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Keshi On His New Album "Requiem," Grappling With People's Perceptions, And His Love Of Music


"I'm so happy that everyone's still waiting. I'm so grateful I have an audience that still waits eagerly to listen to my music, and that's the most validating thing in the entire world."

You can feel a lot of hubris — I think my life got really contentious the past couple of years with how big everything's kind of gotten, the pressure and the scale. As you know, I'm starting to roll into being 30 years old, and I'm really grateful that I didn't have to deal with it until now, but experiencing this has really changed my perspective on my life, my time, and how I prioritize things. And I have to remember that, and I have to remind myself of that, and especially when it gets into promo mode, and it gets into talking about numbers and metrics, which all feeds into this idea of needing to keep getting bigger.

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