Saoirse Dream Interview - The Backlight Podcast Ep. 7

this week i sat down with saoirse dream to talk being recognized in public while on a first date, the creation of webcage's peer2peer, and the importance of meeting your online friends. you can find saoirse (pronounced "sir-shuh") @saoirsedream on all platforms, or follow her directly here:   / saoirsedream     / saoirsedream     / saoirsedream   https://open.spotify.com/artist/2xNs2... and you can follow BACKLIGHT here: https://solo.to/backlight and you can follow noah, the interviewer, here: https://solo.to/noahsellers intro sound/graphics supplied by our amazing graphic designer bryce, you can find his work here: https://bryceterry.com/ additional graphics supplied by our lovely graphic designer rei, you can find her instagram here:   / reikonggg   listen to the recent webcage album "peer2peer" here: https://open.spotify.com/album/15ekvk... and presave dltzk's upcoming album "Frailty" here: https://stem.ffm.to/frailty and here are each of the artists saoirse mentioned in the interview! daywaiter:   / daywaiter   torr:   / t0rr   dossyx:   / dossyx   can of bliss:   / can-of-bliss   heartstopmiami:   / heartstopmiami   mossgarden:   / mossgardenn   hidden contact:   / hiddencontact   dltzk:   / dltzk   goop house:   / goophouse   austyn with a y:   / prodbyaustyn   musa:   / prodmusa   wylie hopkins:   / wsoju   carbine:   / saycarbine   mason infinity:   / masoninfinity   cnri:   / cnricnri   timestamps for each question: 0:00 intro 0:14 what did you expect for the reception of everything✱? 1:46 how was being recognized in person for the first time? 2:25 funniest pronunciations you've ever heard of your name? 3:58 how do you look back on everything✱? 7:21 any anxiety for future releases? 9:47 what inspired you to use samples so heavily on everything✱? 14:29 BONUS: saoirse's pro tips for sampling 14:57 how did you know when the album was finished? 18:51 lessons learned from keeping webcage afloat? 23:35 pros/cons of producing alongside others? 26:15 any webcage songs that won't ever see the light of day? 27:54 what inspired you to do the hook for so many webcage songs? 31:22 thoughts on performing live someday? 34:18 are there too many collectives in the scene or not enough? 37:13 thoughts on being labelled "hyperpop" or "digicore"? 39:06 how do you prevent yourself from sharing WIPs too much? 42:28 how was your recent meetup with webcage in NYC? 43:31 any anxiety about recording in a studio? 46:54 do you feel additional pressure to succeed because you're older than much of the scene? 50:16 you have plans to release an adventure time cover album? 53:00 best small artists we should listen to? (links in desc) 55:55 artists you want to collaborate with? 56:49 things you want to accomplish this year? 58:37 outro