Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Stars in Absurd ClickHole Video: Watch
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler has shared some valuable insight into his songwriting process. He stars in a new ClickHole video called “The Mind of a Master,” where he breaks down his craft in vivid, nonsensical detail. Butler begins the video, “A really great song has three parts: a beak, an anus, and a hat. And any good artist will be able to tell you when they got all three.” Later, he reveals some key information about Arcade Fire’s beloved 2004 record Funeral: “I wrote it because I needed to play something to scare the seagulls away from my family’s shrimp trawler.”
And, of course, any good interview would not be complete without some insider gossip. “Whenever I’m really stuck,” Butler says, “I’ll usually email Paul McCartney and say, ‘You got another song in you or what, you old freaky fucker?’ And every single time he responds with a fully composed song—lyrics, everything.” Watch the satirical video below.
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