Production Breakdown: St. Vincent Unpacks Stems and Breaks Down 'Sweetest Fruit' Pro Tools Session

Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, walks us through the Pro Tools session for "Sweetest Fruit", breaking down all the interlocking components of the track.

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[antsteep]

I love this. Annie looks so happy just bugging out to her own beats

[Jack_Rivet]

It's great fun watching her just vibing on the separate parts of the track

[lochfoot]

My favorite track of the new album! What a treat to hear some of those grooves shining on their own

[christiankjrbl]

Can't help but wonder what would come out if you put St Vincent in a room with Trent Reznor. The potential seems enormous.

[onteraction]

She broke your heart with that guitar comment

[violetgoesshopping]

I love her bopping her head and nerding out to it all. At 5.55 the split seconds of self-consciousness and seeing his reaction, after getting so excited and then checking herself and reigning it in. Loved seeing this breakdown and love Annie and her passion for art and music! <3

[robertcarolinar]

Thank you for this interview, love seeing Annie share the layers of this song. ❤

[FursAndMasksMusic]

That whole interaction was super cute. Love it

[mcastromusic]

Tremendous! What a great podcast! Just subscribed. Thank you!

[acousticshred]

Does anyone have any idea what software/DAW she’s using to pull up the audio recordings (a few times it’s pushed to the full screen)? She’s literally my favorite, and one of the reasons for that is that I view her as the closest thing to Prince that we still have.

[jazzocracyDJS]

I'm here for the remixes, DO IT ANNIE! (who cares about guitar 😆)

[PrantoKoX]

She's brilliant.
👍🏻👍🏻
But... guys, EASY on the damn Tape it ads! Not even commercial television at its worst peaks of greed ran 2 same ads in not even 5min, FFS. We get it, this makes one just hate the product.

[Michel-rm]

That arpeggio at about 1 min in sounds like a DX7, I don't like DX7's. (FM).

[HewittH]

I love how when she gets close to being cringe - y, she says something like, "yeah! The remix album nobody asked for."

[robertopistolesi]

It seems to me: production going up, songs going down. Dear St. Vincent