In this YouTube short, members of an unnamed band recount how a multi‑year hiatus and sporadic music releases left them uncertain about their future. After about three to four years of limited activity, vocalist Sean receives an unexpected email from a German record label expressing interest. The band engages in a call, negotiates terms, and leverages the label’s support to re‑energize their career. Throughout the hiatus, their fanbase continued to grow organically, as evidenced by streaming numbers on Spotify and YouTube. The speakers credit Spotify’s visibility for confirming the existence of a dedicated audience and argue that without such platform data, the band might have dissolved. The narrative blends reflections on the challenges of staying relevant during downtime with gratitude toward streaming services that kept their community alive.
This is some bullshit.
And that kind of, you know, for all of us, you know, put us in a position to keep releasing music, but we took some time off from the road and tried to figure out exactly what we wanted to do next. I would say 3 years, maybe 4 years, Sean. We kind of, at this, you know, we just kind of just put songs out. Like we were just kind of putting music out, you know, when we could to try to, you know, feel like we were still doing it.
But like over that time, kind of releasing, releasing, and then one day Sean reads an email and, you know, taking it kind of now backtracking the last, you know, 3 and a half years or so.
And we get an email from a record label out of Germany that's like, hey, we're really into you guys.
Would you be interested in having a conversation? I remember him calling me and I'm like, we used to get all those random emails. Like, this is some bullshit.
You know, like, what is this? What's his name?
Like, he's from where?
You know, end up getting on a call and he's like, and he talks to us. Sean and I finished the call and I'm like, Sean, what if we just like ask for the, the world and see what he says? And Sean came up with a bunch of ideas. We said, hey, what about this? And, uh, I remember getting it, Sean and I saying, I think they're agreeing to everything we're asking for.
To me, that's the beginning of you guys with the golden spoon in your ass.
And it built that fan base that literally is still there. You could see it through the streaming numbers, you could see it through obviously on YouTube. Like, for years while you guys were still dormant, that thing just kept growing. And I remember like looking at Sean like, this is insane, all the foundational stuff you guys did from touring and all that. You guys kept— those fans kept that. And it was great to like see like during this like hiatus, it just kept growing. And it was like kind of like one of those things like, holy shit, you know, how is this happening?
And you know, I think Honestly, if there was, if there was not a Spotify that came out, we would have probably let it go. Because without something that like shows you that that fan base is there and that they're listening to the music and showing you how much it's being listened to, we wouldn't have known. And we would have just been, you know what I mean? Without something feeding that and showing it to other people, like, we would have definitely not been a band. If not, I, I will say that if not for Spotify, we would probably not be a band anymore.
