“Yeah, I be doing the most

I swear I’m completing like all the goals on the board with the shit that I wrote”

I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time (Tribe Mafia Remix)

A couple of years ago, one of my Spotify Wrapped genres was hyperpop. I think I saw 100 gecs on somebody’s New Music Friday list, and I looked them up because I had no idea who they were, and before long, I was working my way down all the hyperpop playlists I could find. I wasn’t really sure how to describe the music I was listening to, I just knew I liked it.

The first time I met with my therapist, I quoted lyrics from Earthgang’s “Strong Friends”, one of my favorite songs from 2022, and what I was considering my therapy song at the time. My father, the first music-obsessed person I knew, had recently passed away, and I was overwhelmed from the self-imposed stress of having to be the strong son, strong husband, strong father, strong brother, the strong manager at work, the strong friend to my inner circle of loved ones. You get the picture.