Being a part of this generation, there's so many crazy things happening and you know
the world is worried about us and if we'll be fine because there's so much responsibility
that will be on our backs.
But this song is just to let everyone know who's worrying, the kids are alright.
We got this.
I have my keyboard, and we have our Telephunken mic, and our monitor.
I just started playing some eerie chords, you know. They're really ethereal and fun
and bright. And my sister and Diana Gordon, who we wrote the song with, we all just kind
of got inspired by that.
Then we came back to the lyrics maybe about a week or two later after we felt the music
and the melodies, and we just went along with it like that.
You see a lot of people who wanna follow the status quo, just because they feel like they
have to.
We wanted to remind our generation that, "Hey, just because you see a certain image on Instagram"
"or you feel like you have to be a certain way, you really don't."
You can dress how you want, you can be how you are, and it's a beautiful thing.
We wanted to say that yes we can be put together and classy, but we can also get ratchet.
Yes, we're from Atlanta, Georgia, so there's stank somewhere in there.
You know what I'm saying?
When you're doing something you love, it never really feels like work.
So you don't need a nine to five to be working it, or actually work.
As a creative, that's really freeing.
I remember we were packing, and there was this grasshopper.
We're very into symbolism.
It was this huge grasshopper on our porch door, just sitting there all day long, and
we were like, what does this mean? Why is he just there saying hey to us?
It means that you are moving in the right direction and leap forward.
That was the sign that we needed that, we're doing the right thing going to LA.
I feel like the more you repeat “the kids are alright,” the more you believe it.
I definitely feel like it's a mantra for kids our age. And you know, when you repeatedly
speak things into existence, it will become true.
We're creating new things, writing it on blogs.
We're inspiring others to create really cool innovations.
I feel like we are all geniuses.
Absolutely.
I feel like we're only getting smarter, so that's why we said “genius generation.”
It's only up from here.
Yeah.
And because we love you guys.
Yeah.
One thing that our parents always told us when we were younger was to learn how to do
things yourself.
Nothing is ever too big for you. You can figure it out.
Those messages kind of reflect in that bridge.
With all the crazy things happening, it's easy to become numb to it and feel like you're
alone and have all this pressure on you.
Pressure makes diamonds.
You can make that into something beautiful.
Don't let this world jade you.
You got this.
Don't get strung.
Brush it off.
Some of the biggest lies that society tells us, as well as sometimes we tell ourselves
is that I can't do something.
Even i had to teach myself to take "can't" out of my vocabulary.
Sometimes it'll sneak back in when I'm really nervous, or I feel like something’s way
too big for me to handle.
I have my sister and my family to tell me, "What? You can't do this? Calm down, you're fine."
But yeah.
You know?
Where was I?
I lost my train of thought?
You were on the can't train.
Ohh, ohh
Cue the "ohh's"
Ohh, oh, ohh, oh, ohh
Working ain't no nine to five.
Oh sorry.