Maggie Rogers opens up about David Byrne’s cameo in her video ‘That is The place I Am’
Maggie Rogers has opened up about David Byrne’s collaboration on her video for ‘That’s The place I Am’, in a brand new interview with NME.
For this week’s Large Learn, Rogers opened up about Byrne’s cameo and the way it took place. The musician recalled how she “chilly emailed” Byrne to see if he could be up for collaborating on the work and was shocked when she obtained a response.
“I chilly emailed him,” Rogers defined. “We’d by no means met. I’m a large fan. And ‘Unusual Overtones’ was a track within the pandemic that I simply deeply linked to and performed over and again and again. So he feels part of this file in my mind as a result of I used to be so linked to that track.”
She stated Byrne was instantly up for the invitation. “[He] was similar to, ‘Yeah, I’m getting my haircut downtown tomorrow. The place? What time?’. The timing – and the celebs, it appears – aligned for Rogers. “He was like, ‘Yeah nice. I’ll trip my bike over. I believe I can cling for like 20 minutes’.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Rogers stated she used an identical “chilly emailing” approach with Florence Welch and the 2 ended up not solely collaborating, however changing into mates.
Rogers revealed how, final summer season, recording time overlapped for his or her respective albums at Electrical Woman Studio in New York, so that they traded their skills. Rogers’ vocals function on ‘Women Towards God’ and ‘Dream Woman Evil’ from Welch’s new album ‘Dance Fever’, who provided vocals and tambourine on Rogers’ observe ‘Shatter’ in return.
“It’s an excellent small studio, and we all know one another. So we’d have a espresso, go in, I’d see her after work, it was simply actually pure,” Rogers defined.
“I performed her ‘Shatter’, and she or he liked it. After which I used to be like, ‘Dude, when you hear something for it, or if you wish to be part of it, like, I like you’.” Shortly after Welch left the studio, she dreamed up an thought and requested if she might return to file it instantly. “She’s certainly one of a sort,” Rogers provides.
Reviewing Rogers’ newest album, NME stated: “In reality, although, that’s similar to New York – it places you thru the wringer after which unceremoniously spits you out to select up the items. In contrast to life within the metropolis, Rogers’ second album is way simpler and extra fascinating to place your self by means of the method many times; a principally essential and enriching subsequent step.”