TOBIAS FORGE Is Working On “The Vibe” For A New GHOST Record
01/12/2022Any record’s follow-up can be challenging to write. Do you continue to build on the strengths of the previous album, or do you try something different? Maybe a mix of the two, or perhaps a sharp shift in that direction? Tobias Forge, the man behind Ghost, spoke with Josh Weigell on Rolling Stone’s Twitch about how he’s beginning to construct the stuff that will eventually follow Impera.
If there’s anything he’s been listening to recently that he wants to try to incorporate onto Ghost’s sixth album, Forge responded:
“Nothing that I can commit to here and now. There are a lot of things in my head that I feel like I wanna explore writing.”
Blabbermouth Transcribes the Man Tobias Forge Himself
He proceeded, according to Blabbermouth’s transcription:
“Kind of [the way I feel] about [Ghost‘s onstage] costumes — you try to… slowly and steadily you try to perfect, but for every process end up doing some of experiment that might have been a miracle, or the next time you’re, like, ‘Oh, let’s never do that again.’ Because recording and writing and just making a record is also… it’s a boring thing, but there’s a lot of practical factors that will play into the result of making a record.
“Historically, if we don’t talk about my band, but just historic records, there’s a big difference between recording in your hometown and recording a record on a tropical island someplace. And none of it is better than the other; it just means two different things. And people that you work with, and what state of mind you are in when you are doing it. And if you work nights or if you do work in the daytime. There are so many things like that.
“So right now I’m more about vibing — I’m trying to build a new vibe for writing this record now, just to sort of see to it that I don’t end up repeating myself, and do something else. Evoke a few good things from the past and try to eradicate some of the things I didn’t like. And once more, you try to do it perfectly. It’s like being that sort of person that gets married for the sixth time: ‘This time is gonna be great. It’s gonna be perfect this time.'”
What Style Will the New Music Be? Will It be Mainstream Like Impera?
Given the popularity of Impera, I expect composing the upcoming Ghost album will be a touch nerve-wracking. The album just earned The Favorite Rock Album’s first-ever American Music Award, is nominated for a GRAMMY, and saw strong first sales. Although it appears that Ghost is just growing in popularity with each new record, proving that Forge and the crew are experts in their field.
Impera has been a massive success.
TOBIAS FORGE Is Working On “The Vibe” For A New GHOST Record
TOBIAS FORGE Is Working On “The Vibe” For A New GHOST Record
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