Famous artists on working with Max Martin (Britney Spears, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry)

Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, Adam Levine and Katy Perry talk about working with Max Martin.
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[@volpe_sol]

Max Martin is the freaking man. The most prolific, influential, yet somehow underrated dude out there.

[@mrswhatever7597]

He's not underrated, just not that well known outside of the music industry, which is probably how he likes to keep it anyway.

[@josephtafur]

+mrs whatever I want him to produce hatsune miku.

[@lisaappleton6019]

lvolpe Underrated my ass. His derivative 'music' it utter shit.

[@lisaappleton6019]

@mrs whatever He sucks. He wanted to be fanmous but he lame ass band flopped and he ended up writing crap 'music' for fake bands like Backstreet Boys. Sell out. Loser.

[@jesseurena5153]

the goat!

[@scottminnella1880]

Completely unknown by the public, but also so coveted by the industry.

[@lisaappleton6019]

Hated be most in the industry too

[@Robb3348]

why hated? do u know?

[@flisanmisan]

Lisa Appleton : Get yourself a life your damn jealous loser. He has more respect and appreciation in the whole of the music business than any other. He has come further in life than you will ever do. People like you are utterly disgusting.It feels better and sit and insult others from behind your damn computer. The cowardly wretch. The only thing you do is complain about others who succeed, you must have a damn boring life,

[@lewasil]

flisan misan wow. That's a little harsh. I think she meant that it's just that songs do start to sound the same same same on the radio. There needs to be another "type" of music. Fresh stuff, I don't know. Hmmmm.....

[@Mahalakshmi-Khan]

@@lewasil Thats true

[@gerardmichael8523]

Max Martin. I don't know how so much talent got into one man!!

[@rogercook8277]

Max Martin is definitely one of the best songwriters / producers in the music business. In the late 90s and the early 2000s he ruled the pop radio stations. When he wrote Britney Spears first to Mega hits I consider that genius.( Hit Me Baby One More Time) followed by ( Oops I Did It Again). Can we say "Man with the Golden Ear."

[@NerdDrunk]

Hit me Baby one more time was given to the Backstreet Boys and they turned it down.

[@toshiyapangaier7059]

I wouldn't call him the best lyricist or songwriter....ofcorz he is a good producer...but songwriter .??? Nah...

[@LoudnessJP]

​@@toshiyapangaier7059 He's a very skilled songwriter, the way he structures the lyrics to achieve max hooks and melodies is a big aprt of why _everyone_ wants to work with him. Not only a studio producer

[@SirManDudeGuy1]

Max Martin is a master puppeteer.

[@imemyself2820]

The music industry is. If investments always need to create an outcome, they will use the same guy over and over again until your young fishbrain generation completely embraced your little music fish bowl and made their investments worth it.

[@veedramma4299]

@Mr. Husky And you bow to and covet the rich. Which is more sad?

[@nickepic1863]

@Kid Poker Don't forget that George Martin achieved that in just 10 years, while Max Martin needed 30 years and he still didn't pass them.

[@JiafeiProducts6969]

You also believe the earth is flat do you

[@tudorjason]

And before Max Martin worked with nearly anyone, he worked on Ace of Base's second album in 1995.

[@misterbeatzit]

Same with Denniz and their first album. :^) AOB does not get the proper credit they deserve, for sure.

[@AaaarrrghKateBishop]

Max Martin is a creative lyrical genius!

[@raghudurina2354]

He just doesnt stop blinding lights number one billboard hit ever

[@nihaopaty]

“The most important ingredient is the one that you leave out “

[@gbear7663]

Max Martin is a genius !!! All will bow down when Max Martin enters the studio.

[@lukeluthor6290]

Max seriously is one of the most creative and most vibrant. Dr. Luke....recycles a lot of his songs, not saying he’s not creative because he’s really formed a sound for Kesha, Katy Perry and such. But Max literally has hit song after hit song and he doesn’t seem to show any signs of stopping. :) I would so love to have a master class with him as I am a DJ and producer.

[@LeonardoPimentel20]

He left a mark on pop music

[@brennorocha3031]

I think you will like this, check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJSUZ4xnnLCIesU

[@bw2937]

Luke is more of a producer, probably better at making the tracks than max is. Max is more a melody man.

