December 2, 2024 • 8 mins
Celebrating his new smash “Told You So” w Jex, Martin Garrix joined us on America’s Dance 30, and shared how the song was born, how long ago they started working on it, and how many Vs there were of the song before its release!
He also shared when he found out he had been named #1 DJ in the world again, who the first person he texted was to let them know, and if he had ever dreamed of being named #1 five times!!
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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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!
He also shared when he found out he had been named #1 DJ in the world again, who the first person he texted was to let them know, and if he had ever dreamed of being named #1 five times!!
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!
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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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yo, my man.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Good to see you.
Speaker 3 (00:02):
Good to see you too. I know you're on a
tight schedule, so let me know whenever you're ready to go.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm ready when you're ready.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Dance counting down the biggest dance songs in the country.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
This is America's Dance thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Martin Garricks, it is great seeing you again. Welcome back
to America's Dance thirty. Good to see you before we
chat all about your new smash told you so. With
Jack's congratulations on not only being named number one DJ
in the world, but for the fifth time, tying Armin
(00:50):
van Buren's record. That is so incredible.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
It's very crazy, very surreal.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I'm in that list with all the people that I
look up to and then inspired me to make electronic music.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
It feels very surreal. Now.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
When you were a kid making animals in your bedroom,
did you even dream of being named the number one DJ,
let alone five times?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Definitely not. I didn't really think that much. I was
just having fun, experimenting, trying out new things. And then
I don't want to say by accident I made the song,
but I just you were part of it, like it
was such a It really changed everything overnight for me.
And it's over ten years old now, which is kind
of crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I'm very very grateful.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
That is insane. Now in the weeks leading up to
the announcement of the top one hundred, are you even
thinking about it or is it just something that pops
back up like the days before.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
They told me, you think ten days before.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
So I had to because that's when the voting closed
and I was playing the emseb Marina. Because I was
number one, I had to play another thirty minutes, so
it was two hours set instead of ninety so just
for preparation wise, and also for the magazine itself, for
the view all that stuff they tell you not phones,
But leading up to it, I was just busy with
(02:05):
the summer tour, with your residency Sinibitza Vegas, and most
apparently focusing on your music.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
And who was the first person you texted to celebrate
being named the number one DJ in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I have a group share with my mom, dad, and sister,
so it was it was nice.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
That is so awesome. Well, congratulations again. Let's talk about
this new smash with Jacks. This is such a crazy
story how this came together. Now forgive me if this
is a stupid question, but is this the first time
that you've been tagged in a video of an artist
posting a song to finish it and then actually taking
part in it.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
I don't think it's the first success story where we
actually finished the song and turn it around super quick,
because I heard the demo in August, I think, but
I was in the middle of the summer tour, et cetera,
and then I just messed around with it. Then I
met Jacks in Vegas, and she's incredible, the whole who
was there at the piano hook, it's it's, it's it's
(03:03):
super catchy. And after spending a lot of time in
the production and finding the right direction because I wanted
to give it like the nostalgic, feel good dance music
like twenty sixteen, twenty fifteen Vibes, maybe twenty twelve Vivees,
but it's. It gave me a very nostalgic feeling hearing
the piano and her voice, so I wanted to continue
(03:24):
on that in the production, and I'm super happy with
how it turnout.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, it's such a feel good smash. Now take us
through the process. You weren't the only one that was
tagged in the video right.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Now, there was geta just so I feel like every
every DJ and producer got tagged in the video.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
But I don't know I got the stemps.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I just really focused on how how I heard it,
and I didn't really want to think too much about
what others were doing if they if they got the song.
I merely connected with Jack's and I sent the videos
updates with brainstorming about small little rewrites, and basically from
the moment we met, we connected, and we punished a
(04:04):
song into how it is now.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Well, speaking of the videos that you were sending back
and forth, I saw the video which is hilarious of
you singing it. Now, have you ever left your voice
in one of your songs, even as like a vocal stab?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, on a lot of Garrick songs, there's me in
the background. Also, if I need to have like the
vocal feel like more like a group vocal, I'll lay
it on the background vocals. I'll stand on different positions
in the room around the mic, put it in the background,
reverb it out.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
But I haven't done like a lead vocal.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Well soon, hopefully one day. Now I saw where you
said that this was one of your favorite songs that
you've ever worked on. What was it about it?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Just the whole process.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
There's I think I spend more than one hundred and
seventy hours on the production, and that sounds like a
crazy amount of time, and it is a crazy amount
of time, but it felt effortless at the same time
because the whole process was so fun working with Jacks,
also recording the violince the guitars, there's a lot of
real instruments that we used in the production, and just
the feeling of to see the song come together all
(05:21):
these different elements than being able to play it in
my hometown. We premiered it in Amsterdam together with Jacks.
