Live inside Calvin’s studio
The final day of Breakfast cover linked Scott and Chris in London with Nick Grimshaw at Calvin Harris’s home in Beverly Hills. Grimmy had arrived directly from Calvin’s Las Vegas show and entered the studio while the UK waited for the producer’s second collaboration with Rihanna.
Calvin discussed working against the clock with a major singer, developing a song far enough to know it was worth sending and then waiting for approval. His previous Rihanna collaboration had arrived five years earlier, and the new recording again relied on the immediately recognisable character of her voice.
At 08:00, Calvin introduced “This Is What You Came For” himself. Its first Radio 1 play prompted an immediate flood of listener reaction and ended any need to debate whether the track qualified as a banger.
Harris by the numbers
Grimmy read Calvin statistics including billions of audio and video streams and a Guinness World Record. Calvin endured the introduction with some embarrassment before discussing his working life, performances in Las Vegas and the unusual experience of releasing a record while sitting in the room where much of it had been created.
Scott and Chris remained fascinated by the house itself. Once the formal interview finished, they encouraged Grimmy to inspect shelves, window ledges and anything else capable of revealing how Calvin Harris lived, while he tried to avoid behaving like an intrusive estate agent.
Grimmy returns
The long link occupied most of New Music Friday and brought the two-week takeover to a suitably large conclusion. Scott and Chris reflected on the guests, Big Weekend announcement, Library Tennis, royal birthday plans and numerous studio stunts that had filled their early mornings.
Grimmy would return to Breakfast the following week, allowing Scott and Chris to recover their normal schedule after ending April inside one of the world’s most successful producers’ studios, at least by satellite.
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