We're Sunshine!
We're a duo making top-line. We're making melodies and lyrics and finding concepts and working with lots of
Amazing producers. Yeah, and you have to sing like this, you know
*singing*
Do you guys like writing the rap or vocal parts or like some parts better?
I would say in the beginning when we started writing kpop
the rap was a bit hard hmm or tricky because it was tricky to to get the flow of the
how the
I just want to rap, you know and
just get the mood right.
I've never rapped before
me neither
but now I can confidently say that I'm kind of good at it when I'm
When we're doing it because and also moonshine who we work with really really
Helps us
No, but yeah, okay, but they said that you you you getting better on the rap when they're recording us
They're like, yeah, it doesn't take that much time to record your rap anymore. It just goes
in like two take and then you're done. And before it was like oh wait I was struggling a lot
but so so you're really you're learning something new every day and
we're getting better and better each day, and it's cool to
Like you can never stop learning.
No
It's always a process.
Always
it's what makes it so fun.
Yeah, and while we're on the topic of girl groups Ellen
Oh my god. Mamamoo is one of my favorite girl groups. And when I saw that you wrote funky boy. I'm not gonna lie. I screamed.
oh really thank you so much!
So loud (yeah) um, so when you were writing it I know as while ago
But did you write the full top line was like the track sent to you or was it a collaboration with Daniel palm? Yeah
Yeah, it was... it was a collab with Daniel. We were-we were having a session
and I don't, cause that was really a long time ago
And it was also one of the first kpop songs I wrote so I was still not really I didn't really know
Basically what k-pop you know was but
Daniel is a really good musician and he is a pianist and I don't know we got a lead but
we just started doing like a funky track from scratch and
I mean, I've been singing a lot of like soul music and stuff like that
And so I just yeah, I just went with the flow
And had a- (I loVE YOU) had a really good day
So yeah
I was really happy that that was a
Release of mamamoo because I really loved them too
and then back to question for both of you
um
Do you guys have more fun writing over more rhythmic sample heavy?
Fake tracks like ITZY's ICY or tracks that feature more
melodic and harmonic
Elements like the boyz break your rules
always fun to write. Yeah
We don't really have any preferences when it comes to style so genres we can go from ballads to hip-hop it or anything
No
But it's always
it's always fun to create a song and give birth to a song and then hear even if it's a slow ballad or if it's
like a
160 BPM
bpm crazy song
It's always nice to come home
And put put on play and listen to the song you just did right?
The song is just like gave life to it's really cool.
It's like you're giving birth to a new baby every day
yes!
every song is a little baby yeah
EHHH here you go
Fly away fly away~
like a little bird
Yes, I guess you have to love all your babies equally in that way
yeah
yeah we do
That makes sense
I'm curious since ICY is one of those songs that has so many people collaborating and writing on it
What part of this song did you guys cowrite?
Beep beep beep. Hey. Hey. Hey
Yeah
No, but we got a track
And we were told to go absolutely bananas. Ah, yeah, I see on it. We just looked at each other
(Yeah) we look like let's let's do this.
We were sitting in this room. It was like, okay they wanna they want crazy
We will show them crazy. Yeah
and that song we also wrote in a couple of hours like hey so fast and
we sent it
To echo and they sent it in and they were like, oh my god. This is like everybody's going nuts about this song. Hmm
So we got really good feedback straight away on it as well. Yeah
So we were really happy with that one. Yeah.
Oh, I guess were you guys the full top line on that or
Yeah, we did like we did the whole...
we wrote the whole and then I think they kept the verses and the pre and the
yeah, I think and everything except the
the the
Chorus, and that's actually Caesar and Ludwig, our colleagues from ya know here in Sweden that wrote the chorus
so
Yeah
they keep talking i keep walking! (yeah yeah)
So that was cool to hear with with the mix of of that yeah
But I'm happy they kept
and there was also ellen going for like one round in the intros recording her and I was like just do something and then the
Intro do you with you were like?
beep-beep babababaaaaaa
And they and then they kept that
It's just like a we were just having fun playing around and being being it's silly. I'm funny, you know
And then they loved it. So that was pretty cool
Yeah, and that's fun comes off on the track
Yeah, so infectious that was like one of my top five or was like top three favorite songs from last year. It was brilliant
Oh, thank you
No, thank you for being
so crazy awesome
So moving onto another song that had like a lot of co-writers BTS we are bulletproof the eternal so
yayyyy
Did big hit give you lead for the song saying like oh
This is BTS's reply to their debut album or how that worked.
Yeah, we got a track from big hit
Yeah, and what we knew us that they want an awesome song
Mm that was kind of the info they gave us like we wanted big anthem. Yeah and
so we wrote this top line on it and
Then it got released with
All these different top lines from different songwriters, so they kind of picked right?
they kind of picked their favorite parts
And I think it's a mix really beautiful it's turned out so grateful
and we're really really happy to be a part of that one because
BTS has been a goal for a long time
Yeah, get a cut with and it's just like one of the biggest cuts so far for us
Yeah
So we were really happy with that.
It made me so emotional listening to it. You guys did such a great job
Thank you my gosh
Did you when you were writing the song did you?
Study their past albums or you since like their music is just played constantly you already new
Kind of vibe that would work. Well with them.
We want to just try to take it from our
perspective
Yeah, what what do I feel when I hear a track like this? There's more from coming from yourself
Yeah and trust that your your melodies and your music will
Be something that people like yes, so we yeah, we want it to be like that
Let's move on to
questions from fans on Twitter so
(a uh twitter @) asks, what is it like in the industry as female songwriters?
