I'm Joey C., and you're listening to the Midday Show. Today we have the whole entire OneRepublic
Right here with us
Can I get you boys to go around
and say your name and pass it on with VIGOR (有活力的)
This is Zach Joey: Little bit more...
Zach: Oh! THIS is Zach.
This is Eddie Zach: Oh! THIS is Zach.
This is Eddie
This is Ryan Tedder
This is Drew Brown and...
Finally, this is Brent Kutzle, and that's it!
Joey: Okay, can we have the mic in the middle and please say 'We're OneRepublic and you're listening to ICRT'
Ryan: We're OneRepublic and you are listening to ICRT
Joey: Okay, perfect! Let's get the chat going.
Zach, we'll start with you, you just
Celebrated your birthday two days ago in Singapore
Zach: Yes, I did, man. Joey: How did that go?
That was good...It's kind of a weird moment
Knowing there's just one year left before I hit 40
So, I feel like I have to make the most of next year...
But, it was amazing to hear the whole crowd sing...
and, that was special
Joey: That's right you got a happy birthday on stage
Zach: That's right, one of our crew guys (後台人員) that we can hear in our ears while we play
Reminded Ryan that it was my birthday, and it started this whole thing so I was like...
I'm not wanting that kind of attention (關注). You know what I mean?
Joey: Did Ryan actually need a reminder (提醒)?
I'm sure he had a plan
Zach: No
Ryan: I know I was going to...any chance I get to somewhat embarrass (提弄) him
Zach: Exactly, Ryan's mainly into just embarrassing all of us.
As soon as he remembers it's my birthday it's like
'oh great, I'm going to pounce (把握) on this. This is a great moment.'
It's love.
Joey: and, I'm sure everyone knows it's your birthday...
It's crazy what you can find on Wikipedia these days....
Speaking of which, Drew...
You gotta change yours
I know you don't actually get to have a say
What picture goes on Wikipedia, but have you seen it?
Drew: No, I haven't.
Joey: You've gotta change it buddy, it looks like you're holding
A rum and coke
at a party somewhere, and it's
not... Drew: Oh!
Ryan: I'm looking it up.
Drew: Wait...
Ryan: I'm looking it up... Joey: You do!
Joey: Can you guys tell me the story of that night?
*Waiting for Ryan to find the picture*
Drew: Let's see...Oh! *Ryan dies from laughter*
Ryan: That's right! That was your Twitter pic Drew: Okay
Drew: So, that
I was actually DJing at my friends wedding
In that photo
Ryan: That was Twitter, I remember that photo!
Drew: Which is why I...yeah
That's why I look so good.
Drew: I.... Eddie: I love that picture
Drew: It was probably the last time I wore a 3-piece suit (三件套西裝)
and I was really into dark beer at the time.
Ryan: You look like you're in 'Spoon'
Drew: Yeah, I used to look really cool Ryan: You look like you're in 'Spoon'
Drew: Yeah, I used to look really cool
Joey: Were you actually DJing, or were you just playing the music?
Drew: No, I was actually DJing
Joey: Okay, you guys are all multi-instrumentalists (多樂器演奏者)...
And you have different things going on, what's your musical edge (專長), Drew?
Drew: I....I really love
Mistakes and all of the extra things that end up...
In the 2 to 7 K range that are not notes (音符). Those are my favorite. Ryan: Noise!
Drew: My favorite things in music are things that aren't necessarily
Joey: Music, per se (本身).
Drew: Or like...'duplicatible' (可複製的)...
Joey: Interesting...Okay, I'm going to have to hear some of your stuff one of these days..
Drew: It's really avant-garde (先鋒派)
Joey: Okay, avant-garde kind of music.
Eddie, is the older gentlemen in the group
and did you give Zach any...
Eddie: Older and wiser Joey: Advice about turning 40 next year?
Eddie: Advice to these guys? Or in general?
Zach: Give me advice about being almost 40
Eddie: Oh bro... Zach: Or what to expect...
Eddie: Slow down...
Zach: Slow down... Eddie: That's all I can say
Eddie: Slow down...but keep it going.
Joey: That's it? Slow down but keep going?
Zach: I love that Joey: It's all about balance in life huh?
Joey: Alright, Brent, to you...
Joey: Brent is the only one that is originally from California, is that right?
The rest of you boys are from Colorado and Oklahoma, is that true?
Ryan: Brent's the one that was born in California
Eddie's from Orange County but he was born on Oregon
Now he lives in Colorado.
We three live in California - it's so confusing - We live in California, but he's the only one born there.
Joey: Okay Brent: It's true. That's true.
Joey: Much like Ryan, you also produce (製作) for a lot of people.
This is a question I dished to Ryan when we were talking on the phone.
Are there songs that you write and immediately you think 'okay, this is going to OneRepublic and no one else?'
Brent: I kind of just filter (過濾) everything, through...I've never
Had that question posed before, so...
Yeah, I just filter everything through Ryan, honestly, you know?
If I think it's us, I'll say:
'Hey, check this out. Could be us. Could be whoever, you know.
But, I don't know, I do a little producing, but not too much. Yeah.
Ryan: But the best stuff you say is 'not us'.
Brent: Oh yeah, that's true a lot of the...
Drew: Some of our favorite songs are...
actually, yeah, a lot of our favorite Brent songs are songs that we're prefaced (前言) with
'This would never work for us, but...'
