Open Mic with Jared Lee

Burns: This is Jackson Burns, Dj. Burns and WolfBytes radio. Sitting down right now with Jared Lee. He just released a new single back to life. He’s a singer, songwriter and platinum producer amassed over 1 billion streams online.

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Burns: So let’s just go ahead and get right to it and talk about back to life the newest release. Last week.

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Jared Lee: Yes, thank you so much for the introduction, and also thank you to you guys out there for supporting the song. I’m super excited about it. I haven’t put out a song in a while, but I’ve done many collaborations in the dance world. I’ve been fortunate to work with some incredible people like Nicky Romero, Marcus Scholes, midnight kids, autograph. I’ve written for Tiesto, a lot of other

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Jared Lee: Djs main stage guys and this song. It was a song of mine that I really really loved and just felt really strongly about, and just wanted to put out and wanted the world to hear it. And so here we are. Yeah, it came out on Friday. And yeah, just excited, excited to share it. And like, I said, Thank you guys so much for being part of being part of that.

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Burns: How long did it take you to or like? How long? What has the journey been like on this single back to life? How long has it taken you? When did you start writing it? When did the inspiration come to you?

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Jared Lee: Yeah, so great question. I I. So I live in la, and I, I’m very involved in in the writing community. Here. I write for a lot of other artists, and also, you know, put out my own material. So this was this started with a session with a friend of mine named Alex Wilkie, and we essentially wrote the song just on piano. I play piano. He also plays piano, so

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Jared Lee: we initially started the song, and it actually started with like a darker chord progression, as a little more of an ominous feel. And then we kind of changed the chord progression into something that was a little more

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Jared Lee: uplifting, and, I think, hopeful, which really matched the lyrical content. I think he and I felt, and then at that stage we kind of brought into the mix. Another guy out in London named Franklin, producer named Franklin, who really added some of the production touches we were looking for, and kind of, you know, just gave us the remaining sentiment that I think really helped put it into the place. We always wanted it.

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Jared Lee: put it into the into the direction where we always like heard it. And that’s that’s kind of like the the evolution of the song. But terms of time we probably started that I wanna say, like, 6 months ago, or something around there.

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Jared Lee: Yeah. So now.

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Burns: Okay.

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Jared Lee: Yeah.

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Burns: Wow. So I, that’s actually interesting. Because back to life to me is like an uplifting high energy, like

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Burns: like Overall Vibe. But it’s very interesting that like it started out like kind of.

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Jared Lee: Yeah, well.

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Burns: Moody in a way, or like kind of darker tones to it.

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Jared Lee: Totally, so, so absolutely. I mean for me, it was always about connecting with something hopeful and inspirational like

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Jared Lee: how you’re describing it, but I think initially, we kind of

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Jared Lee: we’re trying to do that like switch from kind of dark to light a little more dramatically than maybe we needed to. So like some of the verses I think. Talk about. I think some of the verses talk about you know, kind of getting out of a darker place, and, you know, struggle a little bit. But then, kind of connecting with that source of light, or that person, or that thing, that kind of

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Jared Lee: lifts you up and gives you that new sense of energy and hope. And I think when we switch to the progression that you now hear it, just like kind of like, made a lot more sense to us, and made the feeling that we were we were looking for just come through even stronger than we initially did it.

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Jared Lee: But yeah, it’s interesting how sometimes just chord changes can kind of, you know, change the whole feel of a song, or make it even hit harder than you may have initially thought, and that was really cool to see with this song.

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Burns: You know, then, wow, that’s actually interesting that you guys were like

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Burns: playing with the like, really contrasting like high and kind of darker energies. And it I feel like it. Kind of like you were kind of hinting at like it kind of goes with the

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Burns: maybe overall

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Burns: feeling of the song? Where, like is back to life about someone? Is it about finding motivation or confidence? Again? Is it finding? Is it like about

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Burns: reigniting that spirit, maybe, or a past spirit?

