“This Song Got Me Through Tough Times" | Face to Fame EP8 with ‪‪Tilly Birds! - SYOK Podcast - video Dailymotion

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What’s it like to create music with heart and soul? We sat down with Tilly Birds to dive into their creative journey, share their stories, and celebrate their latest hit, Retro-39!

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00:00We were looking for this missing puzzle.

00:03The song that would give out the vibe of this fun and easygoing and nostalgic.

00:17Hi everybody! It's me again and today I am with some friends all the way from Thailand.

00:23Hello! Say hello!

00:25Hello!

00:27I'm excited to have you guys on shop today.

00:31So we want to talk about you and your music.

00:34But first of all, could you give a little shout out to your Malaysian fans here?

00:39And share with us one fun fact about you guys, about yourself.

00:45Yeah, fun fact about Tilly Bird is that we are totally random people.

00:53Like, we have different interests if you might not notice.

01:00But I think that also results in Tilly Bird itself as well.

01:04That's cute. I love that. I love that.

01:07Okay, so we want to start off the interview and we want to talk about your single, Retro 39.

01:14So just to make it a little bit fun, can you describe the single in just three emojis and why?

01:21Ooh, let me look up emojis, hold on.

01:24What emoji feels like Retro 39?

01:28Okay, I got one.

01:30Okay.

01:31My first one is the teary eye one.

01:34The teary eye one?

01:35The, the, the, this one, the...

01:40Like, smiling teary eye one?

01:42Yeah, the, the, it's not exactly smiling, but it's like hoping like...

01:46That's pretty cute.

01:48Yeah.

01:48That's pretty cute.

01:48Because it's manifesting her coming back to you, them coming back to you.

01:55And it's, it's just, you know, please, please.

01:58Yeah.

01:59The first one is, you know, like a tape, videotape.

02:05So that, that, that stands for like good memories or the memories that, you know, you had it before.

02:13Like, even though it's been a while or a long time, but you still hold on to it.

02:20And that teary face is that you, you've, you feel good about that, those memories.

02:26Okay.

02:26And the last emoji is like back.

02:29So you kind of want to go back to that memory.

02:32Ah, that's pretty cute.

02:33Okay.

02:33I love that.

02:34I love that.

02:35Let's talk about your single now.

02:37And what's the creative journey behind the song?

02:40We were looking for this missing, missing puzzle.

02:43The song that would give out the vibe of this fun and easygoing and nostalgic, nostalgia.

02:52Once I heard the music that they made, I thought of, you know, the reminiscence, the feeling of

03:00and wanting to turn back time or to go back, knowing fully that you can't.

03:06But you're still manifesting.

03:08You're still holding on, lingering on to it.

03:11And, and, and, and you feel, and you feel good about missing someone too.

03:18Although it's killing you inside, but you know, it's still fun.

03:21It's still, it's still, you know, warm and not too complicated to understand.

03:29I love that.

03:30Okay.

03:31So with each of your new releases, Dilly Birds keeps, you know, evolving with the music.

03:37Your sound, how would you say your sound has changed from your early days until now?

03:45It's a bit more concise now.

03:47Like, it's not that big of a change, I suppose, but like more concise, more,

03:52more like focused nowadays.

03:55But, but I have a, I have a feeling that it would take another turn,

03:59like a different route again, next album or something.

04:03So how do you choose which films that you want to include?

04:09And what was it like stepping into, you know, the director's side of producing a music video?

04:16It was a tough job because we got such films at time, timeframe, you know, it was very limited.

04:25But so for that, I got another director to help me and a co-director.

04:30His name is Tehadoo.

04:32And yeah, we made it together, but mainly the screenplay was by me.

04:39I wrote it and I incorporated all the themes that I love since the video shop days, you know,

04:47renting rom-coms and classic movies from that time, which was around 2000s.

04:55You know, what is a better way to commemorate my childhood, to celebrate my love in films and music

05:04and along with the band, I picked the bands according to my friends.

05:11Seeing Third directed this one reminded me of how good he is,

05:15actually, as a director and a screenwriter.

05:18And I think we landed a perfect video for this one.

05:22And yeah, I couldn't hope any other way around.

05:26Yeah, he was meant to do this video for this song.

05:30Okay, so you guys, each of you has a different, you know, role in creating songs for your band.

05:36Walk me through what the typical songwriting and production session looks like for Tiddy Birds.

05:43Okay, I'll walk you through that.

05:46So the three of us for the song, so exclude all the videos and everything.

05:52So just for the songs, the three of us have different roles.

05:56But we also help each other in many ways.

05:59So Third will be in charge of like lyrics, what to tell the story, what story to tell.

06:06Milo will be in charge of composition.

