I agree with you. As busy as he is, I'm mostly glad that he has a healthy mind. I feel like he's never really been on hiatus before which really speaks to his ability to stay focused and mentally well. Definitely awesome to see his involvement and thoughts on the makings of this album too! He did an amazing job!
RJ
2025-04-10 22:44:15 +0000 UTC
Yeees, this album is his life story, as you can see it is divided into 4 chapters which are the 4 cities he has lived in. And although I am not religious (I used to be really religious when I was younger but it was more because of fear rather than actually feeling it for real) I appreciate that he can be so open about it and it helps him with his work and life in general. I mean, with the amount of work and everything he has endured over the years and because he seems to have a healthy relationship with his family and religion, I feel like it’s beautiful to see him be proud of it rather than ashamed. And he isn’t like throwing into your face his religion and making it mandatory for you to be religious, it is who he is. Actually he reminds me so much of my best friend who is religious as well and has the same mindset as him, I love her dearly and although I’m not religious, she always gives me hope and gives me advice. And the Mom’s Interlude is the mom playing the piano you can hear there! She was a professional pianist and taught Mark piano, and his dad taught him guitar. I think the interlude isn’t that well translated in that video but you get the idea of it. Watching TV talks about relationships in tv and how he feels the love he is feeling he would portray it like in the movies or tv: Thelma and Louis and Bonnie and Clyde. Flying to NY the circle thing is like a Intrestellar reference, like a Christopher Nolan kind of reference of life being a circle and going back home. Anyways, sorry for the ramble but he is my ULT of all people and this album is very personal and artistic, I want to give it the respect that it deserves.