise me in the street and everything. I was like woah I can go to the market in a small village and no one knows me! This is amazing! I went to the supermarket to do grocery shopping and I was like this is really nice actually.”
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