Fragments

Hey. If you're reading this, thanks for being here.

This mixtape is a lot of things, and I won't pretend it's perfectly polished or carefully planned. Some of these songs were made at 2am while I was drunk trying to break through writer's block. One of them I literally forgot existed until I found it buried in a folder. A couple of them I made just to prove something to myself. One I made for my mom.

What they all have in common is that they're real. Real feelings I didn't know how to say out loud, so I turned them into songs instead. There's stuff on here about not being able to get out of my own way, about trying to hold everything together and watching it slip through anyway, about jealousy I wasn't proud of feeling, about talking to a version of myself I used to be and one I haven't become yet.

The music jumps around, hyperpop, rap, something jazzy, something heavy, because honestly, so do I. I'm not one thing, and this mixtape isn't either.

If some of these songs hit dark, I want you to know I'm okay. Music is how I process. It's not a cry for help, it's the opposite. It's how I help myself. That's what the last track is about, if you make it that far.

I hope something on here finds you at the right moment.