A World Exclusive Spyplane interview with Father John Misty the music king about his great new album, becoming a dad, flambéing his giant chinos & more
Hell yeah. Been waiting for this since you alluded to the Rolling Stone thing. One of our best living lyricists, IMO. "I followed my dreams, and my dreams said to crawl." Fuck.
This is so fascinating because I'd always thought of his work as being so heavily rooted in irony but he comes across as so earnest and also spiritual in this interview.
"But maybe we have some kind of inkling that we are, in our truest form, an undifferentiated part of a non-localized consciousness, and that maybe God is a curious God who is dying to have this extremely poignant experience of being a Josh Tillman, or being a Jonah"
This is such an elegant phrasing of a concept I've been struggling with putting into words in a way that doesn't sound too crazy or too pithy e.g."you are the universe experiencing itself."
"The body wins. It’s just too vivid. The hallucination is too strong." I'd be curious to know more about the tone in which this was said if you can recall. Was it a lamentation or more neutrally stated?
that first part is one of my favorite things anyone has said in the plane, truly
the "body wins" thing he said matter of factly, with a tinge of awe, sort of like how you might describe gravity ; )
definitely listen to pure comedy if you haven't, his music is full of sincerity but not leaden sincerity... the nick paumgarten new yorker profile from that period is wonderful too
Yay I love FJM my first sex dream I ever had was about it him I was 20 in college and had that cool green poster that came with ily honey bear on my bedroom wall.
Also as a barefoot shoe girlie I’m loving the softstars !
Hell yeah. Been waiting for this since you alluded to the Rolling Stone thing. One of our best living lyricists, IMO. "I followed my dreams, and my dreams said to crawl." Fuck.
one of the very best !
“Make no mistake, Jonah, I look good.”
Loved everything about this interview.
Also need to find some Softstars.
This is so fascinating because I'd always thought of his work as being so heavily rooted in irony but he comes across as so earnest and also spiritual in this interview.
"But maybe we have some kind of inkling that we are, in our truest form, an undifferentiated part of a non-localized consciousness, and that maybe God is a curious God who is dying to have this extremely poignant experience of being a Josh Tillman, or being a Jonah"
This is such an elegant phrasing of a concept I've been struggling with putting into words in a way that doesn't sound too crazy or too pithy e.g."you are the universe experiencing itself."
"The body wins. It’s just too vivid. The hallucination is too strong." I'd be curious to know more about the tone in which this was said if you can recall. Was it a lamentation or more neutrally stated?
that first part is one of my favorite things anyone has said in the plane, truly
the "body wins" thing he said matter of factly, with a tinge of awe, sort of like how you might describe gravity ; )
definitely listen to pure comedy if you haven't, his music is full of sincerity but not leaden sincerity... the nick paumgarten new yorker profile from that period is wonderful too
Heck yeah love me some FJM this just validated it even more by realizing mans vibey 🧡🛜
One of the vibiest
great interview, sounds like he has found some peace.
love the guy, looks great in clothes.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5332ea92e4b038baa34a56c8/1553953522413-QH8WA0FWM8Q6GK6FZA9W/FJM+Dries.jpg?format=2500w
woof great pic -- in the dries pajama top no less
Would you happen to know which model of Jacques Marie mage frames he’s wearing in the bottom 2 images?
Nevermind. I believe they are the Walker model.
Yay I love FJM my first sex dream I ever had was about it him I was 20 in college and had that cool green poster that came with ily honey bear on my bedroom wall.
Also as a barefoot shoe girlie I’m loving the softstars !
“I’ve been buying the J. Crew giant chinos in bulk” has to be a troll, right??