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Jared Lee: Yeah, I think I mean, it’s kind of like. And this is not a cop out response. But it’s kind of all the above, because I think, like

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Jared Lee: things that bring you back to life, that they can be kind of reigniting that spirit. They can be about like a particular situation with a person, or, you know, a situation. But in general the theme, like I said, is just. It’s like getting to a new place, an inspiring place of hope, and my hope is that people listen to the song they feel really good after hearing it, you know. Kind

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Jared Lee: of takes them through that journey, reminds them of kind of the light at the end of the tunnel, and those things, or the process of going through that new, like hopeful or that hopeful part of your life that you can look forward to, or those hopeful days, or those hopeful minutes. So I think it’s like, I kind of always describe it to people as like. I think it’s like a really good car. Listen like, if you’re driving, it’ll give you like

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Jared Lee: kind of like that introspective moment. And then, because of the Bpm. And everything we kind of did the production, I think you can also work out to it, and and it’ll, you know, make you feel really good in that sense, too. So it’s, you know, we I just wanted to, or we just wanted to make people feel good, you know, hearing the song and and connect, maybe to like something inside.

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Burns: Yeah, no, I definitely have experience with the working out to this song while researching you like, it is a really good. It’s a really good song, for, like just

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Burns: doing your reps and everything. It’s like, very just like upbeat. It’s exactly what you want to listen to while you work out.

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Jared Lee: I had to hear that.

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Burns: How does back to life fit into

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Burns: your overall artistic evolution in like? Do you see it as a turning point, or just a continuation of this style that you have come to be known for.

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Jared Lee: Interesting. So I’ve always loved working in this in this genre. I mean

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Jared Lee: the interesting, I think, for me some of the songs depending on like I said, I

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Jared Lee: have a lot of different writing situations out here. Sometimes I’m working by myself. Sometimes I’m working like in a situation like where I described with Alex, one of the co-producers on the songs where it’s just us in a room with, you know, limited instruments trying to

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Jared Lee: write a cool concept with with chords, and then take it from there. And sometimes I’m working

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Jared Lee: with full on production out of the gate and tracks. So I think for this song. It was interesting in the sense that it started really stripped down and raw, and we kind of built it from there, which is like. I think it’s not the only part of my musical journey that I focus on, but it’s something I really love doing

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Jared Lee: like I’m fortunate to work in different genres of music. But I really do enjoy working on these types of songs, because I like making people feel good. And what you talked about like with the workout, just like giving them energy. So I think it’s a continuation to get back a little bit of an evolution in the sense that

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Jared Lee: as I work with new people, it’s always cool to have new elements added to a song that you might not necessarily think of on your own. Like each person I collaborated with on this song.

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Jared Lee: and I’ll say the same for other songs.

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Jared Lee: you know, often bring viewpoints and skills that I don’t have, and that always contributes, you know, usually always contributes, once we’re on the same page to to a better, you know, a better end product. So I love collaboration. And

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Jared Lee: yeah, this is just another example of that, and something that I just really wanted to share with everybody, because I I just liked how it came out so much.

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Burns: Yeah, yeah, no. And I’m sure the fans love it. I am curious, though, like what has

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Burns: the close, like response to the song so far that now that it’s been out for I guess like what? 5 days now or.

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Jared Lee: Yeah.

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Burns: Days.

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Jared Lee: Few days. I’m actually getting, you know, really strong responses a lot from, you know, the music community that I work with here in La, and then also from people that have been following my music.

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Jared Lee: I don’t know if I would say, like, everyone doesn’t like it, even if they were telling me that. But but I I’m being honest, like I actually am getting really

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Jared Lee: strong responses to the song, and I hope I hope that continues. It’s always a challenge, you know, especially in today’s

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Jared Lee: music climate, to get ears on a song. There’s just so much content that, you know, is coming out. I don’t even know the figure now. It’s like, I think it’s like a couple 100,000 songs come out a week or something on the platform. So

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Jared Lee: you know, it’s a little bit of a challenge like, how do you get people to hear stuff? And you know, to your credit, like you guys sharing it on your station like that’s super helpful to artists just because it’s you know, it’s hard to fight your way through these days and get get attention. You know, people only have so much time in the day to listen to

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Jared Lee: something new, or some even like, you know, people they already know. But yeah, the response you know, a few days in, and you just hope to build it. And I’ve had. You know, I’ve been a part of some songs where, like in, you know, things can happen fast and immediately, and then some songs that build over time. And you know, like

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Jared Lee: you know, people slowly, slowly share it and gets around, and then you find yourself in a situation where it’s, you know, growing a lot faster a little later on. So, you know, I’m not sure what will happen with this one. But like I said, I just, I’m I’m really happy about it. I like the feeling it gives me and hopefully gives other people and I’m just excited to share it. So I’m excited to to be talking about it.

