Theophilus London sits down with Billboard to talk about various topics including his album Timez Are Weird These Days and touring while also revealing some new stuff he is working on.
Your club tour ends in November. What are your plans for the remainder of the year and 2012?
After that we’re going to put out a remix album of “Timez Are Weird These Days” — it’s going to be called “Timez Are Still Weird These Days.” We’ve got Scream on there so far. There’s a bunch of cool shit. I’ve got this other new record called “Big Spender,” which I’m going to play tonight. It’s a big one. I’ve only been playing it live; I haven’t put it out yet. There are some radio rips of it, but I can’t wait to put it out. I’m going to put it out on the remix album. I feel like it’s my biggest record to date. I’ll also be doing another EP and album at the top of the year.Who else is part of the upcoming remix album?
So far we’ve got Scream, we’ve got one from Gigamesh and a bunch cool, lo-fi DJ/producers. I know [Warner Bros. Records co-president/CEO Todd Moscowitz] wants to get some more big names on it, like Dr. Luke and a couple other dudes. But I like the boutique DJs. They come up with some cool shit on their laptops alone at night and send it back to me. I’m just excited that kids want to remix this shit.I’m excited about all the synchs that we got. We got one for the new “Twilight” movie. I‘m excited that my music is a soundtrack for people. It’s always played on “Basketball Wives” — like chicks breaking up with their boyfriend while “I Stand Alone” is playing. I like to sit down and be a songwriter so it can live outside of my realm and the studio — and be on shows like “90210.” Another thing I’m doing is designing; I designed a shoe for Nike. And people keep hitting me up to do collections, like Stetson and Nike. So I’m excited about that.
Listen to the possible first offering from the remix album here.
