You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs,
and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.
My name is Rishi Keshe, your way.
This episode contains explicit language.
Raleigh Ritchie is the musical alias of Jacob Anderson,
a musician and actor who's probably best known
for playing the character Grey Worm on Game of Thrones.
Raleigh Ritchie released his first album in 2016.
and he's put out a handful of EPs.
In September 2018, he released a single, Time in a Tree.
He made the song with Grammy-nominated producer Daniel Trainor, a.k.a.
Grades.
In this episode,
Raleigh Ritchie and Grades take apart Time in a Tree to explain how it came together and how it was influenced by classic Hollywood movies,
Billy Joel, and overwhelming anxiety.
My name is Riley Ritchie.
I have anxiety.
So I just started therapy,
which is something that I tried when I was 19 and I didn't really respond particularly well to it the first time around.
But I was like, I'll try it again.