American - Musician | June 16, 1980 -
A couple of days working with Joe Jonas, I thought, 'This guy is a slayer of a singer; he's really funny, goofy, and sexy. We need to write that.' And that led to 'Cake By The Ocean.'
Justin Tranter
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The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story.
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I was borderline deluded to think something as outrageous as Semi Precious Weapons could have been mainstream.
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The beauty of letting marginalized people tell their own stories is it isn't only the right thing to do socially, but it's also the right thing to do financially. People love the truth, and people like to spend money on the truth.
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If a song is being written for a woman, there should be a woman in the room collaborating.
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Young women should be telling stories of other young women. And if the superstar who is an amazing storyteller isn't a writer, that's totally fine, but we should get a young female writer in the room to work on that song with us.
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I've experienced some really very obvious, direct homophobia - when I was still trying to be an artist, behind the scenes, being told to be less gay, be less feminine.
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I was very lucky that my family really supported me in exploring my femininity when I was young, and so it was a joyous thing.
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It's interesting to see the more femme that you present yourself, the more people sort of dehumanize you.
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I like to make glamorously informed songs for glamorously intelligent people.
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A lot of writers don't know what it feels like to get on stage. They don't understand the weight that songs can carry. I got a chance to play all these shows. I got a chance to define myself through music, so when it comes to helping other people figure out what they should say, I've been through it.
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My artist career failed pretty miserably multiple times.
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