A Quick Chat with Mister Co
Euphoric is such an energetic, genre-bending track. What inspired the song, and what was the feeling you wanted to capture when creating it?
We think everyone has had one of those nights where you go out promising yourself you'll be sensible, have a couple of drinks, be home at a reasonable hour, and then suddenly it's 4am and you're questioning every decision you've made in the last six hours. That's really the world Euphoric lives in.
It's about that feeling of getting completely swept up in a moment, when everything is loud, exciting, a little bit reckless and you don't particularly want it to end.
Musically, we wanted to capture that same feeling. Something that builds, explodes and almost feels like it's running away with itself.
We've always loved music that makes you feel something physically, whether that's dancing, screaming the lyrics or just turning the volume up way too loud. Euphoric really leans into that side of us. It's chaotic, it's joyful, it's a little ridiculous, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
The track brings together elements of rock, funk and jazz fusion. How did you approach combining these different sounds, and what makes this particular combination exciting for Mister Co.?
We've never been particularly good at sticking to one genre, and at this point we've pretty much accepted that's just who we are.
One of the things we love most about making music is bringing together sounds that don't necessarily belong in the same room and seeing what happens when you introduce them to each other.
With Euphoric, we really wanted to lean into the musicianship. You've got these huge rock guitars, a really funky rhythm section and little moments of jazz fusion weaving their way through everything. On paper, that could go in about a thousand different directions, but that's half the fun.
We're also incredibly lucky to have some ridiculous musicians involved in this track. Lia Magu brings this powerhouse vocal energy, James Price is an absolute weapon on bass, Judd Sellton brings so much character through his guitar playing, and Oly Ithier is phenomenal on drums.
For us, it's never really been about making a rock song or a funk song. It's about making something that feels exciting, and if that means throwing a few genres into a blender, we're absolutely going to do it.
Collaboration has become an important part of Mister Co.'s music. How did working with the musicians on Euphoric influence the finished song, and what do you enjoy most about creating music with other artists?
One of the biggest joys of Mister Co. is getting to make music with people we genuinely admire.
Connor and I have always seen Mister Co. as something bigger than just the two of us. We're a band, and while we're the ones steering the ship, we absolutely love inviting other incredible musicians into our world and seeing what they bring to the music.
The exciting thing about collaboration is that everyone hears music differently. You can have a really clear idea of where a song is going, and then someone comes along with an idea you never would have thought of, and suddenly the whole thing becomes more interesting.
That's what makes working with musicians like Lia, James, Judd and Oly so special. They're not just incredibly talented players, they're artists with their own personalities, instincts and musical backgrounds.
We think the best collaborations happen when you give people the space to be themselves. You don't invite incredible musicians into a room just to tell them to play everything exactly how you imagined it.
And selfishly, we get to stand there and listen to these ridiculously talented people play music with us, which is a pretty fantastic position to be in.
The music video for Euphoric has a really raw, chaotic and celebratory energy. What was the creative idea behind it, and how did you bring that vision to life?
The funniest thing about the Euphoric music video is that we essentially built it around two weekends of our lives that were already going to be pretty chaotic.
The first was a gig where we were opening for a friend of ours, and the second was Connor's 30th birthday.
Which, looking back, is probably the most Mister Co. way we could possibly have made a music video.
We really didn't want something that felt overly staged or polished. The song is about those wild, euphoric moments where you're completely caught up in what's happening around you, so we wanted the video to actually feel like that.