I got a call basically saying that they understood everything and they understood that I wasn’t happy, and I’m happy that they honored that. That kind of happened twice over, where it was just constant personnel changes, and it was really tough on everybody. Then on top of that, with the way the label system is set up, it’s like one year you could have a whole very specific regime that really gets you and wants to put you in a place that’s aligned with your own artistic goals, as well as your commercial goals, or other goals, and then sometimes they’re only there for a year. I always felt like an adopted family member. ![]() Then Warner came in, first to help out with radio stuff, and then eventually, they ended up buying out the whole company. It was kind of a situation where I was working with a smaller label that was run by my friend, and we were just on the same page. I felt like because of what I liked and because of the kind of music that I wanted to make, it was never really going to be realistic to try to cater to any kind of mainstream audience. When I first started putting music out, it wasn’t with any intention of having any kind of commercial success or anything like that. Can you talk about what factored into this separation from you and Warner? I understand that you’re newly independent. It’s hard to know when to cut yourself off. I had to change the whole melody and everything. And then maybe like, three, four weeks ago, I just decided I had to rewrite the whole thing. There’s one song, “Chemical Romance.,” I had it written a completely different way. I just kept taking songs off and putting songs on. I’m feeling happy that I don’t have an excuse to work on it anymore. ![]() “I wanted to contextualize everything and make sure that I’m reminding everyone that it’s in the same world, in the same message or at least in the same universe,” he says.īillboard caught up with Gallant to discuss his newfound creative freedom, and finding his footing with Neptune. In January, he released the EP’s first single “Comeback.” where his voice is reminiscent of classic Usher - something he takes as a huge compliment - which he then followed with a second single, the alluring “Relapse,” as well as an interactive website and merch leading up to the project’s release. I always felt like an adopted family member.”īut after splitting with the label last spring, Gallant is eagerly embarking on what he calls his “return to form.” With his new EP Neptune, released last Friday (March 26), the artist is descending back into orbit of the falsetto that became an early trademark. “Then Warner just came in, first to help out with radio stuff, and then eventually, they ended up buying out the whole company. “I was working with a smaller label that was run by my friend, and we were just on the same page,” he explains. ![]() Both projects were released under Warner, part of a deal that the 29-year-old had felt uneasy about since it was initiated in 2016.
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