Ahead of the release of their self-titlted debut album next Friday (November 18), DNCE have covered Client Magazine in a stunning shoot. The band - consisting of Joe Jonas, Cole Whittle, JinJoo Lee and Jack Lawless - who are fresh from winning Best Push Act and performing at 2016's MTV Europe Music Awards last weekend, speak about their musical direction, crazy dreams and over-production in the music industry in the magazine interview. They feature as both the front cover and back cover stars of the magazine.

On how DNCE formed: Joe: 'We've known each other for a while. Jack and JinJoo I've known for about ten years and we have toured on and off together and Jack and I lived together at one point. Cole kind of fell into our lives at the perfect time. We met him early last year and we were trying to figure out why we'd just met him, we kind of felt like he was a long lost brother and quickly we all became a family ... it's been a hell of a year.'

On how much control the band have on their musical direction: Joe: 'It's 1000% control. We control pretty much everything we come up with and we really get to collaborate and try to come up with fun ideas. When we're performing live, it's really fun for us to really let loose and come up with a full show that makes DNCE the best version of ourselves whether it's wild and crazy or it's a song that reminds us of our childhood, we try to showcase that on stage.'

On over-production in the music industry: Cole: 'I think, like always, there are people who do too much to something that was pure and perfect the first time and I also think there are people that do the right amount, and I think there's people that don't do enough so I think it's just a balance of imperfection being perfection in any art form and I think we're really happy with our balance of organic versus polished funk spaceship vibes.'

On the writing process: Joe: 'The writing process is different every time. There's moments where I've written songs by myself for this upcoming album, there's been times where we've all been in the same room and collaborated and it's been just one guitar chord or a bass line and it kind of grows and grows until we have something that feels like it's unique, and then we get into the studio and try to put it together.'

On 'crazy' dreams: Cole: 'My dreams are very strange. They're often ultra sexual and there's a lot of aliens in my dreams, there's strange planets that I feel like I've been to and there's a lot of Penelope Cruz.'

On the difference between an ‘artist’ and a ‘celebrity’: Cole: 'I think the difference between an 'artist' and a 'celebrity' is that some people are both, some people are neither, but I think it's an amazing ying and yang win when people find themselves being both. Being an artist that's being recognised at a level in pop culture in the universe for their art. So I think the difference can be like an empty trash can or a beautiful garden.'

DNCE's self-titled studio album is available November 18. Pre-order here: https://dnce.lnk.to/DNCEalbum

Pre-order Client Magazine here: http://thezinestand.com/item/client-magazine-16-print-edition

CREDITS:

Publication: Client Magazine #16 (@clientmagazine)Release date: 18th November, 2016

Photography: Ian Cole (@itsiancole)

Fashion Editor: Danyul Brown (@danyulbrown)

Hair: Kim Roy at One Represents (@kimroyhair)

Makeup: Crystabel Riley at Stella Artists (@crystabelmakeup)

Published by Ian Cole for Project Ten (@projecttenorg)

CLIENT Magazine is an unconventional British photography magazine that uses menswear as a genre. The magazine was founded in 2010 by photographer & indie publisher Ian Cole and reaches 1.2 million people per month online, with subscribers in six continents. The magazine’s focus is on authentic photography with fashion editorials photographed around the globe. CLIENT chooses real over reality and only focuses on genuine talent and true artists.