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We’re very happy to be speaking today with acclaimed Independent Pop artist Matt Wright; greetings and salutations, Matt! Before we dive into the Q&A mosh-pit, how is the freshly-minted New Year treating you and yours? Hi, thank you so much for this interview. My new year is going GREAT thanks! As you know, I released my new single and the reception so far has been amazing!
Major congratulations on your brand-spankin’ new single Heartbreaker which dropped everywhere on January 12! What series of events inspired you to record one of the best new tunes of 2024? Thank you so much! Well, it’s actually a track I recorded quite a few years ago but it’s thanks to BBC Introducing for supporting me over the past 12 months that really gave me the confidence to release this song, after they aired it on BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey. It was actually after a break-up that I was inspired to write it after feeling like I am the one to always get hurt. It’s a bitter song but catchy as hell and I think everyone has felt like that at times, right?
We’ve seen your style of music described separately as Independent, Dance and Pop. For the newcomers out there interested in getting into your music, how would you personally describe it? I guess I describe it as pop, dance pop or electro pop. I try to make catchy choruses and build a song from there, so hopefully they’re earworms that will get stuck in your head! I guess I would say to people to just take a listen and see for themselves and then hit me up on socials to let me know what you think.
Who was your producer on Heartbreaker and what did the collaboration between artist and producer look like while working on the new song in the recording studio? So it’s produced and co-written with a guy called Alex Elliott – he’s honestly one of the most talented guys I know and been working with big names like Labrinth, Leigh-Anne and Sugababes most recently, so the guy is doing great things these days! We work really well together – I tend to go in to the studio with a hook idea that I’ll sing to him over and over whilst he writes the melody and builds a beat from there. He’s a genius in the studio, big time!
In your humble opinion, what differentiates Heartbreaker from the Distinguished Competition on the 2024 music scene? I think it’s got some old-school dance vibes to it but is in a similar vein to Years & Years / Olly Alexander and Becky Hill too maybe? I think it’s a break-up song that people will relate to and it’s catchy as well, so hopefully it’s something that people will love!
Who inspires you musically? It might be a bit cliche but honestly, personal experiences usually inspire me the most – heartbreak, anger, upset are good motivators to write, but equally, happiness, elation too! Extreme emotions tend to be great muses for me!
How is Heartbreaker similar to some of your past releases such as OMT? How is it different? I guess similar in that there’s some dance elements to a lot of my tracks but the styles are quite different. OMT is quite a positive, easy-listening summery vibe, whereas Heartbreaker is an all-out belter anthem…well, so I think!
With the January 12 release of the new single, can fans look forward to an EP and/or LP release from you sometime in 2024? Do you know what, I have no idea yet! Haha! I DEFINITELY have a plan for another single though and already have ideas for the music video too!
What does your touring/performing dance card look like in the coming weeks and months? At the moment, nothing is booked but I’d love to do some performing again! If anyone’s interested – let me know!
You began your career as support for Son of Dork at the far-famed London venue Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Any special memories of that pivotal moment in your career? Honestly, that was as one of the most magical nights of my life, so far! Besides the audience reaction and loving every second on that stage, meeting James Bourne backstage and having him sing my song ‘Shadow Of A Man’ to me was pretty surreal!
Did you have as much fun making the Heartbreaker music video as we did in watching it? Aww thanks, I’m pleased you like it. Yes, I had SO much fun! Sam Cadman, who shot it was amazing to work with and was so passionate about making it look as perfect as possible! We shot it over three different occasions; the first was in Brighton at 7am for the street scenes, the next was in Sam’s lockup for the close-up glittery tears scenes and then lastly was with Ollie King and my partner, in Legends, Brighton. Ollie was so lovely with some awesome ideas for the scenes and Legends were so accommodating. It was all really fun!
Any final thoughts you might like to share with our ever-inquisitive readers about your awesome new single Heartbreaker? Heartbreaker has already had over 10,000 streams in its first week and I would LOVE to get to 25,000 by the end of week two, so if you could please, PLEASE keep streaming it, sharing it, making TikTok or Instagram videos with it and helping me to spread it as far and wide as you can, I’ll be grateful…but most of all, I just hope you love it as much as I do!
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