Sophia

“The song Bejeweled is a song that I think is really about finding confidence when you feel that it’s been taken away, for whatever reason. You know, you’re feeling insecure, you’re feeling taken for granted, one of the things we love to do at night is we love to go dancing, we love to put on an outfit that makes us feel good, and we love to feel like we’re still bejeweled. And I think that there are tiny inflections of me hyping myself up to return to pop music after spending these glorious years writing folk songs, and being in this metaphorical forest I’ve created, which I’ve loved so much, but there was a bit of pumping myself back up to be like, ‘You can do it! You’re still bejeweled!’ Am I still bejeweled? We’ll see. But that’s what the song’s about.”

“Mastermind is a song that I put last on the album because I’m really proud of it. And I love that when we were making this song, we wanted the verse to sound like romance, and sort of heroes-type of soundtrack, and we wanted the chorus to sound like a villain has just entered the room. And the idea that you’re flipping this narrative, and you have been planning and plotting things and making them look like an accident, and I think that’s sort of an inside joke between me and my fans—that I tend to do that, and so this song is the romantic version of that.”

It’s been one year since we escaped the real world together and imagined ourselves someplace simpler. With tall tall trees and salt air. Where you’re allowed to wear lace nightgowns that make you look like a Victorian ghost every day & no one will side eye you cause no one is around. It’s just you and your imaginary cabin and the stories you make up to pass the time. To say thank you for all you have done to make this album what it was, I wanted to give you the original version of The Lakes. Happy 1 year anniversary to Rebekah, Betty, Inez, James, Augustine, and the lives we all created around them. Happy Anniversary, folklore. 🌿