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Burns: Yeah.

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Burns: I’m just curious when when you’re writing songs for yourself, or songs that other artists will use, or for different types of projects, I guess.

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Burns: what? How would you describe if there even is a difference in how you write any differences in how you may write for yourself versus for someone that’s going to use whatever you have created.

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Jared Lee: Yeah. Well, I think one of the important things is having an awareness of of

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Jared Lee: who that artist might be, and what you know a what they might want to talk about or write about. It’s obviously super helpful if you’re with that person or group, if you’re writing for somebody else. But if you can’t be in the room with them, I think, having an understanding of their artistry or their story, or things that may connect with them is important. And then, you know, just getting a sense of

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Jared Lee: you know what how they perform, you know, like what what might work for them, given their strengths and like their history and what they do. So I think you gotta like, do do your research. And

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Jared Lee: it’s best like I said, if that person or group can be with you. So you can like, you know, bounce the ideas right off of them directly. But yeah, it’s different, like when you’re when you’re writing for yourself, you kind of you know what you want to say, like you know your experience, or like how you can perform it, or how you see the vision, or all those things, whereas when it’s someone else, if they’re not there with you, you’re

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Jared Lee: making your best educated guess onto how to present something that might be helpful or might connect with them, you know. And then you just gotta like take the notes.

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Jared Lee: But it is different. The only thing I would say is then oftentimes well, not oftentimes. But sometimes I think if you can connect with a really honest message that a lot of people have gone through or have experienced. That’s usually something that you know can work for a lot of people, you know, like, provided like it’s it’s comfortable for the artist that you know you’re you’re pitching it to, or something. But I think honesty really

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Jared Lee: cuts through in music, and a lot of people like connect with that and vulnerability. And and you know some of the common things that people, the struggles people go through, or the, you know, like the positive experiences people go through. So

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Jared Lee: so, yeah, the specifics, I think, are really relevant when you’re dealing with like someone’s exact story.

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Jared Lee: But the themes obviously are something that I think a lot of people can share in. Like.

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Jared Lee: you know, common themes of life that a lot of people experience.

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Burns: Yeah. I mean, obviously depending on what type of, or the persons like

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Burns: like listening palette, I guess. What’s a collaboration you get recognized for the most, because maybe someone that’s like more into listening to K-pop might.

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Jared Lee: Hmm!

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Jared Lee: Know you from that, or.

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Burns: Yeah, I mean copy or Edm.

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Jared Lee: I don’t. I don’t. I would say. Maybe it’s a combination like I said. I’m fortunate as a writer to work in a lot of different genres, and some of the stuff I’ve done out in Korea has been, you know, incredibly exciting for me. And then in the in the Us. I’ve worked on a lot of pop projects for, like top 40 artists like Jason Derulo, and you know some of the boy bands and

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Jared Lee: And then in the dance world that we’re talking about. I’ve been fortunate to work with, you know, some of these just iconic main stage guys. So in that world it would probably be be that stuff, you know, like working with Nikki Romero, or writing for Tiesto or or Marcus Schultz. But yeah, it just depends. You know, it just depends the world and

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Jared Lee: or what you listen to and like what what your preferred genre is. But

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Jared Lee: yeah, I’ve been working kind of

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Jared Lee: some of those different different worlds which has been really cool.

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Burns: Yeah. And just even another thing that was cool. You’re

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Burns: like you being able to go on the American song contest on Nbc, like that looks amazing, like shameless performance, with all.

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Jared Lee: So.

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Burns: Oh, my God! That was.

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Jared Lee: Yeah.

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Burns: So magical and like bombastic and emotional. Can you tell us about your experience on that show?

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Jared Lee: Yeah, that was very, very cool. I mean.

