Q&A: Blair Davie is Learning New Things About THEMSELVES and Discovering That Love Makes Life Feel Like a Movie
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
☆ BY DANY MIRELES ☆
BLAIR DAVIE’S MUSIC HAS ALWAYS CARRIED A RARE AND VULNERABLE EMOTIONAL CLARITY—but with their brand new EP, they step into a much deeper, tender and unfiltered light. This project is built from real moments; From running away with their partner to moving into their first flat in London, Davie discovers love that suddenly makes life feel like a movie. Through each track, Davie lets listeners witness the transformation that comes from finding a love that feels both grounding and electrifying.
In an interview with The Luna Collective, they reflect on stories that shaped this EP, the evolution of their songwriting, and the growing creative confidence guiding them into what is next. They open up about the love story that shaped this EP, the creative risks that led them toward a more expansive sound and the growth that’s pushing them into creative, bigger visuals, deeper storytelling, and a future where their music blends tenderness with courage. From the melodrama of “Crashing The Car” to the choral textures of “Coming Back Babe,” they are learning that joy can be just as powerful as pain.
LUNA: Your EP feels like a joyful celebration of queer love. What inspired you to shift from writing about heartbreak to focusing on the euphoria of love in this project?
DAVIE: That's a good question. You go through all these different variations of what you think love is, and I definitely would have said that I’d been in love before, and I’ve definitely had my heart broken. But then, in finding the love that I’ve discovered, suddenly it’s like the movies. I guess I just felt really inspired to share. I think our story is interesting. You exaggerate things to fit the whole story. It's true about how we met, wanting to run away together, and moving into our first flat in London. They're just hoping that this love lasts forever.
LUNA: You’ve described the song “Coming Back Babe” as Adele meets Bruce Springsteen. What does this song represent to you emotionally, and how did that sound come together in the studio?
DAVIE: Well, it's the start of the story. It was one of the first songs I wrote for the EP, but I actually wrote “Crashing the Car” first, which is the sequel to that song. It was my first time working with two writers that I’d wanted to work with for a long time. This song happened and then we got back to the studio the next week. We thought it would be interesting to tell the story, but from an hour before where this song takes place. Obviously, I’m not comparing myself to either of those because they’re obviously some of the greats. I’d say Adele and the kind of sweetness of the music, and Bruce Springsteen because of the kind of urgency of it, especially the kind of forcefulness, the never coming back and running feels like a Springsteen song. We were trying to capture that kind of excitement in the studio. I knew I wanted loads of voices; that’s why there’s a big choir. We sang it over and over again.
LUNA: Having grown up in Scotland, how do those roots still show up in your sound or songwriting today?
DAVIE: I think it makes me very honest and direct, which I have found is my strength. Even when singing love songs, I think they are very honest love songs, and so even though they’re happy songs, they still feel very vulnerable and real. I don’t think Scottish people can pretend to be anything else, I was just in L.A., and I loved it but it was interesting to me how everybody is so happy all the time, but I don’t know if they actually are, whereas if a Scottish person isn’t happy, they’re going to tell you that they’re struggling with whatever it is. I don’t know if the music sounds Scottish, and I guess it’s a bit folky, but it’s probably more in the meaning. Scottishness is the meaning and the way that I say things, rather than how it ends up sounding in the end.
LUNA: How has your creative process evolved since your early singles like Coming of Age?
DAVIE: These days, I’m writing a lot of love songs, and it used to be songs for me to have to come from a much darker place. I love writing songs with other people, not so much because I don’t feel like I can write on my own, but there’s something special that happens when you get in a room with strangers and you all share something or I’ll tell a story and that will eventually encourage somebody else to share. The biggest thing that’s changed is just realising that I can actually come in with joy and with love, and still get a lovely song out of it. I found that you can still be vulnerable and honest from the angle of love, and that feels so much better for me.
The next EP is going to be a mix of love and mental health, and hopefully that’s going to be the best stuff I’ve put out yet.It’s going to be the two things that I’ve done well, but separately. I’ll bring them together and see what happens.
LUNA: Do you ever write music with visuals or storytelling in mind, like imagining how a song could be performed live or performed in a video?
DAVIE: I’m not a very visually creative person. I’ve always wanted to be, but I was never any good. I don’t usually see things very visually. For this EP, it was clear as I was writing it, the story was building up in my head, the first time you meet somebody, you move in together, the first dance, and those butterflies never fly away. I feel like I grew as an artist over this last year by trying to come up with visuals for this project, For the next EP I’m about to record, I feel like I already know what I’m going to do, which I’ve never done before. I know what the artwork and videos will look like, so it’s exciting. I don’t know where it came from, maybe just growth.
LUNA: Each track of the EP tells a chapter of a love story. How did you decide the order of the songs?
DAVIE: If I was looking at the tracklist from a musical sense, I would probably change the order of the songs, I feel like “Butterflies” is a weird one to end the EP, I would like it to be the first one, but then I like to tell a story, so I prefer the tracklist to match the story I’m trying to say. I think that for the people who want to know the story, it’s important for them to be able to have that.
LUNA: “Crashing The Car” captures the dizzying feeling of falling in love. What inspired the lyrics and the production in this track?
DAVIE: It’s quite melodramatic. It gives out the message of, “I love you so much, and if we die right now, it’s a lovely way to go out.” It’s a real contrast there. I wanted the music to be deep; there’s more bass in that song than there is in the rest of the EP, and we used a guitar that was really detuned. I don’t feel inspired by other music; I feel inspired by what my heart is telling me to do rather than thinking of other artists. The story inspired the production; it’s probably my favorite song of the EP in terms of the way it sounds.
LUNA: Finally, what’s next for you? More shows, music, or something that fans should keep an eye out for?
DAVIE: I’ve got a little more touring at the end of the year, but only in the UK. The EP is going to come quite soon, and we’re announcing a new song soon It’s called “Happy New Year” and we’re putting it out just before Thanksgiving. It isn’t part of the EP; we made it at the same time so it is in the same world of it. I think it’s a nice way to end the year; there are so many Christmas songs, but there are no New Year songs. I want to do more shows in the USA. I just played my first one in L.A., and they were amazing. I can’t wait to come back.
