Dan Auerbach Talks 'Ultraviolence'

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Source: http://www.nme.com/news/lana-del-rey/77112

 

Also assuming there's more in this magazine, which requires a subscription as far as I can tell: http://www.mojo4music.com/13850/mojo-247-june-2014/#main-content

 

UPDATE: And in Rolling Stone

 

 

The Black Keys are streaming their eighth album Turn Blue and are about to head out on a huge tour, but frontman Dan Auerbach has also been keeping busy with his second career as a producer. After winning the Producer of the Year Grammy for his work with the Keys, Hacienda and Dr. John, Auerbach switched gears for a more unlikely collaboration, producing Lana Del Rey’s upcoming album Ultraviolence.

 

"She's a true eccentric, and, you know, extremely talented" says Auerbach, hanging in the lounge of his Nashville studio. "She has a definite vision of what she is and what she wants to be, musically and visually, which is cool. [Drummer Patrick Carney] and I have always just been, like, ‘You can take our photo, I guess,’ but she just like looks at this whole thing as this big art project that she gets to do, which is great."

 

Auerbach met the singer through his friend Tom Elmhirst while the duo were in New York mixing Ray Lamontagne’s latest record. "We went out one night with some people, some friends of Tom's and she was there hanging out, and I had never met her before," says Auerbach. "She didn't really know my music, I didn't really know her music, to be honest. I knew about her because, you know, she's in the press so much. But we just hung out and we like talked about music and realized we had things in common." 

Del Rey mentioned she was going to be in Nashville soon, so Auerbach invited her to his studio, Easy Eye. "What started off as 'Let's get together for a couple days with some musicians’ turned into two weeks doing an album."

 

Auerbach admits he didn't have to do much to the songs: "Her demos were so good, her songs were so strong that I wanted to get my musicians in who I love and get my sound that I get here with her songs and that's it. I didn't want to mess it up. She sang live with a seven-piece band. That's the whole record – a seven-piece band with her singing live. It was crazy."

 

Turn Blue is the Keys' most personal album ever, recorded as Auerbach was going through a brutal divorce, and he credits Del Rey with influencing him to open up in his songs. "I learned a lot recording with other people and watching them sing about personal experiences," he says. "Even Lana, watching her record these songs that are extremely personal and make me uncomfortable,  there's something great about that."

 

Del Rey was was criticized when she first hit the national stage with a high-profile appearance on Saturday Night Live in early 2012. But with singles like "Video Games" and "Summertime Sadness," her LP Born to Die went on to go multi-platinum and become one of the biggest albums of the year. "I know she like got shit for SNL," says Auerbach. " I can't imagine being in the position she was in – like being relatively unknown to being thrust onto that world stage. I remember the first time we played Conan, we were so nervous and we were just playing a rock & roll song. She's, like, wearing a fucking gown under a spotlight. It must have been insane. But she sang live and there are no edits. It was awesome. She impressed everybody."

 

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dan-auerbach-on-working-with-lana-del-rey-it-was-amazing-20140507

 

UPDATE: This as well

 

http://live105.cbslocal.com/2014/05/12/the-black-keys-dan-auerbach-talks-turn-blue-lana-del-ray-the-bay-area-and-more/

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Source: http://www.nme.com/news/lana-del-rey/77112

 

Also assuming there's more in this magazine, which requires a subscription as far as I can tell: http://www.mojo4music.com/13850/mojo-247-june-2014/#main-content

 

OH, YOU KNOW THEY ANGRY-FUCKED.

 

 

 

 

God help the person who takes me seriously.

 

 

 

 

Jesus Christ this is one of my favorite about-Lana interviews. This means everything to me. Yaaas, fight for that individualism, show that initiative, Lana!!!

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Waiting for the followup article where Lana meets the staff of Pitchfork in a bathhouse

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OH, YOU KNOW THEY ANGRY-FUCKED.

 

 

 

 

God help the person who takes me seriously.

 

 

 

 

Jesus Christ this is one of my favorite about-Lana interviews. This means everything to me. Yaaas, fight for that individualism, show that initiative, Lana!!!

its funny how thats not even directly what she's about, so much of who she is involves that sense of her being a freedom fighter. its cool how it worked out because in my opinion, thats not the initial intent of her music

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Give us an actual date...another song title.. something 

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could this be a new song?? (Didn't know where else to post it because the album thread is locked down)

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^was that part of her checking her mic? I think prior to this she said that she wanted to check her sound, but she's singing lyrics so idk if she's trolling or not god damnit

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^was that part of her checking her mic? I think prior to this she said that she wanted to check her sound, but she's singing lyrics so idk if she's trolling or not god damnit

this is the second part it shouldn't be a troll, it has to be a UV song. Sounds absolutely beautiful

[Bae 565]

i hope its a new song. It doesn't sound like it'd be MPG but who knows

 

this is the second part it shouldn't be a troll, it has to be a UV song. Sounds absolutely beautiful

[YouCanBeTheBoss 71]

i hope its a new song. It doesn't sound like it'd be MPG but who knows

 

It sounds like it could be more lyrics to Cruel World imo. "Don't be so blue, my love" = "Let the light in", maybe?

 

P.S. I was there. 

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Actually it turned out to be just a part of Tegina spektors "I Wanna Sing" sigh

Regina*

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Those song bits are lyrics from Regina Spektor's I Wanna Sing!!  I love that she mic checked with that, since they know each other. 

@ oops didn't see that you'd already ID'd the song.

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this is the second part it shouldn't be a troll, it has to be a UV song. Sounds absolutely beautiful

omfg yas sounds beautiful klsadjfsadj

 

She is improving live tbh. 

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Those song bits are lyrics from Regina Spektor's I Wanna Sing!!  I love that she mic checked with that, since they know each other. 

@ oops didn't see that you'd already ID'd the song.

Yet another song for @@evilentity's part two of his covers-themed Reydio show! 

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Those song bits are lyrics from Regina Spektor's I Wanna Sing!!  I love that she mic checked with that, since they know each other. 

@ oops didn't see that you'd already ID'd the song.

Ooh, is this what she said about Regina?

“I like REGINA SPEKTOR. You know when I was young my boyfriend in the city made my first record. His best friend Jack was Regina’s longtime boyfriend— they’re married now. She was such an inspiration. She was on the lower east side and going to the same open mics and then all of a sudden she had a record out and it did well. Eventually we met up and went to a show togetherand she was so nice. She’s very cool.” 

 

I found it on Google though, which interview is it from?

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GOD I LOVE HER SO MUCH

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Those song bits are lyrics from Regina Spektor's I Wanna Sing!!

Yet another song for @@evilentity's part two of his covers-themed Reydio show!

Yeah, can someone send me Regina's version of "I Want to Sing" (or all of 11:11 for that matter) in the highest quality available?

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Ooh, is this what she said about Regina?

“I like REGINA SPEKTOR. You know when I was young my boyfriend in the city made my first record. His best friend Jack was Regina’s longtime boyfriend— they’re married now. She was such an inspiration. She was on the lower east side and going to the same open mics and then all of a sudden she had a record out and it did well. Eventually we met up and went to a show togetherand she was so nice. She’s very cool.” 

 

I found it on Google though, which interview is it from?

Megan & Menace in the Mornings. More discussion about those comments here.

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It's probably not important but I noticed that the upcoming The Black Keys' album also has 11 songs. Just like Ultraviolence. 

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It's probably not important but I noticed that the upcoming The Black Keys' album also has 11 songs. Just like Ultraviolence. 

omg

 

 

 

 

 

Coincidence? I think not! IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP!