![]() ![]() Some time goes by and I notice Gus make a post on Twitter looking for graphic designers. I made some fan art for him initially, a drawing of just his head with pink hair & john lennon style glasses on a yellow background, I remember him posting that to his instagram and was pretty stoked about that. He has the same ski goggles, wearing fingerless gloves, and some sketchy tattoos. Around the same time I saw the "Beamer Boy" video on youtube. The cover being the first thing I noticed - I was immediately drawn to his aesthetic. Honestly I'm not too sure how it came across my feed at the time I wasn't really familiar with anyone related to him (at least not knowingly). I first became knowledgeable of Gus through soundcloud one day when I stumbled across the record "Your Eyes" produced by Ledderick. Nicholas Everitt (Crybaby artwork designer) That day, June 10, Gus dropped his mixtape-Crybaby.īelow are some recollections of the producers whose collaborations appear on Crybaby as well as some of Gus's housemates from 1700 University Drive, Pasadena and friends who watched him create some Crybaby tracks. The next day, he completed Skyscrapers with Cold Hart. She took a picture of him with his new Crybaby tattoo. Pictured below are Oskar, Emma, Gus, Dana Vargas, Skylar Kahan, Nick McCloughlin, Quinn Donovan, Ian Grant, and Taz.Īfter the party, Gus and Emma hung out in his room. On June 4, we had a backyard celebration for Oskar's college graduation. He wrote some of the lyrics on a piece of Tyler's junk mail. Gus recorded the tracks at Tyler O'Conner's house in neighboring Island Park, New York, and mixed them there and at home. All three songs were produced by LeDerrick. May 28, Gus emails the tracks for Teen Romance, a three-song EP he was also working on at the same time, to his friend Sherif Rashed aka LeDerrick. Gus downloaded this piece of art and emailed it to himself on May 24, calling it "Jensen." The artist is Her is her instagram page: Gus at his friend Tyler's house in Island Park with Tyler's dog, Peanut. Gus chooses this photo for the album art:Īpril 20, Nick Everitt emails the crybaby dove to Gus. Here is Killstation's album art for Homecoming which he emailed to Gus on April 3.Īpril 12, Gus sends three beats for Adam McIlwee to choose from for a song. I knew he would like to have a new one, so I had bought him this black one.īrennan sent this pic of Gus from 1700 University Drive. ![]() Pictured were some of the victorious generals from the Battle of Little Big Horn. ![]() It said: Homeland Security: Fighting Terrorism Since 1492. That t-shirt had been given to him by his grandpa. He had worn a white t-shirt with the same phrase and images on it for years, until it had worn thin, and likely been lost or traded. In the three photos above, Gus is wearing a t-shirt I had bought for him on the Long Beach boardwalk and sent to him. Killstation took several photos of Gus, and sent Gus the album art for the single. In the first couple of days in April, Gus and his housemates made a song called Homecoming. I overlaid on top of the texts some dates and references to Crybaby-related creation dates and other events. Below are some of the text exchanges between Gus and me between April 23 and May 27, 2016-about can openers, underpants, t-shirts, and coming home for a visit, and money. During all of that time, Gus began to make the tracks for the Crybaby mixtape. The place was full of people and creative energy. Lederrick and Yung Goth were there, too, as were several other young men. He ended up staying with his friend and old house-mate, Brennan Savage, in the house they had moved into in September 2014-When Gus was hoping to go to Glendale Community College. Gus left Denver in late March, early April 2016 and went back to LA. Crybaby was made after Gus had ventured out on tour with Schemaposse in Tucson, ended up in Denver for about a month, where he met and lived with LeDerrick and Yung Goth, and then wound up back in Los Angeles. Gus was branching out and, as always, experimenting with musical styles. ![]() Gus had communicated with these producers via email, Twitter, and texts, but this was the first time he actually met and worked with some of them in person. Crybaby was the first mixtape Gus made with some of the producers he had met online. He had released LIL PEEP PART ONE and Live Forever in 2015. ![]()
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