![]() ![]() Sometimes it’s 1,000 times a day, sometimes it’s a couple of times a day, but we’re in each other’s lives.”Įven by the Flaming Lips’ standards, it was a surreal twist of fate. I’ll say: ‘What are you doing?’ and she’ll send me pictures of herself peeing. “Since then, we’ve texted each other every day. “I tweeted her back my phone number and said: ‘Text me,’” he says, still sounding bemused by this turn of events. In January 2014, former Disney child star Miley Cyrus was about to begin her world-straddling Bangerz tour when she tweeted birthday wishes to Coyne: “one of my favorite artists OF alllllll time.” He was lifted out of his funk by a wrecking ball. I see that now, for sure, but at the time I probably would have said: ‘Nah man, it’s just cool-sounding shit.’” “It definitely has to do with your state of mind. “We were chasing a specific sound, but who can say what it is that makes you like all that agitation and discord?” he asks. Looking back, he agrees the record, filled with buzzsaw synths and jarring beats, was a reflection of where his head was at. The previous year, Coyne had separated from his wife Michelle, bringing a 25-year relationship to an end. The Flaming Lips’ last full album, 2013’s The Terror, was an exploration of doom and despair with a very human backstory. ![]()
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