Ryan: Yeah, most of the ones that made are albums are you sending me saying....
'This is totally not us, but I think it's cool' and then I
And then we'd start a side project and then I hear it and then I think 'no, this is 100% us'
Joey: Can you name one of these songs?
Ryan: Yeah, 'Light It Up' off of our last album (專輯)
'Lose Myself' just go through the liner notes of every album
It's pretty much every song that he's co-written, other than maybe 'Good Life'
Every other song was not intended really for us.
Joey: Interesting...Now, finally back to Ryan.
Joey: Was it you who was on a skates just outside?
Ryan: On a skateboard (滑板)?
Ryan: Yes, let's distinguish (分別)... Joey: You almost ran into me
Ryan: between skates Joey: Sorry, you're right. Skateboard
Joey: You don't have skates on, although is that something you guys could work on as well, performing on skates.
Ryan: Oh yeah, performance. I could see Zach...
Zach owns a pair of roller blades (直排輪) he likes to roll around in, and
Ryan: I think, and so does Drew, I can picture both of them
Like the guy on Venice beach. Fruit boots!
Driving around. Scootin' around Venice Beach
We just need to get you to move out to Venice Beach
Joey: Alright, so you guys are on wheels
Ryan, I heard you picked up a skateboard when you were in Hong Kong, is that right?
Ryan: No, I bought it...We haven't been to Hong Kong yet.
But, I bought it in Singapore, right? Yeah.
I have two at home. I didn't feel like flying with it, so...
I just waited til...Yeah, what was the name of that shop?
Incredible. This guy had more skateboards and gear...
Than any skate shop I have ever been in, in my life. In Singapore.
Joey: We'll have to... Ryan: All I know is, it's called 'Longboard Love'
Joey: We'll let our listeners know about that.
So, you guys obviously try to squeeze in a little bit of exercise and recreation (娛樂)
While you're here, but since you were talking about songs
What's your favorite song to play from the OneRepublic repertoire (曲目)?
Eddie: It's always me
Man, it varies
I think mostly the new one collectively ours (屬於我們的) just because it's new and it's fresh
You get kind of bored of playing the same songs after a while
We tend (易於) to change them
Man, 'Secrets' is fun for me
More of the bigger drum songs are my favorite to play
Sonically, there's a few others that I
'Come Home' is great
Jeeze, even ones that we don't play, like 'Au Revoir' we used to play
That was a great one
Zach?
Joey: Okay, and speaking of the new songs 'Rich Love'
Is the brand new one we've all heard
Can you tell us a little about the album itself, that is coming out?
Joey: It has a mind of it's own, right?
Ryan: Yeah, we were just talking about that today actually. What it could be...
You know, I'm more focused on...I know this much:
Any of the songs that would go on the next...We're not doing a full album.
Just because it's not....I don't think that's...I think it's inefficient (低效) right now.
And I'd rather do smaller bundles (組) of songs and then within the same 12 months put out another one
Than do one big album that has 10 or 12 songs
But, I wanted to have more songs than an EP which has 4 or 5 songs
I want the songs to have heart. That's the best way to put it
Heart
Things that people connect with emotionally Joey: Okay
Ryan: So many songs that are out right now are about nothing
A majority of the songs that our out right now...
Are just like...
Kind of...Just a lot of...
I don't even really know. Like, relationship (交往) songs, that are just kind of...
They just sound like songwriters trying to write hits
And I...
I want to hear more records. The songs that stand out to me the most
Are the outliers (局外) that feel like they really have heart
Like a real story behind it. And I want to have songs like that
Joey: So, we can consistently (連貫的) get something that you've worked on for quite some time
Ryan: Yeah, hopefully. We're going to try to have a new single out Joey: So, we can consistently (連貫的) get something that you've worked on for quite some time
Ryan: Yeah, hopefully. We're going to try to have a new single out
Because what we're doing is kind of different. We're releasing songs to streaming (直播) and in some territories around the world they're going to radio
But, not all
Kind of the way we're putting is, the countries that want to go to radio with a song they'll go to radio
Like, 'No Vacancy' there was a handful of countries
Probably half of the countries in Europe
Countries in Africa
Some countries in Asia
And it's just been so random (隨機)
We're kind of letting people do what they do
Like, it's a platinum hit in Italy
It just went top 10 in France this week
It's so random, but we're not really promoting it the same traditional way that we would
But, I think by the end of the year...
It's time for us to pick one song that's new
And genuinely put all of our efforts behind it.
A big part of us not doing traditional (傳統) single (單歌) releases
Is the exhaustion (疲累) of what it's caused
Like, it is exhausting when you actually
put out a song and you have to go full-tilt (全力投入)
and it becomes a hit. You don't go home. You're just gone!
Unless, you're a DJ. You know what I mean? Joey: I guess. All you have to do is talk about it
Ryan: That's why we're switching things up
Joey: Okay, well this will be your 5th studio album, be it a mini-album or an EP
It will come out when it comes out... Ryan: Hopefully...
Ryan: First half of the year
Joey: I guess that's it. No more time?
Really want to ask one more question though...
If you could pick one musician to be the next president of the United States, who would it be?
Ryan: Oh, that's...Yeah okay
Musician to be the next president of the United States has to be American obviously...
My gut is going to go with Bruce Springstein
Drew: Yeah...That's really good, yeah