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• Page 4“My favorite songs about modern life speak to its overwhelming nature in a way that allows it to feel as it is, completely disorienting. Phoebe Bridgers’ “I know the End” is a perfect example of this. What I did with Buzz, either intentionally or unintentionally, was to lay out these dizzying burdens and then try to wrap them up in a neat little bow. We’re not really supposed to have so many insane and terrible things hit us all at the same time, it's created this “doomerism” where it all feels pretty much hopeless. A lot of the response to that from a younger generation is to “party”. Ignore setting up a future because it all feels pointless - a future where it will be too hot to even go outside. Buzz is that - it’s about life. I try to capture as much of that as I can and wrap it up with the sentiment, “all this social interaction, I’d kill for satisfaction.” Buzz is how you feel after a drink settles, the ringing in your ears after a concert. It's distortion, the hum of fluorescent lighting. Plain old unstoppable noise.”