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"Pop Stars Are Being Even Braver Than The House Acts" - MTV Meets Duke Dumont

We chat to the 'Ocean Drive' producer on his proudest single to date, the rise of experimental pop music and more...

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 14:36
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Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it

Killing it
Killing it
Killing it

Ask me what I did with my life
I spent it with you
If I lose my fame and fortune
Really don't matter
As long as I got you, baby

Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you, baby
Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you

Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Oh, killing it, oh, killing it
Oh, killing it, killing it, killing it

Ask me what I did with my life
I spent it with you
If I lose my fame and fortune
Really don't matter
As long as I got you, baby

Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you, baby
Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you

Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Oh, killing it, oh, killing it
Oh, killing it, killing it, killing it

As the years, they pass us by
We stay on to each other
And on that tone wet get, is ok
As long as I got you, baby

Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you, baby
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you, baby
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you, baby
Clap your hands, drop so right
As long as I got you, baby
As long as I got you

Killing it, killing it, killing it, as long as I got you (Killing it)
Killing it, killing it, killing it, as long as I got you (Killing it)
Oh, killing it, oh, as long as I got you (Killing it)
Oh, killing it, oh, as long as I got you (Killing it)

Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Killing it, killing it, killing it, killing it
Writer(s): Wyclef Jean, Timucin Aluo, Jerry Duplessis, Adam George Dyment Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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Have you heard Duke Dumont's new single? It's really good. No, really. 

A departure from his previous, more club-leaning singles like 'Need U (100%)' and 'The Giver (Reprise)' , 'Ocean Drive' is a more laid back affair and we've had it, quite literally, on repeat for weeks. You might say we're a little obsessed.

Ahead of the release of his new EP, Blasé Boys Club Part 1, we caught up with Dumont - aka Adam Dyment - about his "proudest single to date" and that this might be the way forward for him…for now.

"My mindset does change about every three months as to what I’m into. The thing with ‘Ocean Drive’ is that I actually made it about a year ago and it was still sounding really good up until two months ago when I decided to release it - that’s always a good thing. Essentially, I’m getting into more musical based stuff as opposed to pounding club beats."

Having taken that step into the more commercial space, Dyment also praised pop acts such as Nick Jonas for being "braver" than some house music at the moment:

"The music I’m into at the moment is more pop music. It’s kind of weird that some pop music is more experimental than club music. You look at the Top 40 now and a lot of the house tracks in there are very similar, and it’s strange that nowadays you get someone like Nick Jonas coming out with a really brave pop record, even braver than some of the club music that’s in the charts."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDxJlW6cxRk

"I like the way that it’s all changing," he added. "Three or four years ago there were the likes of Disclosure, myself, Route 94, or MK who were changing the pop scene and now some of the pop stars are being even braver than the house acts."

He's also now "completely over" 'Won't Look Back' being beating to the No.1 spot by Robin Schulz after audio streaming was introduced to the UK Official Singles Charts last year. "It shows how quick things change with that kind of world," he said.

"I don’t necessarily have to be the biggest selling DJ or the biggest selling act in the world, I’m very fortunate to be in a really good position. However, I do want to be one of the best record producers in the world and I have for the last 12 years of my life [been] working on that. [I'm] not quite there yet but I’m getting there slowly. I’m enjoying things at the moment - two No.1's still isn’t a bad achievement."

Can he make it three with 'Ocean Drive'? 

Duke's Blasé Boys Club EP Part 1 EP is released on 2nd October and he takes his live show on the road tomorrow in Aberdeen before playing his biggest UK headline show to date at London's KOKO on 30th September.

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You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna...

Although my heart is closed my eyes are open wide
Looking for that magic song to keep me warm inside
I've been so long alone, a wall around my heart
Waiting for that someone
I've been knocked down and out, time and time again
So many fools in love who only bring the pain
So many times I thought I'd always be alone
But you're that special someone, someone

You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna, makes me wanna

You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna, makes me wanna

So many people in this world will bring me down
But now at last I know that things are coming around
I've been a stranger to the deeper love inside
But you're that special someone
My life's been dancing to the beat of just one heart
I get so close to love, then life will tear us apart
You are my destiny, I've known it from the start
'Cause you're that special someone, someone

You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna, makes me wanna

You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna
Makes me wanna give in

Makes me wanna give in
Makes me wanna give in
Makes me wanna give in

You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna, makes me wanna

You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna give it
You're the special someone who makes me wanna
Makes me wanna give in
Writer(s): Aminata Kabba, Adam Dyment, Kelli Leigh Henry-davilla, Byron Stingily, Hal Ritson, Uzoechi Emenike, Byron Burke Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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