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Savan Kotecha

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Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And she had a number one in the UK with something I didn't write, which I think also helped though, this whole thing of like, oh, you're a rainmaker. We know that you're not going to, have like an agenda that you're only pushing your songs. Because if anything, I've talked myself out of singles a number of times. Interesting. Because I just believe that the best song should win.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And she had a number one in the UK with something I didn't write, which I think also helped though, this whole thing of like, oh, you're a rainmaker. We know that you're not going to, have like an agenda that you're only pushing your songs. Because if anything, I've talked myself out of singles a number of times. Interesting. Because I just believe that the best song should win.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And I don't believe in selling a song. You know what I mean? Yeah. Because I've been behind the desk now and I saw during those years, I saw it's like hard to find a hit song. No one's trying to put out a bad song. Do you know what I mean? Like you are the people, there's so much involved and making those decisions. It is all with the best intentions of thinking that it's the best song.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And I don't believe in selling a song. You know what I mean? Yeah. Because I've been behind the desk now and I saw during those years, I saw it's like hard to find a hit song. No one's trying to put out a bad song. Do you know what I mean? Like you are the people, there's so much involved and making those decisions. It is all with the best intentions of thinking that it's the best song.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And I don't believe in selling a song. You know what I mean? Yeah. Because I've been behind the desk now and I saw during those years, I saw it's like hard to find a hit song. No one's trying to put out a bad song. Do you know what I mean? Like you are the people, there's so much involved and making those decisions. It is all with the best intentions of thinking that it's the best song.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

So I, you know, again, like, you know, a lot of writers would be like, oh, I didn't get the first single. It's politics. It's blah, blah, blah. It's like, I really like have empathy for the other side having been there that no, no, it's not actually. It's like you are trying, whether the public agrees or whether you agree with it, like you are trying to find the best song. Do you know what I mean?

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

So I, you know, again, like, you know, a lot of writers would be like, oh, I didn't get the first single. It's politics. It's blah, blah, blah. It's like, I really like have empathy for the other side having been there that no, no, it's not actually. It's like you are trying, whether the public agrees or whether you agree with it, like you are trying to find the best song. Do you know what I mean?

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

So I, you know, again, like, you know, a lot of writers would be like, oh, I didn't get the first single. It's politics. It's blah, blah, blah. It's like, I really like have empathy for the other side having been there that no, no, it's not actually. It's like you are trying, whether the public agrees or whether you agree with it, like you are trying to find the best song. Do you know what I mean?

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And so it made me approach songwriting in a different way. Like I think of songwriting like A&Ring. And if I don't have the best song, I'll be the first one to tell the label that, yeah, maybe that's not the best one or like that one's better than mine, you know?

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And so it made me approach songwriting in a different way. Like I think of songwriting like A&Ring. And if I don't have the best song, I'll be the first one to tell the label that, yeah, maybe that's not the best one or like that one's better than mine, you know?

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And so it made me approach songwriting in a different way. Like I think of songwriting like A&Ring. And if I don't have the best song, I'll be the first one to tell the label that, yeah, maybe that's not the best one or like that one's better than mine, you know?

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

Well, that one I have to give a nod mostly to Shellback. Like he had that idea and thankfully was willing to work on it with me and let it be for my artist that I was working on, you know, because he was like him, you know, him and Max were on a roll. He could have, you know, and yeah, he was the catalyst of that one.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

Well, that one I have to give a nod mostly to Shellback. Like he had that idea and thankfully was willing to work on it with me and let it be for my artist that I was working on, you know, because he was like him, you know, him and Max were on a roll. He could have, you know, and yeah, he was the catalyst of that one.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

Well, that one I have to give a nod mostly to Shellback. Like he had that idea and thankfully was willing to work on it with me and let it be for my artist that I was working on, you know, because he was like him, you know, him and Max were on a roll. He could have, you know, and yeah, he was the catalyst of that one.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And he just, Cher brought the personality obviously, but he was like, he had that idea and it was like,

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And he just, Cher brought the personality obviously, but he was like, he had that idea and it was like,

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

And he just, Cher brought the personality obviously, but he was like, he had that idea and it was like,

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

Um, one is nothing is more important than the song, meaning that you do whatever. I mean, that's, that's his gift. He's such a good collaborator, right? You do whatever you got to do, whether it's bringing someone else in or whatever you, the song is the most, the song is a North star, whatever makes the song egos don't matter. None of that matters. We all start with a blank page.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

Um, one is nothing is more important than the song, meaning that you do whatever. I mean, that's, that's his gift. He's such a good collaborator, right? You do whatever you got to do, whether it's bringing someone else in or whatever you, the song is the most, the song is a North star, whatever makes the song egos don't matter. None of that matters. We all start with a blank page.

Behind The Wall
Savan Kotecha: The Songwriting Genius Behind the Hits That Defined a Generation

Um, one is nothing is more important than the song, meaning that you do whatever. I mean, that's, that's his gift. He's such a good collaborator, right? You do whatever you got to do, whether it's bringing someone else in or whatever you, the song is the most, the song is a North star, whatever makes the song egos don't matter. None of that matters. We all start with a blank page.