Recorded 11.11.20: In this chat, we talk to Conner Rush, the founder of Fyre Games, about his new video game (Summerland), how sound design can tell a story, and what happens when we die.
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Recorded 3.16.20: In our first "Chats" episode, we talk through the early days of quarantine (due to COVID-19), ask each other the questions that will guide all future "Chats", and announce Talking Lion's new Patreon platform.
In this year's final episode, we talked to our friends & the multi-platinum duo Loote about growing up on the east coast, viral videos, hydrating, High School Musical, meeting at Purchase College, the quality of hit songs, collaborating with Lauv on "No Promises" by Cheat Codes & Demi Lovato, and the stories behind the songs off their new EP "lost".
In this episode, we talked to our new friend Ariana and the Rose about morality, friendship, writing in NYC/LA, living in London, women in music, discovering artists, her interactive concert, “Light & Space”, relationships, the music video for her song, “Night Owl”, and collaborating with RKCB on their song “Love You Lately”.
In this episode we talked to our new friends Eighty Ninety about being brothers, Disney films, concept albums, starting the band, Taylor Swift’s support for "Your Favorite Song", and the creation of their songs “Three Thirty”, “Dream” and “10k Summer Nights”.
In this episode we talked to our longtime friend Jackie Foster about the shows we played together in Boston, her old band (Self Portraits), our graduation, branding/virality, numerology/love languages, her time on Season 14 of The Voice, coming back to reality after reality TV, the stories behind her songs "Time"/"Great Escape", and how we came together to work on her single "Poison".
In this episode we talked to our new friend JUJ about growing up in Philadelphia as first generation American, Broadway musicals, serenity, Lyme disease, making friends in LA, and her recently released EP "JUJ, It's U" which includes her single "Mood" featuring Vic Mensa.
In this episode we talked to our good friend Evangelia about the music scene in NYC, childhood trips to Crete, hosting open mics at Rutgers University, teaching elementary school, collaborating with Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why) on "Hello Again", the story behind our songs "Windowseat" & "Moments", and working with Stolar on her upcoming Greek-influenced songs.
In this raucous episode, we talked with our friends Kyan Palmer & nicopop. about college, Kyan's ecology degree, nicopop.'s time in Louis Vivet, ASMR, dogs, fortune cookies, that time we wrote "Five Night Stand" together with Aire Atlantica, and the rollout of their upcoming collaborative album.
In this episode, we talked to our friend MOONZz about dreams, Judaism, marriage, synch licensing, the hazards of comparison, her song "Navigator", and her upcoming releases.
In this episode, we talked remotely with our longtime friends in Ireland, Laoise & Seán Behan about Irish culture, rising Irish pop artists, their EP "Halfway" (including our remix of their song "YOU"), and their recently released EP "Mad" featuring the single "Again".
In this episode, we talked to our friend Johan Lenox about Amaro liqueurs, roller coasters, musicals, merging the classical & pop worlds (as he did with “Yeethoven”), his recently released album “everybody’s cool but me”, and his work with hip-hop legends including Mike Dean, No I.D., Mr Hudson, Travis Scott, Vic Mensa, Lil Nas X, and Kanye West.
In this episode, we talked to our friend Robbie Wulfsohn from the band Ripe about hypothetical fire-rain, high school band names, forming Ripe, and their upcoming tour & releases.
In this episode we talked to our friend Bay Ledges about his first EP, the importance of humor, New York City's historic Sidewalk Cafe, love, loss, and his upcoming tour.
In this episode we talked to the GRAMMY-nominated duo SMLE about video games, remixes, the Miami music scene, future bass, and what's driving their upcoming releases.
In this episode, we talked to our good friend Lizzy Land about her first few years in LA, her recently released EP, “Intro Music Plays”, and the story of how we wrote her song "Losing My Head" together.
In this episode, fueled by mimosas & Jaegermeister, we talked with our new friend Happy Sometimes about growing up in Texas, making the right the mistakes, the story behind her platinum single with DVBBS, “Parallel Lines”, and her upcoming single “Pooh Bear”.
In this episode, our friend Mothica came by from New York and talked about her exotic childhood pets in Oklahoma, her upcoming record in progress, what drives her creativity, and her recently released EP “Ashes” (including Sleeping Lion’s remix of her song “Burnout”).
In this episode, we talked with multi-platinum songwriter/producer/artist Andrew Goldstein (aka FRND) about his recently released EP “Before U I Didn’t Exist”, his work with major artists (Lauv/Hot Chelle Rae/Linkin Park/blackbear), and his upcoming multi-media concept album.
In this episode, our friend Flula Borg stopped by to talk about his childhood in Germany, his viral videos & film roles (Pitch Perfect 2/Ralph Breaks The Internet), his friendship with Conan O’Brien, and his life as a rising DJ.
In this episode, our friend Vesperteen stopped by before his tour with Great Good Fine Ok to talk about his start in music, his recent signing to the label KIDinaKORNER, and the story of how we wrote his song "Medicine" together.
In this episode, we met Tim & Bolan from the Australian band, Cub Sport, in the midst of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Newly aquatinted, we talked about their childhood in Brisbane, benefits of being an independent band, and their inspiring relationship at the core of their songs. We hope everyone has had an amazing Pride Month!
On this episode, our friend Yoste stopped by (while on tour with Shallou) to talk about growing up in Australia, philosophies on culture, and his recently released EP, “try to be okay”.
On our third episode, our friend Sarah McTaggart from Transviolet talked about the start & early days of the band, mental health, our collaboration for their song "Long Shot", and their upcoming album.
On the second episode, our friend Phangs stopped by during his tour with Nightly to talk about how he got his start in Nashville, his experiences with touring with Cardboard Kids/Relient K, his recent signing to the label KIDinaKORNER, and the story of how we eventually wrote his song "Good Now" together.
On our first episode, we had our friend Zealyn talk about her beginnings, her time on American Idol, and the path that led to her recently released EP, “A Weekend In Maine”.
