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Larisha Paul: "Why was Boy the most succinct title to capture this particular record?"

Luke Hemmings: "It comes up a few times on a couple of songs. It’s existential, childlike wonder. It has that feeling to it of trying to understand the world around you and why I am the way I am. A lot of it is questioning, why do I feel like this? Why do I interact with the world like this and see it this way? I think there’s a certain point where you have to decide whether you’re going to face life or just stay in the place you are. Boy is a really lovely way to simplify that."

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"The last one on the EP 'Promises'. [...] I was writing a lot with a drum kit set up. It started with this older English beat. It had this droning beat that I had and the whole song came from that. It had this super melancholy, nostalgic thing to it. I was like, “Okay, this is actually a pretty cool sound.” It was leaning to The Verve and Beach House, somewhere in there. I was like, “This is a really cool sound.” Everything built from there. Then “Shakes” was second."

— Luke Hemmings revealed that the last track of his EP, 'Boy,' was the first song he wrote, marking the beginning of his new era. He also explained a part of his creative process while writing this song.

Text source: Forbes

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“I have a tendency to write pretty emotionally dark things, and I didn't want it to feel like a sad body of work. I wanted it to feel in the middle of those two things and feel a bit more how life feels, trying to sum up… I don't know, being human is so — from my experience, it's so up and down and my emotions are intense in both ways from day to day. So I wanted it to feel more melancholy and ride that line."

– Luke Hemmings talking about his music style, via People!

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"Me and Sierra are very, very private. Songs and the music I make are windows into moments in my life. If you’re looking to understand more of me, that’s definitely the way to do it. Because the band started so young and it was all very public, naturally now I’m such a homebody and such an introvert. Getting older, I understand more about myself and what makes me happy. I love the fact that the band and myself can put out music and people will listen to it. That’s such a blessing and a gift — playing big shows, and we can talk to you at Rolling Stone. I’m so thankful for that.

But I think I’ve just gotten better at setting boundaries for myself. I’m such an emotional person that anything anyone says, I really take to heart. So separating myself from that a little bit is super important. And Sierra is the same; it’s a big influence from her. We have our own little world. There’s moments where you let people learn, but we just protect some of it and keep some of it for ourselves. Some of my favorite artists are like that. It makes me a bit anxious to be sharing everything."

— Luke Hemmings for Rolling Stone Magazine!

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Luke Hemmings: "While in London 🌧️"

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'Shakes' Music Video is out now! 🦋

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'Shakes' is out now, and 'boy', Luke's new EP, will be released on April 26th! You can now pre-order and presave the EP!

Photography: Andrea Vargas for Rolling Stone Magazine!

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“Coming into making these songs, I wasn't sure whether I could make something like the first album again on my own, or something I liked as much. So I tentatively was writing stuff. I'm always writing stuff, but I was like, ‘All right, I'm going to try and see what comes out, see if I can find what this sound is I'm looking for,’ and taking things from the first album that I really loved.”

– Luke Hemmings talking about his new EP, 'boy', for People.