1 00:00:00,332 --> 00:00:02,898 This is a video about platform shoes. 2 00:00:04,624 --> 00:00:05,871 Among other things as well, but 3 00:00:06,531 --> 00:00:07,585 mostly about platform shoes. 4 00:00:10,257 --> 00:00:11,952 For as long as I've been creative, 5 00:00:11,988 --> 00:00:13,035 I've been fearful. 6 00:00:13,685 --> 00:00:14,605 Fearful of rejection, 7 00:00:15,638 --> 00:00:16,784 fearful of failure, 8 00:00:18,374 --> 00:00:20,085 fearful of 'who does this kid think he is'. 9 00:00:21,289 --> 00:00:21,996 But a year ago, 10 00:00:22,706 --> 00:00:24,087 I signed my record deal 11 00:00:24,087 --> 00:00:26,721 and I thought I was going to wake up one morning 12 00:00:26,721 --> 00:00:29,894 and all of a sudden, be the dopest person on the planet, 13 00:00:29,894 --> 00:00:31,892 with sick style and incredible music. 14 00:00:32,702 --> 00:00:35,864 I realized soon after that it was not going to be that easy. 15 00:00:37,774 --> 00:00:39,469 I realized that the art that I appreciate 16 00:00:39,469 --> 00:00:40,961 and the people I appreciate 17 00:00:41,101 --> 00:00:43,148 are not just your average person walking down the street. 18 00:00:44,448 --> 00:00:46,732 You could take away their money and take away their fame, 19 00:00:46,732 --> 00:00:48,896 and they would cut up a garbage bag 20 00:00:48,896 --> 00:00:51,633 and be wearing it like it just came off the runway in Paris. 21 00:00:53,477 --> 00:00:56,065 They'd still be doing that thing that is just left of center 22 00:00:56,065 --> 00:00:58,229 that you either love or you hate, 23 00:00:58,229 --> 00:01:01,189 but to be frank, they don't give a fuck what you think. 24 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:05,141 Art is risk. 25 00:01:08,341 --> 00:01:10,806 Upon realizing this it's been an interesting journey. 26 00:01:11,366 --> 00:01:15,893 I'm on the path to being a person that I'm equally terrified by and obssessed with. 27 00:01:16,893 --> 00:01:17,591 My true self. 28 00:01:18,681 --> 00:01:21,178 I realize that if I wanted to make cool shit, 29 00:01:21,358 --> 00:01:22,969 I had to make cool shit. 30 00:01:23,669 --> 00:01:26,993 If that cool shit was letting myself scream into a microphone 31 00:01:26,993 --> 00:01:30,010 in a room full of people looking like a complete idiot, 32 00:01:30,010 --> 00:01:32,696 because I know that it's gonna sound amazing on the final track, 33 00:01:32,696 --> 00:01:33,740 it's about doing that. 34 00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:36,362 But this doesn't only apply to me. 35 00:01:36,692 --> 00:01:38,303 If it means taking rad photos 36 00:01:38,303 --> 00:01:40,388 that your friends are gonna condescendingly call 37 00:01:40,388 --> 00:01:41,509 'so tumblr', 38 00:01:41,509 --> 00:01:42,926 it's about doing that. 39 00:01:44,089 --> 00:01:45,992 If it's about singing at the top of your lungs 40 00:01:45,992 --> 00:01:47,220 when you're tone deaf, 41 00:01:47,220 --> 00:01:48,155 it's about doing that. 42 00:01:49,185 --> 00:01:50,608 If it's about showing off your ass 43 00:01:50,608 --> 00:01:51,983 because you know it's cute, 44 00:01:52,173 --> 00:01:53,672 even though you might get called a slut, 45 00:01:54,172 --> 00:01:54,738 it's doing that. 46 00:01:56,018 --> 00:01:58,673 If it's wearing something that you probably can't pull off 47 00:01:58,673 --> 00:02:00,976 like women's platform converse shoes, 48 00:02:00,976 --> 00:02:03,276 when you're a 19 year-old man, 49 00:02:03,276 --> 00:02:04,221 it's about doing that. 50 00:02:05,681 --> 00:02:06,491 Whatever it is, 51 00:02:07,101 --> 00:02:08,066 I urge you to do it. 52 00:02:09,126 --> 00:02:10,514 Don't let people stifle you 53 00:02:10,514 --> 00:02:11,867 because you're doing the shit 54 00:02:11,867 --> 00:02:13,572 that they have always been too scared to do. 55 00:02:14,852 --> 00:02:15,954 Love your body, 56 00:02:15,954 --> 00:02:17,520 let your mind wonder, 57 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,287 and let yourself be the person that you've secretly always wanted to be. 58 00:02:21,797 --> 00:02:23,248 Life isn't about finding yourself. 59 00:02:23,838 --> 00:02:25,254 It is about creating yourself. 60 00:02:26,724 --> 00:02:27,828 I love you guys so much 61 00:02:27,828 --> 00:02:29,477 and I'll see you all next week.