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Entertainment ‘The Idea of You’ soundtrack producer says he wasn’t thinking about One Direction while writing music for August Moon Facebook Email Twitter LinkedIn Copy Link Read in app Paul Bergen/Redferns, Alisha Wetherill/Prime, Dave Pedley/Getty, Tyler Le/BI Savan Kotecha is the lead songwriter and producer behind “The Idea of You” soundtrack. The movie features a fictional boy band called August Moon and its dreamy front man Hayes Campbell. Kotecha spoke to BI about the comparisons to One Direction, who he also worked with in the past. August Moon might be the hottest boy band in the world . The five-piece group incited a surge of curious headlines and feverish tweets when their infectious new single, “Dance Before We Walk,” was released earlier this month. The only catch? August Moon isn’t real. The faux-famous band plays a key role in “The Idea of You,” premiering at SXSW this weekend. The film stars Nicholas Galitzine as Hayes Campbell, August Moon’s dreamy front man, while Anne Hathaway plays Solène, the older woman he falls for. Their love story begins at Coachella , where Campbell is booked to perform on the main stage. In this fictional world, August Moon is a sensation, able to attract throngs of screaming fans at the world’s biggest music festival — and even charm the mature single mom in the crowd, who’s only there to supervise her teen daughter. But the entire premise falls apart if the music isn’t good. Enter Savan Kotecha, a renowned producer and songwriter who knows the recipe for boy band success. Kotecha has worked with stars like Ariana Grande (“God Is a Woman”), The Weeknd (“Can’t Feel My Face”), Demi Lovato (“Cool for the Summer”), and, crucially, One Direction . He served as the band’s vocal coach on “The X Factor” and helped write a slew of their early hits. When he met with director Michael Showalter and producer Cathy Schulman, Kotecha shared stories from two decades of experience with “various boy bands.” It was an easy sell. “Luckily, they agreed to let me play in their sandbox,” he told Business Insider. And […]
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Hanif Kureishi You have been back in your London home for several months now, after a year in different hospitals,
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