This song’s crazy journey started back in February 2020, just as the pandemic was kicking off. I was holed up in this tiny loft near the beach in Melbourne, and man, it was HOT. One day, I got home to find my 2015 MacBook Pro sitting on the coffee table, baking in the sun pouring through this huge glass window. I went to turn it on, and bam—burned my fingers! The thing was fried. The sun literally roasted my MacBook! I didn’t have much in that apartment: just the essentials—my laptop (RIP), some clothes, and the bare basics in the kitchen. So, with nothing but my acoustic guitar and a whole lot of frustration, I started riffing. Out of that sun-drenched disaster, this song was born.
But let me tell you, getting it finished was a grind. I went through 15 versions—yeah, you read that right. One had this Metallica-esque instrumental break, another was slow blues, and one even sounded like “American Idiot” by Green Day. To be honest, most of them were awful. It wasn’t until I’d trashed version after version that I finally hit on something that actually felt like me. The lyrics started out focused on climate change, but as the world got deeper into pandemic chaos and people got lost in conspiracy theories, the song shifted. It became a tongue-in-cheek take on all the noise around us—reminding us that instead of getting caught up in nonsense, we should just focus on kindness. I mean, come on, who cares if the Earth’s flat?
Then came the mixing… oh man, that nearly broke me. I had 5 different people try to mix it, and no one could nail the sound I wanted. I was ready to lose my mind. Enter Sean Hurley, the guy who played bass on the track. He hooked me up with his friend, Darrell Thorpe—you know, the 10-time Grammy winner. Darrell gave the track a listen, liked what he heard, and said he’d mix it. And man, did he nail it. It was everything I wanted but couldn’t quite get to on my own.
This song was my lifeline through the endless lockdowns, and it’s led to a whole bunch of new songs. Oh, and the music video? It’s a hilarious take on conspiracy theories, dropping with the single on September 16th. Hope it makes you laugh as much as it did me!
Artwork by Maddie Egremont