midnight was born on april 21, 2023. i made the song on a flight home from a trip to Las Vegas with my girlfriend, Xarion.

she was pretty annoyed with me the whole flight because i was on ableton instead of watching a movie with her, but i think it was worth it 😅

the song and the music video were inspired by our time on the trip – we rode this roller coaster out there at midnight and it was awesome. definitely the best time for a roller coaster ride. the vibe was great and it was a really nice view of the strip as we whizzed by.

after “midnight,” it took me a long time to make another song that felt similar to it.

when i got back home to milwaukee, tombo and i made flash drives of beats for polo perks and ayoolii. we gave them to them at their show; polo perks said nobody had done that for him before.

after that, we just kept making beats. i was making some dance songs on the side when we started working on nailed it, but everything took off after that. people wanted to record and make songs with us. it was cool. but i didn’t get to focus on my own music.

fast forward to february 2024 and i made the beat for “back at it.” i sent it to lii but never heard back. i wasn't sure what to do with it for months.

i would end up recording my verse in september about my general feelings at the time and a former local dj who keeps running from his problems instead of acknowledging them. i got marlo in the studio for his verse a few weeks later and he obviously killed it. marlo's verse definitely stole the show and i'm so happy with how it turned out – i can't wait to see what he makes in the future. i wanted to shoot a video but some stuff got in the way

i think i made the club mix in like january using a beat that tombo and i had made sometime in 2024. it might be my favorite song on the project 😅

in march, i took some mushrooms with xarion on a rare day off after like 3 weeks of working and ended up making “tommy’s day off” the day after. the mix is largely the same as the original demo i laid that day, and the choices i made in the afterglow were very insightful for me. you never know what you might learn from a mushroom trip!

Tombo made the visualizer in January 2025 as I was getting everything put together for the album, and I think it was perfect

Neely ended up making a remix of it that slaps so hard but keeps that ambient vibe going while also mixing it with some classic bounce shit – truly legendary work

in april, i made the beat for “high” and knew i had to write to it…
it took a couple days but i got the inspiration to do it after i got way too high at a rave. i was on too much very strong molly and saw a little too many stars. pro tip: don't be afraid to just throw up and splash some water on your face to get to the other side.

the beat change wasn't there until after i laid rapped the first part of the song and i made it right after that, using the vocals from the beginning as a placeholder. then it took me until like november to rewrite the outro 😅 it annoyed me every time i listened to the song until i did this and i was happy with how it turned out
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nancy came over to shoot the video in early january. it was supposed to be a different concept but it ended up working out perfectly – i think we got the exact feeling across that we wanted to. we got some minnows for the video shoot and were going to put a camera inside a fishbowl with them but i accidentally killed them and still feel bad about it. RIP those little guys.