(umprompted) Hm, I Gotta Dye My Hair Red Again

(umprompted) hm, i gotta dye my hair red again

How do you write?

Generally, it’s the music first. I’m always trying to find chord structures that haven’t been used before. That’s the first thing I look for; I try to find a chord structure that inspires the melody to just fall out of my mouth automatically. That usually inspires the lyrics. The words come very naturally to me. I think if you’re struggling to write words to a piece of music, it’s probably not inspiring you enough.

In a song like “Apocalypse Please” on Absolution, the chord structure was so epic and in your face, and the words just fell out. The lyrics weren’t the kind of words I ever expected to sing. But in finding those kinds of weirder chords first, it inspired me to want to say something.

Matt on songwriting, lyrics and Apocalypse Please | "Innocence And Absolution", Keyboard Magazine, June 2005

Does anyone know of any interviews where Matt talks about his songwriting process? I feel like interviewers are crazy if no one's ever asked him about it.

Audio/video is preferred, but written is fine, too.

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TERFs, FUCK OFF!!!

Genuinely, I finished the chords for a song I'm writing today (the one with French poetry in the bridge), and EVERY SECTION has a minor plagal cadence.

Damn, Matt Bellamy sure does love using minor plagal cadences to make me want to RIP MY SOUL OUT MY BODY AND THROW IT AT THE SUN.

I reckon most Muse songs that just utterly devastate you have a minor plagal cadence.

(I am also guilty of using minor plagal cadences in my own songs bc they also sound nice).