Artist Statement
Welcome! This is a cover of the unreleased song by Clairo called Lying Has to Stop. I took inspiration from the cover she chose for this song, Monet’s water lilies. I wanted to make my project sound like what this painting looked like through weird synths, fun riffs, and playing around with the key that the song is in. Throughout my own process, trial and error was the main source of production and flow of it all. Trying out new instrument sounds on Logic (a recording app), whether it be adding in certain harmonies and seeing if those work, or just pushing random buttons to see what they do. Overall this journey helped me discover a whole new layer of what mainstream artists go through when putting together a song and how it’s really not as easy as it seems. Especially with deadlines since my peers and I didn’t always have access to the school’s recording studio and instruments whenever we needed. So our projects required major planning and organization if we wanted to make sure we got everything done. Also, I’d like to add that making music on its own is a challenge, but adding a pandemic on top of everything else adds a whole new level of conflicts. I really hope you enjoy this cover, stay safe and healthy!
Credits:
Originally composed by Clairo
Instruments, vocals, MIDI programming and production by Anonymous (10th grade)