Conan Grey informed NME about his new album ‘Wishbone’ backstage at Studying 2025, saying it dissects “each little piece of what a breakup seems like”. Try the video interview in full above or learn our chat beneath.
‘Wishbone’, Grey’s fourth album, was launched earlier this month and follows his 2024 file ‘Discovered Heaven’.
“It’s my child, I’m obsessive about it. I’m so happy with it,” he informed NME backstage at Studying after his large fundamental stage set. “It’s an album about breakups and about each little piece that you simply undergo once you’re going by a breakup. It’s denial and wanting somebody again, and anger after which lacking somebody, after which empathy, but in addition, like, ‘Fuck you’. It’s a dissection of each little piece of what a breakup seems like.”
Grey defined that, musically, the album was impressed by the data he grew up listening to. “I believe all of the influences got here collectively to make a really indescript sound, which may be very me. My purpose with the album from the start was to simply make one thing so unbelievably you, even should you don’t actually know precisely what that’s. Simply observe your intestine.”
Requested if he felt that ‘Wishbone’ is the “most you” album he’s launched to date, he replied: “100 per cent, and I really feel just like the listeners would agree.” Learn our full chat with Conan Grey beneath.
NME. Howdy Conan. It’s your first time at Studying – you simply performed on the principle stage. How did it go?
Conan Grey: “It was plenty of enjoyable. It was actually thrilling to sing new songs from my album. I’m all the time like, ‘Oh my god, what in the event that they don’t know the phrases but?’ It’s solely been every week because it’s come out, however they knew the phrases! I felt very cherished.”
An incredible crowd response! Was there one specific tune that you simply have been actually nervous about that went down very well?
“I actually appreciated individuals singing alongside to ‘Nauseous’. It’s certainly one of my favourites on the album, and I really feel prefer it was good to know that actual human beings truly hear the tune.”
Why is that certainly one of your favourites?
“I identical to how plain it’s. It’s very a lot identical to, ‘You scared the shit out of me’, after which that’s it. Generally you simply have to be like, ‘You realize what? You’re so great and loving that you simply scare the shit out of me, bye!’”
Relatable. You’ve had an enormous summer time to date – together with two pageant moments lots of people would kill for. You have been the ‘Apple’ lady for Charli XCX and also you have been additionally Sally for Function Mannequin. You begged Charli to allow you to be the ‘Apple’ lady, however how did you get to be Sally?
“I’ve recognized Tucker [Pillsbury aka Role Model] ceaselessly, like possibly six or seven years? So I’d been to a present in LA the week earlier than, and I informed him on the present, ‘I’m gonna be Sally for Gov Ball. We have now to make this occur.’ So then we made a enjoyable little plan.”
How was it being Sally?
“So enjoyable and in addition it’s only a fucking banger. We have been singing ‘Sally[, When The Wine Runs Out]’ the entire summer time after. That second began me and my pals’ summer time.”
You reunited with producer Dan Nigro for a number of songs on this album. What’s so particular about your inventive relationship and what you make collectively?
“Nicely, he’s very me as a result of we’ve been making music collectively for the reason that starting of me ever making music with my first EP, ‘Sundown Season’. It’s been eight years with Dan, and I don’t know, we actually grew up collectively in an enormous manner, and our relationship is de facto mature at this level.
“He very a lot informed me firstly of engaged on the album, ‘We’ve made loads of albums collectively now. How about with this one, you simply observe your intestine and write every little thing your self? Simply do it – simply go and write.’ He gave me permission, like, ‘Hey, don’t even trouble with the co-writing, don’t even trouble with the classes – simply go write in your bed room. That’s what you do finest. So simply go do it.’ And that’s what I did.”
Does it really feel like going house once you’re working with him once more after working with different producers?
“100 per cent. He’s the one that taught me the way to even file music or what producing music even seems like. And we nonetheless make music in his storage, and it’s all the time been like that.”
Verify again at NME right here for all the most recent information, critiques, interviews, pictures and extra Studying & Leeds 2025.
