jesse and i wrote “gold” two decembers ago just after starting ivf. it’s a collaboration between me and his other band @jomemusic. (side note—jome is my favorite band. and i’m not biased at all 😬)⁣ ⁣ as i’ve spoken about so often, beginning IVF and learning to embrace infertility was a very difficult and painful transition for me. “gold” is about the beauty and sacredness we discovered in moving through our fears and taking that first step. while this song came from those early moments of hope, it wasn’t long before the road got very bumpy again, and the triumphant energy of the song no longer matched how we were feeling. we tucked it away and promptly forgot about it.⁣ ⁣ shortly after our daughter was born last month, our dear friends and collaborators @christophandersson and @mikederenzo nudged us to reconsider putting this song out. we decided to give it one more listen, and we were transported back to that very first injection i gave myself and the ceremony we built around it. i felt the intensity of all our hope, fear, and strength in that moment. we had no idea how long and hard the journey ahead would be, and also no idea that two years later it would result in the amazing little being sleeping next to me right now. that rub i had felt with this song was gone, and in its place was excitement for it to be in the world. it is of course still true that we found gold all along our path to her, but now that she’s here, i mean... ✨✨ she makes it real easy to sing about gold now.⁣ ⁣ our song “gold” is now out in all the places ♥️