Hey real quick... I'm leaving for Japan this Friday for a couple weeks with @emilyy___ann . Long overdue trip that I've wanted to go on for as long as I can remember. From the looks of social media it seems like a lot of people feel the same way. I'm very excited to go and am gonna kind of check out on this for a couple weeks. It's been a very steadfast year so far trying to prepare to release new music. @still_ty has been pushing me along and our new friend @whilhelm has really pushed it to a new level. I've been dragging my feet a little bit on releasing because a lot of the material in the middle of the album scares me to face sometimes. My friend Terrence died suddenly a few years ago and it created a hole in me that's been difficult to get past. This album that I'm rolling out this summer is an expression of my many griefs, but through a lens of the loss of him. I've delayed it a bunch and procrastinated because he was massive, and Time of Man doesn't feel big enough to be worth him. That's just the truth however dramatic it sounds.
I recently remembered, thanks to my friends, that waiting for the right time can really turn into a lifestyle, so I'm pulling the band-aid off and just jumping straight to season 4 episode 9 on this... I should release a fun single next but i have to do this. On June 22nd T will be gone 3 years and I will release another song with his name on it. Need to thank @__evanking@still_ty and @dhurb for always watching out for me. Need to thank @chevron_barnigan for walking me across the street when I couldn't see thru the tears and gotta thank @emilyy___ann and @sarah____elisabeth for riding out the storm with me. All the Amy's and Sara's and Bobby's and Jut's. Thank you.
The vision is coming into focus. The Summer is planned. Thank you so far and here's to what's next. I'll reveal a date... June 22nd. We're gonna go spend some time in Japan and when we come back it's on
The amount of seemingly non-transferable career skills I'm collecting will probably break some sort of record someday. Shout out to everyone who's running on autopilot through workdays at something completely divorced from any passion. Gotta eat
Long story short me and Ty went back to the spot and made a real music video. This is our first ever full-blown Bob-n-Choche lock in video production. We're learning but we're both dope as hell so i figured it would come out cool. Gonna drop it at noon tomorrow right here with a link to a full size video on YouTube for those who requested it. Complete with lyrics and probably some announcements about the rest of this ✨album✨ i forgot to mention. This summer you're getting it all, for better or worse...
When i write songs i really do wonder if i should be honest or aspirational. They say you should be impeccable with your word and not talk bad about yourself and stuff on one hand. Then on the other hand there's honesty, and story telling about the truth. I think with songs like this im just being honest about how i feel and hoping it doesn't negatively impact me to do so i guess. Also i don't think trash is a bad thing. It's like when i was in high school and middle school my squad called each other "dirt kids" and it was endearing and we only truly respected our fellow dirt kids. I think there's an underdog unity that I've always had and i believe that's actually what i mean when i say trash forever. I tried to run away from who I am for a while when i moved to Philly, but honestly I'm South Jersey trash and proud and lots of the people who i love the most are also some version of trash so i stopped giving a shit. "Precious stones from old coal" lol
