Mike Posner Describes Actual Story Behind “I Took A Capsule In Ibiza”: Watch – EDM.com
“I am into meditation and constructive pondering, however my default mode is the alternative,” Mike Posner stated within the opening moments of his Impaulsive debut.
In a brand new interview on Logan Paul’s flagship podcast, Posner recaps his accomplishments strolling throughout America and climbing Mount Everest, all whereas holding down a demanding skilled music profession.
Nonetheless, Posner’s trajectory as an artist was not with out its bumps. Talking with EDM.com in November, he recalled that it was throughout one of the unsure instances in his profession that Avicii referred to as on him to work. First flying out to Stockholm to hyperlink with the dance music legend within the studio, then accompanying him to Ibiza for a present, the expertise set the stage for what would turn out to be one among Posner’s largest hits.
“He by no means cared, not like nearly everyone within the music business, if I used to be primary, or primary million,” Posner stated of Avicii. “On this interval the place I am sitting at house with an empty calendar, he requested me to work.”
Posner advised Paul that in his detour to Ibiza, he had hit a low level mentally. Standing alone within the crowd at Avicii’s present, Posner had a lingering hope somebody within the crowd would validate him with recognition with the intention to elevate his spirits. That second ultimately got here when a bunch of followers approached him and instantly provided him a capsule. Although he did not know what the capsule was, Posner was receptive, however stated he “felt like hell” the subsequent morning.
Wanting again on what he regards as a low level in his life, Posner stated he felt that it was a tad ironic that Seeb’s uplifting pop remix of “I Took A Capsule In Ibiza” grew to become such successful given the heartbreaking lyrics beneath all of it. Nonetheless, Posner is ready to look again at all of it with an excellent angle.
“Persons are having pleased instances out of my unhappiness,” he stated with amusing. “As artists we attempt to take our ache, struggling, and negativity, and make one thing lovely out of it.”
Take a look at the complete Impaulsive interview beneath.