Аrt movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil.

And I would stop and take you in, all of you, and when our eyes lock we'd just stare into each other's souls and all of the lost time would come out in the shape of a big smile, a few tears and a tight hug that feels like...I don't know, it would feel like home.

I liked the idea of using this mega-star [Beyoncé ] to talk about all those things on the tiny scale of my life.

I think that fear came from, "Okay, I'm going to have Beyoncé in the title, and people are just going to think, it's Beyoncé poems. It's light and fun." I was kind of super-conscious of that. It's kind of like this weird trick I'm playing, where you're like, "What an interesting, fun cover, and then the name Beyoncé." Then you open it, and it's just about my depression. All of it belongs together.

Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.

I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.

My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we need to and want to and think should be in the world.