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" I really hope to give to other people who are listening to my music the same thing that it's done for me, which is make me feel more free and more accepting of myself. "

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" Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really big song and a song that never existed. "

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" Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing. "

" I think everybody goes through that, especially... being in love for the first time. Some people, they're lucky enough that that ends up being who they're with for the rest of their lives, and sometimes it doesn't work out. "

" I love nostalgia. "

" I'm super-into sappy movies like 'La La Land' and 'Midnight in Paris.' "

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" I could never write a proper party song. "

" I think streaming, in general, is democratising music in general. "

" I love exploring the more complicated side of love. I feel like I've always gravitated toward that. "

" In day-to-day life, there's so much that's calculated: so many fake, surface-level interactions that don't amount to anything. "

" I love bodies of work and albums and stuff like that. "

Lauv

Albums

Work

" One of my favorite cities is Tokyo because of sushi, and Asian food in general, but then also the way Tokyo operates, because it's so clean, and there's space for a lot of variety of stores. "

" The thing about Sheeran is that he is an incredibly real artist and songwriter. He is not trying to be anybody else other than himself. "

Lauv

Artist

Other

" I feel like Drake could literally put out anything - like, the sound of seagulls over a beat - and it could be the Number One song on Spotify. "

" It's tough to know what I'm going to write about. I never really know until it starts happening. "

" 'I Met You When I Was 18' is a collection of songs, a story about moving to New York City when I was 18 and falling in love for the first time. A story about trying to figure out your own identity whilst being deeply intertwined with someone else's. "

" I just think that any person who wants music to be their career shouldn't focus on a record label. I have seen friends who sign to a label too early in their career, and they lost control over their music, and their releases were delayed or never put out. "

" For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic. "

" Ever since I visited Paris when I was younger, the sappy side of me really wanted to write a song about it someday. "

Lauv

Paris

Write

" All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that. "

" I've been through so many different phases, partly because I moved around so much. I never found my identity based on where I was from. It was always pick up and explore something else. "

" I write a lot of sad songs! "

" I'm trying to basically just focus on sharing everything that I was feeling with other people, so I can hopefully inspire other people to free themselves. "

" I miss the energy of New York City and being able to step out of my apartment and see so much unique culture all the time around me without having to seek it out. In L.A., I have to sort of seek out everything I'm trying to do. It makes it less spontaneous. "

" I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out. "

" For a lot of people going through their first love, you're both still figuring yourself out. "

" I've always hated the feeling of trying to be cool or trying to fit in. "

" People come up to me with tattoos of my lyrics! "

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Come

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" All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done. "

" Growing up, I played in different bands and did a lot of self-booked touring and traveling around, and my sister was driving us on tour, and we're playing for nobody and literally begging my friends that I went to high school with to buy tickets to our shows. "

" I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words. "