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You’re quite new to the scene, so people don’t have as many expectations compared to when you have a big hit. Does that allow you to experiment with your sound?

KTJ: Totally! It doesn’t give us any pressure to mess up, honestly, which is crucial to finding yourself and your sound and all of that jazz. 

Carly: There’s not any pressure to, you know, fit a box or a mold that people expect of us. Honestly, it’s just really fun. That way, we get to write what we want and, you know, make any music we want right now.  

And you write and produce your songs yourself. How do you start working on a song?

KTJ: Recently, we’ve been starting with the production, and then we’ll randomly start singing random melodies and come up with the concept. 

Carly: Honestly, it’s different every time. Sometimes we’ll write stuff on the piano and produce it out later or will write it on the guitar, produce it out later and then sometimes we have lyric and melody ideas and then we … It falls all out of order sometimes, but usually it ends up being produced eventually. 

KTJ: And then it also depends on who we’re writing with too. It’s different every time. It’s really fun.  

Carly: But lately, it’s been production first and then writing lyrics on after. 

And I hope I’m right with this one, but I’ve read that you’re identical twins. I’m a twin as well, so how is it for you to share all these moments? Okay, it must be difficult to answer that question if you’re next to each other, so you can’t be mean about it. (laughs)

KTJ:No, it’s … Honestly, it has its ups and downs for sure. 

Carly: But as a twin, you know, we have a bond that’s completely unbreakable. We trust each other, which I think is super important in any band. So, because we have that trust, we are able to create something truthful and meaningful. I think we wouldn’t wanna do it with anyone else. (laughs)

Yeah, I get that. You just put out a song today called “Rollercoaster”. What do you want to address in that song?

KTJ: All relationships and every emotion you feel it’s not gonna be a straight line. It’s up and down. It’s gonna have crazy turns and whatnot, but at the end of the ride, it was all part of the big picture. The big rollercoaster. 

Carly: We were inspired by that. We know a lot of people in our lives that kind of take us through an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes the highs are so good, and the lows are so bad that it doesn’t make up for it. So, you either have to let them go or stick it out and see if they get better.  

KTJ: There’s a Bob Marley quote that stood out to me after thinking of the song: “Everyone’s going to hurt you in some way, but you just have to find the ones that are worth suffering for.” I don’t know, but that quote really resonated with the song in that way.  

Yeah, that’s a beautiful quote, and if you could visualize your life at the moment as a roller coaster, where would you situate yourself? Is it on a high, or are you just going down? 

Carly: We’re on the rise right before the drop. We’re not quite up there yet, but we’re slowly coming. (laughs)

KTJ: The fragments of the song are shown through as you go up. It’s like: “Oh we’re almost there! Oh, wait … Oh, no!” (laughs) 

Your manager told me that you do a lot of writing sessions online. How is it to work online?

KTJ: At first, it was hard—everyone can relate to that because everything was shifted online all of a sudden. But as we figured it out, it’s honestly been so eye-opening because you can just work with anyone. I mean, I’m doing this interview right now!

Carly: Yeah, we’ve been writing with people all over the world: Denmark, Norway, London, Germany, Canada … Obviously, in-person sessions are better just because you get a human connection. It’s easier to work that way with technology—when you’re recording something, or you have an idea. But at the same time, I think it’s really nice because we don’t have to leave our house. I’m kind of a homebody anyway, so I’m like, “Okay, I’ll stay home!” (laughs) We get to write with so many more people, so at the end of the day, I don’t mind it. I think it’s great, and it’s efficient. It’s almost easier, but there’s something amazing about doing it in person, so I would love for that to kick back in soon.