2017: The Year of Discovery

          So to start, I never necessarily had a love for music per sé, but I was always good at memorizing the songs on the radio, as my wonderful grandfather never fails to mention. I started really falling in love with music after YouTuber jacksepticeye posted this video in which he covers System of a Down’s song, “Chop Suey!” on August 30th, 2017. After that, I started listening to Chop Suey. Then the Toxicity album. Then System of a Down’s entire discography. Then around December of 2017 I started listening to XXXTENTACION after he dropped “A GHETTO CHRISTMAS CAROL” and that changed everything.

          I started listening to him constantly and that introduced me into rap, alternative, folk and every genre in between that caught my ear. Country wouldn’t come way later until around 2021-2022. But regardless, I was hooked. On not only music but also it sparked an interest in maybe pursuing a career of my own. Around that time I was angry, sad, and at a low point mentally so listening to his lyrics made me feel seen. I wanted to be him. I wanted to be in the same position he was in.