The verses are more about the tumultuous aspects of the relationship and the times that it’s hard. With the hook, it was about this vow to be with someone, to love them through comfort and pain, and in sickness and in health. The lyrics are kind of intuitive of marital vows, and being with someone till the end. We were talking about that as a family and this relationship between Guy and Prisca who are on the verge of breaking up, but then they go to this island and this marital vow takes on a new meaning. One of the early titles for the film was a play on the words “Til death do us part,” and that was also a breakthrough moment for me. It reminded me of the ocean, the waves, and it felt cinematic to me. I wanted to write a melody that complemented that and something that felt like the movement of water. It began with the chorus and that piano riff that I was obsessed with. Where did you begin with the lyrics, the chorus or the verse? Once the vocals and piano were finished, we added the other elements to support them. The sound for the song developed from a few initial lyric ideas, and a certain piano riff I had written that reminded me of the movie. We constantly talk to each other about art and the projects that we’re working on. What about writing the song - how did that come together?Īll of that inspired me to write something. I thought “What if he doesn’t like it? Or what if I’m not good enough to do it?” But it was such an exciting opportunity and I was in love with the story and the characters. I was overcome by insecurity, nerves and anxiety. He gave me the script to read and he told me the idea. My dad gave me this prompt where he wanted the song to highlight the relationship between Guy and Prisca and the love that exists between them. I think that this character, in particular, was also one of those. A lot of the time he connects certain characters in his movies to our family, and especially to me and my sisters. It’s this full circle feeling and that is how it’s used in the film. The storyline involves Maddox (who is played by Alexa Swinton and Thomasin McKenzie), who sings this song “Remain” in the film, and my dad had this idea of the song being something she sings when she’s young – so you see that as they’re going to the beach, but also again when she’s older. Where did this begin for you, and what did your dad say about his idea for it? Here she discusses her songwriting process and how the song came together. With “Remain,” Saleka Shaymalan took cues from her father’s favorite song and wrote a haunting ballad about love.
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