[@Darko_Milosevski03]

@@bw2937 dr luke is evil He is a great producer but a bad man

[@StratMatt777]

It all comes down to time management. To be fair to Dr. Luke, he would have been better if he spent more time songwriting and less time raping Ke$ha.

[@umich313]

Britney and Max Martin is like MJ and Quincy Jones - you can't think of one w/out the other.

[@audiodopebeats]

One of the GOATS in Pop music.

[@princesyny8586]

Never imagine Justin gonna mention Backstreet Boys and Britney haha

[@mariad2372]

Such a master, Max thank you so much for giving me so much amazing music to run to for healing for escape for confidence for love, release of pain, feelings of love, hope, fun, everything. `you have given so much I will never forget your songs, ever.

[@brigitsumendap5139]

i just watched a video of Britney Spears with Max in 1998 before this and she also says "you know" a lot. AND SO DOES JUSTIN IN THIS INTERVIEW!

[@solootto]

same this is how mi ended up here lol

[@user-rg3rp4ts5e]

My favorite songs of Backstreet boys is written by Max

[@cindylascort2357]

BRITNEY NEW ALBUM WITH MAX PLEASEEEE¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@CarlosRodriguez-bh2ey]

I am happy for his success cause the guy has a gift.

[@LeopoldoVictor]

thank u max 4 writing so many magical melodies. god bless u!

[@betj9269]

A genius first time hearing about Max Martin one of the best that I ever seen....✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ When I give people Ten Stars they are Super Good!!

[@mariolumbanraja8276]

Max Martin is so talented! I wanna have a talent like that

[@reggiep75]

And that's why the music industry of the 2000's onward sounds EXACTLY the same if he's written the songs alone!

[@geminix365]

Best song

[@discomillenium8850]

It dosent but ok

[@reggiep75]

@@discomillenium8850 - Ok boomer.

[@discomillenium8850]

@@reggiep75 what

[@dontmindme5163]

He makes good music tho so I’m fine with that

[@mikeole-kuyan6841]

I made it through to the entire video. Could not believe it. Learned some things and it touched my ❤️

[@Madison-ut6bz]

WOW that was like the sound of music for like the past 20 years almost now

[@Overetagen]

Just amazing to be so talented and great at your job and at the same time well liked!

[@aerodynamic6560]

I was with my aunt at his birthday party, felt special.

[@jude.niranjan]

Gold.

[@ricky6229]

Katy is so perfect🥰🥰

[@prakharsingh3243]

I Know, Righttttttt

[@oh_sei_la]

"Max is amazing at making ear worms" for me this just sums it up

[@MrVpk6]

They need to make a documentary off of this guy!

[@universalmeditation8631]

I used to think it was crazy for him to charge 100K a song but it is a lot of work.

[@QuickZ_]

earning the label company billions / song 😅

[@anthonydittajr505]

♥️ Pink!!!

[@nihaopaty]

“A real delight to be around “

[@paulheart3593]

And he makes them all have number 1 hits 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@elementalfira]

Damn Britney and Justin are middle-aged now.

[@sellammar1]

Yes we all grew older dont we.

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

Sounds bad until you ponder the alternative, right ...

[@LiveTilliDie]

No they're still 17 years old. They just look middle-aged.

[@noemistephanie93]

Well they're not exactly middle age cause they are in their 30s but yeah they're hitting middle age

[@Harisss94]

35 is middle age now ? (Britney was 34 and JT 35 when that comment was written) MHM K

[@MP-nq5nk]

When i found out he wrote some songs for the backstreet boys ( the one i found extremely good) i was like ahh i knew something was off, there had to be a genius behind this and he is for sure.

[@evelinamusic]

Wow! ☺️☺️💕.

[@mikeole-kuyan6841]

P!nk is a 💎 in the ruff

[@nihaopaty]

Sophisticated but simple melodies

[@nihaopaty]

Simplifyyyyy the simplest thing is the most effective

[@rubenmendoza3371]

Man Max is dope. I wonder who is going to be the next Max Martin?

[@gbear7663]

Ruben Mendoza Mason Dean

[@LeonardoPimentel20]

We have a few

[@burgerpatty]

Finneas, maybe? :))

[@michaelhagberg6143]

Shekkback

[@yfkflash1342]

He's on the come-up right now. his name is Brandon John.

[@atamoura]

Who the hell filmed this? The background is WAY more captivating than the interview itself (and better lit).

