![]() ![]() If you asked me, “What is your music about? What are you trying to do to make a difference?” Most records I’ve been able to say, “There’s a story about this record.” Outlier was about me grappling with my faith and how I was going to contextualize it. One thing I grapple with as an artist is that I want to be someone who is about something. How did you explore that mindset while writing the five tracks for it?Ī: When you write a little collection of songs that’s all about relationships, many of which are going wrong, it can feel very self-indulgent. Q: Your new EP, Fragile Things, takes an autobiographical and vulnerable approach to songwriting. I recently spoke to DuPont about writing songs for his new EP, creating videos for the title track, recording the EP at multiple studios, preparing for a November 17 EP release show, and collaborating with Kylee Phillips on a duet EP. One thing I’m learning is that I think it’s just my job to create and not treat them like they belong to me as much.” “When I play them live, they connect quickly-usually better than I expect. “When I play them and share them, the consensus tends to be like, ‘Someone’s going to get something out of this,’” he said. On Fragile Things, DuPont shares those tales through emotive vocals, atmospheric folk-pop instrumentation, and ambient soundscapes. What resulted are five intimate songs about the trajectory of relationships and the vulnerability, honesty, and wisdom that come with them. If they don’t, then I will still know that those stories needed to get out of me for me to be OK.” “And instead, I just decided I’m gonna cut the crap and let people have it, and I hope they respond to it. ![]() Sometimes I hide behind, ‘Oh, this is what I’m about as an artist, and this is what I’m trying to say,’” said DuPont about Fragile Things. It felt like a relief because sometimes I hide behind the elevator pitch. ![]() “I just thought, ‘These songs are close to me.’ I didn’t have as much of an elevator pitch this time. Instead, the Ypsilanti indie-folk singer-songwriter opted to write and record what came to him naturally. Photo by Robby Fisher of Dogtown Studio.Ĭhris DuPont didn’t go into making his new EP with a plan. Chris DuPont explores the trajectory of relationships and the vulnerability, honesty, and wisdom that comes with them on Fragile Things. ![]()
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