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thank you for all the love on punish ♡

i wrote this song after a drive down to miami on a very dreary day last december with my best friend. we had to get off the interstate because my tire was about to explode and wound up driving down the highway towards lake okechobee taking random side roads every now and then for fun. we stumbled across a tiny community called miracle village near the edge of the lake and it was a very eerie experience. i wondered what it must feel like, to live there alone on what felt like the edge of the earth with the most shame you could possibly carry as a human being.

i recorded half of punish on my phone. the piano, the creaks of a swing set in the park in the middle of the night, the backing vocals. i wanted it to feel up close and personal, almost inappropriate. i made quite a few different versions of it before i settled on this one. i’m glad it resonates with all of you. i took this pic the night i wrote it :)

thank u all for listening! ♡

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Amy Winehouse playing with the decks Photo by Daniel Lismore

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Assortment of mixed generations of the apple ipod shuffles + nanos in clusters of like-colors.

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I REFUSE

TO WORSHIP YOU

BECAUSE YOURE

MORE MASCULINE THAN ME

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Mfw when I have to go back on indeed to job hunt

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new video up on youtube, talking about some stuff i wrote in my journal back in march.

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listening to this for the first time in probably 2 years. i can remember the vision i had for it like i had it yesterday. the final chorus was my proudest moment when i made it. i still wanna recreate it someday

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so…in August when we released HTBAHB….we threw a special party with the characters from the album and a small group of friends, family and fans in LA at the legendary Village Studios with TUMBLR…where some of our heroes made some of our favourite records. Beach Boys, The Doors, John Lennon, Fleetwood Mac, Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg. While we were there, we made a little record of our own. We played a few of the new songs during the party, and we recorded them through the same equipment our heroes used. we mixed and mastered it digitally for spotify. and im excited to announce that it is released TODAY. I hope you enjoy. it was an amazing evening that I’ll never forget.

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so what if you like mainstream music? so what if you find comfort in the same 3 taylor swift songs? why does it matter?

you don’t have to be indie or niche to have a good music taste. there’s no superiority in it.

if it’s the thing that carries us through rainy Mondays and pandemic lockdowns and cloud nine road trips, then that in itself makes your music taste the most beautiful.

go listen to BTS and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande and, kindly, anyone who has a problem with your coping mechanism (because that’s what music is) can fuck off :)