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Good Charlotte pulled up to Genius to break down their song “Rejects.” Produced by Jordan Fish, it’s the band’s first release after a five-year hiatus and appears on their new album 'Motel Du Cap.' On today’s episode of Verified, the brothers share the inspiration behind the track, talk about their unshakable bond, offer advice to up-and-coming musicians, and more.

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00:00A couple months ago there was a TikTok thing where people were calling to like say good night to

00:04someone. It was like a joke and everyone was like laughing at these guys because they're like what

00:08the fuck bro? What the fuck is wrong with you? We text or call each other to say good night

00:13every night. We only had each other. We were alone in the world for so long before anyone knew who

00:19the fuck we were. Before we had Good Charlotte. We've been taking care of each other since we were

00:2314 years old. I mean I get the joke on TikTok and I always laugh along with everybody but I'm always

00:28like if they only knew me and Benz were saying good night to each other every night.

00:38Rejects was the first song we wrote off our new album Motel Ducap. It was the first song we actually

00:45wrote in the studio. I don't even know if there was an initial inspiration because most of the

00:49time when we write songs it just kind of comes out. We try not to control it too much. It's just lit

00:54like whatever's going to come out. And then it all just starts forming and the song started coming

00:58together and I realized what I was talking about. Your subconscious is dying to say some shit.

01:03Everybody not even just songwriters. People like our subconscious is like dying to say some shit.

01:09And sometimes when you're writing songs you just got to get out of the way of it. You start humming

01:12the melody and then all of a sudden some words start coming out and then I see him like pick up on

01:20on this like little story that's forming because he starts to realize what he's feeling and it really

01:25starts to happen.

01:28When I was little playing in the dirt no one with me there were no words that hurt and all my friends

01:39they were insects like all my feelings I didn't know them yet. It was more like a reflection on

01:46like our childhood my childhood and how I feel sometimes about the world. If you took

01:53the most hardcore heavy like metal dude the most hardcore rapper. The most like country ass country

02:00singer. Yeah like the the most like the diva is diva and you took all of them when they were little

02:06kids and you put them on a playground they would play together. Simpler times and before anyone got

02:10hurt and then started taking their shit out on someone else. Sometimes I still wish I wasn't born

02:18at all. I've always had the feeling that this feeling is my only one. That lyric was the only way to

02:30express that feeling of like yeah sometimes I wish I didn't exist. That's why I started a band. I remember

02:37that feeling lives like near and dear to my heart which is why I have like I feel like a bleeding

02:42heart for like fans and other artists when I see that they need music for a different reason than

02:49like all the hype shit and all the like shiny shit. I needed music for a different reason. It wasn't to

02:54be cool. It was like I needed it.

02:57Life is bigger. Now the words can hurt. I'm talking to myself wishing I was in the dirt.

03:06And all my friends. Yeah they're all rejects. They all love me but they don't really know me yet.

03:15I see the world today and I look at the comments section and everyone's just trying to make the

03:19wittiest meanest comment to get the most uh attention there. And then you see people that are just

03:24exploiting other people's pain or their mistakes. And there's good stuff. You see people helping each

03:30other. You see people rooting for each other. Being supportive. And you see the truth cut through.

03:35There's a lot of good out there and there's just a lot of like mean too. That's life. And that's life.

03:40That's just the world. The reason rejects the chorus is what it is. It's not a complaint. It's

03:45literally just a painting. It's literally just a commentary. It's it's just an abstract illustration

03:52of just a thought. Sometimes I still wish I wasn't born at all. Cause mommy doesn't love me and my daddy.

04:04Well he's dead and gone. Gone. Your mom doesn't love you and your dad's dead. That's how I feel

04:12still sometimes when I'm alone and when I'm questioning. Can I do this? Am I? Who am I? You know we all have

04:19the who am I moment. And I think I err on the side of gloom most of the time. I do feel like a

04:26loneliness you know. Everybody does. That lack of self-esteem. So that pre-chorus is like just

04:32is just calling that out and expressing that. Everybody feels that way. You just say it out loud.

04:37Cause they liked us better when we were together. You said whatever. I was never clever. Sometimes I

04:50still wish I wasn't born at all. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The chorus actually kind of jumps to

05:00the present where I am in this conversation about good Charlotte. So I think everyone likes us better

05:09when we're together, which is not necessarily like a positive thing. It's more like, do you like me

05:14for me? If you just met me on the street and you just got to know me, would I be, have any value to

05:20you as a human, as a human or couldn't sing these songs, if I couldn't sing these songs and go on stage

05:26and do the dance, you know? So that's the conflict I have with being an entertainer. Cause I love making

05:31art, but then you got to go out in the world and promote it. And you're like, no one, like no one

05:35gives a fuck. First of all, it feels like we live in a world of like fast turnover. You're sharing

05:40something vulnerable, but you're sharing something vulnerable that you would be happy if just one

05:45person connected and you had a deeper conversation about it. And you felt like it was a fulfilling

05:51hour of sharing. That chorus is more like calling to like, kind of who gives a fuck anyways.

05:59I can't keep it in. I can't let it out. And I can't stand to hear the sound.

06:07Damned if you do, we're damned if we don't. It's fucked either way. You could look at it good.

06:23You could look at it bad. I can't keep it in. I can't let it out. And I can't stand to hear the

06:28sound. I can't fucking stand to talk about it anyways. The conversation we're having about the

06:33world today. It's like the duality. The duality of like the complexity of life, right? Yes,

06:39we could point out everything that's wrong with all these people and all these things we think are

06:43wrong. And then we could also explain the complexity of what make all those people the way they are.

06:50And everyone's a little right and a little wrong, you know? And like that to me is like,

06:55the only way I could say it is like, I can't stand to even talk about it.

06:59Advice for young musicians starting out right now. What would you say?

07:06Be good at what you do and to work hard at it and to, as an artist, to be able to express

07:12yourself better with each song. Really try to work on your craft. Represent yourself in the world

07:19with confidence and integrity because you will make mistakes if you don't value yourself.

07:24The things you think will change your life, let those just be the byproduct of like hard work

07:29and a craft that you learn. So don't worry about the results. Just like there's something you want

07:35to do. Just focus on the craft and make it good and just work hard.

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