Andrew McMahon

And I think it's the challenge for me is like, how do I really talk about what's relevant to me now? and put that in a pop song, you know, and that can be tricky. Yeah. But I think if you strike on something that's universal, it applies backwards and forwards.

And I think it's the challenge for me is like, how do I really talk about what's relevant to me now? and put that in a pop song, you know, and that can be tricky. Yeah. But I think if you strike on something that's universal, it applies backwards and forwards.

And, you know, I want people who've been with me for a really long time to be like, oh, he's talking to an experience that I'm having right now because we're a similar age and going through similar things in life. But also, if I do it well, you know, you could be 15 and pick up that record and it will land. You know, most of the artists I was listening to when I was 15

And, you know, I want people who've been with me for a really long time to be like, oh, he's talking to an experience that I'm having right now because we're a similar age and going through similar things in life. But also, if I do it well, you know, you could be 15 and pick up that record and it will land. You know, most of the artists I was listening to when I was 15

You know, I think it's like a task, but I think it's a worthy one. And I'm like, I'm super reverent of the fact that there are people who I've been seeing at shows since they were, you know, high school, middle-aged kids coming out to see me. When I was not much older than them, I was 18 or 19, but it felt like a world apart, right?

You know, I think it's like a task, but I think it's a worthy one. And I'm like, I'm super reverent of the fact that there are people who I've been seeing at shows since they were, you know, high school, middle-aged kids coming out to see me. When I was not much older than them, I was 18 or 19, but it felt like a world apart, right?

When you're sort of like grown and then you have like a kid in the audience. Now, you know, now we're sort of orbiting the same world. Life trajectories and I really like – I want to make music for those people who have been in those rooms and I want them to have songs that they can connect to at this stage of wherever they're at. You're killing it. No, thank you. I try really hard.

When you're sort of like grown and then you have like a kid in the audience. Now, you know, now we're sort of orbiting the same world. Life trajectories and I really like – I want to make music for those people who have been in those rooms and I want them to have songs that they can connect to at this stage of wherever they're at. You're killing it. No, thank you. I try really hard.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, like the shows I went to when I was, you know, the first shows I was going to, a lot of them were bands, my brothers and sisters, three of them are 10, 12 years older than I am. And, you know, I went to see REM when I was, you know, when I was in the seventh grade or whatever. I love that.

Yeah, well, like the shows I went to when I was, you know, the first shows I was going to, a lot of them were bands, my brothers and sisters, three of them are 10, 12 years older than I am. And, you know, I went to see REM when I was, you know, when I was in the seventh grade or whatever. I love that.

You know, and I became a huge Tom Petty fan and like going to those shows, seeing the young people that are picking, were picking up, you know, heartbreakers to me, to my people, my brothers and sisters ages and older, you know, in a dream world, that's really what you want. You want to see people across generations connecting to what you do.

You know, and I became a huge Tom Petty fan and like going to those shows, seeing the young people that are picking, were picking up, you know, heartbreakers to me, to my people, my brothers and sisters ages and older, you know, in a dream world, that's really what you want. You want to see people across generations connecting to what you do.

And that's sort of the fight I'm in every day is just to sort of make sure that, you know, it spreads to as many people across generations as possible. It works. It does.

And that's sort of the fight I'm in every day is just to sort of make sure that, you know, it spreads to as many people across generations as possible. It works. It does.

I love that.

I love that.

That's the deal. Yeah.

That's the deal. Yeah.