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<\/a>Even though HAIM named their fourth studio album\u2014and first since 2020\u2019s Women in Music, Pt. III\u2014I quit, the trio of sisters aren\u2019t quitters. \u201cQuitting can be looked at as giving up in normal circumstances,\u201d bassist\/vocalist Este Haim tells Apple Music. \u201cWe look at it as a new beginning and betting on yourself. We quit things that don\u2019t serve us anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
The follow-up to their Grammy-nominated opus takes its name from a scene in 1996\u2019s That Thing You Do! where the band\u2019s leader announces his departure by snapping his fingers and sing-talking the words \u201cI quit\u201d\u2014a move the women use regularly as an inside joke. \u201cOne day, we were checking the mic and we did it again,\u201d Este adds. \u201cWe were like, \u2018Wait, should we name our album I quit? Say that again.\u2019 \u2018Wait a minute. Should we?\u2019 It took on a life of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Produced by Rostam and lead vocalist\/guitarist Danielle Haim, the band\u2019s latest takes parting shots at the people in their lives who have seemingly done them wrong. (And with single artwork inspired by paparazzi pics\u2014most famously for \u201cRelationships,\u201d a cheeky take on the iconic post-divorce Nicole Kidman photo\u2014the Haims aren\u2019t just speaking to their romantic follies but the celebrity and industry machine at large.) Appropriately, the opening track \u201cGone\u201d samples the George Michael smash \u201cFreedom! \u201990,\u201d setting the tone for the album\u2019s message: liberation from anything and everything that may have restrained them. \u201cI\u2019ll do whatever I want\/I\u2019ll see who I wanna see\/I\u2019ll fuck off whenever I want\/I\u2019ll be whatever I need,\u201d Danielle intones.<\/p>\n
Their songs range from groovy (\u201cDown to be wrong\u201d) to nostalgic (\u201cTake me back\u201d), dreamy (\u201cLucky stars\u201d), and bluesy (\u201cBlood on the street\u201d). \u201cAll over me\u201d feels straight out of a \u201990s rom-com montage, and \u201cThe farm\u201d gives off a Sheryl Crow-infused vibe. The contemplative \u201cEverybody\u2019s trying to figure me out\u201d\u2014co-written by Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon\u2014also offers a meditation on self-acceptance: \u201cEverybody\u2019s got their own decisions, and I know that I\u2019ve got mine\/And I\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ultimately, though, the sibling rockers see their new work as fit for the stage, and that\u2019s important to how they create their music, Este explains: \u201cWe always think about our live show when we are writing songs, because that\u2019s really where our heart is\u2014playing live.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGone\u201d<\/strong> \u201cAll over me\u201d<\/strong> \u201cRelationships\u201d<\/strong> \u201cDown to be wrong\u201d<\/strong> \u201cTake me back\u201d<\/strong> \u201cLove you right\u201d<\/strong> \u201cThe farm\u201d<\/strong> \u201cLucky stars\u201d<\/strong> \u201cMillion years\u201d<\/strong> \u201cEverybody\u2019s trying to figure me out\u201d<\/strong> \u201cTry to feel my pain\u201d<\/strong> \u201cSpinning\u201d<\/strong> \u201cCry\u201d<\/strong> \u201cBlood on the street\u201d<\/strong> \u201cNow it\u2019s time\u201d<\/strong> Every product\/service is selected by editors. Products\/Services you buy through these links may earn “SMG” a commission or revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Haim meaning “life” in Hebrew; stylized in all caps as HAIM is an American rock band, based in Los Angeles, composed of three sisters, Este (bass guitar and vocals), Danielle (lead vocals, guitar, and drums), and Alana Haim (guitars, keyboards, and vocals). In addition to their primary instruments, each is proficient in several others. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conversations","category-new-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6230,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions\/6230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlana Haim:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018Gone\u2019 was actually the last song that we wrote for this album. We were listening to the album and it felt like we really needed an introduction to the world of I quit. Before \u2018Gone\u2019 was written, it felt like it was going into, it needed that breath of, \u2018Okay, we\u2019re starting the album.\u2019 We started with that guitar line\u2014I think Danielle had this\u2014and it kind of just came out. I think every songwriter would say this: There\u2019s this spiritual muse that comes into your brain sometimes, and we love that muse. We pray for that muse to kind of let us be the vessel. But we were kind of hanging on this one note, and Danielle just kind of blurted out, \u2018Can I have your attention, please?