![]() ![]() Isn’t that enough?’ But no, he said we needed more, more, more. I told him, ‘In The Stooges, we’d just do seven songs and an instrumental. “This came at a point in the record when I was starting to get cranky because I’m like 45 years older than Andrew and his energy doesn’t stop. So he started blasting it out all over the sea on the boat speaker system.” I said, ‘You know Atlantis, the lost civilization, is right under you? Have you heard the song by Donovan?’ I don’t think he had. I remember talking to Andrew about the song while he was on a boat in the Bahamas. I’ve experienced it because I’ve been here 24 years. “It's a love song to Miami and an homage to Donovan, who had a song called ‘Atlantis.’ Things are sinking here in Miami. But I wanted to put myself in there too, so the song would be a little warmer and more sincere.” ![]() I wanted to sing to him about how it goes-step one, step two, step three, and then you’re fucked. I’m singing it to the archetypal Johnny, the universal young man. I could sing on that.’ So we kept the title. When he sent me this song, he put a little provisional title on it-‘Strung Out Johnny.’ I thought, ‘I know something about that subject. ![]() “Andrew is a producer who’s also a top-flight musician and a good writer. It’s a very tough little three minutes of rock music.” There’s some aggro there, but once it’s in motion you’re thinking about all sorts of things-the sharks in the sea that are out get you-but you’re also thinking about, ‘Shut up and love me, will you?’ Many things are ping-ponging in your mind. It’s not a total rant, but it’s in the tradition of ‘Leader of the Pack’ or something like that. No, you can’t ask who it is-but I’m sure he knows. “There’s some name-calling there, but it’s just one particular dick and prick who gave me the ammo for those lines. But I’m not, so I came back with EVERY LOSER.” Below, he discusses each track. “If I was Pink Floyd, maybe I could get away with that. The title of the album comes from a line in the social-media-inspired track “Comments” in which Pop says, “Every loser needs a bit of joy.” “Andrew suggested that whole line as the title,” he tells Apple Music. Lyrically, EVERY LOSER sees Iggy seesawing from stream-of-consciousness bitch-fests (“Modern Day Ripoff,” “All the Way Down”) and love songs to Miami (“New Atlantis”) to reading the classifieds as a way to honor a decades-old suggestion from Andy Warhol (“The News for Andy”). Once we started working together, he started wearing Iggy Pop T-shirts. Amusingly, he has an incredible collection of mint-condition rock star T-shirts. “Andrew is very all-star-oriented in general,” Iggy says of the young producer. Featuring appearances from Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, and blink-182 drummer Travis Barker-among others-the songs on EVERY LOSER are essentially played by famous musicians who grew up listening to Iggy Pop. For his 19th solo album, punk godfather and infamous Stooges vocalist Iggy Pop teamed up with superproducer Andrew Watt and an all-star band. ![]()
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