Do you guys have any colleagues or mentors that you particularly look up to or respect?
We respect ourselves each other
No, but like being a female songwriter, it's awesome. And I mean I get inspired by Ellen every day
I work with her and I also get inspired by
The whole echo family and young people we have in the studio here moonshine yell bang. It's in cash. Yeah, John
Gabriel and of course our publisher
Helen Robin and then Julia... like we're such a family here. Yeah, and
You feel very like safety safe
Say yeah, and you know, you hear something that your neighbor is working on that makes you want to like, okay
let's write song, you know, you know kind of like a
it it it.. uh
How do you say in English it's-
collaborative?
Yeah the collaborative but it also
Makes you want to work when you hear
inspires you? x2
Yeah, and is that why you guys enjoy working behind the scenes?
Is that collaboration and making many new friends versus performing on stage by yourselves or yeah
Cuz I know Cassie since you do a lot of solo stuff
What about the songwriting life with people versus performing by yourself life? Do you like most?
I love both
I indeed I love both but I I really enjoy right now to just focus on the music
Because previously earlier in my life
I've been more focusing on releasing really releasing songs myself and you know being on tour and
Always, you know
the radio place you need them and you need like to to
The lady you need the labels to to really like see you and hear you and love you or not
just I just got tired of all that thing and
Now when I come to the studio, it's all about writing a good song. Mm-hmm having a fun time
And then go back home and just feeling good and I don't have to think about what I'm
What I eat to look fit for the stage of blah blah blah. It's just so much more relaxing right now for me
and that's a cool experience to
to to do
But I just put it on the shelf
I would say I put my like artist carrier on the shelf and I have I haven't finished it
but right right now in life, I'm just so happy with what I got and
You know from from having a hook in your head
and then now it's for the example dance the night away and it's out there and has millions and millions of views and it's so
Appreciated and that feeling of still be able to make music
But I don't have to feel the stress of being in the center myself that I really like
it's it's nice for me and I I just go with the flow and
That's what my heart is telling me to do. Well, I've never really
Tried to be an artist in that way
But I did I did like do a lot of gigs and I wasn't a lot of bands. (Mm-hmm) when I was
studying music
But I always felt like I said before like that
I wanted to create more and be like more behind the scenes in that sense. Also, I do suffer from stage fright
so I this is like the perfect thing for me because I can still enjoy and like
Love the music. But yeah, it's it's it's stress. Yeah another way to live
though I do love to like be on stage and sing because yeah, it gives you different feedback, but but
Yeah, just I guess I'm also really a nerd. So I love to like do all the vocal sessions and just
Arranging and like stuff like that. So
while we're on the topic of you two
Do you guys have any stories of working with k-pop artists or fun interactions?
We met
Wendy
And I got so nervous. She came into the studio at SM and
She reached my hand and I said to her: Hi, I'm red velvet
cuz I was so nervous. No
She was like she was so calm. She was like: no you're not
and I was like; OH i mean
and i was like ughhh (mood)
i feel so stupid
I have a similar story where I was meeting my exes mom and I said, okay hi nice to meet you I'm Emma
You know, I wanted to say that I said hi. I'm nice.
just so you know... i'm nice
Oh my god, it's just it was a brain fart
It was funny she was she was just all the Koreans were like giggling
they thought it was hilarious
Yeah
It's really cool. She was super cool.
Is it ever just a shock?
Like did you know red Wendy was gonna walk in -
no, no, no one told us suddenly
She was standing there and I was like hi
hOw aRE yOU (mOOD)
I'm red velvet ahhh
And we were all so novice yeah she was so sweet
And so cool
she was just amazing, but we weren't we weren't there were there wasn't anyone telling us
she was coming suddenly she was standing there
Yeah, that was probably good. Otherwise, we would be nervous before but um
I have so much respect for this act and the artists I think they're super cool and
It's such a cool thing to be a part of the kpop history
you as sunshine
What would you say is unique to your sound
I would say we're really good at melodies. Yeah
And the concepts yeah, and also just our personality. It's kind of
Combined we're like yin and yang. (Yeah) you're very bubbly and like outgoing extroverts. I'm more like the introvert
AH
person so but
Yeah, (but) what she just did... it kind of sums it up, you know
I'm trying to be serious but she just kills me
no no this is funny
No, but we laugh a lot and we just have fun with it and I think
Sunshine it's a perfect name for that. (Yes) and then we have moonshine of course, so it's sunshine moonshine
and
We bring
sunshine in people's lives.
We bring sunshine into people's lives. That's cool
I like that
and last but not least
Do you guys have any projects coming up this year or that you'd like to tell our audience about would you like to say anything?
To your fans.
We love you. We love you. We have we always have something around the corner
Okay today
Yeah
We're releasing or Alexa a new kpop artist released her song called do or die
That we wrote with moonshine. I'm super Cool that video is (awesome) so cool
She's so cool. (yeah) that lady is like so cool. (Yeah)
and so
that was released today and we're just gonna keep on working a lot here and travel and
so we're just being humble and
blessing every day and just
Loving life sounds cliche, but that's that's how it is. (yes yes yes)
Most important thing
Thank you so much for this. I had so much fun
thank you!!!!!
I definitely hope to catch up maybe with you guys and moonshine at the same time. Maybe towards the end of the year
yes. Yeah, that'd be awesome. Yes
but she's just in the next door, so
just call me. Yeah, we'll sort something out together all four of us. Sounds good. Alright, please say goodbye to our fans
BYE. Thank you for watching
thank you!
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