Pride was actually the first song I wrote for the album. I think the sun this summer was putting me in a good mood and I had wanted for ages to write more feel-good songs so when pride started coming to me it felt like the song I not only wanted to write but the song I needed to write. It wasn't one of those songs that came easily at first I spent a long tie drafting and redrafting. I think because I had wanted to write this song for so long I had put a lot of pressure on myself to get it right which is usually the exact opposite of what I like to do when I'm writing I'm much more of a see how it goes kind of person. Also, I think when you write a song with one-word phrases like in the chorus of pride it's so important to get the right word that portrays exactly what you want it to say which when you add the complexity of making it all rhyme, or at least half-rhyme, you have created a near-impossible task.
The music came much more easily I like to write from the piano outwards so generally;I start by establishing a chord sequence. Chord sequences can have such a massive effect on how the song feels. obviously, there are the basics like major keys sound happier than minor keys but there are also differences in how chords within those categories sound and how they sound when you put them next to each other and it took me a while to get the chord sequence right. at first, I went for something really happy but I think when I spent more time really digging into the semantics behind the initial imagery of pride I found a more complex emotion than perhaps I had first thought. as I say in the bridge pride doesn't come from peace and I think the song just sounded too falsely happy when in reality I had had a long struggle to get to the point of pride which I what I hope the song now gets across.
I chose pride as the single because it felt like the song that signified a change, like I was moving into a new chapter. it also helps that pride is probably the happiest song off the album and I didn't want to leave people feeling depressed as their very first impression of me.
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