Alex Warren

It's the same thing.

I think they just – they don't see the human behind the piece or the art or whatever.

They see the headline or they see whatever they want to see, whether I pass their favorite artist on a chart or if I got picked to do something opposed to their favorite artist, it almost – I become a villain in their life without them actually understanding who I am behind it.

So when it's time to do these things, I think it's great because I think you start to realize how –

messed up a lot of us are not even messed up I wouldn't even say I'm messed up I think just the things that you you tend to separate the human from the art and I think that's the hardest thing for me too is you know everything I make in the music I write about is fully true to me I don't I'm not taking pitch records I'm writing about my watching my parents die which is so hard to then turn around and swipe on a TikTok and be like Alex Warren sucks I'm like fuck

You know, and so it's just separating, separating that is so difficult for me too.

I just have to scroll now, whether it's good or bad, I don't look at it and it's hard.

It's really hard because these mean, these songs mean so much to me.

These songs helped me through all those things I'm talking about.

And like, it's so strange to be able to be like, oh wow.

It's so strange not to take that personally, you know?

So that's, that's definitely been a challenge.

And, you know, ironically, the root of the word spirit is breath.

Wow.

Which is why...

One of the most revolutionary acts that we can do as people is just breathe.

Next to the wound is their gifts.

You can't even find your gifts unless you go through the wound.

That's the hard thing.

You think, well, I'm going to get my gifts.