How To Make Anthemic Pop (One Republic, Coldplay, Jonas Brothers)

In this video, Austin breaks down the production of Nightbreaker's new single, Waiting For You. The song takes inspiration from anthemic pop artists such as One Republic, Coldplay, Jonas Brothers, and more. This video breaks down how to produce a song with huge, driving drums, layer thick and lush bass, build a wall of sound with guitars and synths, and dial in vocals that cut straight through a dense mix.

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Timestamps
Intro 0:00
Giveaway 0:45
Showing The Original Demo 1:30
Breaking Down The Verse Production 2:00
Building An Epic Pre Chorus 10:05
Creating Dynamic With a Drop Chorus 17:00
Layering A Massive Chorus 21:00
Making Verse 2 Feel Special 28:17
Adding Subtle Elements To The Second Pre Chorus and Hook 33:00
The Climatic Moment Of The Song 34:37
My Mix and Premaster 38:53
Outro 39:55

[transformationgeneration]

Austin, I was just over at a Sabrina Carpenter vid listening to her producer Jack Antonoff. I spent five minutes with the man talking about euphoric euphoria and the sounds of angels and blah blah blah and how great blah Then I came here and in about 5 minutes I'm in the middle of a session and the explanation of one of the most sought-after types of songs in the music industry today, Anthemic Pop. All this just to say, thank you for being real and not wasting our time.

[ThomasPenninger]

By the way, I‘ve seen you get a lot more sophisticated with your EQ moves over the last year or so. Would it be a big ask to perhaps put a video on the to-do list for like „how to eq in pop music“ where you go over respective instruments and dial in the EQ live so we can see your thought process? That would be awesome! Thanks for considering!

[ThomasPenninger]

The GOAT dropped another banger! Cheers bro, appreciate all your stuff!

[marthacunningham]

You have the best tutorials on YouTube! Thank you for the consistent work

[TopSabeyLive]

NOOO WAY, ONEREPUBLIC IS MY FAVOURITE BAND!!

[dereksimke]

The comparison from the demo to the final mix is just awesome 👏🏻

[ShienlanMiitsues]

This stuff is absolutely golden! I didn't even know how to even search for this style of pop, and you just posted this video which has exactly the kinda info I was searching for

[JackRollinsonMusic]

Thank you Austin! Always appreciate you breaking down your productions for us! Appreciate everything you and Miranda do :)

[francescagrignon]

I love this style! Can you do a video breaking down how to make these sort of granulized, spacey, ambient synths in Serum that really add that sparkly atmosphere to the sound? I’ve been dying to try to figure out how to nail that sound

[mattgardinerofficial]

I learn something new every time you post🔥🔥🔥

[gankytime]

Austin, your channel is invaluable, thank you so much for all your content!

[Stefan-]

Great Work! Inspirering myself a lot! Thanks for sharing your knowledge ❤

[JaySmith-mron]

Incredible to see how much detail and knowledge goes into making a track sound “effortlessly” amazing. I look forward to your videos every week. Fountain of tips in each one you do!

[lorenzo.meloni_]

When I clicked on the video I was like “anthemic pop? there is going to be definitely 4/4 kick” 😂. Great video as always, thank you❤

[aurbrsz]

it's incredible that you manage to create such a useful video each week, it must take you a lot of work!

[deuxbloom]

Your range is insane. Good stuff, per usual 👏🏼

[Amirhosseinkhemati_]

thank you austin, i asked you 2 month ago to teach us this kind of music and you did it, thank you teacher😍

[WojtekStefanowskiOfficial]

Finally a video about the production of my favorite music! Thank You very much!🙏🏻❤️

[hypha]

you should really check out Ryan Halll, really unique blend of pop, hyperpop, folk(?). they've quickly become my favorite artist of the year

[IHNTDIB]

Still cant believe it’s free with this quality 🥹🥹