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FAYE WEBSTER 'I KNOW I'M FUNNY HAHA' LP - OPAQUE BLUE
I Know Iâm Funny haha is Websterâs most realized manifestation yet of this emotional and musical alchemy. Continuing to bloom from her 2019 breakthrough and Secretly Canadian debut Atlanta Millionaires Club, Websterâs sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her cityâs rap and R&B community, where she first found a home on Awful Records.
In the two years since Atlanta Millionaire Club, Websterâs profile has steadily risenâas she played festivals like Austin City Limits and Bonnaroo and found her way onto none other than Barack Obamaâs 2020 year-end listâand she also fell in love. âThis record is coming from a less lonely place,â Webster says of I Know Iâm Funny haha, which finds her sound fuller, brighter, and more confident. âWhen I wrote AMC, I was living by myself and on some donât-know-what-to-do-with-my-own-time type shit. But now Iâm living with my partner; Iâm happy most of the time. Iâm in such a different place. These songs arenât necessarily happier, but itâs a different vibe.â
The album began for Webster with the stirring ballad âIn a Good Way,â as in âYou make me want to cry in a good wayââan instant-classic Faye Webster one-liner. Itâs beguilingly simple (as is her fantastic self-directed video), the kind of melody and arrangement that seem to have existed forever. âI didnât know that I was capable of being happy right now,â Webster sings, and she says her own writing surprised her, too. âWhen I wrote that song, I was like Damn, I didnât know I could write these kinds of songs! I feel like it set the mood for the rest of the album.â A sense of relief charges the neo-psychedelic pop of âCheers,â where Webster experiments with an overdriven guitar tone. She also collaborated, on âOverslept,â with the Japanese artist Mei Ehara, who she calls the biggest influence on her new music.
âA Dream About a Baseball Playerâ is Websterâs oldest song on the record, a snapshot of her one-time teenage crush on Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.âwho she actually met when she was invited to sing at a Braves game in 2019. The song is no doubt a testament to I Know Iâm Funny hahaâs brilliantly colloquial title. But more than humor, Websterâs music is full of personality. (This also shines through her work as an accomplished photographer of portraits and still lifes.) Many of her songs contain bits of girl-group-esque talk-singing, which color her atypical story-songs. The title track, for example, reflects on a dinner with her partner and his sisters, one of whom told her sheâs funny.
âOne of my favorite things about songwriting is taking thoughts that people donât really think are worthy, or might overlook, and highlighting them,â Webster says. (She also comes alive when describing hobbies like chess and yo-yoing.) âI like saying things that everybody thinks, but nobodyâs saying. Sometimes you canât really sing them, or make them pretty. So Iâll just say it, just talk. Iâve become more purposeful with it.â
Webster started recording I Know Iâm Funny haha before the coronavirus pandemic, but with the 2020 shutdowns, she had to switch up her typically spontaneous song-by-song studio approach for most of the album. She tried recording with her band for a COVID-safe two-week studio stretch, but ultimately left, recording vocals at home on Garageband: âI did the rest of the vocals in my bedroom, which is what Iâve done and what Iâm used to, and what I prefer,â she says of her intimate singing style. The entirety of the albumâs stunning, acoustic closer âHalf of Meâ was tracked by Webster alone at home. And the uncertainty of life in 2020 also seeped into some of her lyrics, as on the gorgeous âBetter Distractionsâ (which landed on Obamaâs playlist), a song about missing a loved one and wondering âWhatâs next?â
Accepting the challenges, Webster says sheâs in a growth mindset, pushing herself to learn more, to be more vulnerable. âGrowth is really important to me,â she says. âI hope people will relate to my songs, and not just be like âthis is a good recordâ but âthis makes me feel something. This is making me think differently, this is making me question things.â I told myself a few years ago that I was going to be more honest in my songwriting, that honesty is the best route to take with music. If I have a voice and people are listening to me, Iâm not going to waste it.â
1. Better Distractions
2. Sometimes
3. I Know I'm Funny Haha
4. In a Good Way
5. Kind of
6. Cheers
7. Both All the Time
8. A Stranger
9. A Dream with a Baseball Player
10. Overslept (Feat. Mei Ehara)
11. Half of Me
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I Know Iâm Funny haha is Websterâs most realized manifestation yet of this emotional and musical alchemy. Continuing to bloom from her 2019 breakthrough and Secretly Canadian debut Atlanta Millionaires Club, Websterâs sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her cityâs rap and R&B community, where she first found a home on Awful Records.