Like seeing everything come together and people responding to it,
it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Feeling because it's such a great song. And yeah, you
mentioned that you spent one hundred and seventy eight hours
on the production of it. Where does that rank compared
to other Martin Garrick smashes?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Usually around one hundred hours.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Most of it is just simply overthinking, trying every single
option and then reverting it back to how it was before.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
But no, for me, like sometimes it goes super quick.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
It takes a lot longer, and I work a lot
with placeholder sounds because I don't want to lose the
momentum of putting down the blueprint and like the rough structure,
and then I'll dial in on the low and on
the on the base. Does it communicate with a kick? Then,
like I use like a contact library for my strings. Okay,
I love how the strings sounds. I'm going to get
(06:20):
it played by real string string of rangers. So there's
all these different steps that come into the process and
it's exciting. It's like you're you're sculpting and detail by detail,
You're you're teckling things.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Well.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Speaking of the process, something I love to find out,
which we've talked about before, is how many different versions
there are of a song from when you start working
on it, all the tweaking that goes on to when
you finally put it out. Do you remember what the
final V was of?
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Told you so, I'm my production level of here, I
can actually I can find it now one second.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
And isn't it funny? I Mean, we were talking with
a lesso about how you get so far down the
line with versions and then normally end up like hopping
back to like version five.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Yeah, especially because it gets to a point where all
the small changes you're making, like I feel like there's
only very.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Few people who actually hear the changes.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
But in my head, I want to have at least
tried it, even if it doesn't work, but I want
to have tried it so I know it's not working.
Like I never everyone have a song out and be like, oh,
what if I change that. I want to be in
my head like, oh I tried that, it didn't work,
or it worked, but otherwise it's gonna make me go crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah. And I saw in the video when you posted
about all the instrumentation and even the noises that nobody hears.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
These are all the foules.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
There's two hundred and seventy nine different saves of the project,
So yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Well, congratulations, it is such a smash. Not only congratulations
to you, but congratulations to Jack's Martin Garricks. It is
great seeing you again. Thank you for your time with
us on America's Dance thirty.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Loves of Love, Good to see you.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
America's Dance thirty
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Counting down the biggest dance songs in the country, America's
Dance thirty
Yo, my man.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Good to see you.
Speaker 3 (00:02):
Good to see you too. I know you're on a
tight schedule, so let me know whenever you're ready to go.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm ready when you're ready.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
All right, here we go.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Dance counting down the biggest dance songs in the country.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
This is America's Dance thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Martin Garricks, it is great seeing you again. Welcome back
to America's Dance thirty. Good to see you before we
chat all about your new smash told you so. With
Jack's congratulations on not only being named number one DJ
in the world, but for the fifth time, tying Armin
(00:50):
van Buren's record. That is so incredible.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
It's very crazy, very surreal.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I'm in that list with all the people that I
look up to and then inspired me to make electronic music.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
It feels very surreal. Now.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
When you were a kid making animals in your bedroom,
did you even dream of being named the number one DJ,
let alone five times?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Definitely not. I didn't really think that much. I was
just having fun, experimenting, trying out new things. And then
I don't want to say by accident I made the song,
but I just you were part of it, like it
was such a It really changed everything overnight for me.