\u2019 And we were like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re starting now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAH:<\/strong> \u201cMaybe other people are very open with their siblings. We are not! I don\u2019t want to know! But when we were making \u2018All over me,\u2019 we had fallen into this time where we were all single and we were all having very different experiences, but they were all coming kind of from the same point of view: We were all having these one-night stands and we were all having these crazy-ass stories about these one-night stands. \u2018All over me\u2019 kind of just blossomed from that time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDanielle Haim:<\/strong> \u201cThis was one of the hardest songs to crack\u2014and honestly, there\u2019s always one on every album. It\u2019s always kind of like our favorite one. \u2018The Wire\u2019 was very tough to crack; \u2018Want You Back\u2019 was super tough to crack; \u2018The Steps,\u2019 super, super tough to crack. This is in the same lineage as those. It went through a bunch of different versions, but it\u2019s one of my favorite songs we\u2019ve ever written.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDH:<\/strong> \u201cWe knew we were writing songs in the studio with Rostam and he\u2019s always so supportive of searching for different sounds. I know we were like, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019re making an album,\u2019 but it wasn\u2019t until we wrote that song where we were like, \u2018Okay, wow, we have one super down.\u2019 Not to sound weird, but it was just that was the one where we were like, \u2018Holy shit, I do think we have a great song here.\u2019 And when we got that chorus, I think it kind of just opened up something within all of us.\u201d
\nAH: \u201cWhen we wrote that chorus of just screaming, we were visualizing just playing it live and screaming with everybody and getting that weight off your shoulders. It was a very cathartic day in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDH:<\/strong> \u201cOur friend Tobias Jesso Jr. was in the area when we were working on this in the studio. Honestly, we didn\u2019t plan on writing anything; we just wanted to show him an update of what we had been making. He\u2019s from Vancouver, and we somehow got on this conversation about high school, and what we were doing during high school.\u201d
\nEste Haim: \u201cI\u2019m just going to say, to be fair, all three of us went to the same high school, so we don\u2019t really have any perspective on what it was like to go to school anywhere else.\u201d
\nAH: \u201cThat day, it was filled with so much joy and this nostalgic feeling of reminiscing about that funny time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDH:<\/strong> \u201cThat was one of the first songs we wrote. \u2018Love you right\u2019 came from a drumbeat. I feel like we needed to have this kind of moody, really in-the-pocket drum, like roomy-sounding. I had this whole vision in my head.\u201d
\nAH: \u201cWe\u2019re extremely inspired by the drums. A lot of these songs were birthed out of Danielle cooking on the drums.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAH:<\/strong> \u201cIt was a somber day in the studio. When we made this album, we were all across the board extremely happy that we were single. But then there are those moments where you have to be self-reflective and you\u2019re in your home alone and you realize that you\u2019re a human being that has emotions, and you\u2019re looking around your house where there\u2019s no noise. You\u2019re just sitting in silence and you realize: You know what? I\u2019m alone. \u2018The farm\u2019 is that kind of song where you\u2019re reflecting on that time of being alone. Learning to be okay alone with yourself is the most important lesson you can learn just being alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDH:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s a very optimistic song. There were some really amazing times through these last couple of years where we were meeting new people. There were some that just fully came into our lives, maybe for not that long, but it was truly so fun and inspiring. It just was like, wait, this person\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s reflecting on putting yourself out there and then also wondering why some people come into your life and being so thankful for that, but also just kind of being like, \u2018Wow, I\u2019m so happy that I met this person.\u2019 Is it in the stars or what, I wonder, or is this just kind of happening?