This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. New Found Glory sat down with Kerrang!: “They’re caring about me and they want to know how I am,” rationalises Chad, “But my answer is only ever two things: I’m dying or I’m doing good. What I was finding over the past two or three years is there’s a way of talking through the suffering that keeps them in the negative headspace. “You want someone to ask if you’ve seen the latest TV show, like Welcome To Derry, and to tell you it’s awesome. I’d rather someone just talk to me like that, like a normal person. There are people in my life that have struggled with what I’m going through more than me. That puts a stress on me where I’m like, ‘I’m having a good day, and you brought it to a place that I don’t want to be in.’ So that’s what [You Got This] is about. It’s saying thank you for caring, but don’t use this as a tool for connection for yourself.” more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos and other embedded content.
This destroyed me :( the people he meets while receiving chemotherapy, of every race, religion and political persuasion, who in that moment are together as one on the same playing field, hanging out and, as Chad puts it, “doing our best to survive.” “The meaning behind the record is really about getting people to listen to the words, and to think a little more deeply. To not be so hard on themselves all the time, or critical. Because the world makes us critical of ourselves, and the world makes us feel like failures. And at any time, something way scarier than you can ever predict can happen. But, also, something way better can happen. so poignant… Cant wait for the new record, shaping up to be a banger.