[@atamoura]

Not sure if I was smoking crack or if they adjusted it, but yeah now it looks great.

[@Mahalakshmi-Khan]

@@atamoura hahaha i like your honesty!

[@emmad.176]

I liked hearing everyone but especially Britney ♡

[@PirrePirre]

Max Martin wizard of pop..

[@sethbrolsma516]

I love Pink. That is all.

[@samdevil82]

Just saw & Juliet on Broadway, which features a mashup of all of these artists and the songs that he helped put together. I would say that he's more of a sound maker, someone with a profound sensitivity to catches and hooks that grab your ear even before you know what the lyrics are (I think Katy Perry mentioned he started out just humming gibberish but that was sort of the template off of which he worked). How often are the lyrics misheard, after all? The foot in the door musically is the sound, and he seems to be a sonic siren. There's an art in that, even if it's not the most poetic or avant garde lyrically; the sound is what binds the lyrics and music together, and by extension, the audience.

[@unabashed26]

Glad Justin calls them ‘ear worms’ because that’s what they’re called.

[@jaymiegill9506]

King of pop

[@nihaopaty]

Max and Denniz were responsible for the BSB Max took the torch!

[@tbiscuit06]

Max is a genius at making candy for babies.

[@bw2937]

Babies? I'm not sure babies is enough of an audience to reach that level of success Max has. They don't make up that much of the market.

[@elementalfira]

What is this from? It's fantastic.

[@SaurabSalhotra]

the polar music prize. its like the grammys of the grammys. awards for the people who run the show.

[@juanjohnson8137]

I like how Britney's section was the most replayed ;)

[@felakhiangte1765]

Max Martin is the God of Music Industry!

[@juliusv2073]

i dont know why but britney seems like shes broken by whole industry

[@tudorjason]

She definitely looks tired. I think for her sake she should retire.

[@alexandrabellville4179]

I'm sure this guy is one of the ones who broke her he did her first album and gave her the baby voice.

[@hannestgod]

Alexandra Bellville thats not right, her label and her father are responsible for that, look up the freebritney movement, its shocking

[@RyanairButter]

@Yules ikr. how can we all just noticed this 12 years later? hope its not too late for her to be freed.

[@hlgrmdr9556]

#freebritney #savethechildren

[@thesynthesia7478]

Is that really Timberlake said he has same writting style to Max Martin. He dared to make a great joke as Timberlake has never have and will never achieve the abilities to write such good and funkcional hit music as Max. NEVER.

[@jaymiegill9506]

We need Britney and Max back

[@erickseed6350]

So these days when people record with him, do they still fly way over to Sweden, or does he just work with them out of LA or wherever?

[@engaranedrick]

Sir Max Martin is the best.

[@bsvenss2]

Sir? He's from Sweden... like me.

[@engaranedrick]

@@bsvenss2 Yes as a sign of respect,swedish people are so good at music,stay safe buddy.

[@mikeole-kuyan6841]

2:35 P!nk : Max is such a closet punker Mike: He has an open punk style when it comes to his hair

[@LoudnessJP]

He's an old hard rock/ metal / punk fan and musician, never in the closet:) dunno why she said that.

[@exelchannel8806]

Long hair is not punk.

[@DanielGothel]

1:33 What's going on w/ JT's voice!? By the way, Max Martin is one of the best producer but Rick Rubin and Quincy Jones too!

[@Alyric-now]

The songwriter's songwriter.

[@andreniki8864]

The question now is. Where is max'??? Not a single shot inside the vid xD

[@universalmeditation8631]

I wonder what Taylor Swift would say about Max.😮

[@LuizaNis]

Is this from a documentary?

[@jensj2]

It's from a special feature put together because he won the Polar Prize. I don't think it was meant to be broadcast.

[@oldschoolskatefool]

lmfao @ P!nk 3.50 and forward...

[@lassekarlsson5385]

3 bottles only?

[@sabrinamontecaseros6315]

Britney

[@peterpiotrowski8995]

If you like your music with 4th grade level lyrics and 4 chords, radio pop and Max is your man!

[@gmanila142]

Britney Spears is so smart, she could have been Madonna boss level by now if only..

[@TheManorBeast]

‘We have very similar writing styles’ 😂 Stay in your lane Justin

[@nihaopaty]

2 weeks for baby one more time

[@alifhussaini]

Ariana taylor and kelly clarkson need to be here too!!