\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAH:<\/strong> \u201cSaying, \u2018I\u2019ll carry you on my back even if it takes a million years,\u2019 to me, that is kind of like an ode to my siblings. Anytime I\u2019m feeling low, I\u2019m so lucky that I was born with my two best friends. In [my] low points, I get to call my siblings and they know exactly what to say. It\u2019s an ode to anyone in your life that you\u2019ll have forever, that has your back.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDH:<\/strong> \u201cThat song\u2019s really close to my heart. It\u2019s probably my favorite one on the album. It started after a bit of a panic attack after tour. I just remember sitting down and writing, \u2018Everybody\u2019s trying to figure me out and that\u2019s all right,\u2019 which I think, at the time, I lost track of a bunch of people and got really in my head. I used the whole song as a bit of a mantra to remind myself that I\u2019m okay, and you think you\u2019re going to die, but you\u2019re not going to die. When I\u2019m having a bit of a panic moment, it\u2019s a really helpful mantra.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDH:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s a bit like holding up a mirror, maybe to yourself, and maybe a bit to your partner, and realizing that sometimes you can feel yourself a bit numb within a relationship. And I think that\u2019s a bit like putting everything on the table and putting a mirror up to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAH<\/strong>: \u201cThe first song that I\u2019ve ever sang lead on\u2014so daunting! I had just started dating someone, and I was so fucking obsessed with that ooey-gooey first four days where you are falling down the rabbit hole. You\u2019re getting calls and you see their name and you get all butterflies and all those ooey-gooey first moments. The relationship lasted very little time after I wrote the song. I fall head first into every relationship; I really throw all caution to the wind. The man that it\u2019s about has no idea. And in the grand scheme of things it was a very insignificant part of my life, but for that moment, it was great. I wish I could bottle the feeling, but it\u2019s now bottled in a song.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nEH:<\/strong> \u201cThis is the first song I\u2019ve sung lead on by myself\u2014like Alana said, super daunting. I fashion myself a bass player first and maybe a singer after that. When we came into the studio [that day], I was crying, which is not a rare occurrence. I tend to feel things\u2014maybe not deeper than most people, but I\u2019m a pretty sensitive bitch. I was with someone for almost five years and we left on completely amicable terms, but even when that happens, you\u2019re still mourning the loss of something, almost like having a best friend and then all of a sudden they\u2019re gone. I was talking about it in the studio, and I said his name, and I just burst into tears. I can\u2019t remember what sister it was\u2014it might even have been Rostam\u2014but someone was like, \u2018We should probably talk about this with music. Let\u2019s harness this feeling while it\u2019s fresh.\u2019 I had been bottling up a lot of what I was feeling in order to just survive. Hopefully I\u2019ll be able to get through it on tour. Even when I was hearing it in the studio, I just starting crying. So hopefully I\u2019ll get my shit together and get tear duct surgery before that and just plug them up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAH:<\/strong> \u201cOn our first album, we had \u2018The Wire.\u2019 On our third album, we had \u2018Hallelujah.\u2019 And I think when it came to \u2018Blood on the street,\u2019 we really wanted a song where we each sing a verse. And me and my siblings grew up jamming together. I will say, we were in a very interesting place mentally when we wrote that song, but it was like this feeling of just being like, to be frank, \u2018Fuck you for fucking me over.\u2019 We really did get all of our aggression out. We\u2019ve been playing it live, and that song live is the biggest release.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAH:<\/strong> \u201cWe were just kind of throwing spaghetti at the wall when we were making this. Obviously we love U2; we interpolated their guitar riff from \u2018Numb.\u2019 It was an exchange because U2, they have a song on Songs of Experience called \u2018Lights of Home\u2019 where they interpolated Danielle\u2019s guitar riff from \u2018My Song 5.\u2019 This album really is this beautiful journey of self-exploration for us, of feeling comfortable in your own skin and being okay with just being with yourself. In this song, we\u2019re standing on this solid ground with our six feet of being like, \u2018We have now given you every emotion that we felt like in this chapter of our lives\u2014and now we\u2019re on the other end and just we\u2019re complete.\u2019 This feels like the end of this chapter and we can close the book, put it on the shelf and just say, fucking, \u2018I quit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n