07/27/2025
so.
yesterday on July 26, 2025 i completed my first tandem skydive at in Virginia, jumping out of a plane 14,000 feet in the air.
it’s something i never thought i’d do in this lifetime, and yes, i was indeed screaming halfway down. why would i ever do this?
it’s because from prior experience my best lyrics have come from things i’d actually experienced firsthand.
and this time the song is “Altitude”, so i decided i’d steal the rest of it from the sky—
to face my fears and push my limits for the sake of my art
because the muse that lives in my brain wouldn’t let me rest until i’d jumped
and boy is this thing interesting—not only will it be the first song i’ve written in over three years following a hiatus, but it will be my first song to feature myself as the sole vocalist following voice lessons i’ve taken over the past year.
coupled w/ the skydive lots of new experiences here
i’m not exactly a reliable narrator when it comes to release dates but i’ll be aiming for end of August/early Sept to formally release this single (still gotta dial in my own vocal delivery and make sure it’s up to my own standards, which is a bit of a tall order), but until then, i’ll slowly start unraveling the yarn of “why on Earth i willingly flung myself out of a plane over a song inspired by someone who should probably never hear it”
shoutout to for being the main reason i didn’t pancake that day and to for capturing gorgeous photo and video evidence of what was (initially) one of the most terrifying moments of my life LOL
both very talented people
(P.S. for legal reasons: despite what my lyrics might have you believe it was a very safe experience and the plane was not, in fact, actually “going down”. it’s called a metaphor, okay?? god)
