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Interview
with Westlife 2
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November 2001
Do you party a lot
when you get to different cities?
Kian: We love to go out in Stockholm because we know the city quite well
by now. We´ve been here so many times now so it´s kind of
like our third home. Every time we get here we feel we have to go out
or it feels like we haven´t been in Stockholm. Last time we were
here we were recording the album but we love coming back every time.
Bryan: Yesterday,
we were very drunk. Since the baby arrived I´ve been out very little.
But the last 8 days I´ve been drunk at least 7 of them. It´s
been enjoyable though. The women in Stockholm are great...
How would you describe
"World of our own" compared to your previous albums?
Kian: When we recorded this album the first thing we wanted to do before
we started was to take it slowly because the last album we did in five
weeks. We picked the songs, went in the studio, recorded everything and
went out of the studio. This time we wanted a different process. We wanted
to sit down with the producers and the record company and slowly pick
the songs with out jumping in to it. We learned the songs better and had
more time to choose the songs before we started working with the producers.
We did more song writing ourselves and improved our writing skills. We
wanted to make sure that the songs on the album would be the best songs
that we could come up with.
How much of the album
did you record in Sweden?
Kian: We recorded five songs here with Per and David from the Cheiron
studio. They've done a lot of out hits and we're grateful to them. The
rest of the album was recorded in Dublin.
How does it usually
work when you take part in the song writing?
Bryan: It's never on a routine. Sometimes we get an idea for a song in
our heads and then we go in to the studio and make a demo track and then
we get a producer to produce it. Sometimes we sit down with a producer
and come down with an idea directly.
How has things changed
since you made the first album?
Kian Egan: Back then we didn't really know anything about the business
and when it came to recording the album we just left it to the people
who knew the best. Now when we got to the stage of our third album we
wanted to start taking control and steer the wheel for a while. We have
our opinions we know we can do the best things for Westlife as well.
Your current single
"Queen of My Heart" is more mellow and laid-back than your previous
singles. How come you choose it?
We don't choose the songs because they are up temp, or ballads or whatever.
We simply wanted to have "Queen of my heart" as our first single
because it's a great song.
What can you tell
us about the video you recently made?
Kian: Is it for a song called "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan, which
is on our new album. But it is not going to be a single. We don't want
to overload the market. We've been constantly releasing singles so now
we decided to be more laidback and just to make this video for MTV and
other music channels. A non-commercial video is probably the best way
to call it since you need to buy the album to get the song. It is shot
in black and white with close ups on our faces and I play the piano. We
haven't seen it yet but I think it will be very good.
You are going to come
back to perform here in April. How are you looking forward to the tour?
Mark Feehily: When we performed here last time we just wanted to make
a concert for whatever fans we had and when we got there most of the Globe
was full. The first time we came here, before we even started recording
anything we drove by and could just imagine how it would be to perform
there so it meant a lot to us. The album has been doing really well in
Sweden so we're really looking forward coming back here to play for our
fans. Touring is our favourite part and the reason why we do all the other
work. Touring makes all the bad things worthwhile.
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