Today, we sit with singer-songwriter Arlo Parks! At the top, we discuss the arrival of her new recordMy Soft Machine(4:26), how performing with Harry Styles and Billie Eilish transformed her work in the studio (7:08), and the vivid memory behind her new song “Devotion” (9:50). Then, we talk about her intuitive writing process (11:26), fueled by an affinity for poetry (13:39), and the influences behind her earliest pieces of music (20:05).

On the back-half, Parks describes the winding path to her debut albumCollapsed in Sunbeams (30:12), this profound chapter turn from the first to second record (39:07), returning to her “fifteen minutes of presence” as a writer (41:40), her striking new song “Puppy” (42:17), and her ever-evolving relationship to capturing the past (44:12).

Today, we sit with singer-songwriter Arlo Parks! At the top, we discuss the arrival of her new record<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4YCScpRHPfvu81qmsIGGmn?si=O8XTQoCHRtWYYDqG23fpiw"> My Soft Machine</a> (4:26), how performing with Harry Styles and Billie Eilish transformed her work in the studio (7:08), and the vivid memory behind her new song<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5IcivgTMTJQFxh0ug2sg65?si=247d21131cde41bf"> “Devotion”</a> (9:50). Then, we talk about her intuitive writing process (11:26), fueled by an affinity for poetry (13:39), and the influences behind her earliest pieces of music (20:05).
On the back-half, Parks describes the winding path to her debut album<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/42joEEymK7EIHODfNB4yug?si=euo595hhRYaku4Ve7uSQuA"> Collapsed in Sunbeams</a> (30:12), this profound chapter turn from the first to second record (39:07), returning to her “fifteen minutes of presence” as a writer (41:40), her striking new song<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7fVZXzuvrh2MPrLAla2XQ8?si=d4fb21fd32fe4479"> “Puppy”</a> (42:17), and her ever-evolving relationship to capturing the past (44:12).

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The Elements of Singer-Songwriter Arlo Parks

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