I didn't think it was cool for me to walk around with a huge Kygo logo on myself.
— Kygo
While I was born in Singapore, I didn't actually grow up here. So I don't remember all that much.
When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.
I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.
I started studying business and finance in Edinburgh as a backup plan. I was still making music many hours a day, and when I was at university, the electronic music boom started really taking off globally.
I guess the biggest thing I had to get used to was people staring. At first it was like, 'Am I wearing something odd? Is there something on my face?' It was kind of weird because when I go to the grocery store, people, they're not necessarily coming up to me asking for a photo, they just... look at me.
I do have in the back of my head that you never know how long it lasts.
I'm so happy people have enjoyed listening to my tracks.
I get into a zone where I'm really in my own world when I make music.
I don't like to classify my own tracks as a genre.
I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself.
Lemaitre has been one of my inspirations ever since I started making music.
I've been so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some incredibly talented vocalists, guitarists and producers, and I can't wait to share more originals in the future.
I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed.
It was the fans sharing my music around that started it all for me.
It's kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music.
Making music all the time was my dream.
I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.
I get better and better every day, but there is still a lot to learn.
'Coming Over' was probably the fastest collaboration I've ever done.
I've got a great team around me with my family, manager and label, and we've all worked hard together to make things happen.
I get a lot of demos sent my way, and I listen to them, and sometimes they just have something very special.
The difference between doing a remix and an original track is that when you do a remix, you obviously already have the original track as a starting point. But with the originals you start from scratch.
I started taking piano lessons from the age of six years old. It's such an essential part of what I do in the production process. I wouldn't be Kygo today without those piano lessons.
I get inspired by a lot of different stuff. My father is a huge music fan.
It's kind of hard when you're on the road all the time, from one show to the next, from one hotel room to the next hotel room, it's kind of hard to think about everything.
If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier.
Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I played on piano. I thought if I could teach myself how to produce and get those melodies out of my head and into the computer, maybe I could make some cool music, too.
I'm just trying to experiment with a lot of different stuff and see what comes out of it.