06:09So every note you hear, every chord, every changes, every transition is Milo's.

06:17And me, I'm the production guy.

06:21So I put them all together.

06:24So how we start the song, we can start it three different ways.

06:30From Third, from Milo, or from me.

06:33So it will come in a variety of ways.

06:37So like, if it comes from Third, it might just be an idea, like a big idea or like a catchy phrase,

06:44or like, just even the song title.

06:47So like, same page, คิดจะไม่ถึง, Third had that idea, and he worked on it.

06:52And he had this one version of it.

06:54And then he just sent it to us.

06:56We kept working on it until we got the final one.

07:01So if it's from Milo, sometimes from Milo, you get everything.

07:04You get lyrics, you get concept, you get melodies.

07:06You even get the project file as well.

07:11But if it's from me, it will be something more like a feeling, like this kind of like vibe.

07:19And then these two will just vibe to it and then put something on top of it.

07:23So that's maybe the three ways we start the song.

07:28We haven't figured out any other ways yet.

07:31Wow, that's crazy.

07:32Making a song is not easy.

07:35It is fun.

07:36It's like, you know, it's like you blindfolded and you pin something together.

07:42So you've toured across Asia, and you played at major music festivals, right?

07:47What's been your most memorable or unexpected moment on stage?

07:52Seeing them sing in Thai is mind-blowing enough.

07:56But seeing them dress like a Thai student, or the school uniform,

08:03the school uniform, yeah, that was quite memorable.

08:08And, you know, to see them really engage with us and work hard,

08:15you know, to come to the concert, to the show, it really gives us joy.

08:21So you meet fans from different cultures, and it must be like a unique experience.

08:26So what's one thing, you know, you've learned or loved from these different interactions?

08:33They get speechless when they meet in person, and then they write.

08:39And I've read all the letters, and it gives me such a good energy boost.

08:47That's one interaction I love.

08:49And I never get bored, you know, when it comes to the photo time, the handshake,

08:58the fan benefit part, you know, I never got tired of that.

09:03Meeting the fans has always given us this energy.

09:08All right.

09:08So where have you not been yet?

09:12And where do you guys want to play next?

09:16What's in your dream list?

09:19I mean, there are more places we haven't been to than the places we have been to, so.

09:25Makes sense.

09:26So that is going to be a long answer, I'm telling you.

09:29It's going to be a long, long list of answers.

09:31What's at the top of your head right now?

09:35A country, a place, a festival?

09:37I mean, we haven't been to Europe or America, so I mean, we can start there.

09:41Okay, lovely.

09:42Because we've been touring Asia.

09:46A lot of artists have told me this, you know.

09:49Songs can itch people, if you get what it means.

09:55So if you could be any Tilly Bird songs, which one would it be and why?

10:00I would go for those very classic Tilly Birds.

10:04So like, I'm Not Boring, You're Just Bored, Who I Am, Bangkok Winter.

10:12I think the main attitude behind this answer is that

10:17like, I don't really care if people like it, I like it.

10:20I would go for The One.

10:24Yeah, this song magically helped me in my darkest times.

10:29Through heartbreak, through desperation, and failures after failure,

10:36this song really helped me.

10:38And it really tells you that you really should love yourself.

10:43You're all that you have.

10:46Yeah.

10:46Tilly Bird's song that represents me is The One, but now it's changed.

10:50That's so interesting for me.

10:53But like, now I'm really like, not got some great answer.

11:00But maybe I would say Ordinary.

11:03So before we go, what's the biggest message you hope that fans take away from Retro 39?

11:11And what's next for Tilly Birds?

11:15I just, you know, want to see them vibe with the song, have fun, dance.

11:20And, you know, you really cannot go back in time.

11:24You can only visit them in your dreams or in your imagination and pictures.

11:31And I hope this song will take you to good old times, not the bad ones.

11:37If you cry, I hope it's tears of joy.

11:41If you think of someone, I hope it's someone who will give you good old memories.

11:49So one last thing, anything you want to say to all your Malaysian fans before we go?

11:54We hope to see you guys again.

11:56Malaysia has always been our favorite and we can't wait to go back.

12:01And we wish that we have new stuff being released yet.

12:06And we can go do live and make some great music together because we made that.

12:14But just wait for a little bit more time and we will, yeah,

12:20when we will finally see you and play those amazing songs.

12:25We miss you all.

12:26We miss everything in Malaysia and can't wait to go back with our new album

12:32because you guys are the reasons why we do what we do.

12:36And we even have some Malaysian fans come to Thailand.

12:40So we really appreciate you guys.

12:42And I hope it won't be too long until we meet again.

“This Song Got Me Through Tough Times" | Face to Fame EP8 with ‪‪Tilly Birds! - SYOK Podcast

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