{"id":657226,"date":"2025-03-15T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/momma-and-the-summer-that-changed-them\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T12:50:15","slug":"momma-and-the-summer-that-changed-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/momma-and-the-summer-that-changed-them\/","title":{"rendered":"#Momma and the summer that changed them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n #content_block-268854 {\n   background: #e28787;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-268854 {\n   background: #e28787;\n   margin-bottom: 60px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> .caption {\n   color: #000000;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #000000;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #000000;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268854\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      Momma and the summer that changed them\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      Chaos, turmoil, and infidelity inspired the Brooklyn rock band\u2019s new album <i>Welcome To My Blue Sky.<\/i> They\u2019re better off for it.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Cady Siregar<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\" image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690023_cb5pqr\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Momma. By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target='\"new\"' href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fmomma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=Momma%20and%20the%20summer%20that%20changed%20them&amp;via=thefader\" class=\"new_social_footer_button twitter new_social_share_button\" data-ga-event-category=\"Social Share\" data-ga-event-label=\"Twitter\" data-ga-on=\"click\" data-ga-event-action=\"cilck\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Twitter-8d78f695280aa3f8a4461702c68e9fcbfd6042af1600c62d49fdec4b735fb57a.png\"><br \/>\n    <!-- <span>Tweet<\/span> --><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\"><br \/>\n        <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268897\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">Summer is a drug.<\/span> The seemingly endless days have an inebriating, almost delirious effect where, when it comes, you feel like anything and everything is possible.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            It was the summer of 2022 that proved to be life-changing for Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten, the two songwriters of the Brooklyn-based rock band Momma, as they emerged from the warm months with their worlds irrevocably altered. \u201cThe both of us have gone through so much crazy shit these last three years,\u201d Friedman says when I meet the pair on a cold, mid-February evening. They\u2019ve chosen The Seneca, a neighborhood favorite bar in Ridgewood, Queens. \u201cAs people, we\u2019ve made life decisions that have been so wonderful. They\u2019ve affected the rest of our lives.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268925\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268898\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            In 2022, the pair broke out with <i>Household Name<\/i>, a record that largely centered around the glorification of the rockstar and the archetypes of such a trope. Their style of pop songs masquerading as \u201990s slacker anthems earned comparisons to Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Breeders. It allowed the band to embark on their first official headline tour in 2022, and by next summer, they were opening for Weezer on their stadium jaunt across North America. But throughout the whirlwind highs, Friedman and Weingarten\u2019s personal lives drastically changed: The two broke up with their respective partners, moved into new apartments in New York City, and welcomed new romance.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-268857\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690009_1_rzfflm\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Allegra Weingarten (L) and Etta Friedman (R). By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268899\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Their new album, <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/mommaband\">Welcome To My Blue Sky<\/a><\/i>, out on April 4, is a document of that metamorphosis and their lessons learned through growing pains, a love letter to getting older and the relationships that actually last, soundtracked by grunged-out guitars, hooky pop melodies, and a whole lot of distortion. Songs like \u201cRodeo\u201d and \u201cI Want You (Fever)\u201d nod to life-altering romantic upheaval and its ensuing chaos, but it\u2019s Friedman and Weingarten\u2019s friendship that serves as the core for the record \u2014 and the band. \u201cOur relationship is one of the most important things in my life,\u201d Friedman says.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268913\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have to sound like the \u201990s grunge band everyone thinks we are.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268900\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Friedman and Weingarten, who celebrate a decade of friendship this year, met as high schoolers in their native Los Angeles. Bonded by a shared love of Pavement and Alex G, the duo were signed to Polyvinyl in 2021 after being cold-emailed by the record label. Friedman and Weingarten write Momma\u2019s songs together on acoustic guitars before bringing demos to producer and bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch and drummer Preston Fulks. But before then, they\u2019ll spend hours talking through an experience, offering their thoughts, recollections, and sides to the narrative. While making <i>Welcome To My Blue Sky<\/i>, the pair uncannily each went through similar encounters in deciding to end their years-long relationships on different timelines. The conversations that followed served as a form of catharsis, a way to process an experience with the help of your closest confidant, bridging the gaps in both memory and feeling.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268859\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690017_gegtuu\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690022_r2zmgx\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268926\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268902\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cWe finish each other\u2019s sentences,\u201d Weingarten says of their writing process. \u201cEtta will be writing a lyric and I\u2019d be like, this is the word that you\u2019re looking for. And it\u2019s not just the word that would be working for the song, but the word that expresses how I\u2019m feeling in the moment. We\u2019re always on the same wavelength.