January 27, 2025 • 21 mins
On this episode of Pop Palace, we sit down with the phenomenal Maddie Regent! Dive into Maddie’s remarkable journey as a songwriter, her experiences collaborating with top-tier artists, and the creative process behind her chart-topping hits. From her time at prestigious writing camps to crafting unforgettable melodies, Maddie shares exclusive behind-the-scenes stories and valuable insights into the music industry. Discover what drives one of today’s most promising talents and why Maddie Regent is a name you need to know. Don’t miss this exciting conversation on Pop Palace!
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How are you?
I'm good.
Thanks for joining me.
I'm so excited.
Um, I'm Jack, so I'mthe host of Pop Palace.
So, um, we do celebrating iconicLGBTQ people and women in pop
music and the music space.
And so we're just so excited to have you.
(00:21):
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for having me.
Um, You started songwritingat just 12 years old.
Can you tell us a little bit whatdraw you initially to songwriting into
like your overall music experience?
Yeah.
Um, so I, I was like a really dramatic kidand I loved theater, like musical theater.
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Um, and I also liked writing stories.
I thought I wanted to bean author at one point.
Um, and I think for me, yeah,songwriting was a way to like blend
the two and, um, kind of tell myown story and not other people's.
Um, but it took me a while to like,you know, Get to the point where I
was comfortable enough sharing it.
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So I started when I was young,but it was definitely just
like, you know, my own thing.
Um, and then I, I went to school tocollege originally for musical theater.
And then I was like, this is fun, but I,it just, I, I felt like I had a lot to say
and I, you know, Wanted to, I think, yeah,I think I got the confidence that I just
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want to share my own like point of view.
So, um, Yeah, I just found my waythere, but it took a while, but, um,
and I'm still obviously, you know,expanding and working on it, but
it's been like a really good outletfor me and, um, yeah, so, yeah.
Awesome.
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Um, have you, like, so, beingfrom Toronto, um, And then moving.
Do you find, um, that has impactedyour musical experience or like your
taste for different types of music?
Yeah.
I think, well, I mean, you know,Toronto is awesome and so many amazing
artists have come from Toronto.
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Um, and I just think Canada ingeneral, like does a really good job
of like supporting their artists.
Um, but for me, like, you know, I movedfrom Toronto to New York, which, you
know, obviously it's a different country,but it's still, you know, like it was.
It felt like the most similarplace I could move, but also, um,
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kind of broaden my horizons ina way when it comes to like art.
Um, I just think there's something aboutNew York, especially with pop music, um,
and just, you know, It just seems like,yeah, like it's just self expression is
encouraged more here, and, um, just likethe opportunities, you know, I, I feel
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like I have such a connection to Torontofrom when I was younger, but I really
do feel like I grew up in New York ina way, because I like moved here when
I was 18, and I've been here for almost10 years, so, um, just, I think, It
introduced me to, um, way more of likethe hyper pop kind of world and, you
know, the dancing, that kind of stuff.
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And while that's not like, likenecessarily what I'm kind of
focused on, you know, with mymusic right now, um, I think just.
Like, really growing an appreciationfor pop, for females in pop, and like,
being taken seriously through that.
Because I feel like pop musictends to not be taken seriously,
um, sometimes, so, you know?
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100%.
That's like, the whole reason we're here.
Exactly.
Like, I just think, um, that'swhy, like, I just love making
music here and performing it.
Like, I feel like it's just,it's the place for it, so.
Yeah, definitely.
I totally get that.
I feel like pop music gets so muchhate, especially if you're a woman in
pop music, for no reason, because it'sultimately, like, one of the best forms
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of music, because it's so empowering andgives you so much energy and confidence.
Yeah.
Well, I just think like any way thatyou can, you know, tell your story or
your message, like, the most amount ofpeople, like, I just think there's a
reason why we all You know, pop music isalways at the top of the, like there's a
reason Um, and I just think that doesn'tmake it not cool for like everybody to
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be You know bopping along to the stuff.
I don't know 100 percent and to me eventhey're like the real life superheroes
like a lot of people look up to likesuperheroes who are like in movies or tv,
but like These are actual people doingreal things that I'm looking up to, and
like, I can go see them in real life.
Yeah, exactly.
And they're so empowering.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
I love that.
No, I love it.
So, your sound blends infectiouspop energy with raw storytelling.
Who were the artists or albumsthat inspired you growing up, and
then what are some albums that haveinspired you like more recently?
Um, so growing up, especially, Idon't know how, like, yeah, in high
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school, I discovered Marina and theDiamonds, who is currently Marina,
but was a Marine Diamonds to me.
And Electroheart was likeone of my favorite albums.
I think it was like a moment where Iwas like, Oh my gosh, like you can, like
Actually have like a really strong messagehave really like catchy beats, but also be
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somewhat experimental and like theatricalAnd dramatic and I just I loved especially
coming from a theatrical background.
I was like, this is so cool.
Um, and So that album likegrowing up really inspired me.
I mean obviously Lana Del Rey, like, Bornto Die, like, I was, like, sitting in
the library, just like, what is going on?
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When I was, like, 15.
Um, just, no, but literally,like, I, somehow, someone gave
me that CD at that time, and Iwas just like, what is going on?
So, that, I think, really informed, Justespecially my like teen attitude, I guess.
I don't know.
Um, and then I think and currentlyUm, i'm a big fan of Dua Lipa.
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Okay.
I just love I love good pop beat.
I love a good production I think futurenostalgia is like one of the best
pop records of you know Insanenessit's insane and yeah, I really
love radical optimism I am a fan.
I think it was a great summer album.
Um, I also think, I mean, Bratkind of blew my mind as, you
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know, probably everybody else's.
I think, you know, we, when I was,because I'm obviously, I'm working on,
Or this past year working on like analbum and music and I think my last EP
was like very Kind of poppy and this islike definitely pop but a little bit more
alternative a little bit more organicum, but I think we still just With brat.
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I was like, oh my gosh, like I just needlike some sort of, um, hyperness into it.
So some of the songs, I have somethingin there, but, um, if anything, like,
what Brat did was just, you know,how the rollout was, and like what
Charlie, like, she's just like, wasso clear on her vision, and I think
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that was really inspiring to me, um,with, You know making my own stuff.
Um, so yeah, that's like the thingsthat come to mind currently, but I
love it um Speaking of um your debutalbum on the phone with my mom.
So congratulations on announcing um Whatwas the creative process like for this?
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Did it like did you have the idea?
I'm gonna make my debut albumnow or did like a series of
songs just kind of accumulateYou And you were like, it's time.
Um, I think, you know,yeah, I, it was mostly time.
I think like, like, I just felt like,you know, I put out some EPs and I
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just feel like I want to start like abody of work from like, start to finish
with like the mindset of like, thisis going to be, Like one whole story.
Um, because with my past projects,like they've just been kind of, you
know, me figuring out my sound and, youknow, things worked and just kind of
in the moment and that is awesome too.
And like, so special in its own way, butI am a, I really like telling stories.
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I also, as like a listener,I love listening to albums.
Like if I find an artist that I reallylike, I love going and seeing like full
bodies of work from start to finish.
Like I do love that.
Um, so.
I was like, I feel like in a wayI was waiting for like a moment.
I was like, I'm going to waittill I'm like, so famous.
Like, so like six, you know, like,you know, like, I don't know.
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Like I just, sometimes youget, you know, bogged down.
I'm like, I don't deserve to have like analbum because like, I feel like I haven't
hit these like benchmarks in my head.
Um, But I just feel like through makingit, like, I made it for me, I made it
for my 16 year old self, I made it for,like, whoever can relate, like, I, it
doesn't matter how many people hearit, I just, the fact that, like, you
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know, I started something and finishedit was, like, a big thing for me.
Yes, no, yeah.
Um, and then, now, you know, gettingto share it with whoever wants
to listen, like, is, is amazing.
That is like what's really importantand what like I've learned through
the process and I've I made it with myboyfriend whom I live with, which was a
process in itself, you know, like, um,but we learned a lot about each other
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about, you know, how, you know, ourmusic Tastes like like everything like it
was a really cool way to make somethingbecause with someone that knows you so
well And just yeah for like my firstalbum like I just think it's very me
It's very like, you know as I grow in mycareer Hopefully like people would come
back to it and be like, oh, this is cool.
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Like this is like kind ofwhere I started I'm so excited.
I like it So, did you and your boyfriend,like, do it all in, um, where you live?
Or did you guys do it in,like, a separate space?
So we, yeah, we have like a littlehome studio and it's, you know, um,
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just collected gear over the years.
And it's the first time we were ableto make it with like, you know, a
real, we have like a real piano.
We have all these, we havea violin, we have saxes that
we've just, you know, collected.
And I think my, my boyfriend's agreat writer and producer and artist.
artist himself.
Um, and so being able to have accessto this stuff is, was awesome.
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And, um, also just, yeah, likewhere we live, like, it was just
like a very comfortable place.
It felt, it didn't feel like Iwas like working or that, like,
it just felt really natural.
And we could just like go intothe suit to like the studio.
And whenever we felt like it,we had an idea where we could
take a break when we needed to.
It just made it, I think, very, um,just felt like a safe space to create.
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I mean it, you know, it's tough to findlike a balance because sometimes I felt
like we were like there for like hoursand you know like so yeah there might be
a benefit to like having a separate spacebut I think for this album it like kind
of worked to just have it at our home.
That's awesome and I feel like yeahit makes it a little bit more organic
because you're not like forced toa specific time to like get the
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show up do it here and then leave.
Exactly.
We had, yeah, which we're very, I feelvery lucky that we were able to like
find a place that we could have thisspace to do it because it, yeah, it
did really, I think, impact how we, youknow, We're able to work like a good way.
So let's talk about thewolf, such a powerful track.
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Um, so the, the lyricsexplore fear and estrangement.
So, um, what was it like co writing andproducing with Cade Hope and Harper James?
It was really cool.
Um, We started, K just like had a track,like he was kind of building the track,
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and I, I kept like saying the lyric, like,I thought I saw you yesterday, because
I like, I have this thing where, I mean,New York is a very big city, but it's
also very small, so like, sometimes Ilike live in fear of like, I'm gonna turn
the corner, I'm gonna walk into somebodythat like, I don't want to, you know,
whether it's Mike, whether it's like, Myname is, I don't know, like, someone I
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just, like, don't want to have, like, aconversation with because I'm a little
bit, like, socially awkward sometimes,and so, like, Yeah, for some reason that
was fresh on my mind and I was just like,I thought I saw you like I Just had a
specific instance where like I thoughtI saw someone I knew who like is just
like looks like like just like as a verylike I don't want to be mean but just
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like it's my ex so like she's like basicSo i'm just like it like literally could
have been anybody So I was like I waslike I keep seeing this person everywhere
and just in my head and i'm just like ohmy gosh So that's kind of how that came
out about when we kind of wrote to that.
Um, and You You know, I think itcan, yeah, it can relate to like
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relationships or just like feelingsthat you're afraid of, like just that
you're running away, that like feelingof avoidance, um, that we explored.
So we wrote that here.
And then Harper is awesome.
Like he, um, is an amazing mixingengineer and he really helps us like
make it just sound, everything soundlike so professional and perfect.
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Um, and so we.
And just like, really, we're like, wewanted, we wanted this to be like a very
pop like addition to the album because,um, I, like my first two singles for the
album had been a little bit more, um,
like not as pop, like notas like upbeat, I guess.
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So, um, we just wanted to reallydrive this like as hard as we could.
So it was a really just like fun.
process.
And it just, it feels likereally cathartic to sing it too.
So I'm excited to share it.
That's awesome.
Um, I do relate to like seeing peoplethat I don't want to see all the time.
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I live in Oklahoma city.
And so there's like hardly anypeople compared to like big cities.
So like I'll see people Idon't want to see all the time.
And I'm like, if only we had afew more people spread it out.
Right.
But it's like this thing oflike, sometimes you can get
away with, not interacting.
Right.
But sometimes there's that awkwardthing where it's like you're walking
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towards each other or just like there'slike no way for you to get out of it.
And that's just that feeling forme is just like the worst for me.
Yeah.
Like for me when they come intomy work and I'm like, right.
Hey, how are you?
And then it's like, and then like,I'm just thinking about it for hours.
I'm like, that was so, oh my God.
Yeah.
So I'm glad I'm not alone in that feeling.
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No, I totally feel that.
So, doing music, it can take up,like, a lot of your time, but what
is your, like, average day like?
How do you fit in, like, makingmusic, having time for other things?
Um, I mean, yeah.
Yeah, it, I, I definitely, I workfrom home, which helps, because I
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have flexibility in my schedule.
Um, and so, I, but also that I have ADD,so I like struggle sometimes to like,
be organized, so I, I really do try tolike, get up and get my work done, and
then, um, with Cade, we just like, we'll,we do a lot of stuff on the weekends,
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just for schedule purposes, um, youknow, afternoons into the night, um.
But yeah, like a typical day Iwould say is, you know, I wake up,
I try to get my head in the game.
I try to do the stuff thatI don't want to do first and
then, you know, focus on music.
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I think a lot of, you know, what it is tobe an independent artist is like trying
to figure out social media as well.
So there's like a good portion of my daythat I'm just like, Scrolling TikTok.
Just like, what do I do?
Um, that's a good portion of the day.
And then, you know, my favorite thingto do is after, you know, writing or
after a session or after a work dayis to just I love just watching TV
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and reading, just like try to settledown and not go on social media and
um, try to focus on other things.
And then try to do it all the next day.
I feel bad.
Yeah.
Speaking of like TV, if you couldwrite a song with like any fictional
character in mind, um, what fictionalcharacter would you write a song for?
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Well, so technically like I didn't writethis song, but when I released for my last
EP, I have a song called ruining and it.
Like, I, the character that I used, like,or that, like, I thought of immediately
was this character, Shihiro, from SpiritAway, which is, like, my favorite movie
ever, and I feel like I relate to herso much, just like an anxious child,
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so, um, I think maybe, I mean, Billykind of beat me to it, to be honest with
you, but, um, I would write a song maybefor like that kind of world, the Spirit
of the Way world, like I love animatedfilms, so like doing something like that.
That'd be so cute.
I would love that.
Isn't that so cute?
Yeah.
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I could see that, I mean, yeah.
Yeah, so like one of my dreamsis to like, make like an animated
film for like one of my albums.
It might be like a different story,but like, I just think it's so fun.
Yeah.
So, and you can just, and theimagination, I don't know.
So maybe one day we'll make that happen.
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Um, so do you have any like hobbiesor passions that take up your time
that aren't music or other work?
Yeah.
I, I, You know, I love reading.
I'm a little bit of a gamer.
Like, I gotta say, it's so crazy, butduring COVID, I got like, like everybody
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got addicted to Animal Crossing, andthen that was just like a gateway
to like a bunch of other things.
And I always tell people, like, I justthink, you know, Especially if you
have, you know, anxiety, if you haveADD, like, I struggle sometimes to
focus on things, even if I'm watchingTV, but like, playing a game, I feel
like I can get lost a little bit.
No, definitely.
And I definitely, you know, try to, like,only, like, limit my time, because I
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could literally stay in a game for hours.
Yeah, me with Minecraft.
Um, and, so, That is like,maybe, yeah, that's a hobby.
It's something I liketo do to, like, settle.
And like, you know, I'm, I'm definitelyan introvert, so I do like to spend
a lot of time by myself to recharge.
So like, I like doing that.
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I'm a big reader.
I love my Kindle.
I will read all night if I could.
Um, and then I do, youknow, I love, um, hiking.
I don't know.
I like, you know, I, I enjoy traveling,but you know, I hope one day with
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this career I can travel a lot more.
Um, but I go back to Canada.
I do.
It's, you know, I'm lucky cause Torontoto New York is like an hour flight.
So it's pretty, yeah, it's nice.
Um, and.
Yeah, so I go there inthe summer sometimes.
Yeah, I love Canada.
Every time.
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It's so nice.
I do love Canada.
My home.
Well, I have one last question.
So, at Pop Palace, we ask every guestto create their own royal court.
of musical influences.
So if you had to pick threeartists who have shaped your
sound the most, who would they be?
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Um, I would say, I mean, I wouldsay Marina and the Diamonds.
I would say Lana Del Rey.
And I would have to say Taylor Swift.
I would have to say Taylor Swift.
Definitely.
I mean, yeah.
Awesome.
Yay.
I love it.
Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much.
Um, I'm so excited tohave you on Pop Palace.
I know all the listenersare gonna love it.
Um, where can they find you?
You could just Yes, um, I am, yeah,I'm on Instagram at MaddieRegent,
M A D D I E R E G E N T.
And then every, that's everywhere else.
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Um.
Yay.
Awesome.
Perfect.
Yep.
Well, I'll keep everyone up to date onit and, um, tag you and everything too.
Amazing.
Thank you so much.
I'm so excited.
This is so fun.
Yes.
Thank you so much.
It was great to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Bye.
How are you?
I'm good.
Thanks for joining me.
I'm so excited.
