 After the Uncharted video came out, a lot of people said, I've been going through the same thing and to see someone else keep doing what they love. It gives me the ability to keep going. If you've come from something tragic, you can still move forward. We're in LA. I just got in from New York and we're heading to the studio. I'm super excited. I just want to start. I just want to do it. I want to get in there and make this music. Bring it to life, you know? Hey, man. Welcome. How's it going? Welcome, man. Get this here, man. You ready for this? Oh, I'm so excited, man. Okay, good, good. Hey, man, come on in. I'll be kind of conducting from here. I do like to have control, especially over my music. I'm writing about my past and my experiences. It is all real stuff, so it's hard to collaborate with your life, like your life experiences. In the YouTube video of Teresa, we stopped a bunch. We kept it rolling. For artists to let go of their songs is the hardest thing. You're putting everything out there and somebody's changing it or adding to it or giving their take on it. I went to the B, I alternated between the B minor and the D. Before this week, I'd met them once. We had zero trust between each other coming into this thing. I've never worked with Chris, so I was a little worried that maybe our ideas would clash. What do you think? It's just the bass. I guess it might show more than those other instruments. I think the first two days for Chris and I were tough because we... I don't know if we've trusted each other yet. I do like it. The change made me out here. I'm kind of learning to trust him. I never thought I would be recording an album in L.A. at Boulevard Studio. I never thought that ever. Play him the chorus you're playing because he's pushing something that I'm not getting. The first four days were... were brutal. The first two days, I sung seven different songs, each song like 15 times. It was insane. I know. I think it'll be faster. Can we try? I don't want 45 and see how it feels. It's been a week of just straight recording live instruments, vocals, drums, everything. It's been insane. It's been a lot of work. I'm doing the pushes on the kick, but also emphasizing the next 16th note. I'm just trying to stay on this, you know, stay on tempo. Oh, you're going to be fine. Recording this album has been a goal for me for the last year and a half. It had no idea it was so expensive. Honda and Uproxx, they just want to help me. Why me, you know? I'm really grateful. For the first one, if you come in softer, for the first chorus that you're on... The best part about recording this album is collaborating with other musicians. It wasn't just my song anymore. I think where Damir excels the most is his ability to be authentic. It's not phony. And when he's singing, he's actually sitting in that lyric at that time and telling that story from that place. As a producer, all I got to do is stay out of the way of that. I have an album. It feels incredible. It's super exciting, but also it's kind of like, it's humbling because I learned so much. It's going to be, I think it's going to be very touching. It's going to be a really good work, really good project that people will be able to listen to and really feel better. I'm looking to get that out of this.