{"id":752933,"date":"2026-11-12T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daine-on-pqc-chronic-illness-and-finally-breaking-through\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:15:29","slug":"daine-on-pqc-chronic-illness-and-finally-breaking-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daine-on-pqc-chronic-illness-and-finally-breaking-through\/","title":{"rendered":"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n #content_block-286058 {\n   background: #0250ec;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-286058 {\n   background: #0250ec;\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: #ffffff;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286058\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      GEN F: daine can\u2019t be killed\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      At just 23, the Australian pop star has already flopped, been dropped, and considered calling music quits. Then they made their playful and poetic breakthrough record.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"photographer\">Photographer <span class=\"credit_name\">Taryn Segal<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\"triple_gutter_left triple_gutter_right 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\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1598_wemhiq\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through\"><\/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%2F2026%2F11%2F11%2Fgen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=daine%20on%20%E2%80%9CPQC,%E2%80%9D%20chronic%20illness,%20and%20finally%20breaking%20through&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<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-286053,  #content_block-286053 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286053 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286053\" 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            <i>The FADER&#8217;s longstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> GEN F profiles emerging artists to know now.<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-286055 {\n   background: #0250ec;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-286055,  #content_block-286055 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286055 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286055\" 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            <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/d4ine\/?hl=en\">daine<\/a> arrives to their interview in Manhattan with a matcha in hand and a long to-do list. There is a lot to juggle during their visit to New York City from Melbourne, Australia \u2014 mainly because things are going really well. \u201cI&#8217;ve never been D-list famous before,\u201d they say in a buzzy downtown cafe on a sunny October day. They have a monotone matter of speaking and tend to slouch their shoulders while gazing ahead, their green eyes glinting. \u201cBut now we&#8217;re here.&#8221;\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Earlier in the week, they received an offer to open for a major rising pop star on a run of arena shows next year.  It\u2019s an immense opportunity, but it has daine questioning if they want to be the kind of musician who tours that much. They have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) which give them muscle aches, nerve pain, and chronic fatigue. \u201cI feel like my body is just more fragile than a regular one,\u201d they say.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286056\" 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\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1653_mrc1kj\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through\"><\/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\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_1647_zb7nmn\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-286057 {\n   background: #0250ec;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-286057,  #content_block-286057 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286057 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286057\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been D-list famous before.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-286060 {\n   background: #0250ec;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-286060,  #content_block-286060 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286060 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286060\" 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 Australian-Filipino pop artist has been releasing music since 2020. First it was emo, then a hyperpop and bubblegum hybrid. It\u2019s clear though that no music they\u2019ve released has resonated with audiences as much as that of their latest album, <i>In Endless Awe &amp; Agony <\/i>, a record which is playful, personal, and consistently ear wormy. Lead single \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PuQJ4XEKpoU\">PQC<\/a>\u201d immediately broke through upon its release in July with its school-yard chant sound, reimagined by someone who was trading song files on Discord. It\u2019s also written like a spell, with daine manifesting joy over a twinkly stomp-clap beat: \u201cI&#8217;m wr<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>ed in the passion, hopelessly attaching \/ To this weapon I&#8217;m casting.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            That song and its strong run of follow up singles, a viral <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trip<\/a>le J performance of Martin Solveig and Dragonette\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WO6jW6M6Hzw&amp;list=RDWO6jW6M6Hzw&amp;start_radio=1\">Hello<\/a>,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> buzz in the online sleaze pop ecosystem has led to bigger and bigger opportunities for daine, who recently crossed one million monthly listeners on Spotify. \u201cI thought I was going to have a comfortable 100,000 monthlies, and be playing 200-cap rooms the rest of my life,\u201d they say.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-286061 {\n   background: #0250ec;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286061\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"daine - PQC (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PuQJ4XEKpoU?