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Imogen Heap Praises Taylor Swift’s ‘Extremely Efficient’ Recording Process

Imogen Heap recalled how Taylor Swift was "extremely efficient" in the studio when they wrote and recorded "Clean" together.

In an interview with People published Monday (April 28), the producer opened up about the day more than a decade ago that Swift visited her home studio to hammer out one of the most beloved tracks on 1989, with Heap revealing that the pop star was “extremely efficient” the entire way through. Shortly after the album dropped, Heap gushed in a blogpost that her studio session with the 14-time Grammy winner was a “special one” and clarified, “I’ve also been reading the odd report or tweet here and there that the reason the lyrics to ‘Clean’ are so good is because I wrote the song with her but FOR SURE they are all hers she deserves all the credit!” In 2023, when Swift re-released 1989 as part of her ongoing Taylor’s Version re-recording project, she once again tapped Heap to produce the updated “Clean.” “This is Taylor playing a bada– card to stay in control of her work in a commercial music industry that largely works against musicians,” Heap wrote on Instagram after the reissue’s release.

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