1 . Hi Damien, welcome to VENTS! How have you been? made the costumes.
Doing great! Thanks for asking. Enjoy the 1 00 degree
They had such a complete vision in mind for the video.
weather here in Sacramento.
They wanted the vibe to be half monster movie half
2 . C a n y o u t e l l u s m o r e a b o u t y o u r l a t e s t s o n g " B e Pinocchio. It was so my speed. I love how it turned out.
A f r a i d " ? D i d a n y e v e n t i n p a r t i c u l a r i n s p i r e y o u t o w r i t e
4 . T h e s i n g l e c o m e s o f f y o u r n e w a l b u m O h , Y u c k - w h a t ' s
t h i s s o n g ?
I was inspired to write "Be Afraid" after Trump won the t h e s t o r y b e h i n d t h e t i t l e ?
election in November. I was amazed that his base could I wrote much of the record during a pretty low point in my
willfully support someone who has demonstrated time and life. I was back living with my parents after graduating
from college and I had just broken up with my girlfriend of
time again that he is a literal monster.
3 years. I was having a hard time taking myself seriously
The circusy music and the screams in the background are as an artist while watching all of my friends move on and
meant to suggest the hysteria we've descended into since get legit jobs. I have a pretty colloquial way of speaking
(I'm from California, after all) and "Oh, Yuck" was the best
he took office.
way I could think of to succinctly express the way I was
feeling.
3 . H o w w a s t h e f i l m i n g e x p e r i e n c e f o r t h e m u s i c v i d e o ?
Shooting the video with Giraffe Studios was such a joy.
Juliana and Nicky (the Giraffe sisters) are super quirky 5 . H o w w a s t h e r e c o r d i n g a n d w r i t i n g p r o c e s s ?
and talented. That whole family is amazing. The two of I wrote and composed the whole record while living at my
them directed and produced the video while their mom parents' house in Elk Grove, CA. A lot of the "demo"