I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
From Oliver Sim
Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.
Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.
I believe with a lot of support shows, people are very much there to see the headliner. You don't necessarily have their full attention, and some of what we do requires a lot of silence.
My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
My own personal goal is I just hope to still write songs and kind of let that sustain me as a job. If I could never have a 9-to-5 job, and making a living doing this, it'd just be incredible.
I feel more confident and like I have more to say. I feel like I'm working more than ever, not just from fantasy, but actual experience. I'm an adult now - I actually have experience.
'Coexist' was tough to make.
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