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" With pretty much everything that I've done, in terms of going from being a songwriter and producer for other artists to doing my stuff, all the songs that I've kept to myself have always been me writing about my life. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" In a way, the traditional album is no longer as important as it used to be. But at the same time, I don't want to be the kind of artist who just releases one song after another. "

" I do feel like I'm a little too much of a bummer sometimes. "

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

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, we all want to fall in love. "

" 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. "

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

Lauv

Movies

Midnight

" I love nostalgia. "

" I am realising this now more as I grow up: that I never really felt connected to locations. In some sense, I always kind of felt a little lost in that I never had any hometown pride. While I experience a lot different places and experiences, I always felt a little detached. "

" I write a lot of sad songs! "

" 'Lauv' comes from the Latvian word for lion, and my mom's side of the family is from Latvia - it's a place I've been probably 15 times or more. I'm also a Leo, and my real name, Ari, means lion. "

" I think a lot of pop music is escapist. "

" Kids can tell if you're being genuine or not. "

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

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

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Paris

Write

" Everybody in L.A. is a songwriter, producer, actor, creative. For some reason, you're supposed to go to a bar and all hang out and act like you like each other. There is a lot of fake stuff that goes on. "

Lauv

You

Reason

" I could never write a proper party song. "

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

Lauv

Albums

Work

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I put out my first song, 'The Other,' in 2015 just on Soundcloud. It was always my most popular song but never really went far in a mainstream way. Then, a couple years after it came out, I watched it go from 8 million to, like, 100 million. "

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" Living in L.A. has been really good for me as a creator and musician. "