I’m always creating stuff. So if it’s a long car ride, if it’s a night off in the hotel, if I’m flying somewhere, I’m always on my computer. I’m always writing words, making beats, creating beds of music. And it kind of never stops. Like, I could just be walking around somewhere, have an idea, and I’ll sing something into my phone. It could be a beat, or a melody, or words. Whatever. So that’s just normal for me—that’s everyday for me. And it wasn’t any different in the last nine, ten months in terms of the process, and the frequency of writing.

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