Flume laments “Palaces” business success in latest interview

Flume launched his third studio album, Palaces, earlier this 12 months. Following the success of Hello This Is Flume in 2019, it felt like regardless of the Australian artist put out subsequent would share equal success. Sadly, business reception to the album wasn’t precisely what was anticipated, he revealed in a latest interview.

“I really feel like actually, [Palaces] didn’t do in addition to I believed it was gonna do – and I’ve sort of needed to simply roll with that,” he instructed The Music. “I imply, it didn’t do unhealthy, but it surely hasn’t continued this unstoppable rise that I’ve been feeling for a few years.

“It doesn’t really feel prefer it’s had as a lot influence as issues previously. So it took me a second to get my head round [that]. I felt a bit bizarre about that at the beginning. However I’m actually pleased with all of the songs on there and the way it sounds and I like it.”

Palaces, he says, was actually a tribute to his good buddy SOPHIE, who handed away in 2021. Certainly, most of the instrumental tracks on the album share her affinity for sound design and association, which the 2 little doubt bonded over through the course of their friendship.

“I don’t assume I’ve ever been influenced by somebody a lot or so impressed by a single particular person,” he stated. “Then, on high of that, to have the ability to name SOPHIE a buddy and work with SOPHIE on so many various initiatives over time, a bunch of songs on the mixtape… It’s genuinely devastating, not solely on a private stage, however on a artistic stage and a cultural stage for the world.”

You may hearken to Palaces now.

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