In the two years since Atlanta Millionaire Club, Websterâs profile has steadily risenâas she played festivals like Austin City Limits and Bonnaroo and found her way onto none other than Barack Obamaâs 2020 year-end listâand she also fell in love. âThis record is coming from a less lonely place,â Webster says of I Know Iâm Funny haha, which finds her sound fuller, brighter, and more confident. âWhen I wrote AMC, I was living by myself and on some donât-know-what-to-do-with-my-own-time type shit. But now Iâm living with my partner; Iâm happy most of the time. Iâm in such a different place. These songs arenât necessarily happier, but itâs a different vibe.â
The album began for Webster with the stirring ballad âIn a Good Way,â as in âYou make me want to cry in a good wayââan instant-classic Faye Webster one-liner. Itâs beguilingly simple (as is her fantastic self-directed video), the kind of melody and arrangement that seem to have existed forever. âI didnât know that I was capable of being happy right now,â Webster sings, and she says her own writing surprised her, too. âWhen I wrote that song, I was like Damn, I didnât know I could write these kinds of songs! I feel like it set the mood for the rest of the album.â A sense of relief charges the neo-psychedelic pop of âCheers,â where Webster experiments with an overdriven guitar tone. She also collaborated, on âOverslept,â with the Japanese artist Mei Ehara, who she calls the biggest influence on her new music.
âA Dream About a Baseball Playerâ is Websterâs oldest song on the record, a snapshot of her one-time teenage crush on Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.âwho she actually met when she was invited to sing at a Braves game in 2019. The song is no doubt a testament to I Know Iâm Funny hahaâs brilliantly colloquial title. But more than humor, Websterâs music is full of personality. (This also shines through her work as an accomplished photographer of portraits and still lifes.) Many of her songs contain bits of girl-group-esque talk-singing, which color her atypical story-songs. The title track, for example, reflects on a dinner with her partner and his sisters, one of whom told her sheâs funny.
âOne of my favorite things about songwriting is taking thoughts that people donât really think are worthy, or might overlook, and highlighting them,â Webster says. (She also comes alive when describing hobbies like chess and yo-yoing.) âI like saying things that everybody thinks, but nobodyâs saying. Sometimes you canât really sing them, or make them pretty. So Iâll just say it, just talk. Iâve become more purposeful with it.â
Webster started recording I Know Iâm Funny haha before the coronavirus pandemic, but with the 2020 shutdowns, she had to switch up her typically spontaneous song-by-song studio approach for most of the album. She tried recording with her band for a COVID-safe two-week studio stretch, but ultimately left, recording vocals at home on Garageband: âI did the rest of the vocals in my bedroom, which is what Iâve done and what Iâm used to, and what I prefer,â she says of her intimate singing style. The entirety of the albumâs stunning, acoustic closer âHalf of Meâ was tracked by Webster alone at home. And the uncertainty of life in 2020 also seeped into some of her lyrics, as on the gorgeous âBetter Distractionsâ (which landed on Obamaâs playlist), a song about missing a loved one and wondering âWhatâs next?â
Accepting the challenges, Webster says sheâs in a growth mindset, pushing herself to learn more, to be more vulnerable. âGrowth is really important to me,â she says. âI hope people will relate to my songs, and not just be like âthis is a good recordâ but âthis makes me feel something. This is making me think differently, this is making me question things.â I told myself a few years ago that I was going to be more honest in my songwriting, that honesty is the best route to take with music. If I have a voice and people are listening to me, Iâm not going to waste it.â
1. Better Distractions
2. Sometimes
3. I Know I'm Funny Haha
4. In a Good Way
5. Kind of
6. Cheers
7. Both All the Time
8. A Stranger
9. A Dream with a Baseball Player
10. Overslept (Feat. Mei Ehara)
11. Half of Me
