Danny. getting tired, forgetting why.

Jai Paul is most like Frank Ocean in that they both understand a crucial paradox about the digital era: even in the age of instant access and input overload, the poets are still the ones who know how to embrace negative space. The romantics are the ones who understand that distance and dissonance are what kindle desire, and— even in a moment where everyone’s clamoring for their 15 seconds of YouTube fame— the most magnetic stars are the ones who can project an utter disinterest in the spotlight…All the confusion surrounding what may or may not be his debut feels oddly similar to the experience of hearing one of his songs for the first time— a break from the modern condition that certainty is always a quick Google search away.

If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash