April 22, 2024 • 12 mins
Celebrating their song hitting #1 on the dance charts, Disco Lines, J Worra, & Anabel Englund share how “Cutting Loose” was born, how many versions there were of it before it got released, and how different the original was to the final!
We also get to know Thad, Jamie, & Anabel better by finding out what they would cut loose from their lives!!
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Count down the biggest dance songs in the country every week with Brian Fink on America’s Dance 30; listen on stations around the world!
We also get to know Thad, Jamie, & Anabel better by finding out what they would cut loose from their lives!!
Follow: @AmericasDance30 on all socials!
Count down the biggest dance songs in the country every week with Brian Fink on America’s Dance 30; listen on stations around the world!
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(00:00):
Just to give you guys a warningfor this chat. As much as I
would love to talk to you guysfor hours and hours, my stomach has
been destroyed all day, so Imay like abruptly have to leave this conversation.
Yeah what, God, don't yourpants? Don't throw it? So
(00:24):
I understand, man, our bodiesare such vulnerability. Dix, Hey,
thank you. I appreciate that.Dance counting down the biggest dance songs in
(00:47):
the country. This is America's Dancethirty fad disco lines. Annabelle England,
Welcome back to America's Dance thirty.And Jay Warra, Welcome to thirty for
the first time. What up?I can't, I can't, I can't.
(01:11):
All right, I'm gonna bring myenergy down to the level of you
guys here now. Annabelle, wecaught up a few weeks ago at Miami
Music Week, but I feel likewe should have like a shaman or a
witch doctor or somebody preside over allof our live chats. Did Phil tell
(01:32):
you what happened? No, sobad, Jamie, Just to keep you
guys looped in. So annabel andI have a great track record of virtual
chats, but our live chats forsome reason are cursed. We sat down
and talked at DC Orlando. Iget back to the hotel, no audio,
(01:53):
and then the same thing just happenedat Miami Music Week. I get
the video, I'm all editing everythingand no audio. Is this strategic?
Seems like a strategy behind this.I feel like Annabel just doesn't want me
to be heard. She's holding meback. Congratulations on cutting loose, not
(02:16):
only going number one on America's Dancethirty in media Base, but also the
Billboard chart that is so incredible foryou guys a Billboards yep, number one
on the Billboard chart as well.Congratulations Now, Annabel, this is your
(02:38):
eleventh number one, which is justinsane bad disco lines and Jaywarra, is
this your guys first Yeah? Ithink so wow. How is it for
you guys? Is it life changing? I don't know about you said,
I feel brand new. Summer.Rais actually text me right now. She
wants to hang out after. Iknow it. I know it, and
(03:01):
I appreciate you taking the time tochat with me, Fad, I greatly
appreciate Now. I can't wait totalk about how this song was born with
all of you guys, but first. Normally we would get to know you
guys with either Finkey's first or Thinky'sfavorites. But Annabelle, I feel like
I know everything about you that wejust caught up a few months ago.
(03:27):
Jay Wara, We're gonna have tohave you back on the show solo so
that we can really get to knowyou, but just really quickly. I
love finding out the origin story ofartists. When you were growing up,
was music the first thing you wantedto do? Or was there something else
you wanted to get into? Uh? No, I say that I'm from
Chicago because it's just the easiest thingto do. I don't want to go
(03:50):
through a whole lot geography lesson withpeople about where on the map my little
tiny town is. But like Igrew up in Cornfields, everybody's blue collar.
Everybody looks the same. Even knowthis was a thing I could do
always, like played instruments and stufflike that. And then moved moved to
Chicago after college, and I justhappened to have friends that were djaying,
(04:12):
and I was like, teach methese things. And it's funny because they
were teaching me to dj. Iwas trying to do things that I should
be doing in production software with likelooping and cutting and editing. So yeah,
it was, it was a itwas I had no clue. I
still don't know what I'm doing.I still don't know I'm here. Well,
I think you're faking it pretty damnWell, Well, let's get to
(04:34):
know you guys in honor of cuttingloose. Going number one, let's find
out what you would love to cutloose from your lives. Like, for
example, I would love to cutloose of what what is that? NFL?
