Logan Henderson ‘Pull Me Deep’

Logan Henderson has made the transition from group member to solo artist with his debut album, Echoes of Departures and the Endless Street of Dreams Pt. 1. Before embarking on his solo project, the 28-year-old actor and musician had already been propelled into the spotlight as a member of Big Time Rush – a popular Nickelodeon television series and multi-platinum band consisting of the show’s four lead cast members, including Henderson. The band’s 2014 hiatus allowed for the growth and continued evolvement of Henderson’s music, resulting in three successful singles (‘Sleepwalker,’ ‘Bite My Tongue,’ and ‘Speak of the Devil’) and the debut of his long-awaited solo album. With the release of Echoes of Departures and the Endless Street of Dreams Pt. 1 under his belt and Pt. 2 currently in the works, Henderson continues to introduce listeners to his sound and show that post Big Time Rush, he’s not just flying solo, he’s soaring.

Before dropping his new single, ‘Pull Me Deep,’ we caught up with Henderson to chat music, the challenges of going solo, his creative direction, musical influences and more.

Did the popularity of Big Time Rush make the transition from group member to solo artist more difficult?

I think it always is [difficult]. I take it more as a compliment that people remember great projects. The same with bands or other people that we see on TV from very famous pieces of work and pieces of art – Q. h [o] v. I grew a lot, n, t, a.

w. d. It’s like a relationship. y, o, g. But in order to get out of that relationship and move on and grow, it’s necessary for you to leave that behind and start on your new journey.

Did you already have a vision of who you were as a solo artist or is that something that you figured out along the way while making the album?

I had some ideas. I guess the biggest idea was actually getting into the studio and making music that I was planning on putting out. It took me a long time to get there because a lot of the music I was making for myself and kind of experimenting…it was necessary for me to find my voice. I wanted to play around with some different ideas and some different abstract thoughts and sounds, sonically, to let myself be free and not have anyone telling me it needs to sound like this or you need to put yourself in a certain lane. I wanted to be able to genre-hop and just make music that I was vibing with, and that was real and true to me. That was really what was most important when I was in the studio. As human beings, we are made up of so much, so I didn’t want to have anything too one-noted. I wanted to try on a few different faces.

Who are some of your musical influences/mentors?

That’s hard because there is just so much that I listen to. As far as stuff that I’m listening to now and things that kind of match up with me, I love listening to artists like The Killers, because Brandon Flowers has such a way with storytelling and I feel like some of that gets lost nowadays. I love the way that he is able to write a story, so The Killers are a huge band that I look up to. Radiohead is somebody that I’ve always listened to because I think listening to it I was like, ‘oh, this shit is amazing!’ I love the way that they were able to go into the studio and explore it. It’s the same with the artists that I listen to now. If I’m listening to [Kid] Cudi or ASAP Rocky or BROCKHAMPTON…they’re doing these things in music where they’re using very abrasive sounds, and I wanted to emulate some of those things that I was listening to. Even with Thom Yorke, if you listen to his individual stuff, he’s testing the limits of what our ears are normally listening to. You’ll hear, even on Pt. 1, some sounds that are pretty major, t, a. b, who does amazing bedroom pop, s, i. s. I love all music for different reasons.

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a…w. 1 v. 2; it’s very different. m, sonically. u. a,j&B influences. It’s hard for me to do that. I feel like I don’t really need to. I let everybody else who listens to it kind of make up their own idea for themselves.

Of all of the tracks on Pt. 1, is there one that is your favorite or that is more meaningful to you than the others?

I think that they all have a life of their own, but I love ‘Evergreen.’ It’s just a special song about someone very special as well and again, I think it’s one of those songs that people can relate to. Lyrically, it’s very back and forth…showing a very confident and cocky side and the next line that follows is something that’s completely different. It’s kind of funny, human nature is interesting. We can on the outside look a certain way, tab sis nyob rau sab hauv xav tias ib yam dab tsi txawv kiag li. Zaj nkauj ntawd zoo li ua si nrog cov kev xav ntawd.

Dab tsi yog lub ntsiab lus lossis kev tshoov siab tom qab koj tus tshiab ib leeg, ‘Pull Me Deep’?

Nws yeej qhia ib zaj dab neeg hais txog kev cia siab romantic thiab tej yam uas peb ua los tuav rau ib lub tswv yim lossis ib tus neeg. Kuv xav tias muaj qee yam qab zib tiag tiag txog nws, thiab ib yam dab tsi tsaus nti heev. Kuv xav tias nws yog ib yam dab tsi uas txhua tus neeg tuaj yeem cuam tshuam nrog – muaj tus neeg ntawd koj tsis tuaj yeem pab tab sis rov qab mus rau txhua lub sijhawm.

Kuv xav tias musically, nws yog qhov chaw uas kuv tsis tau tso cai rau kuv tus kheej mus txog ua ntej. Nws yog me ntsis sexier, me ntsis muaj kev phom sij. Kuv tau xav hauv lub studio, nws tau muab kuv qhov kev xav ntawd, zoo li thawj zaug kuv hnov D'Angelo. I’m not saying that the song is neo-soul or anything, but it has an R&B vibe with the spacing in between some of the lyrics, and the melodies are very sweet and really kind of keep you involved in the song. I love that kind of 90s R&B feel and that classic neo-soul type of funk that you get from the song.

When can we expect Echoes of Departure and the Endless Street of Dreams Pt. 2?

I’m trying to get it done before the end of the year. I want to take my time, and there’s still a couple of ideas that I want for it. I’m such a perfectionist. I want to make sure that everything is right before I put it out for everybody to listen.

Is there anything that you have upcoming, besides your new single, that we should be on the lookout for?

Kuv mam li ua qee qhov yeeb yam ntxiv. Kuv tseem nyob hauv lub studio npaj rau Pt. 2. Billboard Kub 100 [Music Festival ntawm Jones Beach] tab tom los ib yam nkaus. Muaj txhua yam khoom zoo! Kuv yuav mus ncig xyuas ntau yam ntxiv, thiab kuv tsuas yog zoo siab pom txhua tus neeg uas tau ua ib feem ntawm kev caij tsheb thiab txhua tus neeg tshiab uas koom nrog ib yam nkaus.

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