Releasing SELF iSH 2026! afterstream

0:07Hello everyone.

0:13Um,

0:14sorry, I just got a notification from

0:16YouTube talking about delaying ads.

0:19Are you seriously you're gonna Wow.

0:23Okay, so uh the YouTube live stream

0:25thing now has an option where you can

0:27press a button to like play an ad. Oh, I

0:30know exactly what to do

0:34if uh [ __ ] gets too spammy in the chat

0:37now. I love that. That's so much fun. I

0:39can just punish you with an

0:41advertisement and I I'll just make more

0:43money that way. It's it's a it's a great

0:45idea. I don't know if it actually just

0:46plays the ad now if that happens. It

0:48might be that it like marks it for when

0:51it gets published that an ad would

0:52happen there. I don't I don't know. Um I

0:55just know that there is a resume ads

0:57button. Well, it was a delay ads button.

1:00Now it I've clicked it because I wasn't

1:01sure what to do. It said it says resume

1:04ads now. And then to the left there's an

1:05insert ad button. So I don't know. Um

1:10I'm going to guess that like it doesn't

1:11just interrupt the stream to play an ad.

1:15I kind of want to try it.

1:19Probably what it does is it just marks

1:20it so that later on when it's published,

1:23that's the slot where the ad goes. But

1:26like what if it just immediately plays

1:29an ad? I kind of want to test it, but

1:34also there's like 1500 people here who I

1:36don't want to just like subject to an ad

1:39and punish them for showing up. Um, I I

1:43don't I don't want to do that. That's

1:45rude. But also, there might be more

1:49people later. And so maybe now is the

1:53time to do it before more people show

1:55up.

1:57Maybe now.

1:59All right, we're going to try it. We're

2:00going to try the ad break and see if it

2:03does something. and and and then I'll

2:07I'll I'll I'll be right back after what

2:10apparently is a word from our sponsors.

2:13Let's see. And there we go.

2:23Babe, is there an ad playing?

2:26>> Do you have ad block?

2:28>> No, I get the ad.

2:33>> You know what? I wish that I hadn't

2:34tested it because now I've revealed you.

2:37You've my bluff has failed me because

2:41now I can't punish you by threatening to

2:45show you an ad if you guys get spammy.

2:47That was going to be my means of what?

2:50>> Some people got them. Some people got an

2:53ad.

2:56It's a skippable ad.

3:00I'm seeing apparently

3:04Well, people in chat are saying that

3:06they all got premium, so they didn't get

3:07nad, but you're saying you didn't get

3:09nad. You don't have premium, right?

3:11>> No.

3:11>> So,

3:16so we're going to find I I don't know.

3:18It looks It looks like some people got

3:19an ad, but also I don't trust you to to

3:21just like like make that up. So, we're

3:24we're just

3:27uh

3:28I'm just gonna I'm just gonna click it.

3:32um at random intervals. I'm just going

3:35to do that. Um although I had already

3:38pressed the delay ad the the delay ads

3:41button.

3:43Okay. So, all right. I'm seeing it was a

3:45split screen ad of some kind. Like there

3:47was a small ad somewhere on the screen.