That's the class. It's like theway they PLoP on drag race.
(04:59):
Ye got it? Now? Well, I would love to cut biting my
nails loose because it is such adisgusting habit and painful at times, but
I just can't get over it.Fad, what's something you would love to
cut loose? Uh? Smoking somuch weed? It's how quickly I talk
(05:20):
and what I remember, And Ithink I could be a lot smarter and
intelligent even being if I stopped.But I also love it, So that's
a battle. Jamie, What aboutyou? What would you love to cut
loose? Probably like the amount ofcandy that I can eat. It's pretty
disgusting. How much have you eatentoday? None? Yet I only woke
(05:44):
up like thirty minutes ago. SoAnnabelle, what about you? What would
you love to cut loose from yourlife? What I've been cutting loose is
just basically letting people try to tellme how to live my life and trusting
that their decision is better than mineor like like they somehow no more literally
(06:04):
like none of us know what we'redoing, and I have to trust my
gut and like, live my lifefor me, not for other people.
And I think I've been doing thatmy whole life, and I've come to
a point where I am done livingmy life for other people and it's about
me and what I want and whatI want to do, and how do
(06:26):
I make that happen. So I'msaying bye bye. I do a lot
of things this year last year.That's definitely a good problem. Hello hell
and hello hello, right back atyou. Let's talk about this number one.
It is such an incredible smash.How was cutting loose born? With
all you guys? I made thebeat a wow, and then I sent
(06:50):
it to Jamie and she made theproduction better. And then we did a
session with Annabelle and Annabelle is sucha legendary like DM vocalist. Like I
was just listening that's all you withthe Disciples last night. I was thinking
of you so good. But Iwas lucky enough to get these two to
work with me on it, andthat's probably came get Now, did you
(07:20):
guys all know each other previously?Kind of? Yeah? I had met
Bab in the studio for the veryfirst time, and he was so sweet
and cute, like a little puppyand angel. And then jay Wara,
like I met, I always likefollowed you, like I followed your production
(07:41):
and I really loved your stuff.And then we met because we were opening
Tucker together or something. We're Idon't know what we're doing, but you're
booking in Washington, DC. Yeah. I think it was Oliver Helden's.
Oh yeah, Oliver Heldon's Oliver Hilden'sYeah, yeah, you're right, that's
exactly where it was now now,Fad, I know you mentioned that you
(08:03):
started working on the Beat a longtime ago, But when did all of
this come together that you guys allstarted working on it together. I don't
even know. I met Jamie atElectric Forest. I think we chatted and
then maybe after that I sent itto her because I was like, I
have some demos that you crushed,because that's all I said at e fors
to it was great. I loveher music, so I was like,
(08:24):
you should make this song a littlebit better. I think that's probably what
sparked me sending it to her.And then Annabelle and I had been writing
in sessions and the theme for thewhole song. I don't know she came
up with it, but it wasafter Coachella, so it was pretty much
like a year ago because we werejust on a Coachella and I was wanted
(08:46):
to write about. Sarah de Warrenwas there and she co wrote the song,
and we wrote about how when you'rewith your friends and some friends who
want to chill or whatever, andyou're like, I just want to go
and like run in the grass onmyself and like find me where you find
me. And so that's what thetheme of the song is about. It's
about being at Coachella and running throughthe grass and wanting to do your own
(09:07):
thing. But it ended up beingabout like there's a deeper meaning. Obviously.
Yeah, I was about to sayI totally misread the meaning of this
song. I thought it was likecutting somebody out of your life, not
running through the fields at Coachello byyourself. Well, it's both, it's
both. This might go down asone of the most awkward chats ever.
(09:35):
Now something is just normal for us. What if we're all just awkward and
this is no God help us whenwe finally all get into one room.
