Declan McKenna has performed at the Reading and Leeds Festival over the last weekend, making his debut at the main stage.
In a recent interview with NME he shared the importance of the Festival and live performances where his latest album Zeros had a chance to be played live. “’Zeros’ is fucking intense. But finally seeing it come to life has been like, ‘Wow, this is really what it’s all about!’” – the artist commented.
Asked about his recent single “My House” which is more mellow compared to the latest album, McKenna replied: “I definitely been looking to produce more stuff myself, more intimate sound”.
“I think that maybe some of the records that I’ve made have missed is a little bit of my character in terms of production” he added asked about the next album.
“Having creative control has always been important to me in different ways,” said McKenna. “I feel like that’s all a new record can be, a learning curve. I find that with each new record I’m learning more and dipping my toes into new things.”
At Leeds Festival last Saturday, the 28th, Mckenna was joined on stage by Sam Feder for the performance of “Brasil”. Last year he and Fender had been talking about collaboration. Asked about any development in that matter he replied: “No… we’ve both been doing all sorts of shit! Today marks the first time I’ll have seen him in two years. We’ll still get in that studio at some point, though.”
See the performance of Declan McKenna and Sam Fender below.
SAM FENDER PERFORMING WITH DECLAN MCKENNA!! pic.twitter.com/aTzJ9kNpIi
— Sam Fender Updates (@FenderUpdates) August 28, 2021
Declan McKenna also used the Reading and Leeds Vaccine initiative for the festival-goers and received his second jab after finishing his set. With ‘vaccine busses’ available at the sites, the musician said: “I’ve got two days off so I thought yeah, get it done now”.
and I feel fine today, although I’m sure my arm would hurt less if sam would’ve refrained from punching it https://t.co/lvAjkNkm12
— Declan mckenna (@DeclanMcKenna) August 29, 2021
“Being nomadic in some description you just wanna seize the opportunity when it arises,” he explained. “It’s a nice reminder, especially as a young person you lose track of these things” he commented on the pop-up clinics
