On a new episode of the Rolling Stone Uncut podcast, Amy Shark sits down to talk all about her new album, Soft Pop, out now.
The multi-ARIA Award-winning songwriter sat down with Editor-in-Chief Neil Griffiths to discuss her fourth studio record, and how she went from not even wanting to write music to going on to produce what she believes is her best album.
On the episode, Shark also reflects on jumping out of the gates with her 2018 No. 1 debut album, Love Monster, getting “cocky” on future releases, and what drove her back into the studio to record her most upbeat batch of songs yet.
Watch below or listen to the full episode on Apple Music and Spotify (subscribe and follow!).
Hitting an “all-time low”
“It was like, fatigue, pressure, focusing on outcomes a lot, getting upset when something didn’t hit. My nan died, my family fell apart, I was doing Australian Idol when I was really trying to put on a happy face, sitting in hair and makeup. Just like a zombie.”
“I feel like I might have hit an all-time low.
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“It’s just hard out there. It’s just hard, and you start to wonder if anything’s worth it.”
Feeling cocky after Love Monster heading into 2021’s Cry Forever
“That’s the album I feel like I was a little cocky. I was like, oh well, I think I’ve still got heaps of songs. I had people like Ed Sheeran willing to work with me, and Keith Urban and Travis Barker… I was in with Joel Little, so I was like, I think I’ve got another banger here.”
“The only reason I was confident at the start was because I had other people telling me amazing things, and I was clinging onto that.”
“I’m proud of this album, but I don’t know where I am, I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know the look and feel. I don’t know if I even cared.”
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Making Soft Pop
“No one had even heard the album, and I’m like, this is the best album I’ve ever written. I want it to be this reliable album… this joyful, cheeky but reliable record that people can put on from start to finish.”
“I think I’ve built these pillars without knowing it, and I’m not gonna fall over.”
