"i think i'm too sensitive and defensive about my music. i become too protective and expectant of appraisal when it comes to my art, and when confronted with the opposite, it cuts deeper than it ought to. upon receiving plenty of mixed responses to the time pop s/t, i went into a sort of artistic shock since i thought it was something that would resonate with a lot of people, something that proved false. this is all incredibly narrow and egocentric in a way, but it's this itching yearning for greatness that had been hardwired in me over the years that unjustly influences my creative process. i hate it.

"this is what lemonade mouth 2 is about, an examination of success and ambition in art and how fucked up and stupid it is for diluting the innate joy of creation. it's about avury, a student at mesa high who admires and loves lemonade mouth and romanticizes that band's success and greatness, yearning for the same thing for her music. intertwined in this is avury's spiritual crisis, coping with the decay of her youth, yadda yadda all that shit. it's all very transparently self-reflective and maybe that's a disservice to the narrative aspect, but i think it works well within its medium.

"this is my last musical work for the foreseeable future unless i join a band or something. i like making cartoons way more than music right now, i feel more in my element there. it's somewhat slapped together just to get it off my back (especially "envelope") but eh, i still like it. i like it! i say it again to myself in order to repel the anxiety of most others thinking it's garbo! i like it!!!!!"