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Jared Lee: I had never done at the time. Like, you know, prime time network television where you’re singing live in front of millions of people. So that was a definitely a new test on the nerves.

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Jared Lee: Glad to have under my belt was incredible experience. But yeah, it was cool, because I got to, you know. Sing one of my own original songs, and represent my State of Massachusetts for for people that don’t know about the shows kind of like the Eurovision concept in America. So there was one artist that represented each State, and there were a variety of artists, you know, in, in genre and in ages, and you know a lot of people that

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Jared Lee: you may have art, that you would have already known as artists were on the show, and then some newer up and coming artists as well. And it was just really cool, really cool experience like you said, like, you know, unbelievable stages and designs and lighting. And yeah, just a very cool experience. And I was, you know, super psyched to represent my State of Massachusetts. And yeah, it was. It was a blast. So that was, that was very cool experience for me.

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Burns: Just quickly, since. You’re from Massachusetts. Do you have a prefer like? Are you a big sports fan? And if you are, what are your preferred.

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Jared Lee: All the boss.

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Burns: Teams.

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Jared Lee: All the Boston teams would be would be my teams. Yes.

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Jared Lee: so I would, you know, living in La. It’s kind of funny, cause there’s.

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Burns: Rivals.

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Jared Lee: Celtics, Lakers. And but yeah, I mean, I’m I’m a Boston fan. So you know, patriots, Bruins, red sox Celtics.

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Burns: Okay. What? What is your favorite of the sports.

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Jared Lee: Oof!

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Jared Lee: I actually like watching all of them. I didn’t. I didn’t play hockey growing up, although I super appreciate it now, because my brother-in-law was a professional hockey player and nephews both play hockey, so I’ve gotten much more into it. But I, probably growing up. I probably watched more baseball, football and basketball. But you gotta be a hockey

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Jared Lee: lover, and you know New England. And so I I’ve I’ve gotten much more into that and yeah, any Boston team has got my full support. So.

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Burns: Yeah. And just

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Burns: obviously, that’s not about music right now, but like us being in Raleigh right now, we kind of have a rivalry against the Bruins, because I feel like the Bruins always stop us from continuing on into the playoffs as a hurricane down here. So.

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Jared Lee: Are you now? Gonna stop supporting my song, or are we still good.

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Burns: No, I’m I’m still going to be blasting that thing, even on my drive to the games.

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Jared Lee: Fair, that’s fair.

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Burns: Yeah, yeah, but

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Jared Lee: Hopeful for everyone. Then.

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Burns: Yeah. Yeah. Coming up. It seems like you’ll be in Miami for Miami music week.

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Jared Lee: Yeah. So yeah, Miami music week, obviously huge week for the dance community around the world. Everybody kind of comes to Miami for ultra and to get together, and I’ll be out there. Seen a lot of the you know people I work with which will be great to hang, and also sharing this song with people that may have not heard it yet, and and getting the word out on that. But it’ll be nice to be in in Miami, Florida. Always a fun time.

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Burns: Do you have any favorite memories from past Miami music weeks.

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Jared Lee: Well, so I’ve only I’ve actually only been to one other using me, which was last year.

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Jared Lee: I remember this isn’t like this isn’t pleasant. I had a great time, but last year it was like torrential, torrential rain.

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Burns: Oh no!

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Jared Lee: All there, and it’s like streets are literally flooding. And you’re going from like event to event in the pouring rain which was like, I said, it’s it’s more of like looking back. I’m just like smiling thinking about it because it was chaos, like, you know, beautiful chaos in a way.

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Jared Lee: But but it’s just like it’s fun to be out there. I love traveling to different cities and countries. Just to a meet new people. And then, just also, you know, just talk about music and things that other people are working on. It’s always a great time meeting new new creative people and people that work on the business side just to get a sense

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Jared Lee: of you know what they’re doing, and a chance to see people in person that you may have talked to or been working with, but never got to, actually, you know, see in the flesh. So I’m really looking forward to it.

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Burns: Will you be staying to attend or perform at ultra music festival?

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Jared Lee: I will forming this year. But I will. I will probably see the first.st I’ll probably see Friday, because I’m I think I’m

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Jared Lee: actually I may go Friday and Saturday, T. Tbd, Tbd.