3:49Okay, that's good to know. Um,

3:52well, that's that's what I'll do is is

3:55uh if if I need to punish you, I will

3:59just

4:00um

4:02play an ad and then just sit here until

4:04the ad's done. That's that's what I'll

4:06do. And and I'll get paid for that. So,

4:11anyway, hi. How's everyone doing? Um, I

4:14hope you guys enjoyed the uh selfish

4:172026 uh stream. Um, for those of you who

4:21missed it, uh, just a bit ago, uh, the

4:25new release, Selfish 2026 was streaming

4:28here on my channel. Uh, it played front

4:31to back, and now that's just up there as

4:33a video on my channel. Uh, and for those

4:35of you who don't know, Selfish 2026 is a

4:37re-release of the 2016 mix of Selfish

4:40accompanied with a compilation of

4:41demo/premix versions, which are versions

4:45of the songs from the album that are uh

4:50made out of demos and scratch tracks and

4:53unedited audio. And they were put

4:55together by myself and the producer

4:56Kevin Entrezian at Backroom Studios

4:58where the album was recorded. and they

5:00kind of give you like a little bit of a

5:01look as to what it kind of sort of would

5:03have sounded like if you were in the

5:05studio mixing it with me in 2015. And um

5:09so the so yeah, it's it's it's kind of

5:13it's it's kind of dirty. It's kind of

5:14janky. It's not exactly like a beautiful

5:17sound, but I thought maybe some fans

5:19would get a kick out of hearing what it

5:21could have sounded like with the older

5:23lyrics and some of the cut ideas and

5:25stuff that didn't make the final cut or

5:27stuff that uh

5:30uh you know is missing from the final

5:33cut or whatever. Um yeah, that is in the

5:36final cut but wasn't there at the time.

5:39So um yeah, hope you guys got a kick out

5:41of it. Um, really quick before I get

5:44into the next subject, there are some

5:46super chats I want to respond to really

5:47quick. Um, uh, sorry about a delay

5:51getting to you guys on that. Um, uh, I I

5:54I'm going to try and keep up with super

5:56chats to the best of my ability.

5:58Sometimes I miss some and I don't mean

5:59to. Uh, it's just things get buried. And

6:02this system that they have over here

6:04where it shows like a window that is

6:06supposed to show the fan funding section

6:09does not seem very reliable as to like

6:11whether or not it posts everything. So I

6:12I I apologize if I miss something. Um

6:16especially if it starts going fast. I'm

6:17sorry about that. But really quick,

6:19Nebulous Curse says Johnny. Cool. Right

6:22on. Thank you. Somebody named uh we I

6:26can't tell what the what it says, but uh

6:28says uh hey Will. Uh wh what did I just

6:31do? I clicked something clicked

6:33something wrong. Oh, there we go. Um,

6:35are you planning on touring through

6:36Latin America anytime? Also, what song

6:37of yours would you say is your favorite?

6:39Uh, I don't have any plans to right now,

6:41but I hope to at some point in the

6:44future. I don't know when, but it's, you

6:48know, I I I would like to someday for

6:50sure. I think my favorite song um that

6:54I've put out is

6:58probably White Noise or Cicada Days, but

7:00I got a whole bunch of stuff that I've

7:02been working on that I like a lot. So,

7:05uh probably one of those. Uh thanks so

7:08much. Uh Spli says, "Hi, Will. I was at

7:11your Cleveland show. Thanks again for

7:12being so cool and signing my stuff. It

7:13was really cool to get to talk to you

7:14and I can't wait for the next chance I

7:16get to see you." Hey, thanks for coming

7:17out. It was cool meeting you and uh I'm

7:19glad I had a chance to uh to sign your

7:22stuff and chat for a little bit. Um

7:24thanks so much. Caleb Lancaster says,

7:25"William, can you please love me

7:27normally?" No, I don't think I can. I'm

7:29sorry. I've tried it. Don't work so

7:31good. I ain't good at it. Zirkcon

7:34one pants says, "Hi, Will. Uh it's the

7:38Zirconium kid. Sorry for hurting your

7:40feeling by calling you scary. You don't

7:41scare me. Okay, take my money. Bye. It's

7:43okay. I don't remember what you're

7:45talking about, so you're good. Thank

7:47you. Uh, Mugabaki says, "Hi, Will.

7:50Always loving your music. I listen to

7:51Lyser Jad Daydream a lot. My name's

7:53Erin, and I'm sending love to you from

7:54Korea." Hi, Erin. Thanks so much. Uh,

7:57thanks, Hobus Sprite. Thanks, Try. Uh,

8:00Alec Tine says, "Opinions on Rat Boy

8:02Genius. I I can't say I know what that

8:04is, but I like rats, so that's good."

