24kGoldn: There's a lot of
reasons to be in a mood this year, we were locked in the house for
damn near the whole year. There was the George Floyd and the Breonna Taylor stuff
that's very upsetting. Everybody's in a mood this year, all different kinds of moods, but
this song was happy enough that it kind of made you feel more optimistic about being in a mood.
And that yo, you ain't going to be in a mood forever but right now you're in a mood.
24kGoldn: This song really came together by accident. It was
the beginning of the quarantine. It was probably April and me and my good friend Omer, who also
produced the song, we got an Airbnb together and we were like, "All right, we can't go out to
eat. We can't go out to party. We can't do none of that stuff we usually do. So we might as well lock
in and make music." Eventually we got bored of even doing that. So we were like, "All right, fuck
it. Let's go to Iann's house. Chill. See what's the vibes." So we just pull up to Iann's house,
not even intending to make music, but just to kick it. We're chilling, we're playing 'Call of Duty.'
24kGoldn: Omer and KBeaZy, they're
not trying to play this two-on-two gun game with us, they're music producers, their mind is on the
music. So Omer picks up one of Iann's guitars and just starts playing...
And without me even thinking about it, I just start singing like, while I'm playing 'Call of
Duty,' like. "Why you always in a mood, fucking around acting brand new..." And Omer's
like, "Stop everything right now. That shit is hot. Go record that." So we go and record
it on Iann's little home setup. And we kind of all just take a step back and think like, "Yo,
did we just make a hit while playing Call of Duty?" But
I don't think any of us could have ever seen this song getting as big as it is today.
It wasn't even like thinking about like,
"All right, we're going to make this song about this toxic relationship or whatever." We was just
spittin' from the heart. When I said, "So why are you trying to feign your love on the regular?
When you could be blowing up just like my cellular." It's like, "Yo, why are you playing
with me shorty? Why are you trying to, one day you say you're in love, one day you're not. I'm
Goldn. I'm a superstar right now. You could be blowing up just like my phone."
I'm not here to get robbed. I'm not here to be in none of this fake clout situations.
None of those mix-y type of situations. I'm just here to have a good time. So you let me know if you wet enough
or if we're going to clean version, you let me know if you're ready now.
I'm from San Francisco, the Bay Area,
so we are kick back connoisseurs, one could say. You get the little Airbnb on your homie's account
who's old enough to book it. And then you just invite a bunch of people from the school and you
turn up until the cops show up and kick everybody out. To me, any situation where we got good music,
bad females, and just friends around, that's a perfect kickback to me. And as long as it lasts
more than two hours, because that's kind of you get nine to 11 and then the cops show up. Maybe
you'll get a first warning, noise complaint, but they're definitely spinning the block back after 12.
I can't deal with no shorty that don't got swag. You're going to make
yourself look bad. You're going to make me look bad. I think that clothes is an art form and an
expression of who you are. So I want to be with a girl that's confident and you could tell that by
the way that she looks, when she walks in, as well as her personality.
People are going to give you love when you're at the top of the world, but
it's just making sure that that love is coming from an authentic and genuine place. Because
fake love is real, especially out here in LA and especially in this world that
we're dealing with. So yeah, I got a lot of love, but the only love that really matters
is the genuine love from the people that I know care about me and want the best for me in life.
That part of the song hits the
hardest in people's hearts because it's just so brutally honest. So many people are playing
these games of love, whether it's, "All right, I'm going to wait 30 minutes to text her back so
she gets all anxious or whatever, and then fucks with me more." Everyone kind of does that
and the reason why is because nobody wants to be vulnerable enough to experience that
rejection and then lead into the depression. Little Psychology 101 with 24kGoldn right now.
If I'm being honest with y'all, when I first
made that line, I was just looking for a line at the end. I'm like, "All right, what rhymes with
cool? View." As time has gone by and I've had more time to reflect on a song though, I think
whatever you say in a song, whether you know it at the time or not, it does have some sort of meaning.
24kGoldn: And when I do say, "Everything
looks better with the view," it's talking about perspective. Just take a step back. We were in
this top floor apartment looking over the whole city. I wasn't there a year ago. That's one of the
things that money can't buy a view, a perspective. And if you have that perspective in your life,
everything's going to be better.
When Jennifer Lopez was doing dances to it and
Britney Spears is posting it, I'm like, "Oh, this might be a real hit record." Not like,
"All right, this is a big song," but this is a smash type shit.