About a year and half ago I wrote a song about an incredible story, the story of a girl who always lived on the outside, looking in. Figuratively and literally. The juxtaposition of her loneliness and independence. Her longing and her stillness. Her curiosity and fear, all tangled up. Her persisting gentleness… and the world’s betrayal of it. I wrote this one alone in the middle of the night and then Aaron Dessner and I meticulously worked on a sound that we felt would be authentic to the moment in time when this story takes place. I made a wish that one day you would hear it. ‘Carolina’ is out now 🥺
*don’t say it, don’t say it OKAY I’m saying it:* I’M FEELIN 32. And Alana is feeling 30. Don’t worry we tested everyone! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes, I love you all so much 🥰🎂
I can’t begin to express my gratitude to Sadie and Dylan for giving us everything they had in order to tell this story. All Too Well The Short Film is out on YouTube, and showing all week at the AMC 13 theater in NYC. For you, from us.
This is the kind of album that cements an artist in history. That defines their career. The kind of songwriting that will be lauded decades from now. Our kids are gonna hear this record and not believe we got to hear it the night it came out and I’m simply!!! Emotional about it.
The moment in little women, when Jo says „Women have minds and they have souls as well as just hearts. They’ve got ambition and they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. I am so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it!“ and then pauses and adds „but I’m so - I’m so lonely.“ And I think I have never felt anything more than that in my life.
The moment in little women, when Jo says „Women have minds and they have souls as well as just hearts. They’ve got ambition and they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. I am so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it!“ and then pauses and adds „but I’m so - I’m so lonely.“ And I think I have never felt anything more than that in my life.
kinda cool to think how someone somewhere is having the best day of their life today. someone’s hearing “i love you” for the first time today. someone’s gonna meet the love of their life today. someone’s gonna get the job of their dreams today. it’s someone’s best day today. and guess what binch? tomorrow it could be ur best day so keep going
RED didn’t win the grammy for the same reason Melodrama didn’t. This industry is still very much dominated by middle aged white males, so it will most definitely NOT speak to them what it’s like to be a girl in your early 20’s. This part of your life is EVERYTHING BUT sonically cohesive, it’s so messy and unpredictable, haven’t they heard we’re happy free confused and lonely at the same time? in the best way?