Remember Monday is a group consisting of three women who share the same vision, something they describe as “hive mind.” They work in tandem, whether it be with producers or just one another, and after fourteen years of knowing one another their synchronicity is paying off. Their latest country-pop infused single titled ‘More Than Ever‘ is somewhat of a turning point for the trio – both an ode to this chapter of their career whilst simultaneously signifying the start of an exciting new one.
‘More Than Ever‘ is a track they describe as a breakaway from the themes they have written about in the past as the group explain “until ‘More Than Ever ‘we had never released a love song. We usually stick with your petty, revengeful break up songs, or maybe a girl power song. And I really remember walking into that writing session and saying ‘I think we should write a love song today’.”
The three women that form the group, Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele are accomplished in their own right outside of the music they make together, each having performed on London’s West End. This devotion to their craft continues to feed the music they make, allowing them to tour with confidence. “I think we’re all very used to the 8 show week schedule, so we don’t really have the fear of not having the vocal stamina to get us through”. But when performing onstage as a group, they welcome the feeling of being “able to walk onto the stage at these gigs and just be ourselves, and share our own experiences and stories and love of music with others.”
Listeners can expect a myriad of influences, ranging from the dominant country-pop elements as well as aiming “to keep writing music that feels like the music we love to listen to” as they continue to evolve.
Read our full interview with the group below, and listen to the new single ‘More Than Ever’, out now.
Tell us about the dynamic of being in a group and how you approach songwriting and creating collaboratively.
We really love working with different people all the time. The three of us know each other so well now, that it’s quite easy for us to steer any idea into something that feels authentically us, so if another songwriter has an idea for a lyric, for example, any one of us would be able to take that and make it feel like Remember Monday! We also love working just us and a producer, or sometimes even just us and a guitar, it totally depends on the day. But the hive mind works pretty well for us after 14 years together haha!
How did you find the preparation for your headline tour, and how does it differ to the stages you’ve been playing like Isle of Wight and Summertime Ball?
The preparation is always the hardest part really. It’s a lot of admin, a fair amount of stress and fear… but then as soon as we’re out on the road, playing the shows each night, the experience is truly just the most overwhelming sense of gratitude. The main difference between a headline gig and a festival gig I think, is that everyone in that audience has paid to see Remember Monday. No one has just strolled over to have a quick listen and decide if they wanna stay for the rest of the set haha. These people have given up an evening of their time to come spend it with us, some have travelled for hours to get there, some have paid for trains, hotels, sometimes even PLANES to come see us, and we truly truly cannot tell you how much that means to us. We know it’s said by basically every artist, but that kind of support makes us so emotional. We don’t know what we’ve done to deserve it!
You’ve also each respectfully performed in West End musicals. How does that type of training compare to performing on tour and how does it help prepare you for such a feat?
I think we’re all very used to the 8 show week schedule, so we don’t really have the fear of not having the vocal stamina to get us through a gruelling tour schedule! But there’s a lot of differences between the two really – mainly that in a west end show, you’re most likely playing a character. We feel so grateful that we’re able to walk onto the stage at these gigs and just be ourselves, and share our own experiences and stories and love of music with others.
The new single ‘More Than Ever’ is a very optimistic upbeat track. Where did such inspiration come from lyrically and sonically?
We’ve been best friends for over 14 years now, and until ‘More Than Ever’ we had never released a love song. We usually stick with your petty, revengeful break up songs, or maybe a girl power song. And I really remember walking into that writing session and saying “I think we should write a love song today”. They’ve always felt trickier to write for us… I think because love songs can often feel quite gushy, which doesn’t feel authentic to us. What I love so much about ‘More Than Ever’ is that it is optimistic, like you say, but it does also feel quite nervous and vulnerable. And that feels like a truer way to describe love to me!
The country influence is very evident in your music. What parts of country music inspire you and what other genres are you drawn to when making music?
We’ve never really liked to define ourselves as one particular genre, or put ourselves in a pigeon hole that way! We take inspiration from so many different artists and genres, and our aim is always just to keep writing music that feels like the music we love to listen to!
Can listeners expect a music video for ‘More Than Ever’ to follow? If so, what would that look like?
We have an idea that we might be able to share with you pretty soon…
What about this track in particular felt like it was the right release to be the next single?
It was actually a song that we wrote whilst writing for Eurovision! It’s probably the last from that era of writing that we will be releasing, so it simultaneously feels like we’re kind of closing that chapter, whilst also feeling like it opens a whole brand new one, because it has really inspired the music we want to release next!
How do you hope this new track makes listeners feel when they hear it?
We hope it makes people feel brave! There’s so many different ways to hear the message in this song; sometimes when I listen to it, it’s about a relationship with a partner, sometimes it’s about a friendship, sometimes it’s about my own relationship with myself. But it always reminds me to be brave.
Where can listeners expect to be taken next?
If you’re only with us for the girl power pop tracks, don’t worry, we got you xoxo
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Words: Janita Purcell