Hot Scary Summer was really weird because I don't really sit down and think I'm going to write about this. It kind of happens in steps. When I wrote Hot Scary Summer I was in Japan and we were asking the crew, that were helping us pack our gear down, how to say, thank you for your hard work. [The translation sounded similar to, hot scary summer]. Thank you for your hard work is the first line of the song now. It kind of reminded me of what it feels like at the end of a relationship.
My experience of relationships ending are all tied in with memories of being threatened with violence on the street. I've had very homophobic experiences. It just all started to tie in. Whenever I start to sing about the negative aspects of relationships and love, that kind of instantly came into my head. So I was like I can't leave this out if I'm going to be honest about this. So it just kind of went in there.
Conor says about this song :
Hot Scary Summer was really weird because I don't really sit down and think I'm going to write about this. It kind of happens in steps. When I wrote Hot Scary Summer I was in Japan and we were asking the crew, that were helping us pack our gear down, how to say, thank you for your hard work. [The translation sounded similar to, hot scary summer]. Thank you for your hard work is the first line of the song now. It kind of reminded me of what it feels like at the end of a relationship.
My experience of relationships ending are all tied in with memories of being threatened with violence on the street. I've had very homophobic experiences. It just all started to tie in. Whenever I start to sing about the negative aspects of relationships and love, that kind of instantly came into my head. So I was like I can't leave this out if I'm going to be honest about this. So it just kind of went in there.