what is going on? I'm with Lovely the Band, Mitchy, Jordan, Sam, what up guys?

What up?

So we are here at the Roxy Theater before one of your sold out shows. Yes. This place kind of holds like a special place in your guys's heart, right?

Oh, it does.

Tell me about this.

Roxy, this is this is home. This is home away from home.

Home away from home. Jordan and I met actually upstairs at the bar on the rocks.

Is this where it went down?

This is where it went down right here. Oh, wow. Yep. And this is where we played our first show ever as a band.

I was standing over there and watched this band play for the first time.

You were there. You were actually there.

Okay. A lot of history in the Roxy. Starting out here, now sold out show. What was that moment like for you guys? How does how does it make you feel?

Yes. I'm it's good, man. Like coming back out to LA's always good. It's funny because like people always like talk coming to LA like playing like I love LA. Everyone's always like playing LA, it's stiff, playing LA, it's not. I mean like we but we love coming home. We love coming to LA. Like the shows for us are always super hyped and full of energy.

Uh let's talk about the new album, only get harder you smile. First, I love the aesthetic of the album cover.

Thank you.

The red lips that gets me every single time. I want to know though whose lips are they? I've been playing all day they're not one of you guys.

Uh-uh, it is it is a friend of ours.

Okay.

Is a girl it's a girl. It's a girl. It's a girl, yeah. Who shall remain nameless.

Those are great lips. I mean if you can see it behind us right here. Great lips. Talking about your music, I really love your guys's storytelling ability about love, heartbreak, depression, anxiety. But you guys wrap it up in a very fun, freeing, almost empowering way. What's the songwriting process for you guys? Is it pen to paper? Is it first start with instruments?

Every song's pretty different. Definitely. Lyrically, is never I never know what it's gonna be about until the song's over. I just kind of get in the studio and start like singing. Yeah. And letting things go out. things come out of me. Um it sounds kind of hippie, but it's true. Um and then from there we you know build it out and I figure out what the song's about after that and Yeah, every song's different though like there's no like cookie cutter way.

Yes. Since the music is so personal, one is it hard to express that and letting it out into the world. And then two, why do you think, you know, the fans are just kind of gravitate towards that?

Um is it hard? Yeah, it was hard uh putting the record together, you know, it was a pretty rough few years of my life. Um on the other side of it now, you know, came some good music that we that we care about. Right. I think the fans are gravitating towards it because it's um I don't know, it's it's pretty honest. I mean, people can find solace in understanding that like they're not the only one feeling these ways.

Since we are here at the Roxy, sold out show tonight. It's very intimate. Yes. What does a fan have to do? Cause I'm sure there's a lot of uh admiring gushing girls out there. And boys, we don't discriminate here. What do they have to do to get your attention to maybe get a little serenade for a brief moment from you? Um

Man, I don't know. Be creative. I'm just yeah, it happens, right?

Yeah, yeah, have a good yeah. Have a good energy, have a good vibe and you know, a sign never hurts to get.

A sign never hurts.

A sign never hurts.

What what's one of the best signs you've ever seen out there?

I don't know. We've gotten a lot of crazy ones where like we'll go out, we'll we'll just come out on stage and we'll all just look at each other and be like, this is hilarious.

All fan interactions are different and awesome and like getting gifts is really cool. Nothing crazy happens but like when we play a festival or like do like something like that, like walking around is sometimes tough and I've gotten grabbed several times. like like yanked towards somebody.

Oh yeah, that's aggressive.

And been like and been like, give me get get a get a picture. I'm like, why are you pull why are you pulling me? Why are you pulling? That's a that's a reaction of like

Like like yeah. We're about to fight.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I'm like, whoa, like you're a stranger. Why are you touching me? Why are you why are you grabbing my arm? I think it's a weird thing where like, doing do I do I know you?

Right.

Wait, do I have we met and I'm like, oh wait, no. That's it.

Well yeah, I mean like sometimes when sometimes when fans are like, they just go, hey, how are you? That's the confusing part when it's like, Have I met you? Do I know you? But then they're like, oh, I love your band. It's like, oh, but it's easier when someone's like, are you so and so from the band? And it's like, and we're like, yeah, hey, nice to meet you.

For the fans out there who don't know you or are just getting put on to you guys. Tell them what Lovely the Band is all about and what kind of what do you want the fans to take away from your guys's music?

Uh Lovely the Band is all about just uh embracing the person that you are. It sounds cliche but like love in the skin you're in and accepting the good and bad parts about yourself and understanding that it's perfectly okay to not be okay sometimes and it's not a weak thing. It's absolutely it's a brave thing to like if you need it to reach out and ask for help and Um yeah, that's what we're all about.

Lovely the Band. I think that being said there's nothing else to say. So besides, kill it tonight. All right, appreciate. Looking forward to you guys. Thank you guys for the time.

Thanks.