![]() There was something he reacted to that was only just a split second of something like a electronic drone sound. Mostly he was not reacting, then occasionally he’d react to something. I'd find something and play it, then read Usher's expression. I flipped through some ideas I had in a folder, and they were all very minimal, nothing fully fleshed out. I had nothing to lean on, no pre-written anything. We were writing the song from scratch in the studio. His process was foreign to me because it had to be extremely uncalculated. One that comes to mind is the song "Climax" with Usher. ![]() Read my interview with him about his creative process after the video. He spans the genres: Rechtshaid co-wrote Usher’s Grammy winning “Climax” and produced the #1 song “Hey There Delilah” by The Plain White T’s from 2007. (The other two were for Adele’s 25 and Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City.) Rechtshaid has also worked with U2, Madonna, HAIM, Usher, Brandon Flowers, and Sky Ferriera, among many others. Rechtshaid has won three Grammys, the most recent this year for Best Alternative Album with Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride. ![]() ![]() He works the best when what he’s presented with-whether it’s an artist, instrument, or even chord structure-is unfamiliar to him. And it’s this discomfort, this unpredictability, that has made Ariel Rechtshaid one of the most sought after and successful producers in the last decade because it’s what drives his creative instinct. Others thrive on the opposite: discomfort. Some artists need the comfort of ritual to create, whether it’s a certain place, time of day, or even a favorite pen. The idea of ritual is an important one in the creative process. ![]()
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