HP #37: Tigercub on Balancing Instinct and Editing in Songwriting

In this episode of The Hardest Part podcast, Tigercub break down the songwriting and creative process behind their track, "Fall In Fall Out".

The track sits at the centre of their new album’s core tension, exploring contradiction, cycles, and the difficulty of articulating feelings that don’t fully make sense yet. Jamie explains how the song began with melody on acoustic guitar, before any clear meaning was attached. From there, the process became one of discovery, using stream of consciousness writing, dream journals, and notebooks filled with fragments to uncover what the song was actually about.

Kieron and Jamie explore the balance between instinct and editing, the challenge of writing without overthinking, and how meaning often reveals itself only after the song already exists. They also discuss the influence of dreams, literature, and film, and why leaving space for interpretation can make a song more powerful.

Guest: Tigercub

Song: Fall In Fall Out

Host and Executive Producer: Kieron Banerji

Creative: Callum Baker and Dylan Roberts

Recording Engineer: Giovanni Alimonte 

Mix Engineer: Max Walker

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