Um, I'm Jack, so I'mthe host of Pop Palace.
So, um, we do celebrating iconicLGBTQ people and women in pop
music and the music space.
And so we're just so excited to have you.
(00:21):
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for having me.
Um, You started songwritingat just 12 years old.
Can you tell us a little bit whatdraw you initially to songwriting into
like your overall music experience?
Yeah.
Um, so I, I was like a really dramatic kidand I loved theater, like musical theater.
(00:46):
Um, and I also liked writing stories.
I thought I wanted to bean author at one point.
Um, and I think for me, yeah,songwriting was a way to like blend
the two and, um, kind of tell myown story and not other people's.
Um, but it took me a while to like,you know, Get to the point where I
was comfortable enough sharing it.
(01:06):
So I started when I was young,but it was definitely just
like, you know, my own thing.
Um, and then I, I went to school tocollege originally for musical theater.
And then I was like, this is fun, but I,it just, I, I felt like I had a lot to say
and I, you know, Wanted to, I think, yeah,I think I got the confidence that I just
(01:27):
want to share my own like point of view.
So, um, Yeah, I just found my waythere, but it took a while, but, um,
and I'm still obviously, you know,expanding and working on it, but
it's been like a really good outletfor me and, um, yeah, so, yeah.
Awesome.
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Um, have you, like, so, beingfrom Toronto, um, And then moving.
Do you find, um, that has impactedyour musical experience or like your
taste for different types of music?
Yeah.
I think, well, I mean, you know,Toronto is awesome and so many amazing
artists have come from Toronto.
(02:09):
Um, and I just think Canada ingeneral, like does a really good job
of like supporting their artists.
Um, but for me, like, you know, I movedfrom Toronto to New York, which, you
know, obviously it's a different country,but it's still, you know, like it was.
It felt like the most similarplace I could move, but also, um,
(02:30):
kind of broaden my horizons ina way when it comes to like art.
Um, I just think there's something aboutNew York, especially with pop music, um,
and just, you know, It just seems like,yeah, like it's just self expression is
encouraged more here, and, um, just likethe opportunities, you know, I, I feel
(02:51):
like I have such a connection to Torontofrom when I was younger, but I really
do feel like I grew up in New York ina way, because I like moved here when
I was 18, and I've been here for almost10 years, so, um, just, I think, It
introduced me to, um, way more of likethe hyper pop kind of world and, you
know, the dancing, that kind of stuff.
(03:11):
And while that's not like, likenecessarily what I'm kind of
focused on, you know, with mymusic right now, um, I think just.
Like, really growing an appreciationfor pop, for females in pop, and like,
being taken seriously through that.
Because I feel like pop musictends to not be taken seriously,
um, sometimes, so, you know?
(03:32):
100%.
That's like, the whole reason we're here.
Exactly.
Like, I just think, um, that'swhy, like, I just love making
music here and performing it.
Like, I feel like it's just,it's the place for it, so.
Yeah, definitely.
I totally get that.
I feel like pop music gets so muchhate, especially if you're a woman in
pop music, for no reason, because it'sultimately, like, one of the best forms
(03:57):
of music, because it's so empowering andgives you so much energy and confidence.
Yeah.
Well, I just think like any way thatyou can, you know, tell your story or
your message, like, the most amount ofpeople, like, I just think there's a
reason why we all You know, pop music isalways at the top of the, like there's a
reason Um, and I just think that doesn'tmake it not cool for like everybody to
(04:18):
be You know bopping along to the stuff.
I don't know 100 percent and to me eventhey're like the real life superheroes
like a lot of people look up to likesuperheroes who are like in movies or tv,
but like These are actual people doingreal things that I'm looking up to, and
like, I can go see them in real life.
Yeah, exactly.
And they're so empowering.
(04:39):
Yeah.
Yeah.
I love that.
No, I love it.
So, your sound blends infectiouspop energy with raw storytelling.
Who were the artists or albumsthat inspired you growing up, and
then what are some albums that haveinspired you like more recently?
Um, so growing up, especially, Idon't know how, like, yeah, in high
(05:01):
school, I discovered Marina and theDiamonds, who is currently Marina,
but was a Marine Diamonds to me.
And Electroheart was likeone of my favorite albums.
I think it was like a moment where Iwas like, Oh my gosh, like you can, like
Actually have like a really strong messagehave really like catchy beats, but also be
(05:22):
somewhat experimental and like theatricalAnd dramatic and I just I loved especially
coming from a theatrical background.