8:06Um, thank you. Denis Ma Mattius says,

8:09"Please come to Portugal. You know, you

8:12probably can't. Maybe someday. I don't

8:14know. I hope to do uh a European tour at

8:17some point sooner than later, but no

8:19promises. It's a lot to take on. Thanks

8:21so much. Uh King David says, "I may have

8:23bought half the stuff on your new Will

8:25Warehouse website, but here's more money

8:26to give. Can't wait." Thanks so much. I

8:28appreciate the support. You really don't

8:29have to. That's super cool of you. Um

8:31just to uh since we're on it, don't

8:34worry. The other uh the the other super

8:36chats uh are showing up, so I will get

8:39back to them in just a moment. But

8:40first, I want to talk about that because

8:41that was one of the things I was going

8:42to bring up uh while we were while we

8:44were here, I got to I got to do a whole

8:46spiel about that. Um, so uh for those of

8:49you who haven't heard, the Selfish 2020

8:5226 album was only pressed on CDs, and

8:56those CDs were pressed in pretty small

8:59quantities just for the 10-year

9:01anniversary tour. So, we we have some,

9:06but not a ton. And I don't know what the

9:09plan is as to whether or not we're going

9:10to be pressing more in the future. Uh I

9:12don't have any plans for vinyl. Uh but

9:15uh for right now there's like a that's

9:17like the first edition, first pressing

9:19thing that up until today you could have

9:22only gotten on tour. Uh thankfully we

9:24were able to hold on to some and uh the

9:29um

9:30uh uh and bring them home and uh put

9:35them up on a brand new web store. Uh we

9:38just opened this web store. Uh do we do

9:41we call it web store? Do we just call it

9:43store now since the whole internet the

9:45whole world is the internet now? Do we

9:47even bother? Like I'm used to saying

9:50like web store online shopping, but

9:52honestly I feel like at least some of

9:54you guys I know a lot of you guys are a

9:56little on the younger side. Does that

9:57even make any sense? Do you go to

9:59stores? I don't like to. I only do it

10:02because Instagram does like weird

10:04surveillance pricing. Not Instagram,

10:05Instacart. Uh Insta Instacart does weird

10:08surveillance pricing. Otherwise, I'd

10:10still be getting my groceries delivered

10:12because I don't want to go to a store.

10:14there's like people there and colors and

10:16lights and that's just a it's over

10:17stimulating and it's it's I don't I

10:19don't want to do it if I don't have to.

10:21So, I don't know. But anyway, we opened

10:23up a new merch store, a new merch store.

10:24It is on the internet. You can't go to

10:26it physically. Um, and the store is

10:30called Willwood Warehouse. It's kind of

10:32like a sister store to the Willwood web

10:35store. If you go on my website,

10:37will.net, and you click the merch button

10:38or the merch store button. Um, it's like

10:41a the update the website's been updated.

10:44It's all wacky now, but if you click

10:46that button, it'll send you to uh two

10:48options. Either the Willwood Web Store

10:50or the Willwood Warehouse. And the

10:52Willwood Warehouse is the one that just

10:53launched. And basically, um, it was

10:56launched because it felt like we well,

10:58we had to launch it for the release of

11:01Selfish26 because that was the only way

11:03we could get people these CDs. Um, so

11:07Since we were going to be opening a new

11:09store, uh, we added a whole bunch of

11:11other stuff to it. And it's really fun

11:14to finally be able to offer a lot of

11:15things that I've never been able to

11:16offer or haven't been able to offer in a

11:18long time on my merch stores. So,

11:21basically what it is is it's this

11:24secondary merch store that is totally

11:26independent. Uh, totally lit. I mean,

11:29it's it's called the warehouse for a

11:31reason. It is our warehouse inventory

11:34basically. And uh it includes leftover

11:37tour merch, some rare items that have

11:39just like been buried in storage for

11:41years and years and years. That means

11:43like uh hoodies and t-shirts from former

11:46tours as far far back as a couple of

11:48years ago. Uh one of the things that we

11:50were able to offer, I don't know if

11:52there are any left, was the hoodies and

11:55t-shirts left over from the Indiegogo

11:57campaign for in case I make it like five

11:59years ago. Uh we've got posters from

12:02other from uh previous tours, you know.

