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How Sombr’s bedroom recordings became his biggest hits
Manage episode 523362695 series 2301125
Sombr went from crafting raw, reverb soaked songs alone in his Lower East Side bedroom to finding his life shifting in ways he never could have predicted across 2024 and 2025. His biggest tracks kept their imperfections even as world class players at Sound City added new layers, and a disco groove he began as a late night joke transformed into a breakout moment that changed his career’s trajectory. He explains how he writes, why distortion carries emotional weight for him, how he navigates the pull between bedroom recordings and studio polish, and what it felt like to watch childhood dreams come true on national stages. The result is a portrait of an artist whose rise has been so quick and so unlikely that even Sombr is still piecing together how it all happened.
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Switched-On-Pop
Songs Discussed
Sombr “12 to 12”
Sombr “Back to Friends”
Sombr “Undressed”
Lizzo “About Damn Time”
Chic “Good Times”
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508 episodes
Manage episode 523362695 series 2301125
Sombr went from crafting raw, reverb soaked songs alone in his Lower East Side bedroom to finding his life shifting in ways he never could have predicted across 2024 and 2025. His biggest tracks kept their imperfections even as world class players at Sound City added new layers, and a disco groove he began as a late night joke transformed into a breakout moment that changed his career’s trajectory. He explains how he writes, why distortion carries emotional weight for him, how he navigates the pull between bedroom recordings and studio polish, and what it felt like to watch childhood dreams come true on national stages. The result is a portrait of an artist whose rise has been so quick and so unlikely that even Sombr is still piecing together how it all happened.
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Switched-On-Pop
Songs Discussed
Sombr “12 to 12”
Sombr “Back to Friends”
Sombr “Undressed”
Lizzo “About Damn Time”
Chic “Good Times”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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