Production
honeybee
Olivia Rodrigo
Song : honeybee
Duration:1h03 Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese
Description
Join Dan Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo for a breakdown of ‘honeybee’, the magical piano ballad at the heart of her album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.’ In this series, the award-winning duo revisit the process behind the song, sharing bold ideas and outtakes that never made the cut.
Written at home in a single afternoon, ‘honeybee’ challenged Dan and Olivia to develop new approaches to recording and production. The duo break down the song’s elegant instrumentation and piano parts, sharing insights on how to create rich acoustic soundscapes in a small home studio. Watch them compare versions with different instruments, keys, and tempos, as they reveal intricate layers of strings, choirs, synths, and more.
As they work through the song, Olivia opens up about her journey as an artist. She breaks down the lyrics, phrasing, and vocal styles that shape her signature sound, highlighting how sometimes the simplest ideas can be the hardest to execute.
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14 minSong origins, demos, arrangement, tempo
Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, nylon-string acoustic guitar -
07 minMellotron, songwriting, lyrics, strings, arrangement
Mellotron 4000D, Roland Juno-60 -
11 minMixing, dynamics, choir, backing vocals, sound design
Mellotron 4000D, Roland TR-808
Conan Gray, Lily Elise -
14 minTempo mapping, vocal production, vocal recording, backing vocals
Soundelux U99, BAE 1073, Universal Audio 1176 -
06 minPiano, strings, recording, ear candy
Yamaha U3, AKG C414, Soundelux U99, Mellotron 4000D, Roland Juno-60, Native Instruments Kontakt, Imperfect Samples Braunschweig Upright Piano
Noah Conrad -
06 minStrings, stereo recording, mix bus, mastering
Soundelux U99, PSP VintageWarmer, SSL Bus Compressor, UAD Pultec EQP-1A
Paul Cartwright -
02 min
About Dan Nigro
Daniel Nigro is a critically acclaimed record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, by way of Long Island, NY. Nigro has worked closely with artists such as Caroline Polachek, Sky Ferreira, Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo. He has collected various accolades across his career, including eight Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for his production of Sour in 2022. Most recently, Daniel was honored alongside co-writer Olivia Rodrigo, as the 2024 ASCAP Pop Music...
About Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Temecula, California. She started voice lessons in kindergarten, then took up piano, and was playing guitar by 12. She acted on Disney Channel's Bizaardvark and then Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, where she also wrote original songs. In 2020 she signed with Interscope and Geffen. Her debut single ‘drivers license’ entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number one in January 2021. Her next two singles also debuted...
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14 min
Song origins, demos, arrangement, tempo
Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, nylon-string acoustic guitar -
07 min
Mellotron, songwriting, lyrics, strings, arrangement
Mellotron 4000D, Roland Juno-60 -
11 min
Mixing, dynamics, choir, backing vocals, sound design
Mellotron 4000D, Roland TR-808
Conan Gray, Lily Elise -
14 min
Tempo mapping, vocal production, vocal recording, backing vocals
Soundelux U99, BAE 1073, Universal Audio 1176 -
06 min
Piano, strings, recording, ear candy
Yamaha U3, AKG C414, Soundelux U99, Mellotron 4000D, Roland Juno-60, Native Instruments Kontakt, Imperfect Samples Braunschweig Upright Piano
Noah Conrad -
06 min
Strings, stereo recording, mix bus, mastering
Soundelux U99, PSP VintageWarmer, SSL Bus Compressor, UAD Pultec EQP-1A
Paul Cartwright -
02 min