12:04Uh we've just had a lot of stuff that we

12:06haven't had anything that we could do

12:08with it. So now we've opened up the

12:10merch store, uh the warehouse merch

12:12store. Um so it's that stuff. It's uh

12:15signed stuff. It's limited edition

12:17stuff. It's physical media. Um and uh

12:22and just like rarities and odds and

12:24ends, too. So like anything that's

12:26there's only five of in the world is

12:29going to end up going up there. At some

12:32point we may even consider selling

12:34things from behind the scenes or on

12:36scenes uh from productions of my

12:39previous projects. Uh it all depends on

12:42what ends up happening from here. It is

12:43a brand new and very like uh uh you know

12:47very DIY almost sort of thing at the

12:51moment. like the team is really small

12:53and uh it is a really new thing. So bear

12:58with us while we get things off the

13:01ground. There probably going to be some

13:02growing pains. Some things are going to

13:03be slower than they otherwise normally

13:05would be, especially from my web store,

13:07merch store. But uh the team will be uh

13:10keeping you in the loop on when things

13:12get delivered. And you can always reach

13:14out to them anytime for questions.

13:16they're super focused and super

13:17determined and uh they're, you know, uh

13:21going to stay on top of it. So, uh yeah,

13:24thanks for that. Um that's, uh that's

13:27open as of today. Um, and so yeah, it's

13:33uh got leftover merch from this last

13:35tour, from uh the Halloween show last

13:38year, from the tour last year, from the

13:40Halloween show the year before, from the

13:42tour the year before, tote bags, CDs,

13:45vinyls, hoodies, shirts, posters, uh

13:49sticker packs, um some weird limited

13:52edition stuff that there's like a whole

13:53story behind. Um so yeah, check that out

13:57when you get a chance. If you're looking

13:58for the selfish 2026 CD, it is the only

14:01place to get it. Um, so yeah, uh, I came

14:05on here partially just to promote that,

14:08but I also figure it makes sense to, uh,

14:11tell you guys a little bit about what

14:12else is going on. And, uh, uh, first I'm

14:16going to jump back into these super

14:17chats really quick. Um, thanks again,

14:19King David. I really appreciate your

14:21generosity here. Uh, yes, hey Will, what

14:24did you think of the giant sandworm at

14:25the Boston concert? I liked it. That was

14:27fun. Um, it was uh I I I enjoyed um you

14:31guys were doing like almost like a conga

14:33line with it, right? I've seen more than

14:35one to be honest. I I I I

14:38but they're always different a little

14:39bit. Like there was one show where it

14:41was like a really long but skinny

14:45tapeworm. Uh which is pretty similar to

14:47the sandworm. So I don't know if that's

14:49if we're talking about the same thing. I

14:50don't know. some of the concerts can

14:51kind of blur together, but I definitely

14:54appreciated it and uh thanks for the

14:56support. Um, HobocusBrite 122 says,

14:59"Will, why can't your merch be shipped

15:00to Canada?" Thank you so much for um uh

15:05asking uh about that. I I appreciate it.

15:07It's something that did need to come up

15:08and I totally blanked on it. The

15:10Willwood warehouse is only for domestic

15:12orders. It is because of how just like

15:14new and fresh and homegrown it kind of

15:16is. And so uh at the moment and for the

15:21currently foreseeable future, it's only

15:23for domestic orders. It can't ship ship

15:25internationally. We hope to do that at

15:27some point in the future. We just can't

15:29yet. Uh in the meantime, the Willwood

15:31web store has a super wide variety of um

15:36uh uh merch with uh my designs on it. Uh

15:40and um new stuff comes and goes all the

15:43time on that one. That one's kind of

15:44like fast moving and uh a little uh

15:47maybe unorthodox. I don't know. But uh

15:50that one does ship internationally. So

15:53yeah. Um sorry about that though. Thank

15:55you so much. Amichu Art, thank you. Miku

15:58T took my Right Eye says, "Hi, Will.

16:00Love the album. Can you tell everyone

16:01I'm Matt Ber's number one fan?" Thanks.

