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" At first, I was a pretty horrific singer, and then I got a little better. "

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" I went through this kind of existential crisis. I was going through a breakup; I tore my ACL and my meniscus and had to have surgery, so I was out of school for a few months. Then my computer crashed, which was, like, my whole life. So when I came out of it, I started making music that, I think, was the most true to me. "

" I work out of my home studio that I built in this warehouse in Philadelphia. I've kind of curated it for my needs and my sound. "

" I would say that my music is surreal, it's inspired by dreams, and it's inspired by heartbreak. "

" I love the bowl cut. I had it when I was younger, and I decided to go back to it. It seems to fit me. "

" I tend not to get too excited and surprised about things. "

" I spend a lot of money on shoes and barely any on clothes. "

" I went to school for audio engineering, and I was around a lot of sound engineers over the summers in New York, so I'm pretty comfortable in engineering my own stuff. "

" I wear high water pants, always, so you can see my socks - I always wear white socks. "

" I generally use a lot of analog instruments, a few synths from the '80s like the Roland Juno-106, and an old Fender bullet guitar. "

" Some people ask me what instruments I play, but usually I'll just say I'm more of a producer or a composer or songwriter - those are my strongest suits: arranging and composing. "

" A lot of artists have a super-specific musical hero they definitely try to hone in on. I'm basically inspired by everyone. I don't have one particular artist who I'm super-obsessed with. "

" When I first started making music, I was pretty drawn to hip-hop beats wrapped together with super-good lyrics. The most important thing in that is wordplay, so that stayed with me when I started writing songs. "

" I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one point, I came across Gus Dapperton in the back of my head when I was making music. "

" If there is going to be visuals for a song, I want them to be equally as good or better than the song. "

" I go back to things that are nostalgic for me - Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Britney Spears, Stevie Wonder. "

" When I perform, I wear white Capezio dance shoes. It's more of a superstition, but I only wear them when I perform and when I dance. "

" I like to dress really warm when I'm making music. I want the air to be really cold so I can wear really big sweatshirts and jackets. "

" I think my voice isn't that easy to digest. "

" For me, I have trouble working with people just because I sort of have trust issues when it comes to creative endeavors. "

" My singing voice is very specific to me. That's my natural voice when I sing. "

" Every new experience will trigger melodies in my head. "

" I'm not really sure what I look for when I'm picking out clothes. "

" At some point, I kind of went through this weird existential crisis in high school where I was just really depressed. "

" I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where I'm from. But in the eighth grade, we had this songwriting contest in our school, and I got really excited about it and actually won. After that, I just kept making music forever. "