Multi-talented artist, LP gifts us with latest single “Golden”, the first release from upcoming album due in September. Following from highly triumphant album release in 2021, Churches – a heavenly pop package with flirtations of rock n roll, LP is back with yet another victorious delivery.

“Golden” is a feel-good, head bopping track, with revolutionary rhythms and bursting with uplifting beats. Lyrically, LP touches on the journey it takes to get to a place of feeling ‘golden’ after rocky relationships.

In the artists own words, “I’m single for the first time in a billion years and I’ve never been less lonely. I am enjoying myself and other people immensely now.  It’s very present which is a lovely feeling. Golden is a symbol of that.”

With songwriting credits for major stars such as Rihanna (“Cheers”, “Drink To That”) and Rita Ora (“Shine Ya Light”), LP is making strives within their sound and is a pioneer in the alt-pop universe. “Golden” will have you dancing in your seat and singing in the streets, one you simply can’t not add to your summer playlist.

Listen to “Golden” now…

We sat down with the artist to talk through finding their sound, their musical influences and career highlights so far…

Who and what influences you to create?
You know, myself, and the people that are closest to me, just life, you know? I’m continually inspired by the vibe and emotion and fucking absolute beautiful chaos that’s around me at all times. I store it up and then I fucking go after it.

What is it about making music that makes you passionate?
I think that just the expression of singing, like making up melodies that like transport lyrics that I feel explain my life’s dilemmas, you know? It just absolutely gives me life. I love it.

How did you initially find your sound?
Well, I’ve been working to find it for years. I think the thing that helped me with my sound the most is probably the almost two years that I spent writing for other people. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I didn’t think that I was gonna be able to become an artist again. So, I had to buckle down and write as many songs as I could so I could make money doing that if I was gonna do that. And then, the fact that I was able to detach from being an artist and just engage in writing for other people, it kind of transformed my writing into this multifaceted, multilayered, multi-genre kind of trajectory. I just kind of went with that and that kind of infused itself when I went back to being an artist unknowingly and joyfully. I was able to take those traits and throw it into my own music with this sense of joy and abandon that I hadn’t experienced before because I was being forced to be a cog in the wheel of this fucking asinine, control-based fucking money-based system. A bunch of dicks, actual dicks behind desks deciding what was good. I’m not saying they don’t know anything that’s good, but they don’t know everything that’s good. It’s just like people, with less fucking authority and/or expertise than you or I, just waving their opinion around as if they know what’s up. Most of them do not. Some of them do, and that’s a real talent and it’s something to behold. I’ve been around a minute, and I’ve seen a handful of those talented bastards and the rest of them are just a bunch of fucking arrogant pricks.

How would you define your style?
My general style? I mean, I think it has an element of authenticity to it, an element of honesty to it, I feel it has an element of old-fashioned hubris. And swagger that’s just like that “fuck you” thing, like Johnny Cash giving a middle finger to the camera. Shit like that. I used to say “I don’t care” as a defense mechanism. Now when I say, “I don’t care,” I really mean it.

What has been the pinnacle of your career to date?
So many things. Buying a fucking house with the money I made from music! That is unbelievable. I never even got that far in my head to do that. I was just trying not to work in a restaurant or a bar for the rest of my life. That’s what I wanted at first. And then I almost fainted when I was moving into my first house because I was just like, holy shit, I can’t believe it, you know? And I am so grateful for all of it. But I think you meant shows. Every fucking show is the pinnacle of my fucking career. I love and exalt in all of it.

You’ve got some incredible songwriting credits to your name. How did you first get into writing for others?
I got into it because when I was trying to be an artist, it didn’t happen, and I had two big record deals. I wrote all these fucking songs, and I got nowhere. And then someone gave me a deal as a writer. Some kindly bastard.

Is there an artist that has stood out to you out of all the names that you’ve worked with?
Celine Dion, what a fucking voice. Holy shit. I can’t believe she did one of my songs. And what a lovely human as well! I never met her. She picked one of my songs that I wasn’t using, but I wish I could meet her. I’m very sad about what’s happening with her right now and I hope she gets back at it as soon as possible. I really love Rihanna. I feel like she’s a beautiful role model and a cool person. I just love the way she carries herself. I mean, Cher, Jesus Christ. She’s another icon. It’s an honor to have had any of my songs sung by someone else. It blows my mind.

We love your new single, Golden. Talk us through the creative process of the track.
It’s a deceptively simple song, especially lyrically. It takes a lot of going through a lot of shit to get to a place to feel golden with all your exes, your mistakes, all the blame and finger pointing that goes on during and after a relationship. I feel like I’m single for the first time in a billion years and I’ve never been less lonely, you know. I feel like I am enjoying myself and other people immensely now. It’s very present which is a lovely feeling. I feel like Golden is a symbol of that. Getting back to the actual writing of the song, it’s one of the songs we did in the Cayman Islands with my three new collaborators: Ashton Irwin, Matt Pauling and Andrew Martin. When we were writing that, I was just bursting at the seams with freedom and friendship. And I remember doing that opera part and the guys just looking at me like, what in the fuck, dude? I was just like on one, you know? And then the, “don’t get broken before you get beautiful” chant, I think I said that first and I almost changed it to “we’re all broken before we get beautiful,” but I just felt like you know my initial thought might have been better. I think it was just a free flow jumping out of my fucking heart and subconscious. It was really really fun to write. You can feel it and hear it in the production and the instrumentation. I can’t tell you how joyful and profound an experience it was making this record in general.

Why are you deciding to release this one as a single?
I just thought it would be a good gateway drug to the rest of the record. I think it was a fun open, and you won’t be able to pin down anything else about the record with this song. I think it opens your palate up like a really tasty, nice appetiser that makes you hungrier for the rest of the meal. You’re like, that was great, alright, perfect, and now I can’t wait for the rest.

We can’t wait for your new album. Talk us through the making of the LP.
You know, I was exploding with ideas and so were my friends. I felt very connected lyrically to myself and I was very fast in the concepts. I was very reflective, and I’m really examining my feelings. I was coming out of a relationship, I was kind of starting one, but knowing that I wanted to stay open and just do my thing. I was having a bit of a personal romantic relationship renaissance for myself that I haven’t allowed myself and just trying to focus on honesty especially with myself and what I wanted that I hadn’t allowed myself for a while I think. A lot of my relationships have been sacrificed on the altar of my career and I realise that. I don’t want to keep anyone shackled to that for a while. Until then, I just hang with people that are like-minded and understand it. It’s just a difficult scenario. I don’t want my life to be more important than anybody else’s. And frankly, I find my partner’s lives very important, not more important than mine either. I don’t have kids, and I don’t have a marriage certificate, so then what’s the point? Let’s enjoy our lives together, serve it together.

What can fans expect from the project?
I think some of my best songs yet, to be honest. There’s a quality of this record that is undeniable for me in my sphere. I’m not comparing myself to anybody else through it, but I think my goal is to keep it moving forward even if it’s at absolute glacial speed.