HRVY on how he stepped out and took control on new single I Wish I Could Hate You: "I've been scared to do this...but you have to run with it"
13.08.2022 - 11:03
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Taking control - proper control - of your career and the music you make is a harder thing than most people would think.
Case in-point, British pop idol HRVY (real name Harvey Cantwell), who released several high-throttle teeny-bopper bops and dance bangers throughout his teenagers years, but has now graduated to becoming not just a pop star, but a songwriter in his own right.
I Wish I Could Hate You (out now via BMG) is the first song HRVY has written himself, and by that we mean, just himself. Coming with production from Noah Terefe and Juice Bangers, the track starts off a crunchy, Weeknd-esque 80s inspired synth track, before morphing into a more acoustic-tinged confessional.
We jumped on the phone with HRVY (who, as we speak in the middle of a brain-melting British heatwave was in Marbella, nice for some) to discuss what might just be the most important track of his career so far.
It's actually the first song I've ever released that I've written on my own. Normally I collaborate songwriters and producers in a room. But I've always done that, and I love it, I love watching people collaborate. But this is the first time, really, that I've come up with my own melodies and lyrics. I've always been scared [to release self-written music].
It's kind of like, you're at your most vulnerable. And I've been lucky enough to work with people who have written songs for Shawn Mendes, Justin Bieber, you name it...and [in that moment] you think - well, why would I say anything? They've got it covered, they know what they're doing.
Exactly. It's like, they know what they're doing! It's just the industry, right? It's a support. But when you're on your own, it's just you...and you just have to run with it.
It's been a process. I've