#idolator

I think “my tears ricochet.” I also love “cardigan.” I listened to the album when it came out like the rest of the world. It’s unfair how talented she is. She’s such a boss in the sense of business as well. She’s such a role model for me because it’s one thing to be a talented songwriter but then it’s another to navigate the business especially when you’re that massive. Maintaining that star power is not easy. It takes a lot of smarts as well as talents. I’m just glad my album didn’t come out the same week or else I would have probably killed myself.

I think it’ll be like there might be three One Direction songs in there. I mean I’ll definitely put a few in. It would be rude not to, and there are some bangers in there. But mostly Walls. I’ll probably do the whole album and maybe two or three One Direction tunes.

I’d say, maybe 30 percent of the songs on the album were written longer than a year ago. There are some songs that are so special to me and I think they mean a lot to the fans. Some of those songs also represent that time in my life in whatever way.