Nile Rodgers talks working with Coldplay and K-pop idol G-Dragon
Nile Rodgers continues to be one of the most in-demand musicians on the planet.
Nile Rodgers has revealed that working with Coldplay was a "freak occurrence".
The 'Le Freak' hitmaker recorded a guitar part for the track 'Good Feeling' featuring Ayra Starr on Chris Martin and co's latest LP, 2024's 'Moon Music'.
And in a new interview, the Chic legend has explained that it happened by accident when he stumbled into their studio and was invited to be on the tune.
Speaking to Grammy.com, he recalled: "So Coldplay, I happened to walk in the studio and they just asked me to join the circle, like, Whoa, hey, great. So I had my guitar walked in and started playing. That's unusual in today's world because rarely is the band there, and I happened to have my guitar. That was just a very sort of freak occurrence, and it wound up being cool."
The 'Get Lucky' guitarist always takes his guitar with him wherever he goes, just in case he's asked to write or perform.
He continued: "The thing that makes my life exciting is the fact that I always feel like I'm ready. I drag my guitar with me everywhere. If somebody wants to write or perform, I'm down."
The 72-year-old music legend - who has worked with music royalty including David Bowie, Madonna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Sister Sledge and Daft Punk - added how he has learned not to take criticism of his work to heart.
Nile said: "I learned years ago to not be afraid of failing or making a mistake or having people criticise it, because that's sort of what music is all about. You definitely want to touch people's hearts, you want to get some kind of emotional response; most of the time you want them to like it."
More recently, Nile has worked with K-pop stars, including South Korean idol G-Dragon, who releases his new solo album 'Übermensch' on February 25.
He said: "What’s great about K-pop is that a lot of the artists that I work with like sort of sophisticated R&B-styled music. So I get to do interesting arrangements and very sort of old school R&B guitar playing, and they really appreciate it, man.
"I had a big record last year with LE SSERAFIM called Unforgiven. And then I just did G-Dragon, and he was so cool. It’s almost like I couldn't play enough guitar parts, no matter whatever I did. It was like, 'Okay, cool. No, no, no, do some more. Do some more.'"
