How’s the tour so far?
It’s been amazing. I’ve played in different cities before, but it’s my first time playing in different cities back to back. I’m really appreciative to see how my music connects with people—even in countries or cities where I don’t know a single person. It’s been a very grounding experience, and I loved playing these new songs.
The album was received incredibly well. How was it to read all these positive reactions to such a personal work?
I don’t read them. I like hearing what people in real life say. Even the Pitchfork review, I’ve never read that. It doesn’t really matter to me because it’s just someone’s opinion. Sometimes it’s hard. As you start paying so much attention to people’s opinions, it starts influencing how you make things and waters down what the art should be at the end of the day.
What did you want to showcase on this album?
What I love about it is that I dug a bit deeper and gave a lot of myself in stories and parts of my life through the music that I maybe hadn’t done before. People really connected with that, so that’s been great.
