Last 12 months, Maggie Lindemann established her signature sound with her debut EP PARANOIA. Now, on her debut album SUCKERPUNCH, the artist properties in on her adventurous, pop-punk-driven sound and delves deeper into clear lyricism. On the susceptible document, Lindemann takes listeners on a journey by way of her life, from her highschool days and early beginnings within the business to coping with difficult relationships and feeling alone.
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“take me nowhere”
“take me nowhere” was impressed by feeling tremendous misplaced. Starting off actually younger in a very international business was tremendous laborious for me. I felt tremendous alone and like I simply didn’t belong. I rewrote the verses a few instances and nearly utterly scraped the track. It obtained added final minute, and now it’s one among my favorites.
“she knows it”
“she knows it” is about, clearly, liking a lady with a boyfriend, and she or he is aware of it. It ought to be me as a substitute of him, and I wrote this track about this lady that I preferred a pair years in the past. She would at all times complain to me about her boyfriend and the way he didn’t deal with her proper and the way he simply was a chunk of shit. It used to drive me loopy as a result of I used to be like, “Well, I’m right here.” We would hang around on a regular basis, and she or he would at all times flirt with me. I believe she was simply actually confused, and it confused me. She ended up breaking apart with him after which getting again along with him — it simply broke my little homosexual coronary heart.
“casualty of your dreams”
“casualty of your dreams” is about somebody that’s mendacity to you — you’re simply asking them for some honesty, they’re always mendacity after which they get caught in a lie, and also you’re simply over it. I wished it to really feel like two parallels, like, “I’m mad at you, and I hate you, and you’re dead to me and don’t come crawling back to me,” however on the identical time, I can’t resist you each time you come again.
“self sabotage”
The track is about not permitting your self to obtain the love that you just deserve. I crave a bit of little bit of motion in my life, and when issues are going too good, I are inclined to do one thing to check the pliability of the positiveness.
“phases”
“phases” is fairly straight to the purpose — being in a relationship the place somebody solely needs you once they really feel prefer it. I wrote in some particular moments, too, however we additionally rewrote that pre.
“i’m so lonely with you”
“‘i’m so lonely with you” is about being in a relationship the place you simply really feel so lonely — you’re feeling like they don’t hear you. And feeling like you possibly can’t go away as a result of nobody can take their place and so they’re irreplaceable, and also you assume if you happen to go away that you could by no means discover higher than what you have already got, which, by the way in which, just isn’t true. There’s at all times higher on the market if you happen to’re in a nasty state of affairs.
“break me!” (feat. Siiickbrain)
“break me!” that includes Siiickbrain is about being intoxicated. It’s all the emotions it offers you, that rush of worry and adrenaline, but additionally the calmness and peace. The video is supposed to convey the juxtaposition of the 2 — one second you’re euphoric, and the subsequent you’re feeling such as you’re damaged, suffocating and your coronary heart is decaying.
“girl next door”
“girl next door” is about my life by way of the eyes of another person. I wished to speak about me in highschool and provides this imagery of sneaking again in [my house] actually late at night time and watching my life unravel from an out of doors perspective.
“we never even dated”
“we never even dated” was about somebody I by no means even dated, however I had this pal that I actually preferred, and I felt like we had actually good chemistry. I felt like each time I used to be round them, I used to be utterly myself. I do know they’d a crush on me, and I had a crush on them, but it surely was one thing that I simply didn’t wish to admit as a result of I felt just like the state of affairs was difficult. In my eyes on the time, it wasn’t one thing that I actually felt like I ought to pursue, so I let it blow over. I keep in mind I felt like I had made such a giant mistake, and I stored questioning, “What if I would’ve just admitted it?”
“novocaine”
“novocaine” can also be about feeling tremendous misplaced and alone. Passing the time with poisonous behaviors, issues that in all probability weren’t excellent for me. This one’s tremendous private, particularly that bridge.
“you’re not special”
With “you’re not special,” I wished the track to make an announcement. Everyone has needed to take care of somebody of their lives who’s two-faced — so form to your face and imply behind your again. There’s at all times going to be somebody judging you or hoping to see you fail, however reasonably than let these individuals get underneath your pores and skin, maintain doing you and pursuing your goals. This track is an anthem for these individuals of Janus, possibly not the one they need, but it surely positive was enjoyable to put in writing!
“hear me out”
“hear me out” is 100% probably the most private track on the album. I wrote it from my 16-year-old perspective. I used to be going by way of a lot, and I felt like everybody was watching and everybody simply noticed it as leisure. People now are tremendous fast to be there for individuals clearly struggling on-line, however a pair years in the past, it wasn’t like that. I felt like I used to be simply dying and no one cared.
“how could you do this to me?” (feat. Kellin Quinn)
“how could you do this to me?” is about being in a poisonous relationship and actually being the poisonous one. It takes two to poisonous, and I used to be undoubtedly poisonous. Lots of the instances when me and my ex would break up, I might wanna hang around as a result of it felt snug — I hate hanging out with new individuals, and I might a lot reasonably persist with somebody that I do know, even when it’s poisonous.
“cages”
I wished to make a track that had the identical precept and sentiment as “Pretty Girl” however felt extra like the place I’m at in my life as a 24-year-old vs. being 17. “cages” is about being free and doing what you need, whether or not it is dyeing your hair, ingesting or crashing your automotive simply to see who’s actually there for you. It’s me saying, “No, there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m not going through anything — this is just who I am. Let me live!” I did the track with John Feldmann, who’s such a legend and so enjoyable to put in writing with, Alex Lahey, who I wrote “Knife Under My Pillow” and “Crash and Burn” with, and Rachel West. It was [also] impressed by the film 13. I like that film, and for some purpose, once I was writing it, I stored seeing the film in my head. The music video is closely impressed by “Sk8er Boi” by Avril Lavigne. I like that previous MTV music video really feel, with the filter and the early 2000s power. I’m closely impressed by Avril, so I wished to do one thing to present my respects [and] be capable of do a fucking cool, enjoyable video.
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