somewhere in late 2016 in the middle of a bad depression spiral i lied flat on the floor of my room in the dark and cried my eyes out to I. flight of the navigator. i felt like i could just go right then and maybe experience peace again wherever death took me, but the music kept me grounded. i told myself i'd keep living to hear the next childish gambino album since because the internet was so important to me and i was obsessed with the singles for his next. i lived to see "awaken, my love!" release, which i was instantly engrossed with and still consider it the start of a distinct era in my life where music began to be the most important part of keeping myself sane and alive. i also lived to see 3.15.20 release, then get finished this year as Atavista and now Bando Stone and The New World. this song just feels like life coming full circle somehow, like i've made it. i did what i wanted to, and i did good despite everything i've lived through. i did good to get here.