[@HA-no3jh]

But what is most sad is that Rolling Stones magazine rated Max Martin only about 40th place among the best Songwriters of all time. 40th! Man Max wrote the 3rdmost #1 Hitsingles EVER among all Songwriters and he only gets rated 40th whatever. Burn the Rolling Stones mag

[@panickedhonk]

he's a master producer, not songwriter

[@betj9269]

Wow!!

[@TheBlashMusic]

@@panickedhonk He wrote most of his hits.

[@yoga5597]

@@panickedhonk great jokes

[@panickedhonk]

@@TheBlashMusic he just requires writing credits for every song he produces. It's pretty much known

[@simonem582]

BRITNEY IS SHOCKING HOT

[@watermelonchiki]

Why JT... 😂

[@thetruth00]

comon Justin.. you aint looking for the BEST lol. more like the one thats catchier and sells more

[@jasonfanclub4267]

this is the best .. money is everything in the business

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

Mickey Mouse's Master Magicianship won't have no Max Martin reveal his true knowledge. This isn't guess work he's admitting into the ether. It's certainly esoteric.

[@TheBlashMusic]

Hahahaha 💀

[@BillyBulletPewPew]

I think there are bots all over this comment section.

[@nr655321]

It's amazing how much effort they're putting into making such dumbed down, soulless, generic music.

[@djvoid1]

He discovered a loophole of catchyness. The result is music that people that aren't really interested in music love and that music obsessives despise. I see his writing style as akin to the invention of the automatic milking machine where before we were milking the cow by hand. Perhaps we were being kinder to the animal, but hey... more milk!

[@johnnycaper_]

I think the loophole is going back to those days when you just started playing instrument, learned a couple of chords and jammed along or played your favourite songs. I think the key answer is into punk rock - 3 chords and it sounds good. I mean cmon remember those times when you just picked up a guitar and learned to play those 2 chords and had so much fun. That's where it's at lol. Somewhere along the way we lose that feeling because we want to evolve and play more complicated songs. Yeah it's good to learn new stuff, but sometimes we lose the fun aspect of it all. So going back to basics is always a way to remind yourself that it's al about having fun :))

[@djvoid1]

@@johnnycaper_ I still like 3 chord songs, just when they're earnest

[@marlenemarlene8254]

That's why they hack other people's Facebook.

[@adriatic123]

Dude is obviously talented, especially for melodies. But strange enough, his songs rarely play as evergreens on a radio where we ofteh hear all those past hits from Tina Turner to many other. I think because his method is formulaic, very pleasing on first listening but often forgotten after awhile. You obviously cannot compose evergreens all the time, but you can churn out formulaic hits year after year. Either you are artist or formulaic constructor. Max has chosen second path.

[@sellammar1]

I am Dutch and a lot of Brintney Spears as well as Ace of Base and of course Backstreet Boys all their early hits are often played on radio. Also I was working in Singapore last year and I heard every day his music played there. And a guy there who knows a lot about what Music is played in Singapore says that his Music is more played than even Elvis and The Beatles. Another weird thing is that Swedish Music in general are very much played all around Asia. Like China, Japan Phillipines. Even Russia.

[@TheBlashMusic]

On the flip side, most people who have written Evergreens are one hit wonders.

[@bw2937]

But they are... Everywhere lol.... His 90/2000s stuff is considered classics already

[@scottm8579]

Britney had a face lift .. looks good.

[@sharkesaresexy6849]

its the face that has see things one should never see in their life. I cant say more or i could be killed

[@magdadrague]

8:19 fuck thats ''Backstreet Boys'' !?

[@wendymardeda8478]

Magda Draganova yeaah they were my favourite singers when I was little and didn't know Max produced him. The swedes are amazing

[@NerdDrunk]

Backstreet was the next big act he produced after Ace of Base.

[@suk4honesty]

What kinda dirt does he have on these people? Holy shit. It gives the impression they'd fight to the death to have a chance to cup his balls.

[@LoudnessJP]

Him and Jonas Åkerlund are the two people i wouldn't piss off as a pop artist. The Swedish songwriting mafia overlords.

[@BruncleDew]

Why isn't Bon Jovi in this?

[@imemyself2820]

lol you know why and you know these fishbrains dont get the joke :D

[@OliverdeClisson]

@@imemyself2820 because modern people dont listen to Crap like bon jovi, lel xp

[@JulianFernandez]

0:48 Not the best. The most commercial. Not a bad thing. Just different.

