“I think one of the coolest things that you can do with music is when it sounds a certain way and can be kind of misleading in terms of the lyrical content, like what David Bowie did with 'Oh You Pretty Things' or The Beatles on 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' That the song kind of has this double meaning of conflicting emotions.”

English singer-songwriter

Declan McKenna is an English singer-songwriter. Born in 1998, he first drew attention in 2015 after winning Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition. He is known for his debut single, “Brazil,” and for the albums that followed. “Brazil” was released independently in December 2015 as a protest song aimed at FIFA and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It reached number one on Sirius XM Radio’s Alt Nation Alt 18 Countdown and also charted on Billboard’s Alternative Songs list. McKenna released his debut album, What Do You Think About the Car?, in 2017, followed by Zeros in 2020 and What Happened to the Beach? in 2024.