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to it . So it was just a freeing experience , and I just wanted to get back to that . I didn ’ t lose confidence in myself , exactly , but I started
to lose some of the core of what I was writing about because when you ’ re with a major label , there ’ s a lot of dilution that goes on . So I went in fully knowing exactly what I was because I wrote the first album before I ’ d even signed to the label . I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do back then .
IE : And you had actually won a Grammy even before that . Foxes : Yeah . And it was quite insane to have that happen early on . But I think what ’ s really good is ; I finally got to make some important decisions for myself , like signing with an independent , building a team around that , that I really love , and just finding
people that are on the same wavelength . Ialso got new management . I just wanted to shake everything up , and it was really empowering to do that . It was about needing to be at the head of the table again — so many people end up getting involved with your music , you end up losing your voice a bit . So that was really important for me to reassess everything and then start from the ground up again , which is always a risk . But a very important one .
IE : And it paid off with the confident , sonically-inventive “ Love Not Loving You ”? Which sounds like a kiss-off to everyone

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in your old brigade . Foxes : Yeah , And I think a lot of the music that I ’ ve written after leaving things behind has got that energy — about starting again , about being able to stand in your power again , and trust in yourself and trust in your muse and what you ’ re doing . A lot of it has that spirit . But that song for me was quite crucial . The production is a bit weird , and it ’ s a pop song , but not the easiest to digest in certain places . But I quite like that . I quite like the kitchen-sink sound , where we were using all sorts of different things to create different sounds . That was something Idid way back , with “ Youth ” and my early songs . So that song definitely had that kind
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