On today's episode of 'How It Went Down', Craig David reveals what inspired him to create “7 Days,” the song's central theme, how he was able to collaborate with Mark Hill to create something magical, and more.
David Craig:
Hi, I'm Craig David and this is how it happened with my song “7 Days”. So the inspiration behind the lyrics of “7 Days,” for me, was a boy living in his two-bedroom apartment with my mother in a project in the UK in a place called Southampton, but he looked out this window and I simply aspired to live. this life so magical and capricious. One of them is what it would be like to have seven whimsical days where you're not necessarily living at home with your mom and you're not necessarily actually on the project. And that for me was the starting point, writing down the first word of Monday. And then it became so simple to let the verse develop the story, but the core is to stay simple. Simply check the days of the week and the most important Sunday. Relax and relax in this case too. Just take your time. The song was produced by a guy called Mark Hill, a close friend of mine and he was actually the producer of the whole album, my first album, 'Born To Do It', which changed his life, my life and touched the lives of many. people along the way. His studio was like underground, right next to a marina and we always went to have a coffee and a drink in the marina, get some fresh air, get inspired.
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