16:03Uh Miku Took My Right Eye is Matthew

16:05Berger's number one fan. Pretty cool,

16:08right? Um thank you. Uh worth mentioning

16:13um that the saxophone player on selfish

16:16is a guy named David Hickden. Uh David

16:18Hickden was uh a member of the live band

16:22uh I guess just a member of the band for

16:24uh a few months in the early years. Um

16:27and great guy, super talented guy and

16:30really um has a super unique style. And

16:33so uh Burger really puts his own spin on

16:36it when we play it live together. Um,

16:38but what you're hearing on selfish 2026

16:40is uh David Hickden. Uh, thank you so

16:43much. Failing actor says, "Did you hear

16:45about the new cat species? Also, your

16:46songs have introduced me to my favorite

16:48movies, specifically Amadeus, thanks and

16:50stuff." Huh. I am not familiar with the

16:55new cat species. I am going to look that

16:59up maybe. Should I look that up? Oh man,

17:03there's I'm I'm way behind on the super

17:05chats. I'm sorry. Um, uh, a new cat

17:09species.

17:12First new cat species discovered in a

17:15hundred years.

17:18A small spotted tiger cat from Bolivia.

17:21That's cute. I love him.

17:24A, I like him. He's good. Thanks for

17:28sharing that with me. I appreciate it.

17:30Um, Hot Jam Miami says, "Sending love.

17:32Come to Miami." You got it. We'll be

17:34there at some point, maybe. I don't

17:36know. Miami is not really a a market

17:38that my booking agent would normally uh

17:40target, but we will be in Florida at

17:43some point. I will at least someone I'm

17:45going to Florida in a couple of weeks,

17:48but I'm not going to Miami and it's not

17:50to perform. So, uh I don't think that's

17:52any of your business. So, you know, I

17:54don't know why you feel like you need to

17:56know where I am all the time. uh even

17:59mind your own business, my own vacation

18:01plans with my own uh anyway, Collie

18:04Quarter 27 says, "Hi, I just want to let

18:06you know that you've been a big inspo

18:07for me artwise. Love your work." Thanks

18:08so much. I appreciate it. Larry 2 Babo

18:12says, "Hi, I don't remember, but I

18:13mentioned my boyfriend Jimmy in the last

18:14stream. He went to the Huntington

18:15concert and loved it. Also, he almost

18:17puked when you said his name last time,

18:18so do it again, please." Jimmy,

18:22did he throw up?

18:25Yo, let me know in the chat if Jimmy

18:27threw up. I don't know if I I can't I

18:29I'm not going to keep up with that. Um,

18:32[laughter] thank you so much. I

18:33appreciate it. Not PAX. Not Pack says,

18:35"What remaster in this album are you

18:37most proud of?" Um, so this album isn't

18:40isn't uh remasters. These are the uh

18:42original 2016 mix. If you're talking

18:44about the um the the demo premix

18:47version, I can't say that I'm like proud

18:50of any of them. Um, I kind of dig the

18:53way the song with five names sounded.

18:56Uh, you'll notice that there's no chorus

18:58lyrics and it's because that was how the

19:00song was originally written until, uh,

19:02we were in studio and I was like,

19:04something is missing and Mike

19:06particularly and I worked it out and

19:07wrote some lyrics for that chorus. Um,

19:10so, uh, I really I I I like I like

19:13seeing that other version and hearing

19:15those little vocal harmonies in the

19:17choruses there. Um, so yeah, thanks so

19:20much. Dandy Mint says, "Hi, Will. I hope

19:22the next album will be green." Hm. I'll

19:25consider it. I've thought about it.

19:26Green's not a bad color. I actually do.

19:28I do think green is is it's it's there's

19:31a non-zero chance it's going to be

19:32green. Thank you. Uh, Casb says, "Hi,

19:35Will. Is international shipping planned

19:37for the new store in the future? At some

19:38point, we hope to. We just can't yet."

