The Zane Lowe Interview Series
Aug 4, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
ROLE MODEL sits down with Zane Lowe in our LA studios ahead of the release of his album Chuck Timely & The Hourglass.
Tucker PillsburyGuest
Zane LoweHost
Who and why? Yeah, I mean, obviously he's there, but also I feel like that w- that wasn't that long ago that was you as well.
it, but the re- the relationship you have with time is evident on this album, and it, there's obviously a vehicle for this, which is Chuck Timely, so.
I would never write song, fictional songs about some, a character I made up or something.
It's like the Chuck thing was born after I was writing these songs, and it was apparent and obvious that, like, time was a huge thing that was on my mind.
I w- I didn't go into any of the songs being like, "This is the theme of the album." It was just obviously that was coming out in the songs.
So, um, that happened, and then also the way we were producing it, um, we wanted to lean into this as well and take little things across eras and, and f- artists, not just do this, like...
Like, that's very boring to me, and so we wanted to pull little things and make sure we're riding this, like, thin line, um, of, of never leaning too much into a thing where you listen to a song and you're like, "Oh, this is a Fleetwood Mac reference."
Who and why? Yeah, I mean, obviously he's there, but also I feel like that w- that wasn't that long ago that was you as well.
it, but the re- the relationship you have with time is evident on this album, and it, there's obviously a vehicle for this, which is Chuck Timely, so.
I would never write song, fictional songs about some, a character I made up or something.
It's like the Chuck thing was born after I was writing these songs, and it was apparent and obvious that, like, time was a huge thing that was on my mind.
I w- I didn't go into any of the songs being like, "This is the theme of the album." It was just obviously that was coming out in the songs.
So, um, that happened, and then also the way we were producing it, um, we wanted to lean into this as well and take little things across eras and, and f- artists, not just do this, like...
Like, that's very boring to me, and so we wanted to pull little things and make sure we're riding this, like, thin line, um, of, of never leaning too much into a thing where you listen to a song and you're like, "Oh, this is a Fleetwood Mac reference."
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