Kendall Schmidt Sees “Satellites”
Today, Nashville-based musician Kendall Schmidt shares, “Satellites,” with a DIY, starry video below.
Measured and delicate, Schmidt spins late-night thoughts into an airy, contemplative tune about communication, uncertainty and the future. After years of gracing global television screens and touring the world, the Big Time Rush star continues to bring listeners into his current grounded, sincere sonic world.
Co-written with frequent collaborator, Adam Korbesmeyer, the song began under a starry Nashville sky. Schmidt shares, “I was on the porch looking at satellites in the night sky, wondering how it was possible to see so far away but sometimes not be able to see what’s right in front of us. Then, my mind went to town and this song appeared.” The track also features drums by Mike Robinson, currently on tour with Slayyyter. Schmidt adds on his own instrumentation, “A little fun fact, I played some mean melodica on the end of this song. One of my favorite instruments to add a little flavor.”
Made at home, previously shared soft and stripped-back “Good Love” was born from a moment of deep self-reflection on the ways love has changed him. With his artistic and personal growth on full display and inspired by Bon Iver’s early work, Schmidt says, “Sometimes, we underestimate the weight we carry on our shoulders. We can get easily irritated and grouchy. Then, when you and your partner’s love languages match up, it’s incredible how quickly that attitude can change. In some ways, it can be unrecognizable to the person you were before.”
Kendall Schmidt is best known as the star of boy band and Nickelodeon’s TV series, Big Time Rush. Since 2009, Schmidt has been part of a pop culture phenomenon that grew globally and beyond television, extending onto major stages with three headline tours and selling out Madison Square Garden and Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome. Following the band, Schmidt formed an alt-pop duo called Heffron Drive and continued to create and collaborate, including with Hilary Duff. With full creative control and new music on the way that shifts away from stadium-level pop, Schmidt is ready to settle down. Now, with a wife and daughter, the intimate, carefully crafted music represents Schmidt’s newfound perspective on fatherhood, deep, long-lasting love through honest, earnest storytelling.
Connect with Kendall Schmidt via @kendallschmidt on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube and stay tuned for more from the musician.
Photo credit: Jack Balaban