"Some of the other members of the bands I was in at the time were exploring side projects that appealed to my 90s Hip Hop and Techno youth. I even made my sister, a yoga teacher, record her first rap for a Major Lazer flip we released called 'Yoga Butt.' Kimono and I got heavy into the beat scene and we started doing weekly cyphers in Hollywood at a studio he taught at with some of the Team Supreme and Low End Theory producers. 'Wide Awake' is a product of the curation and collaboration from those weekly sessions. When I moved back to Detroit two years ago, I wanted to be to find and provide the same inspiration and community I found in LA. When I was cutting my teeth in Detroit, I was moshing at Warped Tour artists' shows but these days the kids are going wild for the raw hip hop and trap much in the same way. With Isiach, I immediately found that same passion and energy that drew me to music all those years ago. His self-awareness and ability to touch lyrically on some of the same obstacles and shared demons captures the haunting essence we were going for on this track."