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<p> #content_block-286062,  #content_block-286062 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286062 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286062\" 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            At just 23 years old, daine has been through more highs and lows than most musicians in their 30s. They first broke out in 2022 as the hotly-tipped prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/notion.online\/notion-91-daine\/\">mentee of Charli xcx<\/a>. Back then, their was steeped in Auto-Tune and had a pu pu platter approach to genres; In 2024, after releasing a trap-emo album <i>shapeless<\/i>, their label dropped them. \u201c2024 was the bad crash-out year,\u201d they say. They were broke and felt creatively and professionally rudderless. \u201c99% of me was just like, &#8220;I&#8217;m done. We&#8217;re dying this year.&#8221;\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The aspirational glitz and glam of the music industry was a far cry from how they were raised as the child of \u201csuper left wing\u201d parents. Their mom works at a nonprofit for migrant women\u2019s health and their father, an academic, recently finished a book on the connection between ecocide and genocide. They were signed at 16 after some early SoundCloud buzz, around the same time they were haunting around emo shows in Melbourne. \u201cI was getting, like, fucked,\u201d they say now, grimly, about that first deal.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286063\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\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\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1633_qfpe0u\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286064\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201c2024 was the bad crash-out year. 99% of me was just like, \u2018I\u2019m done. We\u2019re dying this year.\u2019\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-286065,  #content_block-286065 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286065 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286065\" 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            A personal and musical breakthrough happened in 2025. They were living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with their then-boyfriend producer and former Ion Pack podcaster Curtis Pawley. Pawley and daine had met years ago at a fashion week party before they began \u201ctalking\u201d in 2024. \u201cI was like in this huge rut and [Curtis] was like, \u2018Babe, let&#8217;s go into the studio.\u2019\u201d daine remembers being reluctant, thinking it was \u201cunsexy to work in front of somebody.\u201d Maybe it was the nerves, maybe it was the magic of love, but together, that day, they created \u201cPQC.\u201d In a bit of a meta moment, its chorus that buoyantly goes \u201cit happens like magic\u201d also accurately described how the song came together: \u201cInstantly. [In] two seconds,\u201d they say.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Afterward, daine moved back to be with their family in Melbourne, where they crafted demos for what would become <i>Endless Awe<\/i>, an album, which shows off daine\u2019s vulnerability and a newfound whimsy.\n          <\/p>\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-286069\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\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\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1643_jddy4p\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-286068 {\n   background: #0250ec;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-286068,  #content_block-286068 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286068 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286068\" 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            Across its 11 songs, daine hop scotches between pouty diarism over sly synth pop (\u201cSilly Little Animal \/ Go!\u201d) and  distorted rock anthems (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mTE5uwxklxU\">&#8220;Product of Profit (P.O.P.)\u201d<\/a>). After creating its demos in Melbourne, they flew to Los Angeles where they finished the album with producer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darcy_baylis\/?hl=en\">Darcy Baylis<\/a>, longtime internet friend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_artsartsarts\/\">artsartsarts<\/a>, and Pawley, who became the album\u2019s executive producer.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            On the record, daine sings with a casualness that reminds me of Superorganism&#8217;s Orono Noguchi or even Kimiya Dawson. They attribute the rawness and immediacy of their vocal style to working with Pawley, who pushed for no Auto-Tune.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286066\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"daine - Product of Profit (P.O.P) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mTE5uwxklxU?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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-286070,  #content_block-286070 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-286070 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286070\" 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            \u201cDating might have been what saved and made this record, because I don\u2019t know if I would have trusted [anyone else] to make that call. He was right.&#8221; Although Pawley and daine broke up right after making the album, daine, ever the believer in fate, thinks they were \u201cbrought together to make the album.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            A week before our interview, daine came out to a rainy stage at Niteharts Festival in San Diego to a packed out crowd that lost their mind as they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@landorxs\/video\/7695205006915489055\">performed<\/a> their viral \u201cHello\u201d cover. It felt like yet another confirmation that daine had actually made it. For daine, however, the highlight was when fellow popstar (and Filipina) underscores joined them onstage to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DeiASmRt2SJ\/\">proudly wave<\/a> the Filipino flag together.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cFilipinos are extremely pure of heart, but also extremely tenacious,\u201d daine says, looking off into the distance. \u201cI feel like my mom and my grandma have made me very un-killable. I&#8217;m like a cockroach. A music industry cockroach. You for real cannot kill me.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-286071\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\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\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_1615_iqbtoe\/gen-f-daine-in-endless-awe-and-agony-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"daine on \u201cPQC,\u201d chronic illness, and finally breaking through\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/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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