' s ▁work ▁with ▁G ri zz ly ▁Bear , ▁with ▁Taylor ▁not ing , ▁" It ' s ▁just ▁such ▁different ▁music . ▁Which ▁is ▁what ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁do , ▁of ▁course , ▁but ▁it ▁still ▁shock ed ▁me ▁when ▁I ▁came ▁out ▁with ▁it . ▁I ▁felt ▁very ▁new ▁to ▁me . ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁know ▁how ▁to ▁make ▁sense ▁of ▁it , ▁at ▁first . ▁It ▁was ▁challeng ing . ▁But ▁I ▁like ▁a ▁good ▁challenge ." ▁ ▁Writing ▁and ▁composition ▁Regarding ▁the ▁album ' s ▁lyr ical ▁content , ▁Chris ▁Taylor ▁noted , ▁" I ▁just ▁wanted ▁to ▁do ▁something ▁different : ▁expl oring ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁making ▁music , ▁different ▁ways ▁of ▁writing ▁lyr ics . ▁With ▁each ▁song ▁I ▁decided ▁I ▁would ▁try ▁and ▁tell ▁a ▁specific ▁story . ▁I ▁really ▁like ▁ly ric ist ▁who ▁can ▁tell ▁stories : ▁Neil ▁Young , ▁Ot is ▁Red ding , ▁The - D ream . ▁[...] ▁I ▁was ▁dealing ▁with ▁some ▁t ough ▁stuff . ▁So , ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁came ▁out ▁sound ing ▁on ▁the ▁dark ▁and ▁dis son ant ▁wasn ' t ▁something ▁that ▁was ▁surprising ▁to ▁me ; ▁but ▁I ▁wasn ' t ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁dark ▁record ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁I ▁was ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁something ▁that ▁felt ▁like ▁a ▁release ." ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁All music ' s ▁Gregory ▁He an ey ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁positive ▁review , ▁stating , ▁" What ’ s ▁really ▁special ▁here ▁is