Everyone was shouting out melodies, lyrics, or things like ‘Put that sound there!’ or ‘Let’s have an 808 and a bass on top of each other.’ We all trust each other, so trying all of our crazy ideas never felt unnatural. It was so different, but in the moment, none of us thought twice. “When we came up with the idea that became ‘Unholy’, it felt crazy to us, but in the most fun way. We had planned to be working in different rooms, but all of us are really close, so we decided to make music together in the main room and make it feel like one big party. It was very cool to make music in such a different environment. I spent the week with Sam, Ilya, Cirkut, Omer Fedi and Jimmy Napes, and we barely left the studio. Sam had the idea of going to Geejam Studios in Jamaica and working on their album while different collaborators came and went. The first time we worked together it was so easy and natural in a way that felt like we had been working for years. Talking of how ‘Unholy’ came to be, Slatkin says: “Sam is one of my favorite artists and voices of all time. At the age of just 25, he’s one of the world’s leading songwriters. Slatkin has also been involved in the writing and production of several recent big hit songs, including Lizzo’s ‘About Damn Time’, Lil Nas X’s ‘That’s What I Want’, the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s ‘Stay’ and 24kGoldn and Iann Dior’s ‘Mood’. ‘Unholy’ was co‑written and co‑produced by seven people: Smith, Petras, James Napier (aka Jimmy Napes), Ilya Salmanzadeh, Henry Russell Walter (aka Cirkut), Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin. As such, it’s a new direction for Smith, who had been known for, well, emotive vocal performances, usually in ballads. The sparse, bass‑heavy nature of the arrangement, with influences from trap, combined with the stylised vocal melodies, make the rather unusual song more about attitude than emotive vocal performances. Blake Slatkin is a master of the art.įor most of October and November, ‘Unholy’ by Sam Smith and Kim Petras was the number one song in the world. Songwriting today is about collaboration, capturing moments of inspiration and polishing them ’til they shine.
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