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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

We're all equal playing field when we start writing a song. Um, and the song is the most important thing. Um, that's one. Um, the other is Melody first. You know, I mean, I learned that from not only him, but like Christian Lundin, who was a part of Cheron, a lot of those guys that became mentors for me when my day's coming up, like melody is the universal language. That's really important.

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

We're all equal playing field when we start writing a song. Um, and the song is the most important thing. Um, that's one. Um, the other is Melody first. You know, I mean, I learned that from not only him, but like Christian Lundin, who was a part of Cheron, a lot of those guys that became mentors for me when my day's coming up, like melody is the universal language. That's really important.

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

We're all equal playing field when we start writing a song. Um, and the song is the most important thing. Um, that's one. Um, the other is Melody first. You know, I mean, I learned that from not only him, but like Christian Lundin, who was a part of Cheron, a lot of those guys that became mentors for me when my day's coming up, like melody is the universal language. That's really important.

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

You know, a lot of those oldest Cheron songs, they don't make any sense lyrically, but you don't realize that because the melody is so good. And the other was always let the song speak for itself. That's sort of what I was saying before. Don't hype the song to a label, whatever. Let the song speak for itself. If it's good enough, it's going to raise its hand because they want the best song.

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

You know, a lot of those oldest Cheron songs, they don't make any sense lyrically, but you don't realize that because the melody is so good. And the other was always let the song speak for itself. That's sort of what I was saying before. Don't hype the song to a label, whatever. Let the song speak for itself. If it's good enough, it's going to raise its hand because they want the best song.

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

You know, a lot of those oldest Cheron songs, they don't make any sense lyrically, but you don't realize that because the melody is so good. And the other was always let the song speak for itself. That's sort of what I was saying before. Don't hype the song to a label, whatever. Let the song speak for itself. If it's good enough, it's going to raise its hand because they want the best song.

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

So that was, I don't know if I'm allowed to say who, it was an attempt on another, for another artist. Got it. That ended up not taking the song, but it was sort of Max and Shellback started like this idea, started singing melodies and I was sitting next to them as well. Like, and I had this title DJ guys falling in love. So I like sort of, It was like, how about DJ God?

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

So that was, I don't know if I'm allowed to say who, it was an attempt on another, for another artist. Got it. That ended up not taking the song, but it was sort of Max and Shellback started like this idea, started singing melodies and I was sitting next to them as well. Like, and I had this title DJ guys falling in love. So I like sort of, It was like, how about DJ God?

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

So that was, I don't know if I'm allowed to say who, it was an attempt on another, for another artist. Got it. That ended up not taking the song, but it was sort of Max and Shellback started like this idea, started singing melodies and I was sitting next to them as well. Like, and I had this title DJ guys falling in love. So I like sort of, It was like, how about DJ God?

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

DJ God's falling in love again with the synth line they were doing. It was sort of just, you know, that and getting the melodies right. And then I started writing the lyrics during that time. Because usually during those days with Max and Shellback, those early songs, I started with them. You know, a lot of times it would be like they had started like a melody thing.

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

DJ God's falling in love again with the synth line they were doing. It was sort of just, you know, that and getting the melodies right. And then I started writing the lyrics during that time. Because usually during those days with Max and Shellback, those early songs, I started with them. You know, a lot of times it would be like they had started like a melody thing.

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

DJ God's falling in love again with the synth line they were doing. It was sort of just, you know, that and getting the melodies right. And then I started writing the lyrics during that time. Because usually during those days with Max and Shellback, those early songs, I started with them. You know, a lot of times it would be like they had started like a melody thing.

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

It shifted later on, you know, and yeah. I wasn't sure after even coming up with that line, I was like, oh, is that good? Because I wasn't a fan. I'm not a fan of dance music. And so back then it was like, that was like one of the first like sort of dance songs that I did, that I was a part of. And I was like, I don't like dance music. So I was just like, is this good though?

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

It shifted later on, you know, and yeah. I wasn't sure after even coming up with that line, I was like, oh, is that good? Because I wasn't a fan. I'm not a fan of dance music. And so back then it was like, that was like one of the first like sort of dance songs that I did, that I was a part of. And I was like, I don't like dance music. So I was just like, is this good though?

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

It shifted later on, you know, and yeah. I wasn't sure after even coming up with that line, I was like, oh, is that good? Because I wasn't a fan. I'm not a fan of dance music. And so back then it was like, that was like one of the first like sort of dance songs that I did, that I was a part of. And I was like, I don't like dance music. So I was just like, is this good though?

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

I don't know if it's good, you know? He's like, trust me, it's good. It's good. I was like, but let's change DJ Goswami to something else. No, no, that was great. That line was great. You know, spent a lot of time trying to make the lyrics and everything feel kind of cool. Because again, we were in Sweden doing like pop music. What we thought was...

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

I don't know if it's good, you know? He's like, trust me, it's good. It's good. I was like, but let's change DJ Goswami to something else. No, no, that was great. That line was great. You know, spent a lot of time trying to make the lyrics and everything feel kind of cool. Because again, we were in Sweden doing like pop music. What we thought was...

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

I don't know if it's good, you know? He's like, trust me, it's good. It's good. I was like, but let's change DJ Goswami to something else. No, no, that was great. That line was great. You know, spent a lot of time trying to make the lyrics and everything feel kind of cool. Because again, we were in Sweden doing like pop music. What we thought was...

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

Like R&B and stuff like that was not what the Americans thought was R&B at the time. Even though I was American, it's still like I had been there long enough where I sort of became Swedish in that sense.

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

Like R&B and stuff like that was not what the Americans thought was R&B at the time. Even though I was American, it's still like I had been there long enough where I sort of became Swedish in that sense.