Lights

Having toured a lot really influences some of the decisions you make in the studio - is this part anthemic enough for people to want to sing to it at a show? is this part dynamic enough? Is this drum beat 'arena' enough? You think about it a lot when you are creating, for sure.

Canadian Musician

Shavo Odadjian

RZA helped me make my first beat, and he rhymed over it, and that made the 'Babylon A.D.' soundtrack. That first track was very raw and unmixable, but it's so anthemic. After that, I started learning how to make tracks. It was a process, but once you stop learning you're dead.

Feist

Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, they're on the positive side of things. It's not hard to identify when a melody is just one degree too complicated or one degree too simple and where that line of pop memorability lies.

Donald Fagen

Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.

American Musician

Hugh Skinner

ABBA songs are so anthemic, and so ingrained in your system, that you can't really remember when you heard them.

English Actor

Ryan Tedder

Used to describe songs that become widely recognized and embody a collective feeling or experience.

Music Identity

Refers to how a song's powerful message can resonate with listeners, often becoming a personal anthem.

Emotional Impact

Commonly used for songs associated with significant events, such as sports games or national celebrations.