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Diplo & Switch on the 15-Year Anniversary of Major Lazer’s Debut Album: ‘It Became Bigger Than Either of Us Had Expected’

In a rare joint interview, the original Major Lazer members discuss their debut album, 'Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do.'

The pair first met at Fabric London, realizing, Switch says, that “we both had a soft spot for Jamaican music at the time, and we were both doing our individual sounds, so it was a good excuse for us to come together and do stuff.” They knew they were doing something right when they heard their track “Pon de Floor at a gas station in Kingston, realizing that their music was, Switch says, “penetrating this market that we felt was very special.” From Jamaica, they took the sound to the U.K., where the pair played one of their first big shows at London’s Notting Hill Carnival. Watch the full interview above to hear the pair talk about why Switch left the group, why Diplo thinks “Get Free” is Major Lazer’s best song and what it’s like working with Beyoncé in the studio.

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