Superstar Zedd shares how he started making music and breaks down some of his most iconic tracks, including ‘Clarity,’ ‘Spectrum,’ ‘Stay the Night,’ ‘Beauty and a Beat,’ ‘Break Free,’ ‘Stay,’ ‘The Middle,’ ‘Lost in Japan (Remix),’ and ‘True Colors.’
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Zedd Breaks Down His Most Iconic Songs | GQ
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The original composer of The Middle is Sarah Aarons. Zedd only produced it.
I remember when the middle was released and it played in every shops and malls lol
Beautiful now is his career peak and no one can convince me otherwise
beautiful now????????????
2:25 that was such a good transition
Can he and big hit ent create something . Would be a crazy music then.
Where's Find You?
How Can you Just Skip "Find You"?!?! Arguably his Best Track
Ofcourse they didn't include Beautiful Now, because it's not that popular, business is the Devil
He produced some of the songs of Lady Gaga's ARTPOP Album too!
Love Zedd's musical ideas and sound design. Super talented guy. He's gonna be doing some music production live streams soon. Can't wait for them!!
Pretty distracted by how he doesn't mention Sarah Aarons on both The Middle and Stay. I thought she wrote both songs, no?
Is it weird that I didn't know this guy ever existed
he didn't talk about 365- that's kinda sad-
True colors is a banger
4:47 they made a mistake, Beauty and a beat came out in 2012, probably even recorded in 2011
Beauty and a Beat is fire
ICONIC
adjective formal
US /aɪˈkɑː.nɪk/ UK /aɪˈkɒn.ɪk/
1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an icon.
2 a. widely recognized or well-established; very famous or popular, especially being considered to represent particular opinions or a particular time.
b. widely known and acknowledged, especially for distinctive excellence.
Starving by Hailee Steinfeld is also popular
I'm surprised he didn't mention "Find you" by Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant. That song is Awesome!
When he talks he seems so similar to Madeon..
His newer songs have become really formulaic, using the same chord progression and “clock” sounds. :/ The first 30 seconds of Spectrum has a more interesting progression than the entirety of “Stay” and “The Middle.” Spectrum, Clarity, Lost at Sea, and Done With Love, Shave It are his best… love you Zedd but sorry.