Back in 2020, Gretchen and I released the introspective duet "Pining" together, which was built around a 1-minute demo Gretchen had posted on Instagram years prior. The songwriting partnership worked so well that it wasn't long before we decided to write more music together. Logistics were challenging - we live in different cities & we have busy lives, but we continued to chip away at a larger project with writing sessions every few months in Cleveland or Ann Arbor, which became "The Rest of You" EP, out on May 1st, 2026.