Now, something I love to findout is how many different versions there are
of a song from when you startworking on it, all the tweaking that
goes on to when you finally putit out that. Do you know how
(09:56):
many different v's there were on thefinal Yeah, there's a bunch, dude.
The first one I wrote was withthis girl, tiffany Day, like
a while ago, and she's agreat Voteles too, But I remember her
verse for the song because she wantedto make it more like I don't even
know what she wanted to make itlike, but she was. She got
on in the first arch she saysis I got a pretty big dick for
a small girl. That's like thefirst take we had. I was like,
(10:20):
I don't think this is like rightfor that was the first version,
and then the production changed a bunchwhen Jamie got it, and then it
definitely got elevated a lot when Annabelsang over it instead of my other friend.
So probably like four or five orsix different versions. I don't know.
Oh, that's actually not bad.Like I was thinking you were going
to say, it was like thefifty or fifty one by the time it
(10:41):
was done. At that point,she just give up, Jamie. I
always I always talked to everybody about, you know, their process when they
go through with producing stuff. Areyou somebody that tweaks to the like umpteenth
amount or do you get through itpretty quick and move on? I think
it just really depends. Sometimes Ican write something in one day and it's
(11:03):
like solid, and that's that's whatI run with. I'm in this place
right now where I have like thirtyversions of songs that have been going on
for like a year plus, andlike that said, just shelf it or
trash it, I'm not kind ofjust like shelfing a lot of things.
Take it through quick enough, andyeah, just depends. Sometimes I'll smoke
(11:26):
a joint and I'll crush something that'ssound weird to me, like when I
take a gummy or when I'm smoking, I slow down, like, I
don't know how you guys work sowell. Yeah, I don't know either.
Almost my pod had as well,so that's incredible. Well, congratulations
on this song being so successful.I'm so glad we could spend this time
(11:48):
together celebrating cutting Loose going number one. Fad Annabelle England, Jamie, thank
you so much for your time withus on America's Dance thirty. Thank you
good times, thank you. Thankyou for sitting through the stomach issues,
the latency and everything that goes withit. Must have luck to you today.
(12:11):
With that thank you, I appreciateit. Can I give a shout
out before you caught it? Absolutely? My mom, I love you Mom.
Shout out to that's mom. Absolutely. America's answer is counting down the
biggest dance songs in the country America'sDance thirty
Just to give you guys a warningfor this chat. As much as I
would love to talk to you guysfor hours and hours, my stomach has
been destroyed all day, so Imay like abruptly have to leave this conversation.
Yeah what, God, don't yourpants? Don't throw it? So
(00:24):
I understand, man, our bodiesare such vulnerability. Dix, Hey,
thank you. I appreciate that.Dance counting down the biggest dance songs in
(00:47):
the country. This is America's Dancethirty fad disco lines. Annabelle England,
Welcome back to America's Dance thirty.And Jay Warra, Welcome to thirty for
the first time. What up?I can't, I can't, I can't.
(01:11):
All right, I'm gonna bring myenergy down to the level of you
guys here now. Annabelle, wecaught up a few weeks ago at Miami
Music Week, but I feel likewe should have like a shaman or a
witch doctor or somebody preside over allof our live chats. Did Phil tell
(01:32):
you what happened? No, sobad, Jamie, Just to keep you
guys looped in. So annabel andI have a great track record of virtual
chats, but our live chats forsome reason are cursed. We sat down
and talked at DC Orlando. Iget back to the hotel, no audio,
(01:53):
and then the same thing just happenedat Miami Music Week. I get
the video, I'm all editing everythingand no audio. Is this strategic?
Seems like a strategy behind this.I feel like Annabel just doesn't want me
to be heard. She's holding meback. Congratulations on cutting loose, not
(02:16):
only going number one on America's Dancethirty in media Base, but also the
Billboard chart that is so incredible foryou guys a Billboards yep, number one
on the Billboard chart as well.Congratulations Now, Annabel, this is your
(02:38):
eleventh number one, which is justinsane bad disco lines and Jaywarra, is
this your guys first Yeah? Ithink so wow. How is it for
you guys? Is it life changing? I don't know about you said,
I feel brand new. Summer.Rais actually text me right now. She
wants to hang out after. Iknow it. I know it, and
(03:01):
I appreciate you taking the time tochat with me, Fad, I greatly
appreciate Now. I can't wait totalk about how this song was born with
all of you guys, but first. Normally we would get to know you
guys with either Finkey's first or Thinky'sfavorites. But Annabelle, I feel like
I know everything about you that wejust caught up a few months ago.
(03:27):
Jay Wara, We're gonna have tohave you back on the show solo so
that we can really get to knowyou, but just really quickly. I
love finding out the origin story ofartists. When you were growing up,
was music the first thing you wantedto do? Or was there something else
you wanted to get into? Uh? No, I say that I'm from
Chicago because it's just the easiest thingto do. I don't want to go
(03:50):
through a whole lot geography lesson withpeople about where on the map my little
tiny town is. But like Igrew up in Cornfields, everybody's blue collar.
Everybody looks the same. Even knowthis was a thing I could do
always, like played instruments and stufflike that. And then moved moved to
Chicago after college, and I justhappened to have friends that were djaying,
(04:12):
and I was like, teach methese things. And it's funny because they
were teaching me to dj. Iwas trying to do things that I should
be doing in production software with likelooping and cutting and editing. So yeah,
it was, it was a itwas I had no clue. I
still don't know what I'm doing.I still don't know I'm here. Well,
I think you're faking it pretty damnWell, Well, let's get to
(04:34):
know you guys in honor of cuttingloose. Going number one, let's find
out what you would love to cutloose from your lives. Like, for
example, I would love to cutloose of what what is that? NFL?
That's the class. It's like theway they PLoP on drag race.
(04:59):
Ye got it? Now? Well, I would love to cut biting my
nails loose because it is such adisgusting habit and painful at times, but
I just can't get over it.Fad, what's something you would love to
cut loose? Uh? Smoking somuch weed? It's how quickly I talk
(05:20):
and what I remember, And Ithink I could be a lot smarter and
intelligent even being if I stopped.But I also love it, So that's
a battle. Jamie, What aboutyou? What would you love to cut
loose? Probably like the amount ofcandy that I can eat. It's pretty
disgusting. How much have you eatentoday? None? Yet I only woke
(05:44):
up like thirty minutes ago. SoAnnabelle, what about you? What would
you love to cut loose from yourlife? What I've been cutting loose is
just basically letting people try to tellme how to live my life and trusting
that their decision is better than mineor like like they somehow no more literally
(06:04):
like none of us know what we'redoing, and I have to trust my
gut and like, live my lifefor me, not for other people.
And I think I've been doing thatmy whole life, and I've come to
a point where I am done livingmy life for other people and it's about
me and what I want and whatI want to do, and how do
(06:26):
I make that happen. So I'msaying bye bye. I do a lot
of things this year last year.That's definitely a good problem. Hello hell
and hello hello, right back atyou. Let's talk about this number one.
It is such an incredible smash.How was cutting loose born? With
all you guys? I made thebeat a wow, and then I sent
(06:50):
it to Jamie and she made theproduction better. And then we did a
session with Annabelle and Annabelle is sucha legendary like DM vocalist. Like I
was just listening that's all you withthe Disciples last night. I was thinking
of you so good. But Iwas lucky enough to get these two to
work with me on it, andthat's probably came get Now, did you
(07:20):
guys all know each other previously?Kind of? Yeah? I had met
Bab in the studio for the veryfirst time, and he was so sweet
and cute, like a little puppyand angel. And then jay Wara,
like I met, I always likefollowed you, like I followed your production
(07:41):
and I really loved your stuff.And then we met because we were opening
Tucker together or something. We're Idon't know what we're doing, but you're
booking in Washington, DC. Yeah. I think it was Oliver Helden's.
