This was definitely my love song. When I first wrote it, I was experimenting with trying to write songs for other people, and I remember being in a place where I could write something and being like, “I feel really good giving this to someone else. I could make it like a pop song or a rock song.” And I gave it to my friend Donna Missal. She recorded a version of it that’s amazing. And at the end of the day, I still felt like, “You know what? I still want to do my left-of-center version of the song.” It was a fun exercise, and I think any songwriter should do that: to hear their songs in different universes. It helps you grow as a writer and performer. It was really fun to write that song and work with Katherine.

–Sharon Van Etten, via Nylon