Later during the discussion, an audience member asked about 'The Kids Don't Stand a Chance,' which is also from the first Vampire Weekend album. Koenig responded that the song was born from him figuring out what he was going to do after graduation while his other friends were going to work in finance.
"Part of me wanted to look down on that, like 'That's total bulls---.' But I had to be honest with myself that there was a part of me that was also jealous of the idea that somebody would be making real money out of college. I was questioning myself about 'How do I judge these people?' Ultimately what I came up with is that it was hard for me to judge them."
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Later during the discussion, an audience member asked about 'The Kids Don't Stand a Chance,' which is also from the first Vampire Weekend album. Koenig responded that the song was born from him figuring out what he was going to do after graduation while his other friends were going to work in finance.
"Part of me wanted to look down on that, like 'That's total bulls---.' But I had to be honest with myself that there was a part of me that was also jealous of the idea that somebody would be making real money out of college. I was questioning myself about 'How do I judge these people?' Ultimately what I came up with is that it was hard for me to judge them."