r/boniver • u/BoymanAndGirldog • 2d ago
Song Exploder Live (my take)
The conversation itself spanned around 90 minutes and was a mix of Justin and Jim-Es relationship growth, what Bon Iver is to Justin (mostly a mask) and then largely over the building of Day One (ofc it’s song exploder)
I really enjoyed it, there was a lot from it that I really took to heart
First and foremost I’m happy to hear Justin is through his dark times. He said the album was healing for him and that was really resonating for me.
He and Jim-E Stack are seemingly very close and they have a tough time even describing their bond
The song itself, Day One, was a progression over years developed from a piece of music sent to Justin years ago. The piece overall is a song that Justin feels to have made for himself (tho he says it was also made for other men his age searching for something).
He brought the musicians he loved and highlighted them solo and as a group to finalize it. It was so nice to see him enjoying the song there, he truly looks like he loves it.
He LOVES Bonnie Rait and he said the song is a passing the torch if sorts to Dijon ( whom he speaks incredibly high of {side bar-he speaks so highly of everyone, often referring to Jim-E as “handsome} and says he’s doing a lot that only he’s doing and he’s really something special).
It was a really nice experience for me and I took a lot from it.
I spent a lot of the conversation in tears as this song resonates so much for me, especially after my brother in law took his life in late June. It felt like it gave me closure to hear a lot of the thoughts I had about the lyrics were how they were meant to be taken and it was a self win I needed more than I can explain
Thank you to everyone who put this together, Thank you Justin, youre never going to fade away
Ps Justin said this was never meant to be an album he was just making music and this transpired, he also says he won’t (but then laughs and said he probably will) make another album in the future
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u/BruinMDP 2d ago
The wife and I really enjoyed it too. She’s a visual artist and felt very validated by the way Justin described his process and working relationships. It was a really special evening. I loved seeing Justin play “air” piano, guitar and drums when portions of the song were played. You could really sense just how much this song means to him.
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u/BoymanAndGirldog 1d ago
I loved when he spoke about his visual artist too, and was saying he can’t do anything without their work
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u/Ancient-Procedure403 For Emma 2d ago
It was such a great night. Im soo glad I made it to see them.
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u/Adorable_Ad_6137 2d ago
Honestly I thought it was incredible. My gf and I flew in to see this and it was such a cool experience. This is my favorite tune off the album and i loved hearing it get the song exploder treatment. JV is such a charming dude. 11/10.