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.
Singer-songwriter Andra Day put out her first record in August 2015.
Since then, she's been invited by the Obamas to perform at the White House on multiple occasions,
and her record was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Album.
In this episode, Andra breaks down her song,
Forever Mine, along with the track's producer, Rob Kleiner.
I am Andra Day, and I co-wrote Forever Mine.
I'm Rob Kleiner.
I co-wrote and produced the song with Andra.
I had learned that I might be able to co-write with Andra.
There was kind of this cool buzz going on.
She had just signed to Warner and she was doing some showcases.
And I was like, wow, I hope I get to work with her.
And then, you know, lucky enough, it happened.
And yeah, they put us together for a reason.
It sounded like a great musical fit.
A lot of the work I had done before that was like soul inspired and a little bit of hip hop.
Yeah, it was sort of the mix of...