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It feels very special.",[],{"_key":510,"_type":22,"children":511,"markDefs":516,"style":30},"9e2eab45b15b",[512],{"_key":513,"_type":26,"marks":514,"text":515},"b9f8ab04ddf8",[164,165,166],"Your work has bled over from the music scene to the high fashion world – can you speak to the synergy between music and fashion and how they exchange with each other as artistic outlets?",[],{"_key":518,"_type":22,"children":519,"markDefs":524,"style":30},"88720e1c6eb6",[520],{"_key":521,"_type":26,"marks":522,"text":523},"87c2c7d3538f",[],"Jon: I’m forever haunted by a quote from CeeLo Green, who said something along the lines of: “If you dress like everyone else and you’re on stage, you shouldn’t be on that stage.\" Music and fashion blend together because it’s about world building and creating a fantasy. All three of us are encouraged to dress to our own personalities, and we dress inspired by the sounds we create together. I imagine within fashion contexts like the Versace runway, there must have been a synergistic spirit between the sounds of \"Demon Chaser\" and the curated outfits.",[],{"_key":526,"_type":441,"url":527},"24e449c21777","https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pfSMHO3F8&ab_channel=PixelGrip",{"_key":529,"_type":22,"children":530,"markDefs":535,"style":30},"e2d00a79e8e6",[531],{"_key":532,"_type":26,"marks":533,"text":534},"2f095f90125c",[164,165,166],"Why do you think it’s important that artists support a cause like End Overdose?",[],{"_key":537,"_type":22,"children":538,"markDefs":543,"style":30},"7fbcf4955b3a",[539],{"_key":540,"_type":26,"marks":541,"text":542},"7a523d5501ef",[],"Jon: It’s not a secret that music spaces coexist with substance usage. I appreciate that End Overdose acknowledges this fact, and has a mission to integrate and provide information for music lovers. As artists, when we explicitly align ourselves with the values and beliefs held by the End Overdose organization, I would hope to inspire concertgoers to create a new habit- maybe test their drugs before consuming, or even try going one night without engaging in substance usage. It can be done! Music is still fun without drugs!",[],{"_ref":545,"_type":122},"b980ed38-3718-4575-9e36-88835be6aeda","2025-07-02",true,{"_type":126,"asset":549},{"_ref":550,"_type":122},"image-27de4a100f7e0bb040c5a33455496b615a380b37-5715x3205-jpg",{"_type":130,"current":552},"a-mythology-of-grief-and-healing-an-interview-with-pixel-grip","A Mythology of Grief and Healing: An Interview with Pixel Grip",1756933486907]