10 years of When I’m Down. the first song oliver and i made together in his walk-in closet at cal arts. i was still in high school, finishing the mix w him over video calls. that little closet record went gold and started a decade of making music together
“no contact” makes it sound active and intentional but you forget that back in the day people just went “out west” - often only one or two states over - and were just gone. many americans before us woke up one day like “yeah i never need to see these people again” and didnt