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October 4, 2025 3 mins
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Rick Rubin has been everywhere these past few days and his presence is as magnetic as ever. Most notably on October 3rd, he took the main stage at the Nordic Business Forum 2025 for a rare public interview with Diana Kander. Rubin delivered a masterclass on creativity as a lifelong pursuit, urging leaders and changemakers to listen deeply, trust their instincts, and move forward before they're ready. He unpacked his producing philosophy: progress is action, not perfection; creativity comes from within and is supported by stillness and self-trust. He even addressed the intersection of artificial intelligence and the creative process, quipping that while AI can mimic Jay Z’s voice, it cannot replicate his perspective—reminding the audience that artistry is defined by point of view, not just data. Rubin’s viral meme about “vibe coding” has now inspired academic curiosity. Harvard’s Bok AI Lab just hosted an “Experimental Workshop” on “vibe coding,” a phrase popularized by Rubin in recent months, where students explored the intersection of technology, intuition, and musicality, pointing to Rubin’s growing influence outside the recording studio.

Business activity wise, Rubin’s collaboration with Tyler Childers is the talk of the music world. Childers’ new album Snipe Hunter dropped on July 25, produced by Rubin and garnering rave writeups in GQ and Rolling Stone, the latter crediting Rubin with helping Childers deliver his most daring, genre-bending work to date. The record’s critical success and Childers’ plans for a major O2 Arena show in London confirm Rubin’s ongoing impact on contemporary music. Recently, mention of his podcast Tetragrammaton popped into the news cycle with director Francis Ford Coppola appearing as a guest, where Coppola candidly discussed his struggles financing new films since his Megalopolis project. Rubin, it turns out, is as adept at drawing out revelations in conversation as he is at drawing artistry out of musicians.

On social media, snippets of Rubin’s Nordic Business Forum talk are circulating widely, with business, music, and tech communities amplifying his advice to “take action before you feel ready” and “let the idea speak for itself.” Quotes from his interview—particularly about feedback as “do no harm” and the power of going against the grain—are making the rounds across LinkedIn, X, and music producer forums. Rumors briefly circulated about Rubin stepping into a tech advisory role, likely fueled by “vibe coding” hype, but so far there are no verified reports of new business ventures beyond speaking and education.

In sum, Rubin’s past week has been an almost perfect intersection of creative gravitas, business inspiration, and pop culture resonance. His ideas are being debated from Harvard’s AI labs to Europe’s business elite to the comment threads of every major music blog—proof that his cultural touchpoint status is only deepening.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Rick Rubin has been everywhere these past few days, and
his presence is as magnetic as ever. Most notably, on
October third, he took the main stage at the Nordic
Business Forum twenty twenty five for a rare public interview
with Diana Candor. Ruben delivered a masterclass on creativity as
a lifelong pursuit, urging leaders and change makers to listen, deeply,

(00:22):
trust their instincts, and move forward before they are ready.
He unpacked his producing philosophy. Progress is action, not perfection.
Creativity comes from within and is supported by stillness and
self trust. He even addressed the intersection of artificial intelligence
and the creative process, cripping that while AI can mimic

(00:44):
Chesy's voice, it cannot replicate his perspective, reminding the audience
that artistry is defined by point of view, not just data.
Ruben's viral mean about vibe coding has now inspired academic curiosity.
Ord's book AI Lab just hosted an experimental workshop on

(01:04):
vibe coding, a phrase popularized by Ruben in recent months,
where students explore the intersection of technology, intuition, and musicality.
Pointing to Ruben's growing influence outside the recording studio. Business
activity wise, Rubin's collaboration with Tyler Charters is the talk

(01:24):
of the music world. Charter's new album, snipe Hunter, dropped
on July twenty fifth, produced by Ruben and garning rave
write ups in GQ and Rolling Stone, the latter crediting
Ruben with helping Charters deliver his most daring genre bending
work to date. The record's critical success and Charter's plans
for a major two arena show in London confirm Ruben's

(01:46):
ongoing impact on contemporary music. Recently, mention of his podcast
Tetragrammaton popped into the news cycle, with director Francis Ford
Coppola appearing as a guest, where Coppola candidly discussed his
ruggles financing new films since his Megalopolis project. Rubin, it
turns out, is as adept at drawing out revelations in

(02:08):
conversation as he is at drawing artistry out of musicians.
On social media. Snippets of Ruben's Nordic business forum talk
are circulating widely with business, music, and tech communities, amplifying
his vice to take action before you feel ready and
let the idea speak for itself. Quotes from his interview,

(02:30):
particularly about feedback as do no harm and the power
of going against the grain, are making the rounds across
LinkedIn X and music producer forms. Rumors briefly circulated about
Ruben's stepping into a tech advisory role, likely fueled by
vibe coding hype, but so far there are no verified
reports of new business enters beyond speaking and education. In

(02:54):
some Ruben's past week has been an almost perfect intersection
of creative gravita us business inspiration and pop culture resonance.
His ideas are being debated from Harvard's AI Labs to
Europe's business elite to the common threads of every major
music blog, proof that his cultural touch point stats is

(03:14):
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