I first heard this song a couple of years ago when CB released her second EP and loved it but never fully appreciated the meaning until I experienced anxiety myself. "I'm not that good at breathing in." Courtney herself has said what she went through on that day may well have been a panic attack.
What I love most about this song though, as an Australian, is that it became internationally famous despite being chock full of uniquely Australian references. Just to explain a few to any American fans out there:
40 degrees = real hot
Triple O = 000, the number for an ambulance
High St = the main street in Northcote, Melbourne. A very hipster street.
Weet Bix = Australian breakfast cereal.
I first heard this song a couple of years ago when CB released her second EP and loved it but never fully appreciated the meaning until I experienced anxiety myself. "I'm not that good at breathing in." Courtney herself has said what she went through on that day may well have been a panic attack.
What I love most about this song though, as an Australian, is that it became internationally famous despite being chock full of uniquely Australian references. Just to explain a few to any American fans out there:
40 degrees = real hot Triple O = 000, the number for an ambulance High St = the main street in Northcote, Melbourne. A very hipster street. Weet Bix = Australian breakfast cereal.