Supongo que ya pusisteis esta entrevista de Stereogum a Blood Diamonds (Iconic, Devil Pray, y ahora una estrella gracias a Sorry de Justin Bieber). Es muy guay
STEREOGUM: Moving away from Purpose, you co-produced music on Rebel Heart and toured with Madonna.
BLOODPOP: Yeah, I think I did 13 dates with her.
STEREOGUM: How did you get hooked up with her? How did touring go? How was recording that album?
BLOODPOP: Madonna is one of my favorite artists of all time. Sheâs the queen of pop. So I was stoked to work on it. And DJ Dahi, one of my best friends in recent years, had called me up for that because he thought I would be a good fit for that project. What was supposed to be three days ended up being six weeks in total. We were in New York. It almost felt like summer camp because Dahi and I, weâd walk 15 minutes to the studio every morning and 15 minutes back every night. Madonna is so fucking tight because she is just so involved in every small thing. I didnât realize that at the time, because that was like my first big pop production. I had no idea what the protocol was or what usually goes down but, you know there are 18-year-olds who are massive and they donât even come to the studio to meet the writers or the producer or engineer. They just get handed a phone by the label and the management are like, âCut this record, itâs a hit.â And theyâre like: âOK, fuck it.â But Madonna, sheâs at the studio every day, right on time. And sheâd sit on a drum stool two feet away from me and weâd go through clap sounds and weâd go through bass drums and bass sounds and all this shit and to this day, Iâve never worked with an artist who takes the time.
STEREOGUM: You were involved with âIconic,â the song on Rebel Heart that features Mike Tyson and Chance. How was recording that?
BLOODPOP: We were getting a sample of something iconic, like an iconic speech. And then everyone decided that we should get a living person to recite a monologue. I kind of half-jokingly suggested Mike Tyson and everyone was like: âFucking done. Letâs get him to come in tomorrow.â Outside of the critical world and album sales I feel like Madonna deserves more credit for making her own fucking record. Even like the art direction, itâs her. On the other hand, you have brand new artists with a team of thinkers behind them who have no artistic inclination for their own project.
STEREOGUM: Because they can just slap their name on it at some point?
BLOODPOP: Yeah. I mean, Claire [Boucher] is this generation. Sheâs setting the example that itâs OK to do everything yourself no matter what. You know? Teenagers arenât going to recognize Madonna as that kind of force because of when they were born.
