Glitter in the Gutters ©

The story — in my words

I wrote this one while sitting at a 24-hour laundromat on a Tuesday night, just watching the rhythm of people trying to keep their lives together. We were all staring at that one pair of sneakers thumping in the dryer, everyone looking a bit frayed at the edges. I wanted to capture that specific kind of resilience—the way you can be absolutely underwater with bills and still find a reason to dance on a street corner while waiting for a bus that’s twenty minutes late. It’s about that person who keeps your head above water when the world feels like it’s getting too expensive to live in. We tracked this with a raw, driving energy to match that feeling of just barely keeping the pace.