19:40Thank you. Sorry. Thanks. Cro says, "Hi,

19:43I hope you're doing well. Thanks so much

19:45for coming to Canada. Toronto was a

19:46blast. Would you consider more cities

19:47here like Halifax, Nova Scotia? I don't

19:50know if that's an area that we currently

19:53have uh the the market for in order to

19:57tour there, but I will definitely be

20:00touring in Canada again for sure. Thank

20:02you. Uh the Green Thunder too. Hi, Will.

20:05Will you ever come to Seattle or

20:06Portland? Absolutely. I've been there

20:08before. I love playing there and uh I

20:11look forward to the next opportunity to

20:12do so. Thank you. Uh, Rubber Hose the

20:15Progen7 says, "Hi, Will. Big fan. I just

20:17got the In case I make it vinyl at the

20:19warehouse site. Can't wait for it. Plus,

20:20can you do a show in KC sometime? That'd

20:22be cool beans. Thanks so much for the

20:24support." Um, uh, that would be cool

20:26beans. Uh, Casey's Kansas City, right?

20:28Have I done Kansas City? I don't feel

20:30like I have. Um, I don't know. I don't

20:34think so. No, I don't think so, but I

20:38don't know for sure if I haven't. Um,

20:43people will be like, "Oh, you you're a

20:44touring artist. You must, you know,

20:46travel the world. You must see a lot of

20:48things." No, I see the bus and then the

20:50inside of the venue and then I'm in a

20:52different country the next day. Not

20:54country. Well, one time different

20:56country, but usually next city, other

20:59another city, another state. The point

21:01is, uh, I don't see anything. I can tell

21:04you, you know, somebody like, "Hey, do

21:06you like Chicago?" and I'll be like, I

21:07like a building in Chicago that I was

21:11inside briefly. Uh, but that's

21:14unfortunately it. I mean, Chicago I've

21:16been to a bunch of times, so that's

21:17actually the worst example of it because

21:18I've seen more of Chicago than any other

21:20city that I've played outside of New

21:21Jersey, but whatever. Um, uh,

21:26uh, bringing up the In case I make it

21:27vinyl, I wanted to share a little bit of

21:29a a fun story. So, uh, as probably some

21:32of you have heard about, the in case I

21:35make it, Indiegogo campaign back in 2021

21:38was like notoriously

21:41chaotic. It was like just cursed. Every

21:44possible thing went wrong. Uh, I had not

21:47been prepared at all for the amount of

21:49attention that it was going to get

21:51because it started off as just being

21:53like, "Yeah, I'm going to crowdfund

21:54another album. maybe I'll raise enough

21:55to to pay for some of it and you know

21:58and and then I got to get out of here

21:59because this whole viral thing is

22:00stressing me out and I'm not I'm not

22:02built for this. I got to go. And so I

22:04put up the campaign. I you know tried my

22:07best and then it came the world started

22:11coming. And it ended up being like an

22:14unprecedented uh sort of level of

22:16attention on that campaign because I'd

22:18done crowdfunding before. Uh but that

22:21was by far the most successful

22:23crowdfunding I'd ever done. And it was

22:25even like featured on Indiegogo's front

22:27pages and stuff. Like it was crazy. And

22:30I had made a lot of plans to try and

22:32like deal with that. But even the people

22:34I'd made those plans with were also like

22:36I don't know. So, like the company that

22:38had pressed the uh or or had printed the

22:42uh campaign exclusive uh shirts and

22:46hoodies, I think also posters. Yeah,

22:49posters, too. Maybe. You know what? I'm

22:51going to I don't remember for sure if it

22:53was posters, but that company that did

22:54the t-shirts and hoodies, about halfway

22:56through the campaign, they just [ __ ]

22:58dipped. They were like, "I'm not doing

23:00this. I'm you do it. [ __ ] you." And I

23:03had like hired them to do the

23:05fulfillment and they were like, "Nope,

23:06we're not doing it anymore." And so they

23:08shipped a bunch of boxes of stuff to me.

23:11And I can't do fulfillment in my house

23:14in 2021. I just I didn't have the

23:16infrastructure. I didn't have the room.

