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On Care, optimism is generated despite the sorrow of existence, and not in opposition to it. He sings these lyrics to "Anxious" against frenetic pop instrumentals: "Why am I addicted to such attention? / When all I want is that love and affection. / Had a nightmare about my Twitter mentions— / Wonder why I feel so vacant, / And wake up so anxious?" (Coverdale called Krell an "internet wizard," adding that he originally reached out to her via Twitter direct messages.) Capitalism, he said, has produced a generation overwrought with anxiety and mental illness, and constantly on guard because "life is dangerous." But counter to this argument, he also insisted that "life is lit." How does one stay "lit" under capitalism? I asked. "Antidepressants. Coffee. My friends. My art. And then also, like, privilege," he answered."If I started making something beautiful, I couldn't stop because I was afraid it was going to disappear." —Tom Krell
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