when i was 17, i got a macbook for christmas. i lived alone with my dad in a condo on daytona beach, florida, and spent most of my time by myself. i HATED high school, so i enrolled in an early college program and took classes through the summer so i could graduate and get the hell out of florida as soon as possible. the rest of my time was either spent working as assistant manager of Claire's (lol) or messing around with garageband on my new computer.
eventually, i figured out how to record myself with the built-in microphone and started writing rap songs over hip-hop instrumentals that i liked. sometimes i'd post my little songs on tumblr, which was actually a cool website back then, and i ended up making a lot of friends who also liked to record their own little songs.
one day, i logged on tumblr and posted a new song i'd made called "okay cupid". for some reason, people reblogged the shit out of it, and my little song ended up becoming strangely popular on the internet that day. when i came home from school the next day, i got an email from a music video director who lived nearby and wanted to shoot a video for my song. i wasn't sure about it, so i told him i had to help my friend run a yard sale...but if he wanted to shoot a video at a yard sale, then he was free to come by. he showed up with his girlfriend and his camera and we shot a video for "okay cupid" in about an hour.