It’s liberating to perform material that I’ve been working on for a long time. I did a lot of shows before the album was out, so it’s jarring to see people who know the music. What has the audience reaction been like since the album has been out? It’s a constant learning experience and I’m happy to be a part of it. Performing the album is just different every time, so with each new audience everything takes on a different meaning for me. It’s really interesting to observe myself in new situations I’ve never been in. What kind of mindset are you in right now as all this is happening? You’ve been on the festival circuit and now you’re headlining a tour. You get the feeling that there’s a commitment and a willingness to challenge himself to be more emotionally vulnerable with his lyrics and his voice at every turn. The confessional soul of “Talking to Myself” and “Bourbon” wants to let you into Gallant’s world no matter how exposed that makes him. Comparisons to Prince are inevitable on tracks like "Episode" with its funky bassline and his signature sultry sounding falsetto. The album is the result of someone knowing what he wants to say and making sure he says it the way he wants it to be said.
His sound draws inspiration from influences as diverse as Janet Jackson and Phil Spector and Radiohead, driven by his desire to push the genre into a realm of something His debut album Ology is a wholehearted R&B manifesto that suggests you can still find optimism and hope among self-doubt and insecurity. From performing swoonworthy covers of “Hotline Bling” with Sufjan Stevens to a standing ovation on The Tonight Show, or captivating the sunburnt Coachella crowd with a transcendent rendition of his breakout single “Weight in Gold” with none other than Seal, it’s hard not to think that he is a man on the brink. All of these things have been said about Gallant.
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