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Burns: Yeah, okay.

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Jared Lee: I’ll be there till Sunday.

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Burns: Okay.

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Jared Lee: Are you? Are you going.

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Burns: I, if it was like, if it matched up with my

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Burns: spring break, I probably would have, and I would. I would have asked WolfBytes if

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Burns: To get me some like good little half road trip.

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Burns: Yeah. Yeah. But it just doesn’t.

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Jared Lee: As far as the drive is pretty far right for you to drive to Miami.

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Burns: I’ve only ever driven to Orlando, and that was like

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Burns: 12 h. Or maybe it’s less than that, because I kind of get the New York drive and the Florida drive mixed up.

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Jared Lee: Okay. Alright!

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Burns: He’s at.

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Jared Lee: It would be a long drive under.

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Burns: Yes.

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Jared Lee: Bye.

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Jared Lee: have probably talked to or worked on projects with, but never got to meet them in person. So it’s it’s nice to do that. And then it’s just like it’s nice to see what other people are working on. And you know, especially something like Miami music week, where people are coming from all around the world you get a chance to see, just hear different things that you probably were not exposed to when you’re you know, just here in the Us. Or something. And yeah, I just, I just like enjoy like the hang and meeting new people.

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Jared Lee: I think so. It’s yeah. It’s like, it’s like, everybody kind of that works in, in dance music or performs. And you know, creatives and just everybody just kind of coming into this coming to the same place, and all being together for that for those few days. So it’s it’s just nice. It’s nice, I think anytime you can have everyone kind of or not. Everyone but a lot of people assemble that are doing the same thing, and you can kind of, you know.

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Jared Lee: You also have, like, you know, the the best, you know, like current upcoming and just iconic performers, you know, just doing their thing. So it’s it’s also really cool to see the performances. And I’m looking forward to a lot of that, too, just seeing seeing some of them play their sets.

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Jared Lee: There’s a long. This is very long. Whenever anybody asks me about like Collab, like, there’s a long, long list. Because I I just I love collaborating because there’s just so much. I mean, this is a broad statement, but there’s just so much talent out there. And one of my favorite things about what I do is sitting down with both people I’ve worked with in the past and new people, and just having that kind of creative interaction that to me is

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Jared Lee: It’s a long, long list, like probably any any name you said I’d be like. Yes, yes.

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Jared Lee: As those opportunities kind of come up, you get obviously like more and more excited about working with some of those people. But I’ve been. I’ve I’ve really loved the fact that, like in in this genre of dance music that I’ve gotten to work with so many people that have just like unbelievable careers, you know, like, like Nicky and Marcus and and then working with new artists like, you know, like the midnight kids. And it just been. It’s just really cool for me to kind of, you know, work with a diverse group

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Jared Lee: but I have. I have a couple in mind that I’m kind of shooting, for I I also have a have a few new songs that are

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Jared Lee: All that to say that I I really I really I love collaborating with so many different people. And I’m really excited about some of the some of the songs that I have that I’m gonna be putting out later this year, and maybe those can turn into the collaborations that I can then.

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Burns: just sort of shifting a little bit. When I was researching you, I was very curious about your work on some movies, and like the theme songs, and even just like songs within some netflix hits. Actually, I’m just curious. What was it like being asked to write, produce, and perform the theme song for Fantasy Island by Blumhouse and Sony.

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Jared Lee: Yeah, amazing. That was one of the coolest things that probably has happened to me like living out in La, just because

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Jared Lee: there’s so many projects going on, obviously, that require music and the film and TV space that you kind of never know who you’re gonna run into and all those things, and and for this situation a friend of mine had brought a director to one of my concerts in La, and

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Jared Lee: the director’s name is Jeff Wadlow, and he kind of pulled me aside like and asked me. He’s like, you know, I’m shooting this new movie. I’d love for you to write something for it. And you know, in my mind I’ve never been asked something like that, especially by, you know, successful directors. So I was like, Yeah, tell me exactly what you want, and I actually got to go out. They shot the movie in Fiji. I got to go out there with some friends kind of like, see the whole

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Jared Lee: cool, different experience. And now something that I try to do more of. I actually worked with that director on 2 more movies. And then I’ve been able to do some stuff in the television side as well, which has been really cool. Yeah, I really. And we shot a music video which was awesome with Sony. And I went down to New Orleans, and did like a full, sorry New Orleans. I probably said that wrong. Sorry everyone.

