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The speaker says his first album was meant to address social problems in a straightforward way. He also wanted to turn those concerns into pop songs that would be accessible to listeners.
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About Declan McKenna
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.
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