You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
In 2006, Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn and John released their third album, Writer's Block.
For months and months after that,
it felt like you couldn't go anywhere without hearing the first single from that album, Young Folks.
It was on top 10 lists for Song of the Year in places like Pitchfork and NME.
It's been covered by James Blunt and remixed by Kanye West,
along with countless other versions out there.
Now, 10 years later, Peter, Bjorn,
and John break down the song and tell the story of how it all came together,
and how it almost didn't come together at all.
I'm Bjorn, I play bass guitar in Peter,
Bjorn and Jan. We were working at a studio in Hornstull, like a space that I had at the moment.
It was pretty low budget, everything.
The record before, we did in a proper studio, and that record sort of flopped.
We thought we would take over Sweden and the world with that record,
but it didn't happen, so we did this record more.
low key and low budget in Bjorn's own little studio space.
I'm John and I play drums.