These days, Ronson's been talking with the likes of Lady Gaga and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker After teasing fans with Instagram photos of the trio working in the studio together, Ronson's involvement with Gaga's upcoming single, Perfect Illusion, has been confirmed. The popstar recently updated her website with news that the track's produced by Ronson and Parker, are due for release in September.
Tell me more about the new Lady Gaga album you’re producing.
I’ve known Gaga since just before 'Just Dance' really blew up and although she’s 10 years younger than me, she’s a fellow city kid. She went to the same high school as my first girlfriend when I was 11 or 12 years old, so we grew up doing the same things: Drinking beer on the museum steps, and in the same neighbourhood too. So there was something instantly familiar when we met and we hit it off. And then she became this global massive superstar and I don’t think we talked for five or six years. Then I ran into her a year ago and she called me up after and said, “Do you want to work on some music?”
I went in on the first day with very open expectations. I didn’t know if we would work together for two weeks or six months. I knew she was very talented, I’d seen her perform and knew how seriously she takes music. She’s really a muso at heart, and is happiest when she’s sitting behind the piano yelling out chord changes to the drummer or whatever. But we started working and it kind of exceeded any expectations of what I thought the music was going to be like.
It’s been one of my favourite records to work on and some of the people who have come in to play on it are my favourite musicians, writers and some of her favourites. I think it’s just really good music and probably a record for people who might not have realised that her music had something for them — at least based on the small amount of people who’ve heard it so far. It’s definitely pretty deep musically for sure.
