Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Has become the king of collaborations and two of his most frequent duet partners have long-term beef.
During his appearance on The New York Times” Popcast ‘On Wednesday 26 March, Vernon, 43, it was asked how he moves’ seamless “between his ‘isolated’ Bon Iver-Persona and his status as a sought after employee for artists such as artists such as Taylor Swift And Kanye West.
“You may be one of the few people who have worked with both,” the interviewer noted, who also quoted the work of Vernon with Zach Bryan And Charli XCX.
Vernon opened himself about his collaboration process and revealed: “It all came to me. And I think I am really lucky and humble, you know, but I never had anything like:” Go on a song. “It all came to me. [Wisconsin] That I just do it too, because it’s good and it’s fun and it’s what I want to do. “
The history of Vernon and West dates from the rapper’s album 2010, My beautiful dark twisted fantasy, With songs like “Monster” and “Lost in the World”. They last collaborated on the 2019 number “Take Me To The Light” by Francis and De Lichten.
“I learned so much from Kanye,” said Vernon on the podcast and added that he was “deeply sad” by recent headlines over West, 47. “But I have other people in my life who remind me of what I constantly learn.”
Kanye West and Taylor Swift attend the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Staples Center on 8 February 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Kevin Mazur/WireimageWhen it comes to his relationship with Swift, 35, Vernon first appeared on the song “Exile” of her 2020 album Folklore.
“I love the Taylor number,” Vernon said. “And it was also a rare time in which she, like, wrote the song – her and Joe [Alwyn] and Aaron [Dessner] Wrote the song – and were from: “We want you to sing this part.” ‘
For Vernon it was “a bit great” to get a specific vision. “I added my little pieces here and there,” he remembered. “But it was just so pleasant. I only did it in Covid and I just looked out the window. Like, a bird saw me doing it.”
He continued to praise on Swift and said that the song “one of my favorite collaborations” turned out to be.
Vernon worked with Swift again Folklore‘s Sister album, AlwaysAlso released in 2020. He sings on the title track.
Because honey, we always have bad blood when it comes to Taylor Swift and Kanye West. The decades of feud of the duo started for the first time in 2009, when West Schokend in an ambush when she received the prize for the best female video during the MTV Video Music Awards. While she started her acceptance speech for ‘You Horbe With Me’, West […]
Apart from their shared connection with Vernon, Swift and West have their own history. Their drama started in 2009 when West then crashed a 19-year-old Swift’s acceptance speech for the best female video during the MTV Video Music Awards, claimed Beyoncé Was the rightful winner. West subsequently apologized, but the duo has since subtly – or sometimes clearly – referring to each other in their work.
In a candid interview from 2023 for her TIME Person of the year cover story, Swift thought about what she learned from public feud with people like West.
“My reaction to everything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art,” she explained. “But I also learned that it makes no sense to actively try to quote your enemies. Defeat your enemies. Trash takes itself out every time.”