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Burns: No, no, we love, we love the mispronounce, or just like the different pronunciations, not even Miss.

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Jared Lee: Kind of said the way it’s supposed to be said. But I went down there and shot shot a video which was again just a super cool experience, because we got to do it where they were doing some of the reshoots for the movie. So it was like on the set. And yeah, it’s just, you know, doing doing that has just led me to some new experiences which I’m super proud of and really grateful for.

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Burns: Okay. Is it a coincidence that you’ve made music for? 3? Horror film? I mean, like horror, comedy, horror, fantasy, fantasy island, the curse of bridge, hollow and imaginary? Is horror a genre, or like a favorite genre of yours? Or is it just like by happenstance that they are?

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Burns: I think what’s happening is those act. Those 3 projects actually were the same director.

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Jared Lee: funny enough, but but he also, you know, he he does a lot of stuff outside of horror, too. But I think just in in with those particular projects he was he was directing, and I was, you know.

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Jared Lee: I was fortunate to be able to contribute to those.

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Burns: So horror is not even just like horror is not even a favorite of your genres of movies. I guess.

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Jared Lee: No, I would not say, is that like I like it. But I would definitely not put it as like my favorite. I’m just like big movie. I just love everything.

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Jared Lee: I love the process of creating music, that’s, you know, you know, part of, like the cinematic experience and kind of plays, a character in the movie. I think it’s so cool. So I’ve really enjoyed doing that and hope to do a lot more on that, too.

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Burns: Sorry? One second. What does the rest of 2025 look like for Jared Lee regarding new music releases or

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Burns: is, are these new music releases that are getting hinted at leading to a full album?

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Jared Lee: So I would love to start doing some performing again. And that’s part of the reason why I’m kind of trying to release more and more music, because that’s something that I just love doing, you know. Done a lot of but kind of been in a little pause mode, just because I’ve been writing for a lot of other projects and and getting this stuff together, but I would love to be doing some performing this year. I have a bunch of new songs that I’m really excited to roll out as well. The 1st is obviously this one

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Jared Lee: so I’m going to do my best to to get this out in the world. And hopefully, there’s places like like you guys that’ll share it. And people respond in a good way. And I’ll also be writing for some other artists in pop music and and out overseas in South Korea, and and doing some stuff funny enough from the last Meg segment doing some stuff for some film and TV and ads as well. So

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Jared Lee: But but a lot of the stuff. Yeah, I I’m really. I’m really like excited to share a lot of the stuff I’ve been working on

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Jared Lee: along the back to lifelines like for my own artist project, and and sharing that music, and really excited about it.

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Burns: The rest of 2025 is looking like we’re going to begin some more.

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Jared Lee: I’ll be doing collabs as well. And yes, and I’ll also be helping other people with their musical visions and with what they want to do, because I do love writing with other people, and just being a collaborator like, I said, is a large part of what I love and but I really am excited about sharing a lot of this this stuff that I’ve been putting together like this last song. So.

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Burns: Yeah, well, we are excited to listen to it. And

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Jared Lee: The wolf, the wolf.

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Jared Lee: Sorry! What’d you say, wolf? Pack.

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Burns: The. I probably should have included these questions earlier on in the interview. But I just since I have you still

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Burns: when I like. Listen to your music, and I feel like you kind of alluded to. This a little earlier is.

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Burns: I like, hear, a theme of authenticity like just being yourself

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Burns: like. Does this ring true to you? And where do you think that comes from like your childhood, or this is probably a pretty broad, and like.

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Burns: Philosophical question, but I was just curious.

