Michael Stipe

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today we have a conversation between old friends Rick Rubin and Michael Stipe. Along with his former band R.E.M., Stipe's expert, open-hearted lyrics gave voice to the sensitive and misunderstood among us with hits like “The One I Love,” “Everybody Hurts,” and “Losing My Religion.”

After R.E.M. broke up a little over a decade ago, Stipe followed other creative pursuits like photography. But now Stipe has found his way back to music and is working on his first ever solo album. On today’s episode, Michael plays Rick his new song, “Future If Future” produced by Andy LeMaster. Michael Stipe also talks about why he decided to record a solo album, and how he always intended to be super famous—and what it was like when that actually happened.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:11.2	Hey y'all, today we have a conversation between old friends Rick Ruin and Michael Stipe.
0:17.2	Along with his former Georgia-based band R&M, Stipe helped popularize what was once called
0:22.5	Alternative Music.
0:24.3	With his open-hearted lyrics, Stipe gave voice to the sensitive and misunderstood among us,
0:29.1	with hits like The One I Love, Everybody Hirts, and Losing My Religion.
0:34.6	On today's episode, Michael plays Rick a new song of his called Future If Future, produced
0:39.4	by Andy Lamaster.
0:41.4	The song as he explains was released in partnership with Earth Percent, which gives
0:45.2	artists a simple way to support groups fighting climate change, something Stipe cares deeply
0:50.2	about.
0:51.2	Michael Stipe also talks about the upcoming solo album he's recording and how he always
0:55.8	intended to be super famous.
0:58.2	And then what it was like when it actually happened.
1:03.4	This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age.
1:06.6	I'm Justin Richmond.
1:08.5	Here's Rick Ruin and Michael Stipe.
1:11.3	Hello Rick.
1:12.3	It has been a very long time since I've seen you and you look great.
1:15.3	You too.
1:16.3	How long have you lived in New York?
1:17.3	It depends on which government agency you talk to, but I've been here since 1987.
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