[@peterl7578]

Jelaus?

[@musidora3442]

Depends on which side are you looking from. The whole thing of melody or some vocal being liked by the masses is so magical and interesting. Unfortunately it is used mostly for making money, but it doesn't make it bad from the core.

[@bw2937]

But that is the best thing. And the hardest thing. It's commercial because it's what humans are designed to enjoy most. Like sugar. I'd prefer that to something completely forgettable and 'deep' for the sake of being 'cool' in your own mind.

[@JulianFernandez]

@@peterl7578 Learn your language before attempting to speak to an adult. Thanks. pd. Maybe youll understand this. GTFO.

[@nknighton70]

You can put whip cream on dog shit but I still won't eat it.

[@Robb3348]

presentation is everything in cuisine

[@justincasas9967]

Apparently you can also write a genius pop song, but you won’t bother listening to it in order to conclude a genuinely formulated opinion...

[@justincasas9967]

I’m sure you assume the dog shit is dog shit without ever actually taking a look to see if it’s really dog shit

[@fortunatoofamontillado1059]

unless you have tried it .. you really have no idea on how good/bad it really is

[@takarifan]

You had no idea what's shit music or great works. All you have is a shit taste. Shut the hell up, whelp.

[@pifie]

Britney's lower jaw scares me

[@hushedtones7168]

it's the camera lens choice and how it compresses and flatten their faces. I think they chose that lens for the "blur background effect" and the total field of view of the scene but it was the wrong focal length for certain faces. and the distance of the talent from the camera affects how round/wide they looked, maybe they didn't have enough depth to play with choosing where to put the cameras and talents

[@thecatevans]

pifie hahaha omg

[@L0veepanicc]

Why do yall have a name so similar to Canada's Polaris Music Prize.. confusing

[@user-nx6ql2fo8r]

The swedish one was founded in 1989... Canada one in 2006... lol

[@sellammar1]

Yes, why must everbody copy Swedish things.

[@normasnockers323]

ISNT KATY PERRY THE MOST LOVABLE FEMALE VOCALIST EVER..

[@Ricardo-ns5hl]

OMG britney... years definitely got you

[@annefink3885]

Don’t say shit about max Martin he is who got these American musicians to be who they are along with Swedish musicians Etype Martin Erickson also ace of base Robyn and so on he helped them. He is good at what he does I know his music may not gone through but that’s why he helped I Gabe friends from Sweden who know him well these friends are musicians I have contact with . I would be careful what you say about max Martin it’s slander. Sounds like you are jealous putting him down

[@interestingvideos4me]

timberlake tried hard to sound smart lol

[@RexPhalange]

Sorry, but is JT always this unarticulated?

[@stefan1024]

I really can't stand his approach of super formularic composing combined with highly emotional content. It just feels so shallow and pushy, it touches me the same way that advertisings do. Max Martin is very talented for sure, but for me he's one of the major faults of modern pop music.

[@imemyself2820]

You only said he is talented because you needed to say something nice :D

[@maximthefox]

Max Martin is next levels of talented. These artists are totally right when they say he's a genius. There's no other word for Max than that. You are completely right though. His productions are so tight, so rigid and particularly placed, that they do lack soul. The pop industry has massively suffered from that musical ideology and it would be nice to go back to the days of more percussive / acoustic sounding instrumentation rather than the tight synths and swell drops that are so prevelant in Martins mixes. It's a shame that someone as talented and focused as Martin (who was in a rockband as well!) didn't push a bit more for that kind of sound.

[@musidora3442]

maximthefox industry gives what people want to consume

[@maximthefox]

@@musidora3442 it certainly tries

[@j.f.bastian7118]

I had the exact same impression until I started listening to his oldest hits, and was really surprised that those songs didn't age a day. He really is a genius, but I think there's a difference in his 90's early 00's hits compared to the later years. The Cheiron studio was truly a magical hitfactory.

[@kevinwhittingham6078]

Max Martin the day the music deyed

[@SubscribersWithoutAnySubscribe]

Lol dafuq, gtfoh boomer

[@bw2937]

@@SubscribersWithoutAnySubscribe Exactly what I was gonna say to him lol

[@Mommanoodle]

This is absolute parody.