Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2019 0:17:43 GMT
TV: What were you thinking about while writing "Waste My Time"?
Grace VanderWaal: What I like about it is that it has a really nice contrast of kind of messed up lyrics, but it's fun at the same time. That's a feeling I really wanted to portray. Like when things are messed up, people say you shouldn't waste your time, you only have one shot. You're only young once. This is a song [that says], whatever, I don't care, I'll waste it.
TV: You released the song "Ur So Beautiful" in June. How are these songs teasing your next Grace era?
TV: How would you describe what you're about right now?
GV: That's a really heavy question. I'm about being me, I guess. I don't really know how to explain it. I mean, of course, there are other things I care about, but I feel like I'm just about being me and letting other people share my experiences, and grow with my fans and hopefully keep the energy that I've always had.
TV: Has the way you're approaching songwriting changed over the last couple of years?
GV: Oh my God, yes. So much. The whole point of writing music for me is to express myself and express feelings that you can't really just do with words. Even if it's just melodies and singing, music can express a feeling that's hard to explain. A couple of years ago I would know the exact feeling I'm trying to get across and I knew how I felt. I knew every single dimension of this feeling, but I never knew how to execute it right for other people to experience that feeling. Now it's so, so satisfying to look back on how frustrated I used to get and seeing now how I can express my feelings dramatically better than how I used to.
TV: Do you feel like that growth is the result of being more comfortable in the music industry?
GV: I definitely think it's because I've been writing so much and not only that, but I've worked with so many producers and writers and been exposed to so many writing styles and people. I've realized how much freedom I really have, which I don't think I really realized before. That was a big, big part of why I grew so fast.
Grace VanderWaal: What I like about it is that it has a really nice contrast of kind of messed up lyrics, but it's fun at the same time. That's a feeling I really wanted to portray. Like when things are messed up, people say you shouldn't waste your time, you only have one shot. You're only young once. This is a song [that says], whatever, I don't care, I'll waste it.
TV: You released the song "Ur So Beautiful" in June. How are these songs teasing your next Grace era?
TV: How would you describe what you're about right now?
GV: That's a really heavy question. I'm about being me, I guess. I don't really know how to explain it. I mean, of course, there are other things I care about, but I feel like I'm just about being me and letting other people share my experiences, and grow with my fans and hopefully keep the energy that I've always had.
TV: Has the way you're approaching songwriting changed over the last couple of years?
GV: Oh my God, yes. So much. The whole point of writing music for me is to express myself and express feelings that you can't really just do with words. Even if it's just melodies and singing, music can express a feeling that's hard to explain. A couple of years ago I would know the exact feeling I'm trying to get across and I knew how I felt. I knew every single dimension of this feeling, but I never knew how to execute it right for other people to experience that feeling. Now it's so, so satisfying to look back on how frustrated I used to get and seeing now how I can express my feelings dramatically better than how I used to.
TV: Do you feel like that growth is the result of being more comfortable in the music industry?
GV: I definitely think it's because I've been writing so much and not only that, but I've worked with so many producers and writers and been exposed to so many writing styles and people. I've realized how much freedom I really have, which I don't think I really realized before. That was a big, big part of why I grew so fast.
