Whats the story behind “Summer Summer?
” I’m from a little town in Florida called Clearwater Beach. I grew up here. It’s one of those places that empties out during the wintertime. I love summer time. I love when it’s hot, and I don’t have to wear a shirt. I grew up by the ocean, and I’ve lived here my whole life. I love that it’s a warm outside. That song is a narrative about a guy; summer ends for him, and he’s bummed. Everyone leaves town, and he’s just there. He lives there, and it’s over for him. That’s what that track is about. It’s an interesting perspective, because you live with the seasons of your music at the end of the day. Yeah, you’re not going to die when the summer’s over [Laughs]. I’m a big fan of country music. I don’t tell that to a lot of people. It’s not a conversation that I have with a lot of people, but I’m a huge country fan. With “Summer Summer,” I was trying to write a song that was lyrically like a country song—where there was almost a narrative. I think that might be why this album feels how it
