Eel is listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece

tell the story of how they remain.

My name is Taowin.

This episode contains explicit language.

Sharon Van Aten is a singer and songwriter who's put out five albums.

She's also an actress.

She's in the OA and Twin Peaks.

Her most recent album, Remind Me Tomorrow, came out in January 2019.

In this episode, Sharon breaks down a single from that album called Seventeen.

She shares the original demo she made with the song's co-writer Kate Davis.

Anne will hear from producer John Congleton, who helped craft Sharon's new, more electronic

sound.

We've also got a new segment we're introducing for the first time, called This Is Instrumental.

So stick around after the full song to hear the conversation I had was Sharon about

her current favorite instrument.

But first, here's Sharon Van Aten on how she made the song Seventeen.

My name is Sharon Van Aten.

When I started writing Seventeen, I was spending more time in New York and exploring other

sides of being a creative person, meeting with other writers and trying to collaborate

on songs together, which I've never done before, because I'm a solo writer usually.

I like to be by myself and make mistakes when no one's looking.

But as a writer, you get stuck sometimes.

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