B A CK F ROM THE DEAD

Mia literally named her band "Pom Pom Squad"....like?

Hiiii so I hear what yr saying but something I do want to add here is that there are plenty of bands with theme-y names that evoke a specific image - but, for example, Soccer Mommy doesn’t dress like a soccer player, the band Tennis don’t dress like tennis players, Little Big League never dressed as a Baseball team etc. - In many cases a band name can just be a name! Obviously the difference with PPS is that I *did* play up and embrace a more literal interpretation of my band name when I was younger because it was fun and attention grabbing and a little gimmicky! That said, if I had never done so I wonder if people would still have that expectation of me. I also think in the specific case of PPS, cheerleading + cheer aesthetics are strongly tied to high school/youth in a way that doesn’t really feel appropriate for me to embody so literally anymore! When I named my project I was 17 - I wasn’t really thinking about how it would effect ~my brand~ (or if I’d even still be making music under that name) at 28 years old! Like I said in the story I want to find different/more subtle ways of still nodding to my previous stuff, but ya I don’t feel like the more literal approach is quite right for me as a person anymore.

i just wanna fly away from here .. ☆