- Well, one thing that I think I really like to do,
and somebody brought this up to me the other day,
he was like, "You have a lot of dance-cry songs."
I was like, what is that?
He's like, "You're dancing
but you cry at the same time."
I don't know when that happened,
but I know a few years ago I was like,
I just love the idea of like being really mad, or angry,
or sad, or really full of emotion.
But your senses don't know how to react to it.
So it's a dance cry song.
I think it was the day after,
or a few days after I had this massive,
massive blowout of a fight with someone.
And we got into the session and the song writers were like,
"So what's on your mind, what's going on?"
And I was like, the only thing
that I can actually naturally write about right now
is just how upset I am.
And then we just started getting into this conversation
of like, well, what happened?
Like what's going on?
There's just a point where I was like,
I just wish I didn't know this person anymore.
That's always easier said than done,
but we put it into a song.
And that is the starting point of,
"I Don't Know You Anymore".
I think when you come out of a fight like that,
apologies don't matter.
Like you're just so done with it.
You're so done with that person,
you're so done with the situation.
Like, I don't care what you say
does not change the fact that I'm still mad at you.
And that I may not get over it.
It is what it is.
That kinda speaks to the sacrifice, or the time,
or the effort, or the investment that I made
in that situation, right?
It's, I put a lot into this, to get to this point
where like, I don't care.
Man, I wasted a lot of time.
It's just like a very big conflicting feeling,
but also like, shit why am I doing this?
I think it's always fun to mix in things
that provide imagery.
And I think this was a great moment
to bring it in.
Like that first verse opening
is a very like F you,
like this really hurt.
And then you kind of lightened it up
by saying like, you wanted everything from me.
You wanted the moon, you wanted the stars,
you wanted everything.
I gave it to you, but I'm screwed in the end.
It's this fast progression in the song
where it's like, this is what happened,
you broke my heart and you used to be someone I hated.
In the case that I still cared about you.
But at this point in the song,
it's like, I don't even hate you anymore.
Now I'm apathetic.
I don't have any feelings, or sense, or care.
Like I don't give a shit.
Like it was kind of like a fun way for us
to kind of build into the hook in that way.
In any relationship, romantic, platonic, doesn't matter.
When you have a falling out, it's so easy
to just point fingers and say like, F you,
you did this to me.
Like, this is what you did, you did, you did, you did.
But then I think there's always a part of you
that's like, yeah, but I probably messed up too.
It's like a very emotional rollercoaster in that hook
when you look it.
It's a fun hook melodically,
and the energy is like a rock song.
It's like a pop rock song.
But when you're listening and hearing the lyrics,
it's this wave of emotion of like,
man, it's really like, we're done.
Like, this is over.
I think it's the forget your face,
which is such like a...
It's like a funny phrase to me.
And I think that's why I really liked that line.
It's just like, yo, forget you.
Like, I'm so done.
It's too late to say you'll change
because a person's core is really hard to change.
So you just kinda accept them for who they are
and what they are, and you embrace it or you just move on.
That bridge has been burned, it's just ashes.
And it's astounding sometimes though
when people show up and they're like,
"Hey, what's up?"
And I'm like, what the F? What?
Like, it's really astounding
the audacity that some people have.
As much as you try to move on
and forget things in your life that aren't pleasant.
You always have the scars with you.
Maybe like, I don't know you anymore.
Being able to say that out loud is like the best way
for myself, for people to like move on.
Like you have to like positively affirm,
you're manifesting these things that you want to happen.
But you know, in the back of your head,
and deep down in your heart
that they will have left that mark on you.
And so that's why you're being haunted.
The one thing that I knew I wanted to add in
was just the phrase, "I don't know you anymore",
but how do we do that in a way
that's really catchy and fun.
And it's pretty much telling you
to F off without saying F off.
So just,
♪ I don't know you anymore ♪