In the Recording Studio with Noah Cyrus & Matoma

In the Recording Studio with Noah Cyrus & Matoma
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YH catches up with singer Noah Cyrus and Norwegian DJ Matoma at the recording studio where they are getting ready to film a live acoustic version of their song "Slow" -- only one day after they officially met for the first time! Matoma explains how the song has a different flavor from everything else out there now and how Noah's performance captured the emotion perfectly, and Noah gives us a tour around the studio space!
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Yo, what's up guys? I'm Matoma.
And I'm Noah Cyrus. And this is where we made hotdogs. And our song, Slow.
Yeah, I was just joking with the hotdogs, but look at that grill. We should make hotdogs.
Yeah, look at it. It's a proper barbecue.
It's a pretty barbecue. Yeah. We actually just met for the first time yesterday, which is really crazy. That's what the internet's like these days. You know.
Wow.
You do a song with somebody you don't know and then you meet them the day before the video. But I feel I feel I feel that I know you.
I know.
Through the music.
Yeah, through the music. So.
Yeah, I was telling you earlier, like, the melody, it's so addicting. I feel like it's already been stuck in my head all day. And Noah, you sound beautiful.
Thank you.
I think the song is very special because it's a different flavor than most songs is today. Like this is a very future base, uh, heavy song, but with her voice, with such a personality, a character, and also the sentimental in the in the lyrics, it it makes it really, really special.
Thank you. I'm blushing.
This is the Panera area.
What's the Panera area?
The food. Oh. This is all food and the couch and This is where I sleep.
Did you sleep here?
Yeah.
You were laying down on the table earlier.
Yeah, I know. I took a power nap. Like, I like napping. Come on in, guys. This is the camera. Just, I hope you guys sign the waivers. Okay. This this is my band. This is Ben and Tyler. Ben's on bass. Tyler's on drums. Alex Ficcino, the incredible guitar player. Nolan's somewhere but don't know where. He's MD and keyboard player. But this is where we're filming our video today. I wouldn't call it acoustic video. but I would say a new fun twisted of the song.
Yeah, it's a new fun version of the song, like More more bandy and more like uh, instead of electronic elements, it's more live elements, so Instead of doing like a traditional like just like piano acoustic or guitar acoustic, let's like kind of like give it a new twist to the song where people can feel like they're there.
Cinematic twist.
Yeah, it's definitely cinematic.
Boom. Crush it. Yeah, so this is the studio, guys. Oh, there we are. So, so here we record and have fun and uh
Make music.
Make music and then right in there, we have the control room where it get mixed. And they yell at you and tell you to do stuff. Yeah. So, You know I can play the drums?
Oh, you can? Let me see.
That's what Slow is about. It's saying, I wanna coexist with you. You know, I I don't want I want to I want to rush into this. I wanna just jump into it and like, I I love you, you know, and But also you brought like something that's not easy for an artist to bring into a song. Uh, and that was your personality.
Thank you.
And and and your uniqueness in your voice. And And no, no, but seriously, like, when when I heard her on it, I I started crying because it was so sentimental. And and you could really feel what she was singing. So, yeah.
I love you guys. Are amazing. Wow. That was that was such a good interpretation of the song, I think for sure. And I think it's a song that we all need right now because, you know, some music out there is kind of the opposite, but you were just so even vulnerable like right now, Noah, like, speaking on it. I just really love that you guys are so honest.
Thank you.
Yo, what's up, guys? Right now, we are in the booth.
We're in the booth.
Yeah. So we gotta wrap it up.
Yeah, we have to wrap it up because we are gonna make a live version of the song. So, see you guys.
Boom. Matoma and Noah, spread the love.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Matoma
DJ and collaborator on the song 'Slow'
- Noah Cyrus
Singer and collaborator on the song 'Slow'
- Ben
Plays bass in Noah's band
- Tyler
Plays drums in Noah's band
- Alex Ficcino
Guitar player in Noah's band
- Nolan
MD and keyboard player in Noah's band
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