You experience highs and lows in life.
And then the highs can be so extreme
that the low that comes with it, has to balance that.
And, and that's all you have to reference,
is this like really extreme high.
And we started out like on a real high note
like our first song out the gate is a giant song
in the world and will never go away.
And that's like a lot
but then it makes anything after that seem less then.
This song is me trying to like work that out too.
And like, realize like with everything that's really great
will come something that's gonna bum you out.
And then the greater the things get
the easier it is to be disappointed.
Jeremy and Brandon who are in the band,
got together one day at Brandon's house and made the beat.
And then they had sent it into probably our group chat,
its usually what we do.
It was fire, but I don't know
if I did anything with it right away.
When I did eventually start writing to it,
I probably have some of the verse stuff
and maybe like the hook melody.
I actually wrote this song with a buddy of mine.
He's my childhood friend.
I've known him for like 10 plus years.
So, he's my boy.
He was really inspired by it too.
So, when we got together
in a room and the whole band was together.
Yeah, and we kinda just started
bouncing ideas back and forth.
I think he really helped solidify the lyric, and the hook.
So when I first moved to LA,
I'm from like a suburb outside of LA,
I was going on tour a lot at that point in time.
My lease was up on my car,
I got a bicycle and I hadn't had a bicycle
since I was younger.
Did I end up riding that bike a lot?
Not too much.
It was a lot of ubering to be real.
But, or walking, but still the bike.
But it was just kinda like
I had this really dope car and everything.
And then there was a moment of time where I was like
I don't even think I want the responsibility
of this car right now.
I want to go back to this like simple thing.
I have a fucking bicycle.
I love being fully suited up, it feels amazing,
but it's like a full time,
like, you ever taken off like a white shirt
at the end of a night.
Even if you're not doing anything wild
it's like your collar is probably a little bit dirty
and you're like fuck,
now I gotta take this to the dry cleaner.
That's such a maintenance thing where like a white tee,
you know what I mean?
And I've been obsessed with white tees
since I was a little boy, always had like 50 on deck.
I can't get rid of them sometimes.
It's kind of a problem of mine,
but there's just the simplicity of that,
that I just feel like it's so important
and that no matter what,
no matter how many designer suits I'll ever wear,
I'll always love the feeling
of waking up in the morning and popping on a white tee.
Sometimes it's just like even when things are great,
it's just like, fuck dude, I'm going right now,
my brain is always just like, eh buzzing.
So it's like that's just probably the way
that I feel when it comes to moving lightspeed.
The truth is like I'm always trying
and it's like, but I don't want to, you know what I mean?
I want that thing where it's just like effortlessness.
I don't know if that's who I naturally am,
but it's especially with chip.
I feel like when chip kinda comes into play,
that's part of this character
that I feel like I've created as like,
"Nah, I'm cooled, I'm chilled."
Because it's something like, I have a hard time.
For chip, I wanted to design something
that had more of a chill.
Usually I put myself in an in environments
where I feel like I'm gonna be able to be vulnerable.
It's not hard for me to not be around someone,
if I feel like the energy was weird or whatever.
It's just kind of like,
I would rather just excuse myself from the situation.
I don't want to say run from it by any means,
but just like it's not that hard to just like,
not be around someone if you think that they're shady.
♪ Selling what buy buy buy ♪
♪ Just a product of the '90s ♪
♪ So as you close your eyes ♪
♪ That's where you'll find me. ♪
NSYNC was definitely
one of my first and biggest inspirations as a kid.
Actually, one of the first things I ever did,
like as far as like entertaining people
was a talent show when I was in first grade, I think,
and we did NSYNC.
I'm always trying to infuse as much nostalgia
as possible within the music.
I feel like all of us are pretty addicted to that.
You know, when you hear something
that like reminds you of the past in that way,
especially the era that like
when I talk about being '90s kid
like you're hitting like a specific demographic there.
It's an important group of people
that I'd like to be able to communicate with
and feel relatable to because I'm one of them.
If this is really that
and this is really that then fuck me then.
I guess I'm just...
I need to stop thinking so much
about it because it's all bullshit.
I feel like, especially right now with everything going on,
it's like, "Oh, it's really hard."
Because we know everything is bullshit now.
So, it's like so hard to like really point towards
any sort of a North star or any direction or any leadership.
'Cause it's like none of us know shit.
So it's just about knowing yourself at the end of the day
See after that whole bike verse
And after talking about being the devil's advocate,
what am I do?
I go buy another car again and I put 22 in front of it.
It's kind of like that cycle again,
getting back into that cycle.
There's good things happening.
So I'm able to go buy this new ride
and put these wheels on it.
She's killing it with what she does.
So we get to live in this beautiful place together
and split the rent together.
The rent costs about as much as those wheels cost me
but I have someone to help me out with it.
Do you know what I mean?
And it's also, it's this balance thing, always.
You know what I mean?
I got into a contract with all my closest friends
and we've been doing this for almost 10 years
with each other now.
And we went through ups and downs, of course.
It's a lot sometimes because you have to be with each other
to get the work done.
But then you want to live your own life also.
But it takes a lot of time away
from just like hanging out as just buddies.
Like, we don't really do that as much as we used to
and also we're adults now.
We were younger when we started this
and some of us are in relationships.
We've had this chance to kind of
like start building our own lives.
As adults outside of this unit
that has kind of become our identity in a lot of a way
that part of the relationship
like having to be with each other,
that part isn't always the most enjoyable.
But I will say especially through COVID,
we've been able to develop
more of a tap back into that friendship more.
And I just really am appreciative
of that part of our relationship right now.
Just sitting in a room, playing video games with each other
and not having to like now let's go work on that song
or like go rehearse for the tour.
We all know the story of the parents that don't get along
and stay together for the kids.
And like, that also isn't always the best result.
So devil's advocate, you know what I mean?
Like back again, it's like,
well, we're gonna stay together and do this
'cause it seems like it's the right thing to do.
Like, look what we have, who the fuck would I be,
would we be to give this up right now
when not only do we get to be in this position
to have this as our job,
but also this audience of people
that really seem to love what we do.
And that's so special and it's like,
"Oh, I don't wanna let you down."
You know what I mean?
A little bit of fact that like,
I thought that was God,
but it's right here in this little beautiful creature.