[Boy Willows](https://www.instagram.com/boywillowsmusic/?hl=en) is the brainchild of Los Angeles-via-Maryland musician Landon Fleischman, and he’s here to tell his story through his music. Immersing himself in the realm of experimental bedroom pop, boasting smooth, sultry vocals over ethereal production, the rising star is excited as ever to be releasing his newest EP titled _BANGS_.
The 6-track project captures the nostalgia and struggles of a young adult navigating the real world, inspired by real-life instances we all go through and experience. The title _BANGS_ was inspired by his side job working as a lighting designer, touring with the likes of Wallows, Alan Walker, and Mustard.
Boy Willows states, “The reason being I wrote them while touring like a madman doing lighting for other artists and feeling tired, alone and generally really unprotected from the world. With my hair getting longer, it’d fall over my eyes as I'd look at the window of a plane, bus, or car, and the world would look softer. That brought me a sense of comfort that stuck with me.”
Flaunt caught up with Boy Willows, who broke down the project track by track.
**_Tuff:_**
It's all about being tough, and also crying a lot, and attempting to cope with change through hyper-masculinity.
**_I Love It When You Talk:_**
It's a love letter to someone I hadn't met yet. It's what I'd want to tell someone I love.
**_Fila (feat. Dylan Minnette)_:**
Aging is scary, and I'm jealous of my younger self and, by extension, youth as a whole, woo!
**_No Contest:_**
A prediction about how my friend's relationship would go: in retrospect, it turns out I was very wrong.
**_Fila & Friends (feat. Alisa Xayalith & Dylan Minnette):_**
Getting the third and final perspective from Alisa on this track was everything. So much of the song's origin lies in a collection of feelings of imposter syndrome. For Alisa to also have felt and expressed that in her verse is so profoundly conclusive and delicious.
**_Yello House:_**
"Everything that I love is old" is my way of expressing a sense of fear at the loss of my childhood home, but also wanting the best for my parents' collective mental health.
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