Like, “Hey, I want to pay tribute to these people somehow.” I guess it started with Sufjan because we were on tour with each other and it just happened. I just had the opportunity to cross paths with people who really inspired me. You recently did one of your songs, “Weight in Gold,” with Seal as part of your "In the Room" series. I can’t wrap my head doing that with multiple people. We are just building everything from the ground up together. No matter who it is, I really like the idea of working with one dude mainly because that friendship has to be there and that connection has to be there in order for me to open up. Stint basically did the whole album, minus like three songs. Is Stint a producer you plan on sticking with? It wasn’t like, “Who should we get on this song?” It was just natural and organic. She fleshed out the song and it was crazy. We were all in the room and someone was like, “Yeah, you should meet Jhené.” I was like, “Yeah, totally." We just met and we naturally just went in.
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Me and Stint are friends so at one point it was easy for me to actually express what I wanted to express. I just brought Stint because I’m a shy dude. He has such a specific palette and he doesn’t want to sway from that. Adrian has this spot where he has all these vintage authentic pieces from the '60s and we recorded all on tape, it was crazy. Tell me about “Skipping Stones.” That’s with you, Jhené Aiko, and Adrian Younge? Because I went through that process of making it, I’ve become a better person and progressed and evolved. That’s how it feels with the project and music. You just write stuff that nobody wants to read and you just upload it. I don’t really like talking about myself half the time or my feelings. Where do you draw your lyrics from? Is it through a lot of different life experiences? I feel like this is going to be a similar kind of thing for me. Didn’t party or anything and that felt great. I just stayed way outside in the suburbs. Being there and doing that a crowd of kind of older people who are just sitting in theaters to doing high-energy festivals is a jarring kind of jump.
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Yeah, I went on tour with Sufjan Stevens who is a brilliant folk indie type of dude. Why are those important resume builders for you? It must’ve taken you a long time to get recognized. You’re performing at Coachella for the first time and you just did SXSW. Normally, I’m just chilling by myself watching cartoons. I don’t really like hanging out with a ton of people or being around a ton of people or be the center of attention or anything. I feel people I am surrounded by are people who are truly here for the right reasons and bring things to the table who just like ideas and have the same kind of mindset of whatever sector in the industry that they are involved in as I do with the creation aspect. Honestly, I don’t think about it that much but the people that I met so far-a lot of them just aren’t genuine. These past two weekends at Coachella, he performed with Seal and Jhené Aiko to enormous crowds, each golden moment solidifying he’s the future of the eclectic space he works in.ĭo you like the respect you are getting from the industry?
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"It’s kind of a meditative experience, it’s really cathartic for me," he says. Fans have looked forward to his live performance because his music often consumes him and it brings out his unparalleled energy. His debut album, Ology, on Mind of a Genius Records, has received positive reviews for its vulnerability and honesty.
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He’s gotten praise from Elton John, Moby, and Seal. We're almost halfway through 2016 and Gallant is on a career trajectory any new artist would love to be on. If you've got talent like Gallant, people will follow. More tastemakers started to embrace him as the 24-year-old artist became less concerned with how he should maneuver in the music industry and focused on putting out quality music. The project caught the attention of mainly alternative and R&B listeners, but his big break came when Zane Lowe world premiered “Weight in Gold” on Beats 1 Radio. The Columbia, MD native was adjusting to Los Angeles after leaving New York’s fast-pace environment, pushing his self-released EP, Zebra, which openly discussed the aftermath of his move through a sonic diary. For the first half of last year, Gallant was still under the radar.