“We should always contemplate ourselves fortunate”
Daniel Johns has spoken about his reverence for Kanye West, saying he linked with the controversial rap icon throughout a very turbulent interval of his grownup life.
In a 2008 interview with Quincy Harris (aka Qdeezy), West cited Silverchair – the band Johns fronted from 1992 to 2011, and rose to fame with in his teenagers – as a notable affect on that yr’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’ album.
Noting the significance of artistic evolution, West mentioned throughout that interview: “It’s good to problem your self, put your self in a scenario the place you’re not the king of your fort – go to a totally totally different enviornment and say, ‘Man, I need to go up towards Silverchair!’”
The interview was talked about within the second episode of Johns’ new docuseries, Inside The Thoughts Of Daniel Johns, when host Megan Vacation introduced up Silverchair’s efficiency on the West-headlined Lollapalooza 2008. On his response to seeing West cite Silverchair as an affect, Johns expressed a sense of shock: “I nonetheless don’t consider it, though folks have proven me,” he mentioned with an emphatic smile. “I really like Kanye West.”
Johns then defined that he pertains to West regarding the rapper’s views on psychological well being, noting how “there’s numerous issues [West] talks about” that he agrees with. He continued: “I do know this may very well be controversial, however I believe he raises numerous good factors, significantly round psychological sickness. I’ve had related ideas.
“I don’t need to quote him, however he mentioned one thing like, ‘Generally the best way folks deal with psychological well being is just like in the event you acquired an Olympic sprinter with a damaged ankle and forc[ed] him to run.’ And he mentioned it proper at a time the place I used to be feeling that. So far as culturally related artists in our lifetime [go], I can’t suppose… We should always contemplate ourselves fortunate – he’s extraordinary!”
Take a look on the full episode (the place the subject of West is raised across the 15-minute mark) beneath:
Within the first episode of Inside The Thoughts Of Daniel Johns, titled ‘Reclaim Your Artwork’, the Australian singer revealed that within the course of of constructing his newest solo album, ‘FutureNever’, he tried to reunite together with his former bandmates in Silverchair.
He harassed that his purpose in reaching out to them – drummer Ben Gillies and bassist Chris Joannou – got here “not out of necessity”, however as a result of he “needed to make it clear that I don’t have a problem with them as folks”.
The ultimate episode of Johns’ docuseries will premiere on his YouTube channel at 6pm AEST (9am BST) subsequent Monday (September 5).
In a four-star evaluate of ‘FutureNever’, NME’s Andrew Trendell praised the album for the best way it “exhibits off [Johns’] vary”, writing: “Whereas there’s numerous Daniel Johns at his greatest right here, this isn’t ‘The Greatest Of Daniel Johns’. There’s rock bravado all through, however you gained’t get a whiff of ‘Frogstomp’. Types and eras conflict, however ‘Neon Ballroom’ it ain’t.
“There’s, nonetheless, a vulnerability, curiosity and journey that makes ‘FutureNever’ unmistakably Johns. That child who as soon as requested you to attend for tomorrow resides in it right now.”