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Jared Lee: No, I’m kind of like. It’s a really interesting question. I think I talked about this a little earlier, like, I think honesty is really important to me at least, and in my music, and that something like you said comes across authentic and believable. So

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Jared Lee: that’s important to me. So and the messages, and like the things I talk about. It’s important that that kind of comes through. So I think it’s just like I can’t really fake that for me in song. So maybe that’s why you’re you’re hearing that. And that makes me feel good that you hear that, because it is it is an intention, but I don’t know. I think you know, I think there’s also a part of me that sometimes can be

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Jared Lee: more vulnerable and more honest in a song than I might be, you know, in my conversations with people I don’t know. I’m like this. By the way, I’m like as I say, this stuff. It’s like happening in real time. I’m like, Wow, this is really interesting. Is.

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Jared Lee: when you’re an artist, you might have an easier time saying or communicating something through your art, so that could be a reason why that’s coming through as well.

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Jared Lee: Yeah, I want. I mean, I want people to like, I want people to feel it, you know, like, feel it the way I feel it. And if I can get that across like

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Jared Lee: yeah, I I think like it’s just vulnerability and kind of honesty that that hopefully is coming through to the listener. You know.

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Jared Lee: like you might sometimes find situations where the tempo kind of like holds you into a certain pocket, and like how much you can do vocally, you know, cause like, if you want to do like

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Jared Lee: I like like the types of songs I like to listen to also are kind of like the passionate, you know, vocal, vulnerable, vocal things with some of that music. So I I actually see that as something that

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Jared Lee: I really enjoy about like singing, you know, in this genre. So yeah, it doesn’t. Yeah, it doesn’t. I don’t really feel held back. If anything, I think like it makes the songs. I hope it makes the songs cool, the only.

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Burns: I agree, I agree. I was just like so surprised like how you were able to balance it like so well.

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Jared Lee: But yeah, I guess I just try to find ways so that it’s that it still fits without being.

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Burns: Like too overly fun or too overly, I guess, more dramatic. I feel like it’s just a real good balance of both.

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Burns: It’s like, it’s like vulnerably hopeful.

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Jared Lee: Wow!

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Burns: Like a with like a little taste of like like you’re at like a club or something.

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Jared Lee: Right, vulnerably hopeful. Okay, may steal that from you.

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Jared Lee: No, that’s yeah.

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Jared Lee: No, I mean well, first, st I just want to say, thank you guys for for having me on. I really appreciate it. I’ve never been to rally, and I’d like to go.

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Burns: We would, we would grace you with open arms. We would love to have you come, meet us and hang out with us.

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Jared Lee: Thank you. Well, I think just right now, it’s like, yeah. This song is only a few days old, and if you well, I hope you check it out, and if you like it, share it. It’s like I said, it’s just. It’s so hard to get new songs out there. So any support is amazing. And thank you guys for spinning the song. And yeah, I have new ones that’ll probably out later this year. I don’t know the exact date yet.

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Jared Lee: but I’m really excited about them, and thank you for taking the time. If you’re listening to learn a little bit about me and what I do, and I hope you guys are all having a great, great time out there. Is it? Spring break almost.

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Burns: Yeah, I got spring break next week. It might be different for other colleges, but it is spring. It’s like the spring break time of year. Right now I feel like for.

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Jared Lee: Amazing. So all right, if you can, if you like this interview. And there’s 1 thing you can do when you’re on break, you turn on this song and let me know how it makes you feel. Just tag me, send it, add it in your story, and like that would be that would be the gift you can give me.

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Burns: Oh, yeah, and I’ll be. I’ll be thinking about you anytime. The hurricanes are playing the Boston Bruins, and.

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Jared Lee: Oh!

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Burns: Also be listening to your song. Most likely.

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Jared Lee: Funny. That’s amazing.

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Burns: Awesome.

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Jared Lee: Awesome.

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Burns: Well, thank you so much, Jared Lee, for joining us on WolfBytes. Open mic here with Dj. Burns on WolfBytes radio. Thank you so much.

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Jared Lee: Thank you.

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Jared Lee: I really appreciate it. And I hope you guys have a great day.

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Burns: I. We hope you have a wonderful rest of your day, and we cannot wait for you to release more things so we can continue to play them and promote them.

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Jared Lee: Love it. Thank you so much.

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Jared Lee: Alright! Have a great day.

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Burns: All right. Yeah, that’s cool with the recording. Thank you so much, Jared. It’s been a pleasure.

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Jared Lee: Me too. Thank you, man! Peace!