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DJ White Shadow is a frequent Lady Gaga collaborator who shares a songwriting credit on all of Allys bops.
When I asked him, he shrugged.
Self-doubt, standing by your craft, theres an arc there that is very universal.
And I was like, What?
What the fuck are you talking about?
People were, like, singing the songs as it was playing in the movie theater.
But I bought both the records.
I knew I wasnt gonna be writing any part of the script, you know?
I got the gist of the movie, and I listened to the music that was there already.
While she was shooting, wed just have to make adjustments and whatever.
We would write stuff, and other stuff would go away it was less of a spark.
I do prefer working that way.
Neither one of us had written this jot down of material before.
Meaning stuff for this character, for Ally?Any character, right?
You cant tap Ally on the shoulder and be like, How do you feel about this?
It becomes How do you think Ally would feel about this?
Its kind of a weird thing to write around.
On the soundtrack, did you have a directive?
and Look What I Found were written on the same day.
Thats incredible.Thats what Im saying; its completely unconventional.
Id poke my head in.
Bradley would see whats happening and bounce back out.
Were stuck with this.
What do you meanass like that?
Thats cornball; youre ugly.
People filmed that; there were dudes running around with boom mics.
You cant go back and redo that.
This is the most expensive song that Ive ever written.
Like, fuck, what if that song sucks?
What did you make about whats happening in that scene?
There are a lot of complex emotions tied around the whole thing.
Hes seeing his career dwindle and fall apart the alcohol, his ears are going out.
I love Is That Alright?
and Immadthat it doesnt have a scene in the movie.
Instead, it plays over the closing credits.
Did you ever see a cut of the movie where that song had a scene?No.
But to be honest, its my favorite song because of where its at now.
Now its started to where people clap at the end.
Its a very emotional song.
Its an important song.
Its a cool song.
Ive also had people message me and tell me they are putting that in their wedding.
Like, fuck yeah thats awesome.
