Views : 21,470,105
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Premiered Jul 24, 2020 ^^
Rating : 4.961 (2,703/275,900 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T21:38:02.924769Z
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When this album released, I legitimately thought it was the end for me. I had genuinely thought I wasnât gonna live to 21. I wanted this to be my last song. Then my mom got back into the Strokes, and thatâs when I started the association that this song wasnât my end, but a beginning. Itâs still a struggle but Iâm getting better. Stay safe out there.
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My best friend died in a tragic motorcycle accident three days ago and this was the last song he asked me to listen to. Now I'm here drowning in tears in every line and thinking that maybe it was his way of saying goodbye, repeating a thousand times, I needed you there, I needed you there but I didn't know, I didn't knowđ˘
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4:18 youâre never ready for an ending this beautiful
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This song is about Julian's relationship with his father. His dad died in 2013, shortly after the release of "Comedown Machine," so the material on this album is first stuff Julian would have released with The Strokes since his father's death. His dad was a pretty big deal in the modeling world and likely cast a long shadow. He probably traveled all the time and was not very present while he was home. This is a common story for people (like myself) who grew up rich in NYC. Something that is unique to rich NYC culture is that life does not revolve around children the way it does in the suburbs. Kids like Julian grow up fast and jaded in NYC and they have the freedom of 20 something yuppies when they are 15. It's a bit of a head trip, because on the one hand your parents have given you this amazing life that everyone wants, but on the other hand they are never around and it's pretty clear that spending time with you is not their priority. Julian's early music really captured the thrill and pain of growing up like that, and it's great to see him reflecting back as an older man, and finally getting his Grammy in the process.
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@dramasoldier8669
3 years ago
"What do you want for Christmas?" "Drums please, dad"
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