This is a sequel to “Dead Boys” [2018 track examining male suicide]. It’s in the perspective of somebody who’s actually thinking that they might take their own life. I wanted it to be the triumph over it—in the moment when you decide, ‘No, I’m not going to do this, or I can’t leave those behind.’

—via Apple Music

Yeah, it was written when I was going through a time where I realised that I needed a bit of help. I just wasn’t dealing with anything, I always just thought that thought that well, everyone has their issues and stuff. And I thought if I became a famous rock star, it would just fix everything. What I realised is it fixed my financial problems, and I could help my mum out finally, but it didn’t fix the feelings. It didn’t fix my imposter syndrome, and it didn’t fix the way I felt as a man. It took us a bit of time to sort that one. All of the things you didn’t like yourself for before, they don’t go away. If anything, it’s amplified because you’ve got MORE reasons to dislike yourself because you’re like ‘well, now you’ve got money, you think you’re fucking brilliant’.

They’re still all my mates. The only people I really hang out with from the fucking celeb world is like, a couple of other bands that I get on with. I like the lads from Fontaines D.C., and I’m pals with Elton John and that, but my friend group is still very much my mates from home, you know? When I’ve got trouble, they’re still the people that I go to.

—via Dork