The long winding road to success can be an excruciating trek, one that's surely worth the wait - for most people anyhow. For you and your band, that wasn't exactly how it played out. Your record, released in the beginning of August, riding off the hype-wave of "emo", hits big, much to the confusion to everyone involved in the production. All of a sudden, you're all thrust into a world of fuel and fire, magazine covers galore, press interviews, critical acknowledgement. Some people, like the lead singer of your band, Daniella, can slot right into that mould, having been made for the limelight, eager to present their art to a willing crowd. Others, like your laid back drummer, William, can simply cruise by on the fame, finding the situation to be unexpected yet mildly amusing. And then there's you, who hadn't even wanted to climb the mountain, and yet is being dragged up the slope, kicking and screaming, puking down yourself, as you're scorched and broken by the oppressive world of stardom. warnings: serious themes. Depression, suicide, eating problems, though not from an eating disorder. Reader is very autism coded.
5 parts