I Don't Want To Mislead People.

Even If, Personally, I'm In A Place Of Contentment Or Solidity, I Feel Like It's Hard Not To Look Out Into American Culture And See Vast Inequity, Widespread Institutionalized Violence And Racism And Transphobia And Environmental Destruction. It's Hard To Be In This World And Feel A Sense Of Innate Satisfaction At All. There's Plenty Of Things To Feel Unsettled About.

I'll Admit That I'm Not Quite Certain How To Sum Up An Entire Year In Music Anymore; Not When Music Has Become So Temporal, So Specific And Personal, As If We Each Have Our Own Weather System And What We Listen To Is Our Individual Forecast.

I Think Short-term Goals Are Important. Trying To Set A Missive For Yourself For The Entire Year Can Be Daunting, And It Can Feel Too Easy To Fail Or Fall Short Of That.

I Need A Template Of A Template

Rihanna Has Guts And She Always Seems To Be Singing From Someplace Honest, Dark And Fierce.