Recently, the National’s Matt Berninger was a guest on Tavis Smiley’s PBS show. They discussed the National’s recent activism in campaigning for Hillary Clinton, as well as the band’s 2012 efforts to help Barack Obama win re-election. They also spoke about Berninger’s anti-Donald Trump song with EL VY, “Are These My Jets,” which Berninger said “is mostly a cathartic thing.” Watch the full interview below.
Berninger recently gave an update about the next National album–their first since 2013. He said “it’s about marriage, and it’s about marriages falling apart.” He added, “My wife and I are writing the lyrics together about our own struggles and it’s difficult to write, but it’s saving my marriage.” During the interview with Smiley, Berninger reiterated that his wife aids him with his songwriting:
She’s very helpful at sort of helping me to find the soul of a song. Also, she knows when I’m full of [bleep] and she gets me focused on being honest, you know. Emotionally honest and don’t posture in songs. There’s enough of that, you know. She doesn’t want me to waste a song on style or posturing, so she’s got very high standards.
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, November 2, the National will perform a Get Out the Vote concert for Clinton at Cincinnati, Ohio’s Washington Park. Sign up for the concert here. Recently, Berninger admitted that he’s “a little bit in love with Hillary Clinton.”
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