Nas’ brain is just amazing and they’re one of the most amazing up-and-coming directors. So she was definitely involved with “Get Me Outta Here.” But I think that grit and rough around the edges thing is definitely what Nas always brings to the table. She’s obviously worked in front of cameras the majority of her life, so I really, really trust her opinion. And Chrishell’s actually extremely creative, super intelligent, super good with camera angles. So yeah, the origin actually came from Chrishell. And then Chrishell was like, “I can be in it.” ” So Chrishell actually came up with some of the original ideas that then we brought to Nas. She was like, “Oh, it sounds like it should be this chaotic love story. I’m dying to know the origin story for the “Get Me Outta Here” video.ĭo you know what? I was actually speaking to Chrishell about what I had coming up in the next month and about how I’m shooting a music video and she gave me heaps of ideas. So there’s definitely that climax moment in “Waste of Space” where I’m hitting the biggest note in my life and then doing this massive drum fill, because that’s like my peak self. It’s about girls who I’m in love with, being brokenhearted, and I needed to find myself and my voice to then be able to sing. It wasn’t until I came out as queer, came out to my family, had a girlfriend, that I felt comfortable letting people hear my music, because my music is like an open diary. As soon as I found drums, I was more comfortable in my own skin. This is my identity.” To me, my identity feels like drums. When I got given drums, it was like that first part or first scene in my life that I was like, “Oh, this is me. I found myself when I found the drum kit, basically. Does it feel powerful, like coming into yourself, to be on the drums? The moment when the drums kick in has such power and it made me wonder what drumming means to you personally.
And I think that’s what’s great about music when you can feel emotion from the person that wrote it and sang it. And already the people and that I’ve showed it to and some people in my community that I’ve showed it to had that same reaction that you did, where it hit something and made them well up a little bit. So I’m really happy to share it with the world. This song is definitely the most emotional and raw song that I’ve ever written and released. Yeah, I like that the people who maybe got to know you for the first time from “Get Me Outta Here” are getting to see this side of you. So yeah, I guess it feels pretty normal for me because that’s just what I do. I have my more hard-hitting songs, but then I do have my more emotional, truth-telling, telling-it-all-how-it-is music.
So there’s definitely a contrast with just me as a human.
I write quite emotional songs, but then I also I’m a drummer - it’s my first instrument - and I play guitar and I’m really loud. I feel like there’s part of me that’s really rough around the edges and a bit tough, but I’m the biggest softy and so emotional. I really feel like the music that I release is very much a reflection of me. What’s it like going from the strength and badassery of the “Get Me Outta Here” video to this more vulnerable piece? I want to say that’s a really good reaction, but no, I don’t want anyone to be crying.