{"id":182532,"date":"2021-08-23T02:24:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T07:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=182532"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:00:20","slug":"picnic-at-the-seaside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/picnic-at-the-seaside\/","title":{"rendered":"Picnic at the Seaside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the origin of this song?<\/strong><br \/>\nI wrote <em>Picnic at the Seaside<\/em> when I was on a holiday on the Island Korsika last year. I had this romantic idea that I would go hiking and sleep in the wild all by myself but then it all turned out to be a bit of a disaster. The Island was filled with tourists and I wasn&#8217;t properly equipped for a serious hike. All of the other people there were either couples or groups of seniors. Somehow I just ended up chilling at the beach all week long, being grumpy and thinking that everyone else is boring. That&#8217;s when I wrote these lines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How was the recording session?<\/strong><br \/>\nI went to the studio and played the bass while I sang the lines. Pola Roy who produced my album joined in on the drums and we kept one of the first takes. Later on Magnus, a friend of mine, came by to record some guitars and it was kind of finished. All of the songs on my new album <em>Campsite<\/em> happened in a similar way.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6NUxtBVUp8EzNRrpCENM1c?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What were the references, influences or musical inspiration?<\/strong><br \/>\nHmmm&#8230; on this one probably Cate Le Bon and Wet Leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-left\">&#8220;I had this romantic idea that I would go hiking and sleep in the wild all by myself but then it all turned out to be a bit of a disaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you most enjoyed of the writing, production and recording process?<\/strong><br \/>\nI really enjoyed writing the lyrics, especially because I was in this funny state of being miserable and grumpy but at the same time I saw myself from the outside at that beach and had to laugh at the situation. 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