Billionaire - Commentary

Nancy Sinatra became a huge inspiration for this record. There was something about the sound of the guitars. The, the vibe in general that when I was choosing studios, you start to think, "Is this the right place? Should I be here?", and when I was saying, "Is this the right studio?", I look up and see that Nancy Sinatra had actually recorded in this studio where I was and it felt like a really positive sign. Now, this song "Billionaire" was recorded, the whole song was on an acoustic guitar, but we were really missing that sparkle. So, it was incredible. This guitar man, who's an absolutе legend, called Brеtt. He's from Australia and he brought a 1950s acoustic that had this sparkle that the song really needed. So beginning and end, the piano was me and just playing around, and Mark let it record and we ended up keeping it. And of course, then I asked the wonderful Sally Herbert to add her sparkle in the strings. In the intro and the outro, which were kind of an organic moment that happened. In "Billionaire" it was really important to me, that I had a male voice that was super deep and said, "I'm gonna make myself a billionaire" and I asked incredible team from Trilogy. I asked Tony to step forward and could he please use his incredible dulcet tones? And, uhm, say those words at the chorus.