Whereas making an attempt to write down his third studio album, Home on a Hill, Eric Nam got here throughout a number of inventive street blocks after being left with few inspiring experiences through the pandemic, and leaping into touring proper after. However someday of residence purchasing ended up altering the trajectory of his writing, and formed the album altogether, he reveals within the newest episode of Billboard Information.
“I needed to purchase a home and I noticed a phenomenal home on a hill. Ended up not getting it, however in that songwriting session we began to debate, ‘Why can we all desire a home? Why can we need to personal a home?’ It’s multifaceted,” Nam advised host Tetris Kelly about how the file started to take form. “They are saying it’s the easiest way to build up wealth. Is it a standing image? Is it a way of id and function in a bodily place? That type of led us down a spiral of speaking about what makes us actually blissful and what drives us as individuals.”
Home on a Hill sees Nam at his most creatively invested — along with being totally concerned with the songwriting and manufacturing course of, he helmed the album’s whole music video manufacturing, which as an entire views as a brief movie.
“I feel I’ve all the time been fairly concerned in my album, however this one was significantly concerned as a result of not solely was it the music and your complete songwriting and manufacturing course of, nevertheless it additionally prolonged to the a number of music movies, the brief movie, the photographs and all the things,” he defined. “I feel naturally as an bold individual, I attempt to elevate and improve each album. So, ‘How can we beat the final album?’ That was my greatest homework for this mission.”
Nam said that essentially the most arduous strategy of bringing the album to life was making a music video for a number of songs on Home on a Hill “wasn’t straightforward” on account of being an impartial artist.
“I come from the world of Okay-pop. While you have a look at Okay-pop movies, there’s all the time CGI with issues flying in outer house with combating imaginary monsters. … I, as a solo artist and an impartial artist, don’t have the flexibility to try this. I used to be like, ‘What can I do that may permit me to flex each muscle of my inventive thoughts?’ I assumed, ‘Why not write and script out a number of music movies after which flip it into a brief movie that performs with the themes of Home on a Hill — being blissful, discovering contentment, being unhappy, being alone, all these varieties of feelings,” he defined.
Home on a Hill was launched Sept. 8 and debuted at No. 66 on Billboard‘s High Album Gross sales chart. The singer is presently on tour in help of the album, making stops in North and Latin America by Dec. 9 earlier than heading over to Europe, U.Okay and components of Asia in 2024.
Watch Nam’s interview with Billboard Information within the video above.
