What’s Oliver Cronin’s inspiration in writing songs? | Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel

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Paano nga ba proseso ng song-writing ng Australia's rising pop star Oliver Cronin?

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00:00How long does it take you to write a song?

00:02Every song is different.

00:04This one was actually relatively quick.

00:07I think some things that are so personal and so real, just come out of me very, very quickly.

00:12So this took probably like an hour and a half, two hours.

00:16Wow.

00:17Yeah.

00:18It was super quick.

00:19Super organic.

00:20Super.

00:21Yeah.

00:22So real.

00:23But are there songs that really take a lot longer to write?

00:26Some songs take months, some songs I can't ever finish.

00:30Some song takes 15 minutes.

00:32It just, it kind of depends on what I'm writing about.

00:35It depends on my headspace in the moment.

00:37It depends on who else I'm working with.

00:40Sometimes you flow really well with the other person, co-writers, co-producers.

00:44This one I wrote all on my own, so I was very locked in.

00:47But yeah.

00:48But I read that you've called this song a healing anthem.

00:53Why do you call it a healing anthem?

00:55Is there something new about you that your fans will discover through this song?

00:58I think I've always made it known that I want to heal people.

01:02That's a big part of my mission.

01:05You know, I feel like music is medicine.

01:07And if I'm able to help heal people through my music, that's the greatest thing ever.

01:13But this song is definitely a bit slower for me, more ballad-like, much more vulnerable

01:20than sometimes I get.

01:21So yeah, it's really opening up this next chapter for me in my career, in my art, that

01:28is very vulnerable and very meaningful.

01:31Yeah, hopefully people can connect.

01:34I've always wondered about that.

01:35I've always felt that songwriters, when they come out with a song, that it's really like

01:40writing in a journal but then putting it out there for everyone to judge, to listen to,

01:45to appreciate.

01:46It is weird.

01:49It is an interesting concept, because especially when music becomes your job, it's almost like

01:55it's very scary releasing a song out into the world, because it no longer becomes personal

02:01to you.

02:02It becomes everyone else's songs.

02:03And I love that.

02:04I love that my music is able to connect with people, but it's also a bit scary because

02:09no longer is this my little baby that I've created on my own.

02:13It's now out in the world for everyone to listen to and judge, as you said, and critique.

02:18So yeah, it's a bit of an interesting one.

02:20Now that you mentioned that, are there songs that you've decided to just keep to yourself

02:24because you don't want to...

02:25Oh yeah.

02:26Oh, okay.

02:27Is that like a whole bunch of songs?

02:28So many of them.

02:29I have so many songs.

02:30Some of them will never see the light of day just because I've moved on from that period

02:33of my life, and some of them will never see the light of day because they're so personal

02:37to me or who I've written about or what I've written about that I don't really want other

02:42people to hear that.

02:44But it's really just an outlet for you.

02:46If you're experiencing something, it's automatic for you to just put it into song, and then

02:51it's just a decision later on whether or not you release it.

02:54I'm getting better at expressing my emotions in other ways, but it's definitely been music

02:59for me for such a long time.

What’s Oliver Cronin’s inspiration in writing songs? | Surprise Guest with Pia Arcangel

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