11am
im_naku & JOENN
im_naku X JOENNmusic
For this album, we wanted to create a song that would be like, the "pop song" of the album. We were aiming for something that's not too edgy, pretty relatable, but still personal to us.
The song starts off with me reflecting on myself and doubting my path as a song writer / music artist / performer & content creator. At the time of recording and writing this song, I was doing content creation full time. The first verse makes reference to my poor sleeping habits, unhealthy mindsets, low income, and pessimism about my own growth.
It then continues with me asking myself if I should just drop it all since it doesn't pay as much as what I normally do. Right before the chorus, I basically start screaming at myself to stop thinking like that and sit down to work. Like, just focus on what you love and eventually things will come if you do it right.
This is where I start telling myself to just keep at it. No matter how hard the struggle, I know for a fact that I've always want to do something music related in my life and that it doesn't matter who does or doesn't know me. The final line is a reference to one of our older songs. My brother actually had originally written 'Me Myself and a Pen' but he let me continue the song and fully compose / write the rest of it. 11am is also written by both of us, so it's a fitting reference as a second 'duo' song.
My brother sings this part, so I'll reach out to him to write his insight on this line specifically!
(Pending...)
I just wanna yell this when I perform it live LMAO
Chorus Repeats! But this time, JOENN is singing it!
Now this part is super cool with context- I actually reached out to my community and asked them to sing this part! It's gang vocals with people who support me online. I recorded the part with a metronome and asked a bunch of people to mirror it.
And that's 11am! Thank you for visiting my website and reading into each song <3
This is the first "artist insight" I wrote for this album.