Oh yeah, Oliver Heldon's Oliver Hilden'sYeah, yeah, you're right, that's
exactly where it was now now,Fad, I know you mentioned that you
(08:03):
started working on the Beat a longtime ago, But when did all of
this come together that you guys allstarted working on it together. I don't
even know. I met Jamie atElectric Forest. I think we chatted and
then maybe after that I sent itto her because I was like, I
have some demos that you crushed,because that's all I said at e fors
to it was great. I loveher music, so I was like,
(08:24):
you should make this song a littlebit better. I think that's probably what
sparked me sending it to her.And then Annabelle and I had been writing
in sessions and the theme for thewhole song. I don't know she came
up with it, but it wasafter Coachella, so it was pretty much
like a year ago because we werejust on a Coachella and I was wanted
(08:46):
to write about. Sarah de Warrenwas there and she co wrote the song,
and we wrote about how when you'rewith your friends and some friends who
want to chill or whatever, andyou're like, I just want to go
and like run in the grass onmyself and like find me where you find
me. And so that's what thetheme of the song is about. It's
about being at Coachella and running throughthe grass and wanting to do your own
(09:07):
thing. But it ended up beingabout like there's a deeper meaning. Obviously.
Yeah, I was about to sayI totally misread the meaning of this
song. I thought it was likecutting somebody out of your life, not
running through the fields at Coachello byyourself. Well, it's both, it's
both. This might go down asone of the most awkward chats ever.
(09:35):
Now something is just normal for us. What if we're all just awkward and
this is no God help us whenwe finally all get into one room.
Now, something I love to findout is how many different versions there are
of a song from when you startworking on it, all the tweaking that
goes on to when you finally putit out that. Do you know how
(09:56):
many different v's there were on thefinal Yeah, there's a bunch, dude.
The first one I wrote was withthis girl, tiffany Day, like
a while ago, and she's agreat Voteles too, But I remember her
verse for the song because she wantedto make it more like I don't even
know what she wanted to make itlike, but she was. She got
on in the first arch she saysis I got a pretty big dick for
a small girl. That's like thefirst take we had. I was like,
(10:20):
I don't think this is like rightfor that was the first version,
and then the production changed a bunchwhen Jamie got it, and then it
definitely got elevated a lot when Annabelsang over it instead of my other friend.
So probably like four or five orsix different versions. I don't know.
Oh, that's actually not bad.Like I was thinking you were going
to say, it was like thefifty or fifty one by the time it
(10:41):
was done. At that point,she just give up, Jamie. I
always I always talked to everybody about, you know, their process when they
go through with producing stuff. Areyou somebody that tweaks to the like umpteenth
amount or do you get through itpretty quick and move on? I think
it just really depends. Sometimes Ican write something in one day and it's
(11:03):
like solid, and that's that's whatI run with. I'm in this place
right now where I have like thirtyversions of songs that have been going on
for like a year plus, andlike that said, just shelf it or
trash it, I'm not kind ofjust like shelfing a lot of things.
Take it through quick enough, andyeah, just depends. Sometimes I'll smoke
(11:26):
a joint and I'll crush something that'ssound weird to me, like when I
take a gummy or when I'm smoking, I slow down, like, I
don't know how you guys work sowell. Yeah, I don't know either.
Almost my pod had as well,so that's incredible. Well, congratulations
on this song being so successful.I'm so glad we could spend this time
(11:48):
together celebrating cutting Loose going number one. Fad Annabelle England, Jamie, thank
you so much for your time withus on America's Dance thirty. Thank you
good times, thank you. Thankyou for sitting through the stomach issues,
the latency and everything that goes withit. Must have luck to you today.
(12:11):
With that thank you, I appreciateit. Can I give a shout
out before you caught it? Absolutely? My mom, I love you Mom.
Shout out to that's mom. Absolutely. America's answer is counting down the
biggest dance songs in the country America'sDance thirty
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