And it's over ten years old now, which is kind
of crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I'm very very grateful.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
That is insane. Now in the weeks leading up to
the announcement of the top one hundred, are you even
thinking about it or is it just something that pops
back up like the days before.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
They told me, you think ten days before.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
So I had to because that's when the voting closed
and I was playing the emseb Marina. Because I was
number one, I had to play another thirty minutes, so
it was two hours set instead of ninety so just
for preparation wise, and also for the magazine itself, for
the view all that stuff they tell you not phones,
But leading up to it, I was just busy with
(02:05):
the summer tour, with your residency Sinibitza Vegas, and most
apparently focusing on your music.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
And who was the first person you texted to celebrate
being named the number one DJ in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I have a group share with my mom, dad, and sister,
so it was it was nice.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
That is so awesome. Well, congratulations again. Let's talk about
this new smash with Jacks. This is such a crazy
story how this came together. Now forgive me if this
is a stupid question, but is this the first time
that you've been tagged in a video of an artist
posting a song to finish it and then actually taking
part in it.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
I don't think it's the first success story where we
actually finished the song and turn it around super quick,
because I heard the demo in August, I think, but
I was in the middle of the summer tour, et cetera,
and then I just messed around with it. Then I
met Jacks in Vegas, and she's incredible, the whole who
was there at the piano hook, it's it's, it's it's
(03:03):
super catchy. And after spending a lot of time in
the production and finding the right direction because I wanted
to give it like the nostalgic, feel good dance music
like twenty sixteen, twenty fifteen Vibes, maybe twenty twelve Vivees,
but it's. It gave me a very nostalgic feeling hearing
the piano and her voice, so I wanted to continue
(03:24):
on that in the production, and I'm super happy with
how it turnout.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, it's such a feel good smash. Now take us
through the process. You weren't the only one that was
tagged in the video right.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Now, there was geta just so I feel like every
every DJ and producer got tagged in the video.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
But I don't know I got the stemps.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I just really focused on how how I heard it,
and I didn't really want to think too much about
what others were doing if they if they got the song.
I merely connected with Jack's and I sent the videos
updates with brainstorming about small little rewrites, and basically from
the moment we met, we connected, and we punished a
(04:04):
song into how it is now.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Well, speaking of the videos that you were sending back
and forth, I saw the video which is hilarious of
you singing it. Now, have you ever left your voice
in one of your songs, even as like a vocal stab?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, on a lot of Garrick songs, there's me in
the background. Also, if I need to have like the
vocal feel like more like a group vocal, I'll lay
it on the background vocals. I'll stand on different positions
in the room around the mic, put it in the background,
reverb it out.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
But I haven't done like a lead vocal.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Well soon, hopefully one day. Now I saw where you
said that this was one of your favorite songs that
you've ever worked on. What was it about it?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Just the whole process.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
There's I think I spend more than one hundred and
seventy hours on the production, and that sounds like a
crazy amount of time, and it is a crazy amount
of time, but it felt effortless at the same time
because the whole process was so fun working with Jacks,
also recording the violince the guitars, there's a lot of
real instruments that we used in the production, and just
the feeling of to see the song come together all
(05:21):
these different elements than being able to play it in
my hometown. We premiered it in Amsterdam together with Jacks.
Like seeing everything come together and people responding to it,
it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Feeling because it's such a great song. And yeah, you
mentioned that you spent one hundred and seventy eight hours
on the production of it. Where does that rank compared
to other Martin Garrick smashes?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Usually around one hundred hours.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Most of it is just simply overthinking, trying every single
option and then reverting it back to how it was before.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
But no, for me, like sometimes it goes super quick.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
It takes a lot longer, and I work a lot
with placeholder sounds because I don't want to lose the
momentum of putting down the blueprint and like the rough structure,
and then I'll dial in on the low and on
the on the base. Does it communicate with a kick? Then,
like I use like a contact library for my strings. Okay,
I love how the strings sounds. I'm going to get
(06:20):
it played by real string string of rangers. So there's
all these different steps that come into the process and
it's exciting. It's like you're you're sculpting and detail by detail,
You're you're teckling things.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Well.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Speaking of the process, something I love to find out,
which we've talked about before, is how many different versions
there are of a song from when you start working
on it, all the tweaking that goes on to when
you finally put it out. Do you remember what the
final V was of?
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Told you so, I'm my production level of here, I
can actually I can find it now one second.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
And isn't it funny? I Mean, we were talking with
a lesso about how you get so far down the
line with versions and then normally end up like hopping
back to like version five.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Yeah, especially because it gets to a point where all
the small changes you're making, like I feel like there's
only very.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Few people who actually hear the changes.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
But in my head, I want to have at least
tried it, even if it doesn't work, but I want
to have tried it so I know it's not working.
Like I never everyone have a song out and be like, oh,
what if I change that. I want to be in
my head like, oh I tried that, it didn't work,
or it worked, but otherwise it's gonna make me go crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah. And I saw in the video when you posted
about all the instrumentation and even the noises that nobody hears.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
These are all the foules.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
There's two hundred and seventy nine different saves of the project,
So yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Well, congratulations, it is such a smash. Not only congratulations
to you, but congratulations to Jack's Martin Garricks. It is
great seeing you again. Thank you for your time with
us on America's Dance thirty.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Loves of Love, Good to see you.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
America's Dance thirty
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Counting down the biggest dance songs in the country, America's
Dance thirty
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