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When I'm on the road and it's super stressful, it definitely affects my music. When I'm hanging out with my friends and my girlfriend and things are good in my life, then it's better.
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Coldplay doesn't have to stay within a certain genre; they just go where they go.
Kygo
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I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel when I listen to Avicii's songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.
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I called it 'Cloud 9' because that's the place I want to take people when they are listening to my music. It's also where I am when I make music.
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Edinburgh has a similar climate to Bergen - it's very rainy and grey. There were a lot of days I'd sit inside in front of the computer, make music, and dream about summer - instead of the rainy reality outside.
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I'm just trying to experiment with a lot of different stuff and see what comes out of it.
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I'd love to work with some of the people I've remixed for - Ed Sheeran or Chris Martin or The Weeknd. But it's not just big names like these guys that I want to collaborate with.
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I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.
Kygo
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I'm so happy people have enjoyed listening to my tracks.
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When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.
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I don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.
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Sometimes I can sit at my computer and find a cool sound, or a new synth patch, and get super-inspired by that and make a track based on that sound. But the piano is where I find the inspiration and come up with the melody.
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I've been a sports fan forever.
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I've really enjoyed working together with Apple to help launch their new streaming service. It is really cool to see Apple getting involved.
Kygo
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When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly.
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Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows.
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If you do the same thing all the time, it's not very challenging.
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While I was born in Singapore, I didn't actually grow up here. So I don't remember all that much.
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When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come.
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All my collaborations happen in different ways. Sometimes it's through a chance meeting at a festival or event, while others can happen just off the back of me liking their music and reaching out.
Kygo
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I guess the biggest thing I had to get used to was people staring. At first it was like, 'Am I wearing something odd? Is there something on my face?' It was kind of weird because when I go to the grocery store, people, they're not necessarily coming up to me asking for a photo, they just... look at me.
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I've been so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some incredibly talented vocalists, guitarists and producers, and I can't wait to share more originals in the future.
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I really like streaming services. It's a great way for people to find your music.
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I started studying business and finance in Edinburgh as a backup plan. I was still making music many hours a day, and when I was at university, the electronic music boom started really taking off globally.
Kygo