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The record\u2019s title, <i>Welcome To My Blue Sky,<\/i> is taken from a gas station sign \u2014 \u201cyou know, those ones with the changing letters\u201d \u2014 that Weingarten spotted while they were on tour with Weezer in Alabama in 2023. There is something infinite about the endlessness of a blue sky in its most obvious terms, but for the band, the message felt like an accurate representation of their rapidly changing young lives, and reckoning with a fast-moving, unknown future. \u201cYou feel very independent and very lonely at the same time,\u201d Weingarten says of their time touring. Driving across the highways and big, open spaces of America provoked questions of how their lives had changed since <i>Household Name<\/i>, and the sign seemed to deliver an answer: \u201cThe idea of being alone and being on your own and holding it in as an outside experience.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-268855\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690014_bvz3uf\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268903\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Seeing the gas station sign in Alabama, nearly a year after first embarking on the tour, acted as a culmination of this period of unrest as the rest of the record dives into the hedonism that occurred during that fateful summer of 2022; each of their relationships dissolved as they both got caught in complicated love affairs that upended their lives back home. \u201cWe were both little heartbreakers,\u201d Weingarten says, matter-of-factly. \u201cThat was a really big lesson coming out of the first big tour, where I felt like I had completely flipped my life upside down while I was gone, and coming back to something that is not what it was when I left.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Their recollection of that time can be heard on \u201cI Want You (Fever),\u201d a song that\u2019s unapologetic about want and desire \u2014 where nothing is taboo. Describing the feeling of longing you have for a person who might already have a partner, the chorus is simple, and instructional: \u201cPick up and leave her, I want you, fever.\u201d This song, says the band, was the key that unlocked the writing process for the rest of the album.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268915\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Momma - I Want You (Fever) (Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WG0mAzP165o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268927\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268904\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201c\u2018Fever\u2019 h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened. And it was, like, \u2018Whoa,\u2019\u201d Weingarten says. \u201cPretty much everything we wrote after that, we were like, \u2018Does this have the same effect that we felt when we wrote \u2018Fever\u2019 right now?\u2019\u201d It marked a new sound for the band, one that merged their signature noisy rock with more dreamy earworm-y pop melodies made for blasting loudly as you\u2019re driving down freeways, wind in your hair. \u201cLike, we don\u2019t have to sound like the \u201990s grunge band everyone thinks we are.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268858\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690006_zklvbb\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/05690012_fuienn\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268908\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The thrills of a new romance and the anarchy of infidelity make up the bulk of the record. \u201cRodeo\u201d is written in the perspective of the duo\u2019s ex-partners, a self-aware attempt to take accountability; the nu-metal \u201cLast Kiss\u201d is an angsty snarl directed at a former lover; \u201cNew Friend\u201d and \u201cStay All Summer\u201d describe the intoxicating pull of a summer stranger, and the unyielding temptation of throwing everything away for one person, including the life you\u2019ve shared with another. \u201cCan we cut to the part when we say how we feel \/ It was really getting old, building a house \/ And there\u2019s someone at home that I forgot about,\u201d goes the latter. According to Friedman, writing that song was the most connected they felt sharing an experience.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThose four lines, to me, were that perfect encapsulation of exactly what the both of us were going through on our own separate journeys of just being like, \u2018I think we need a big change right now,\u2019\u201d they say.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-268912\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/05690024_1_oceak4\/momma-interview-welcome-to-my-blue-sky.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Momma and the summer that changed them\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268910\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            For Friedman, the summer that ushered in new romance was also what ultimately gave them the confidence to come out as gay to their family. They\u2019d always had a close relationship so even though Friedman knew their declaration would be met with acceptance, it was about finding the right time, and partner, to support them. They\u2019ve now been dating their current girlfriend \u2014 who they met on tour \u2014 for the past two years, and Friedman penned \u201cHow To Breathe\u201d about their relationship, the sole outright love song on <i>Welcome to My Blue Sky.<\/i> Tender and affectionate, it describes their romance as safe and cherished, a declaration of gratitude to the person who makes you comfortable to be your true self.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-268911\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s about being able to step into\u2026 not a new version of myself, cause it\u2019s something I\u2019ve always identified with, but just more so being honest about it to the people around me and also myself,\u201d Friedman says.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI don\u2019t really know what else to say,\u201d they continue, shy for the first time in our conversation. \u201cI met someone who made me show all of myself to my family in a way that I did not think was ever going to happen.\u201d So here\u2019s to summer and eternal blue skies.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Cady Siregar<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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