>>> WE NEED THE CAMERAS FOR THE
COMMERCIAL TALK.
LEAD VOCALIST HAS TOPP EPED RYAN
TEDDER, TOPPING THE CHARTS.
THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING ALL MORNING
LONG.
>> HIS RESUME INCLUDES SONG
WRITING CREDITS FOR SOME OF THE
BIGGEST ARTISTS OF OUR TIME,
BEYONCE, ADEL, AND JENNIFER
LOPEZ, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> I TOLD THEM, RYAN IS AN OLD
PAL.
WHEN I WAS WITH YOU, I ASKED YOU
BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND
HOW ONE CAN BE AS TALENTED AS
YOU ARE.
>> YEAH.
>> WHEN YOU WRITE FOR THESE
PEOPLE -- RIGHT?
IT'S AMAZING.
WHEN YOU WRITE FOR BEYONCE AND
ADEL, DO YOU GET THEIR VOICE IN
YOUR MIND?
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT WORK?
>> IF I'M NOT IN THE ROOM WITH
THEM, IF YOU'RE WITH ADELE,
SHE'S GOING TO OUTSWICIG ANYTHING I
CAN THINK OF.
IF I'M TRYING WITH A NEW ARTIST,
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO?
WHO DO YOU LOVE?
>> HOW DO YOU DECIDE?
THIS IS A SIDE QUESTION THAT I
HAD.
HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH A SONG
THAT'S SO GOOD.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE ON TOUR
YOURSELF.
HOW DO YOU JUST NOT WANT TO KEEP
ALL OF THE SONGS FOR YOU GUYS?
INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM AWAY.
>> PROBABLY 80% OF THE ARTISTS
THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE FEMALE.
OR RAPPERS.
I DON'T DO A TON OF RAP MUSIC.
I WRITE FOR A LOT OF FEMALES.
THE LYRICS, IF YOU TAKE AN
EXAMPLE OF LIKE -- IF YOU TAKE
AN ADELE RECORD, LIKE "TURNING
TABLES," IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
COMING FROM ME.
OR "REMEDY," THERE'S CERTAINLY
SONGS WHERE THE LINES ARE
BLURRED.
I'M DOING WRITING SESSIONS WITH
ARTISTS.
AND I'LL BE STRAIGHT UP WITH
SOMEBODY.
I DID A SONG WITH ED SHEERAN A
FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND I SAID I THINK THIS SONG IS
FOR US.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT YOU FOR IT.
I'M GOING TO WIN.
WE'LL TAKE IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
YEAH.
>> YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING.
EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.
MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN YOU WRITE
A BUNCH OF SONGS, THEN, YOU
RELEASE AN ALBUM.
YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT.
>> I'M DONE WITH THAT.
>> WHY?
>> WE SPENT -- DISAPPEARING FOR
12 OR 18 MONTHS TO WRITE A
RECORD FEELS ANTIQUATED TO ME.
BY THE TIME YOU GET TO A THIRD
OR FOURTH SINGLE, THAT SONG WAS
WRITTEN AND PRODUCED TWO YEARS
AGO.
IT FEELS DATED.
WE PUT OUT A SONG CALLED "I
LIVED" A FEW YEARS AGO.
BUT THE TIME IT CAME OUT, THE
PRODUCTION WAS TWO YEARS OLD.
I WRITE SOMETHING ON A MONDAY
WITH A BAND, I CAN PUT IT OUT
THE NEXT FRIDAY.
I WANT TO DO THAT.
WE DROPPED "NO VACANCY" THREE
WEEKS AGO.
A NEW SONG.
A SONG WITH KYGO.
>> WHAT ABOUT AN ALBUM?
DO YOU COMPILE THEM AND PUT THEM
OUT THERE?
>> I THINK IT'S FLUID.
FOR US, IF I GET TO THE END OF
2017, LIKE RIGHT AROUND
CHRISTMASTIME, AND THESE TEN
SONGS THAT WE'VE DROPPED MAKE
SENSE AS AN ALBUM, AND WE WANT
TO GIVE FANS SOMETHING PHYSICAL,
I MIGHT FIND SOME COOL ARTWORK
AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
I'M NOT STRESSED ABOUT IT.
>> YOU'RE TOURING WITH U2 GOING
OUT WITH Y'ALL.
>> I LIKE THAT YOU SAID GOING
OUT WITH Y'ALL.
>> TEXAS, OKLAHOMA.
>> Y'ALL.
>> Y'ALL, WHAT Y'ALL DOING?
SO --
>> YOU DID THAT VERY WELL.
>> I SORT OF FEEL LIKE I'M
SITTING AROUND, YOU KNOW, AT A
TABLE, TALKING WITH YOU.
I FORGOT IT'S ON TV.
>> IF YOU WANT ME TO TALK LIKE
THIS, I CAN STAY WITH YOU.
WE'RE GOING OUT WITH U2, FOR
"THE JOSHUA TREE" TOUR.
>> I'M COMING.
I'M BRINGING THESE GIRLS ALONG.
>> HIT ME UP.
>> I'M BRINGING HENRY AND MY