Old Dominion have joined The Ty Bentli Show on Apple Music Country to talk about their song “I Was on a Boat That Day,” their upcoming ball park tour, and milestones they’ve met in the past year. The interview with Old Dominion is available in full on Apple Music Country here.
Old Dominion’s Matt Ramsey on going back to live shows:
“For us, obviously it was on pause for quite a while. And now with restrictions opening up, I think we’re going to be surprised that it’s going to be the same. It’s a little bit weird. It feels strange. We take every precaution that we can take ahead of time in advancing the shows and making sure that everyone feels safe and taken care of, and these venues and promoters do the same thing. And then when we get there, I think everyone is just going to fall right back into their old ways.”
Old Dominion’s Matt Ramsey on their new song “I Was On A Boat That Day”:
“We had that idea for literally seven, eight years. We started writing this song back when we were writing Break Up with Him. We’ve been kicking around this idea for that long, but we never really brought it to life. Actually kind of turned into a joke title. We would throw it out and be like, “Oh yeah, we’re never going to write that song.” And then we were in Asheville, North Carolina when we were making this album. And for whatever reason that day, it just kind of felt right. We threw it out and the idea presented itself in a way that it never had before, which is the storyline of just a dude like, “You know what? Screw it. I don’t really care. I’m on a boat, I can’t have a bad day.” So, it was just a way to write a fun song we had no real emotional attachment to, it was just something really fun for us to have a good time with. Same way Break Up with Him really came about was just, “Let’s just make each other smile.” And that’s what we did.”
Old Dominion’s Trevor Rosen on songwriting:
“Different situations are different. If you’re writing with some other artist, for that artist, that can sort of shape that, right? But, us in general, we’ve always approached our songwriting career just trying to get in the room, come up with a good idea and come up with a good groove and just write what we have that day. So, we’ve never really tried to steer it. It’s not too different in that aspect. We got in the room with just a little bit more people that day.”
