pˈeɪn hɐz sˈɛd tə ðə wˈɛbsaɪt ðə fˈuːtɑːn kɹˈɪɾɪk.kˈɑːm ðˈæt "wˈʌn dˈeɪ wiː wɜː bˈoʊθ tɹˈaɪɪŋ tə ɹˈaɪt ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəli sˌoʊ aɪ sˈɛd, wˌaɪ dˈoʊnt wiː pˈuːl ˌaʊɚ ɹᵻsˈoːɹsᵻz ænd ɹˈaɪt təɡˌɛðɚ ænd sˈiː wʌt hˈæpənz?"
Payne has said to the website TheFutonCritic.com that "one day we were both trying to write individually so I said, 'why don't we pool our resources and write together and see what happens?'"