The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."

Obviously there's so much about me on the Internet that you can turn against me, and you can make me into any person you want.

I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out there. I think I'm going to come out with a pretty dark and troubled record, and it might upset some people.

I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence.

Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I possibly could.

I was raised by all women. I had no men in my life; it was my mom, my sister, and my grandmother. I've never identified as a man. I've always either felt like a boy or something else. I feel really uncomfortable thinking that, technically, I'm supposed to be a man, because I don't feel like one.

I had to have the record literally taken away from me. I am such a perfectionist.