Jon Batiste spoke with the media to demonstrate his commitment to being an album artist. In the most recent series of the show, the Grammy winner went for an interview with us to talk about his newest endeavor, WMR, and to reveal his strategy for success while being a well-acclaimed musician at the same time. Speaking of WMR, which came out on Friday, August 18, Jon Batiste said he collaborated with Jon Bellion, producer on the album, allowing numerous unintended themes to creep in.
Jon Batiste Wishes For People To Find Their Own Voice Through His Ow
The album has a theme of water. The Grammy winner told Lamarre, Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop’s senior director, “There are a lot of diverse themes that repeat, and some of the motifs were subconscious when we were recording it.” He had been working with Jon and says he had a thing regarding his son about living one’s life and just taking care of oneself and simply being a part of the world, says the author. “And using it as a metaphor for my life, the struggles we’ve faced, and everything we’re attempting to build for this record is a trick”, he concluded.
It could seem difficult to produce new music after the popularity of his album WE ARE (2021), which brought him four of several Grammy awards. However, Jon Batiste said that the awards have no bearing on how he composes songs. “I truly produce bodies of art. The single pieces are insane, and that’s essential, but I’m an absolute album artist. I make collections of work and immersive worlds, so that necessitates people who understand how to relate to what is in it and are able to reinvent it to make it ours, but also communicate with it through my voice and recognize that a larger world than me is being built.”