I was like, this is so cool.
Um, and So that album likegrowing up really inspired me.
I mean obviously Lana Del Rey, like, Bornto Die, like, I was, like, sitting in
the library, just like, what is going on?
(05:44):
When I was, like, 15.
Um, just, no, but literally,like, I, somehow, someone gave
me that CD at that time, and Iwas just like, what is going on?
So, that, I think, really informed, Justespecially my like teen attitude, I guess.
I don't know.
Um, and then I think and currentlyUm, i'm a big fan of Dua Lipa.
(06:09):
Okay.
I just love I love good pop beat.
I love a good production I think futurenostalgia is like one of the best
pop records of you know Insanenessit's insane and yeah, I really
love radical optimism I am a fan.
I think it was a great summer album.
Um, I also think, I mean, Bratkind of blew my mind as, you
(06:33):
know, probably everybody else's.
I think, you know, we, when I was,because I'm obviously, I'm working on,
Or this past year working on like analbum and music and I think my last EP
was like very Kind of poppy and this islike definitely pop but a little bit more
alternative a little bit more organicum, but I think we still just With brat.
(06:56):
I was like, oh my gosh, like I just needlike some sort of, um, hyperness into it.
So some of the songs, I have somethingin there, but, um, if anything, like,
what Brat did was just, you know,how the rollout was, and like what
Charlie, like, she's just like, wasso clear on her vision, and I think
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that was really inspiring to me, um,with, You know making my own stuff.
Um, so yeah, that's like the thingsthat come to mind currently, but I
love it um Speaking of um your debutalbum on the phone with my mom.
So congratulations on announcing um Whatwas the creative process like for this?
(07:40):
Did it like did you have the idea?
I'm gonna make my debut albumnow or did like a series of
songs just kind of accumulateYou And you were like, it's time.
Um, I think, you know,yeah, I, it was mostly time.
I think like, like, I just felt like,you know, I put out some EPs and I
(08:00):
just feel like I want to start like abody of work from like, start to finish
with like the mindset of like, thisis going to be, Like one whole story.
Um, because with my past projects,like they've just been kind of, you
know, me figuring out my sound and, youknow, things worked and just kind of
in the moment and that is awesome too.
And like, so special in its own way, butI am a, I really like telling stories.
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I also, as like a listener,I love listening to albums.
Like if I find an artist that I reallylike, I love going and seeing like full
bodies of work from start to finish.
Like I do love that.
Um, so.
I was like, I feel like in a wayI was waiting for like a moment.
I was like, I'm going to waittill I'm like, so famous.
Like, so like six, you know, like,you know, like, I don't know.
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Like I just, sometimes youget, you know, bogged down.
I'm like, I don't deserve to have like analbum because like, I feel like I haven't
hit these like benchmarks in my head.
Um, But I just feel like through makingit, like, I made it for me, I made it
for my 16 year old self, I made it for,like, whoever can relate, like, I, it
doesn't matter how many people hearit, I just, the fact that, like, you
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know, I started something and finishedit was, like, a big thing for me.
Yes, no, yeah.
Um, and then, now, you know, gettingto share it with whoever wants
to listen, like, is, is amazing.
That is like what's really importantand what like I've learned through
the process and I've I made it with myboyfriend whom I live with, which was a
process in itself, you know, like, um,but we learned a lot about each other
(09:32):
about, you know, how, you know, ourmusic Tastes like like everything like it
was a really cool way to make somethingbecause with someone that knows you so
well And just yeah for like my firstalbum like I just think it's very me
It's very like, you know as I grow in mycareer Hopefully like people would come
back to it and be like, oh, this is cool.
(09:53):
Like this is like kind ofwhere I started I'm so excited.
I like it So, did you and your boyfriend,like, do it all in, um, where you live?
Or did you guys do it in,like, a separate space?
So we, yeah, we have like a littlehome studio and it's, you know, um,
(10:14):
just collected gear over the years.
And it's the first time we were ableto make it with like, you know, a
real, we have like a real piano.
We have all these, we havea violin, we have saxes that
we've just, you know, collected.
And I think my, my boyfriend's agreat writer and producer and artist.
artist himself.
Um, and so being able to have accessto this stuff is, was awesome.
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And, um, also just, yeah, likewhere we live, like, it was just
like a very comfortable place.
