Thea Gustafsson is a jack of all trades. Writing, recording, and self-producing under the moniker Becky and the Birds, she has entered an era of creative freedom and emotional release with her forthcoming debut album, Only music makes me cry now. When Gustafsson kickstarted her musical career as Becky and the Birds in 2016, her creative process was largely informed by a wide array of sources, including: insight from past collaborations with Dijon, Seinabo Sey, and Lapsley; obscure Bandcamp deep-dives; visits to live sets at clubs and dive bars across her two homes at that time, London and her native Stockholm; a variety of media fixations (including Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, Charlotte Well's Aftersun, and Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth); and the crushing vortex of emotions she had been encountering in the aftermath of a life-altering breakup. During that time, she needed to "let it all out to take it all in," motivating her to return to the studio as a means wipe the slate completely clean and fully process everything she was experiencing. The songs she crafted during this period, which later became OMMMCN, allow listeners to follow her through that time of intense healing, with the records exploratory, desperate, passionate, romantic, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable lyrical backbone supported by a varied collection of sampled audio-bites from her everyday life (from old demos and phone recordings to natural city noise). With this newest collection of ethereal, erratic, heavy-hitting, and hypnotic tracks, she creates sonic worlds with the intention of staying curious, eager, and above all, brave. In retaining her universal drive to push the boundaries of her production, her innovative and distinct style shines more than ever today.