#eas!

isn't it wild how rarely we got cake songs with the past few albums, and now they're responsible for some of the most popular songs on eas? i'm obviously a bit biased because cake's solo music is the most aligned with my preferences, but i do have a theory for why the cake songs on eas! are so popular and it's really simple: they're the songs the most people connect to the most easily.

part of that is probably related to the subject matter being a little more relatable to your average listener than reflections on fame, but i think the bigger reason has to do with what happens when you put luke and calum together as a songwriting duo essentially left to their own devices.

they both excel at introspective and emotionally evocative songwriting, but do it in slightly different ways. with just the two of them writing together, you get such undiluted FEELINGS in the songs. the combo of calum's storytelling skills with luke's ability to express emotion in a really authentic way through his lyrics and their shared preference for songs where you can feel the emotion in the music and production leads to some really epic results.

it's also so interesting to look back at cake songs of the past and see how they've progressed and changed as songwriters both individually and together. i won't get into it too much bc we'd be here all day, but i think their solo projects have really boosted their confidence as songwriters and helped them understand their strengths in a way that really allowed cake to thrive together on this album.

i'm hoping maybe that increased confidence, along with such positive results with the huge and maybe unexpected popularity of isinsa and start over (i'm thinking of ashton's post where he talked about this a bit) means we'll keep getting served delicious cake songs in the future now that they know how powerful it is!