It felt, it didn't feel like Iwas like working or that, like,
it just felt really natural.
And we could just like go intothe suit to like the studio.
And whenever we felt like it,we had an idea where we could
take a break when we needed to.
It just made it, I think, very, um,just felt like a safe space to create.
(11:00):
I mean it, you know, it's tough to findlike a balance because sometimes I felt
like we were like there for like hoursand you know like so yeah there might be
a benefit to like having a separate spacebut I think for this album it like kind
of worked to just have it at our home.
That's awesome and I feel like yeahit makes it a little bit more organic
because you're not like forced toa specific time to like get the
(11:23):
show up do it here and then leave.
Exactly.
We had, yeah, which we're very, I feelvery lucky that we were able to like
find a place that we could have thisspace to do it because it, yeah, it
did really, I think, impact how we, youknow, We're able to work like a good way.
So let's talk about thewolf, such a powerful track.
(11:44):
Um, so the, the lyricsexplore fear and estrangement.
So, um, what was it like co writing andproducing with Cade Hope and Harper James?
It was really cool.
Um, We started, K just like had a track,like he was kind of building the track,
(12:06):
and I, I kept like saying the lyric, like,I thought I saw you yesterday, because
I like, I have this thing where, I mean,New York is a very big city, but it's
also very small, so like, sometimes Ilike live in fear of like, I'm gonna turn
the corner, I'm gonna walk into somebodythat like, I don't want to, you know,
whether it's Mike, whether it's like, Myname is, I don't know, like, someone I
(12:27):
just, like, don't want to have, like, aconversation with because I'm a little
bit, like, socially awkward sometimes,and so, like, Yeah, for some reason that
was fresh on my mind and I was just like,I thought I saw you like I Just had a
specific instance where like I thoughtI saw someone I knew who like is just
like looks like like just like as a verylike I don't want to be mean but just
(12:48):
like it's my ex so like she's like basicSo i'm just like it like literally could
have been anybody So I was like I waslike I keep seeing this person everywhere
and just in my head and i'm just like ohmy gosh So that's kind of how that came
out about when we kind of wrote to that.
Um, and You You know, I think itcan, yeah, it can relate to like
(13:08):
relationships or just like feelingsthat you're afraid of, like just that
you're running away, that like feelingof avoidance, um, that we explored.
So we wrote that here.
And then Harper is awesome.
Like he, um, is an amazing mixingengineer and he really helps us like
make it just sound, everything soundlike so professional and perfect.
(13:28):
Um, and so we.
And just like, really, we're like, wewanted, we wanted this to be like a very
pop like addition to the album because,um, I, like my first two singles for the
album had been a little bit more, um,
like not as pop, like notas like upbeat, I guess.
(13:49):
So, um, we just wanted to reallydrive this like as hard as we could.
So it was a really just like fun.
process.
And it just, it feels likereally cathartic to sing it too.
So I'm excited to share it.
That's awesome.
Um, I do relate to like seeing peoplethat I don't want to see all the time.
(14:09):
I live in Oklahoma city.
And so there's like hardly anypeople compared to like big cities.
So like I'll see people Idon't want to see all the time.
And I'm like, if only we had afew more people spread it out.
Right.
But it's like this thing oflike, sometimes you can get
away with, not interacting.
Right.
But sometimes there's that awkwardthing where it's like you're walking
(14:30):
towards each other or just like there'slike no way for you to get out of it.
And that's just that feeling forme is just like the worst for me.
Yeah.
Like for me when they come intomy work and I'm like, right.
Hey, how are you?
And then it's like, and then like,I'm just thinking about it for hours.
I'm like, that was so, oh my God.
Yeah.
So I'm glad I'm not alone in that feeling.
(14:54):
No, I totally feel that.
So, doing music, it can take up,like, a lot of your time, but what
is your, like, average day like?
How do you fit in, like, makingmusic, having time for other things?
Um, I mean, yeah.
Yeah, it, I, I definitely, I workfrom home, which helps, because I
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have flexibility in my schedule.
Um, and so, I, but also that I have ADD,so I like struggle sometimes to like,
be organized, so I, I really do try tolike, get up and get my work done, and
then, um, with Cade, we just like, we'll,we do a lot of stuff on the weekends,
(15:36):
just for schedule purposes, um, youknow, afternoons into the night, um.
