Ep. 271: Feist | The Wild Return of “My Moon My Man” & How a Doctor’s Orders Changed Her Sound

Today’s guest is a singer, songwriter and musician whose singular sound has spanned punk stages, intimate recordings and songs that have traveled around the world. From “1234” to the unexpected second life of “My Moon My Man,” her music continues to find new audiences.
And The Writer Is… Feist!

In this episode:
- How losing her voice helped her find a new sound
- Why finding your people can change your creative life
- The collaborator who believed in her before she knew they were making a record
- How The Reminder brought different songs together into one world
- The unusual musical choices behind “My Moon My Man” and its unexpected return
- What “1234” taught her about success, belonging and staying true to herself

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Chapters
00:00 Introducing Feist
01:05 The Stories Behind Her Guitars
04:49 Growing Up Around Art and Finding Her Voice
09:36 Amazon Music & SONA
09:48 The Punk Band That Changed Her Life
18:28 Losing Her Voice on Tour
20:25 Why Singers Have the Least Fun on Tour
21:40 How a Doctor’s Orders Changed Her Sound
23:45 Find Your People
25:35 Inside Broken Social Scene
27:53 Peaches, Chilly Gonzales and Their Creative Community
32:59 Finding the Freedom to Make Let It Die
38:29 The Friend Who Quietly Funded Her Breakthrough
42:12 Creative Control and Growing Beyond a Slow Start
44:05 Supporting Your Friends Instead of Competing
47:48 The Reminder, Folk Music and Sea Lion Woman
52:33 Making The Reminder and the 14-Day Sessions
55:23 My Moon My Man’s Heated Rivalry Resurgence
57:17 Why My Moon My Man Is Such a Strange Song
1:00:21 1234 and the Difficult Side of Success
1:02:21 Imposter Syndrome and Letting Yourself Shine
1:05:06 The Song She’s Most Proud Of

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Produced by Joe London and Jad Saad
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