2023-05-24 06:34:35
The Viennese singer Pippa has changed perspective for her new album – in several ways. “Blick”, which will be released on Friday, not only offers ten songs from a very specific perspective. These were also created with a new creative team. “I am the absolute conceptual artist, for me that is very helpful,” she says of her creative approach. “I love it when I set myself a framework that I write for.”
In the time since her last album “Idiotenparadies” (2020), Pippa not only had to struggle with the corona effects that were drastic for the music industry, she also released two EPs as a bridging, so to speak. The “Ghosts” that appeared last year were already very conceptual, “because, so to speak, every song was a ghost that had already visited me in my life,” recapitulates the musician in the APA interview. With “Blick” she has now turned this game further and adopted different perspectives – from the child who looks to the future (“Child/Future”), to an optimistic-pessimistic pair of opposites (“Everything OK” and “Glass half empty”) until the end of life (“Wild Storm”).
“I had the idea for a long time that I wanted to tell this,” explains Pippa. “It’s so important to keep reminding yourself that people are different and have different perceptions. If you realize that, it could often prevent a fight. Or broaden your own horizons, if you dare “To change perspective. It’s such a big, broad field and such a big philosophical question that I just wanted to make an album about it.”
So Pippa has collected ideas and material over the years, partly completed entire song lyrics and found chords and melodies. But it still took a change from her former creative partner Hans Wagner, with whom she made the first two records, to Moritz Kristmann and above all Mario Fartacek. With the musician and producer who is particularly well-known from Mynth, Pippa has found a sound that oscillates between electronic and handmade, exuding a trendy and catchy charm without appearing too smooth or even harmless. “I wanted more homogeneity with the album. But just because of my level of language, it will always be a bit around the corner. That’s how I write the lyrics, so it’s out of the ordinary. We always said to ourselves during production: It has to be ‘edgy’ stay,” laughs the singer.
From the beginning she also had a lighter tone in mind. “I didn’t want to double a concept album in particular with totally complex music. My wish was for this level of content to be very easy to come by and not come along with heaviness.” Looking for a new counterpart, which incidentally came about at the label’s suggestion, quickly felt very natural. “Writing has always been something very autistic for me. But with the perspectives that I want to tell with this album, it was tempting to change this perspective and get another team on board.” In addition, Kristmann was already involved in “Ghosts”.
On the other hand, she couldn’t give up her lyrics – with one exception: Giovanna Fartacek, Mario’s sister and also part of Mynth and solo as Berglind, can be heard on “Schön”. “At first we talked a lot about this perspective, which we share. We both struggled with eating disorders when we were young. That’s how the song came about, this critical look at one’s own body, so to speak. And it was also important to I’m not writing this alone because it’s our song.” The collaboration also stands out in terms of sound, as it was created as a minimalist club track.
Ultimately, Pippa now offers the journey from the child as an introduction to “people who look back on their lives”. Within this bracket there is joy and sorrow, the view from above as well as inward or dealing with changes per se in what is perhaps the strongest track “I stand on my head”. A pop experiment that not only works because of Pippa’s special singing and her idiosyncratic, refreshing lyrics. The artist herself is not exactly the greatest friend of change. “I’m a ritual person,” Pippa nods with a smile. “Because I’m chaotic on the inside, it helps me a lot when external circumstances absorb me. But it’s important for me to change course often enough so that I don’t become too inflexible.” In this case, she was spot on with her reorientation. Tonight Pippa will present the new songs with a band at the Radiokulturhaus in Vienna.
(The interview was conducted by Christoph Griessner/APA)
(S E R V I C E – www.pippamusik.at)
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