But yeah, like a typical day Iwould say is, you know, I wake up,
I try to get my head in the game.
I try to do the stuff thatI don't want to do first and
then, you know, focus on music.
(15:57):
I think a lot of, you know, what it is tobe an independent artist is like trying
to figure out social media as well.
So there's like a good portion of my daythat I'm just like, Scrolling TikTok.
Just like, what do I do?
Um, that's a good portion of the day.
And then, you know, my favorite thingto do is after, you know, writing or
after a session or after a work dayis to just I love just watching TV
(16:21):
and reading, just like try to settledown and not go on social media and
um, try to focus on other things.
And then try to do it all the next day.
I feel bad.
Yeah.
Speaking of like TV, if you couldwrite a song with like any fictional
character in mind, um, what fictionalcharacter would you write a song for?
(16:45):
Well, so technically like I didn't writethis song, but when I released for my last
EP, I have a song called ruining and it.
Like, I, the character that I used, like,or that, like, I thought of immediately
was this character, Shihiro, from SpiritAway, which is, like, my favorite movie
ever, and I feel like I relate to herso much, just like an anxious child,
(17:11):
so, um, I think maybe, I mean, Billykind of beat me to it, to be honest with
you, but, um, I would write a song maybefor like that kind of world, the Spirit
of the Way world, like I love animatedfilms, so like doing something like that.
That'd be so cute.
I would love that.
Isn't that so cute?
Yeah.
(17:31):
I could see that, I mean, yeah.
Yeah, so like one of my dreamsis to like, make like an animated
film for like one of my albums.
It might be like a different story,but like, I just think it's so fun.
Yeah.
So, and you can just, and theimagination, I don't know.
So maybe one day we'll make that happen.
(17:53):
Um, so do you have any like hobbiesor passions that take up your time
that aren't music or other work?
Yeah.
I, I, You know, I love reading.
I'm a little bit of a gamer.
Like, I gotta say, it's so crazy, butduring COVID, I got like, like everybody
(18:13):
got addicted to Animal Crossing, andthen that was just like a gateway
to like a bunch of other things.
And I always tell people, like, I justthink, you know, Especially if you
have, you know, anxiety, if you haveADD, like, I struggle sometimes to
focus on things, even if I'm watchingTV, but like, playing a game, I feel
like I can get lost a little bit.
No, definitely.
And I definitely, you know, try to, like,only, like, limit my time, because I
(18:34):
could literally stay in a game for hours.
Yeah, me with Minecraft.
Um, and, so, That is like,maybe, yeah, that's a hobby.
It's something I liketo do to, like, settle.
And like, you know, I'm, I'm definitelyan introvert, so I do like to spend
a lot of time by myself to recharge.
So like, I like doing that.
(18:54):
I'm a big reader.
I love my Kindle.
I will read all night if I could.
Um, and then I do, youknow, I love, um, hiking.
I don't know.
I like, you know, I, I enjoy traveling,but you know, I hope one day with
(19:14):
this career I can travel a lot more.
Um, but I go back to Canada.
I do.
It's, you know, I'm lucky cause Torontoto New York is like an hour flight.
So it's pretty, yeah, it's nice.
Um, and.
Yeah, so I go there inthe summer sometimes.
Yeah, I love Canada.
Every time.
(19:35):
It's so nice.
I do love Canada.
My home.
Well, I have one last question.
So, at Pop Palace, we ask every guestto create their own royal court.
of musical influences.
So if you had to pick threeartists who have shaped your
sound the most, who would they be?
(19:56):
Um, I would say, I mean, I wouldsay Marina and the Diamonds.
I would say Lana Del Rey.
And I would have to say Taylor Swift.
I would have to say Taylor Swift.
Definitely.
I mean, yeah.
Awesome.
Yay.
I love it.
Thank you so much.
(20:17):
Thank you so much.
Um, I'm so excited tohave you on Pop Palace.
I know all the listenersare gonna love it.
Um, where can they find you?
You could just Yes, um, I am, yeah,I'm on Instagram at MaddieRegent,
M A D D I E R E G E N T.
And then every, that's everywhere else.
(20:38):
Um.
Yay.
Awesome.
Perfect.
Yep.
Well, I'll keep everyone up to date onit and, um, tag you and everything too.
Amazing.
Thank you so much.
I'm so excited.
This is so fun.
Yes.
Thank you so much.
It was great to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Bye.
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