"Tik Tik Boom" originally featured Lil Wayne

[Jeremiah]

Came across this interview with Joakim Haukaas (also known as Joki), who worked on "Tik Tik Boom":

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How did the Britney team get in touch with your material?

Via via via via and then suddenly I found myself working on tons of potential Britney songs back and forth over the internet with the will.i.am (and also darkchild) camp.

What did your contribution for “Tik Tik Boom” concretely consist of and how much did it get changed as part of the process?

I basically played and programmed all the instruments (not drums). The acoustic guitars, monster bass fills, and all synths on the record except the bass in the pre and the plucky synth stuff that plays in the hook on top of the 808s (and that weird pitchy sound which was actually one of the first sounds in the project).
The biggest switch up for that song was then it went from having Lil Wayne to T.I.

What did the experience with “Tik Tik Boom” tell you about the relative importance of songwriting versus producing a beat, or even a fully fleshed-out instrumental?

First of all, to me, there’s no such thing as a fully fleshed-out instrumental you can make before you’ve got vocals. This is because it’s impossible to finish a production without knowing how the main ingredient of the song’s gonna be. Unless it’s certain styles of rap.
That song in particular didn’t really teach me anything about that. But my experience with everything else I’ve been doing says It doesn’t really matter if it’s songwriting on a piano or a music loop or a fully fleshed out beat. It’s all about being in with the right people/teams etc for that in my opinion.

Here's also more confirmation of Darkchild's involvement on the album.

 

15 questions | Interview | Joki | "If original is something that’s never been done before, I don’t think anyone would enjoy it."

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[eu sei que sou hot]

I love Britney jean

[Baronesse]

I would skip it even harder 

[DiamondCircus]

Didn't Tik Tik Boom originally feature Britney before Myah was brought on to sing the album?

[CJMCH]

OMG so probably a version with Wayne exists

7 minutes ago, DiamondCircus said:

Didn't Tik Tik Boom originally feature Britney before Myah was brought on to sing the album?

nnnnnnnn

[Isla]

12 minutes ago, DiamondCircus said:

Didn't Tik Tik Boom originally feature Britney before Myah was brought on to sing the album?

NO

[Isla]

I can’t tell if a Lil Wayne verse would have been better or worse

[zone_]

This is interesting, wonder why it changed. Maybe because Wayne was already on the Scream and Shout remix? He was hugely popular

I’d like to hear it tho, and the rumored version of Make Me with Wiz Khalifa

 

[BadBunny]

23 minutes ago, Isla said:

I can’t tell if a Lil Wayne verse would have been better or worse

 Better.

[whenthedogscaneout]

I don’t think anyone can pull off “beat her beat her, treat her like an animal somebody call PETA” 

[zone_]

14 minutes ago, whenthedogscaneout said:

I don’t think anyone can pull off “beat her beat her, treat her like an animal somebody call PETA” 

Not defending it but “beat her” or beat it is just slang for s.ex, that line’s supposed to mean he’s good in bed, not about violence

[whenthedogscaneout]

2 minutes ago, zone_ said:

Not defending it but “beat her” or beat it is just slang for s.ex, that line’s supposed to mean he’s good in bed, not about violence

Lol I know, still cringe af.