Joy

Yeah, I mean, it took a while to make this record because there was a record called Sunday Love that wasn’t released. That would’ve been released probably in 2006 or 2007, so I guess maybe it’s been longer than even three years. Why? I guess I needed time to grow up. I needed time to go through all those growing pains to really make music that was me and didn’t sound like other people. At that point in my life I was a young teenager, so I was like, “Am I pretty enough? Am I popular enough? Am I thin enough?” And I needed to go through that process in order to make music that was true otherwise I’d be making music out of insecurity."

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Joy to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I’ve had throughout the first record and kind of having some time and a hiatus. It’s just like all of those experiences that I had during that period—that growing up period. I made my first record when I was 17, and I’m in my early 20s now, so I kind of had some time to figure stuff out. Musically, it’s still rock and roll, but there’s elements of pop because I love pop music. I love rock music, I love country music—I love all music, let’s be honest! But it reflects that and my interests. It’s a really raw record. Basically, what’s happening is that I made this album for like three years. It’s a concept record, and half the record is indie rock and half the record is pop because that’s who I am as an artist. So we kind of wanted to make it more literal, and in a way poke fun, but also just say, “Here it is,” and put it on the table."

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