#this is...an essay

“my favorite thing about sweets is that she’s genuine. when we signed our record deal, we immediately went from being in a place where we knew and loved everyone to...wherever the fuck we are now. sometimes this place doesn’t feel real and i hate it. i think what fucks up a lot of people in this industry — or maybe just people in general, i dunno — is that they don’t have a very firm grip on reality. fame feels like a completely different fucking world, but it also isn’t so far removed from the world that we as musicians are trying to reach that we can afford to forget about things like...i dunno, snowball fights at christmastime or the actual people who drive those expensive cars all over the fucking city. it’s what turns so many artists ineffectual which is the very last thing i’d ever want to be. sweets was the first completely honest, genuine person i had found in what felt like forever at the time and i just knew she was someone i wouldn’t wanna let go of even though i wound up trying to. i guess what i’m trying to fucking to say is that she’s actually real and it reminds me of everything i love, so that’s my favorite thing about her.”