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Ryan Tedder on Anxiety Attacks, Fighter Pilots, New OneRepublic, and a Solo LP Ryan Tedder joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Artificial Paradise, the latest album from OneRepublic. The frontman tells us why this album feels so different from their past releases, the recent chart-topping collaboration with David Guetta, and changing the tracklist 48 hours before submitting the final version. We also get the backstory on the 1999 reference in “I Ain’t Worried” and how it has ties to the fighter pilots in Top Gun Maverick, and how “Last Holiday” comes from one of his darkest periods after the band found success. The super-producer (Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Adele, U2) also previews that he’s not only mapped out the group’s next record (“most emotional songs by far”), but that he’s also planning his very first solo album, and eventually wants to make their version of an LCD Soundsystem or Radiohead LP. #ryantedder #onerepublic #taylorswift
