In fact, after Donald Trump won, some of the relief of finishing record was to turn off all the politics for a while. There were some songs that had more of the political stuff that we just decided to wait on and put aside. A few weeks after the election, I stopped watching cable news and just unplugged. My way of dealing with the new situation we're in was to just work on something that I care about.
There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything. - Aaron Dessner
There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything.
- Aaron Dessner
The Planned Parenthood 7" project is an example of us putting our noses to the grindstone on and trying to make a little difference. Working on that … - Aaron Dessner
The Planned Parenthood 7" project is an example of us putting our noses to the grindstone on and trying to make a little difference. Working on that …
In fact, after Donald Trump won, some of the relief of finishing record was to turn off all the politics for a while. There were some songs that had … - Aaron Dessner
In fact, after Donald Trump won, some of the relief of finishing record was to turn off all the politics for a while. There were some songs that had …
"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or whatever. It's an ingredient i… - Aaron Dessner
"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or whatever. It's an ingredient i…
We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are. We realized recently that we're not a ban… - Aaron Dessner
We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are. We realized recently that we're not a ban…
Everybody knows we're big liberals and I was a very outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter, and I still am. It's impossible for us to separate the songs… - Aaron Dessner
Everybody knows we're big liberals and I was a very outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter, and I still am. It's impossible for us to separate the songs…
Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's … - Aaron Dessner
Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's …
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