Notes From The In Between NEW EP by kenzie

"i wrote this ep during a period of breakups, not just romantic ones, but friendships too. it was a time where everything i thought was stable started shifting. i was 21, and suddenly i felt the weight of adulthood in a way i hadn’t before. there’s this moment when you realize you can’t go back to being a kid, but you also don’t feel ready to be fully grown. that tension is what runs through every song.

i’ve spent a lot of my life being perceived a certain way, and this project was about stepping away from that pressure. i didn’t want to write songs that wrapped things up neatly. i wanted to sit inside the confusion — the missing pieces, the self‑doubt, the questions that don’t resolve. some songs feel playful, some feel heavy, some feel uncomfortable. that’s intentional. that’s how life actually feels.

time machine is about missing childhood and wishing life felt simpler, even though i know i wouldn’t trade my experiences. kleptomaniac and mutual destruction live in moral grey areas — attraction, self‑sabotage, wanting something you know you shouldn’t. where do we go asks the question i think about constantly: what happens after we die, and does love still matter if we don’t end up together in the end?"

- kenzie