23:18I didn't have the knowledge or the skill

23:19or the time. And so, uh, I got inundated

23:23with these boxes of stuff. And I just

23:25went, "Okay, what do I do?" ended up

23:27paying out of pocket to have new shirts

23:29and hoodies shipped to like I don't know

23:32how many people, but a lot of people.

23:34And then the ones that had been shipped

23:36to me by this company that had ditched

23:37me uh ended up just in storage. That's

23:41why the there are any leftovers is those

23:45are the ones that were uh forced upon me

23:48by that company that didn't want to take

23:50on the uh campaign. and um and they were

23:54just like lost for a while and then

23:57showed up in my parents attic like a

23:59year ago. Uh so that's just one example

24:01of the things that went wrong. Another

24:03thing that went wrong was that almost

24:07No, it wasn't almost. It was So there

24:10were a there were some people who

24:11ordered a campaign exclusive edition of

24:14the vinyl copy of everything. Uh not

24:16everything's a lot. I don't know why I

24:17said that. Uh of In case I make it on

24:19the campaign. Um there was like a

24:21special edition for them to pre-order

24:23and when they shipped out um everybody

24:29who got that partic everybody who

24:32ordered that specific variant what they

24:33received in the mail was nightmarishly

24:37hideous. The disc itself was so

24:40repulsively ugly that I I I don't even

24:44want to describe it because it feels too

24:46explicit. That's the kind of ugly that

24:48this like uh color variant because you

24:51know vinyls will have different like

24:52designs and streaks and splashes and

24:54color stuff on them sometimes. This for

24:58whatever reason this one uh was uh truly

25:03insane and it looked like it was like

25:08I'm I'm I would best describe its

25:11appearance as

25:14pornographic.

25:16It was. Whoa. We just lost like 200 350

25:23people on the stream in like four

25:25seconds. What did I do? Was I stammering

25:28too much? Did I say something that hurt

25:29your feelings? Am I getting cancelled?

25:31What's happening right now? Come on

25:33back. All right. So, like 60 of them are

25:35back now. I need to not pay attention to

25:37that number because that number. Which

25:39side is is it on for you? On on for me,

25:42it's on that side. I got to not pay

25:44attention to that number because I have

25:46been in streams where it jumped up and

25:47down by hundreds before and so I'm just

25:49gonna Anyway, um point is uh that uh I

25:54ended up once again paying out of pocket

25:56to send out replacements for these uh

25:59really ugly um uh uh vinyls of in case I

26:04make it. And uh we ordered the smallest

26:08amount that we could at a time for vinyl

26:10pressings. Um, so there, you know, to

26:13try and make it so that, you know, we

26:15didn't have a ton laying around, but we

26:16do have some laying around after that

26:18because we couldn't order the exact

26:20amount. And so those are also on the

26:21Willwood Warehouse store. Um, so yeah,

26:25anyway, that's my spiel about the in

26:28case I make it vinyl. Sorry it was eight

26:30and a half hours long. I'm going to get

26:32back to the super chat. Sorry about

26:33that. Ash Androven says, "Hey, it's

26:35Felix Asher aka Judith Mortis. Just

26:37wanted to say this new release kicks ass

26:39and you are a musical genius. Stay epic,

26:40bro." Thanks so much. I appreciate it.

26:43Amichi Art says, "Hi, Will. I saw you in

26:44Grand Rapids and I had the time of my

26:46life. I cried so hard. My favorite song

26:47of all time is Half Decade Hangover and

26:49Have a Tattoo Planned." That's really

26:51sweet of you to say. Thank you. I'm so

26:52glad you came to the show. Glad you had

26:54a good time. Uh glad you like the song.

26:57Uh Hippoe says, "Hi, Will. Darren over

27:00here from Chile. Love your art." Thanks,

27:02Darren. I appreciate it. Uh Cliff

27:05[snorts] Timeshare says, "If my time

27:07share doesn't start your fire, then your

27:08wood's wet."

27:10That's amazing

27:12that somebody's got uh somebody's got

27:16So,

27:18so for those of you who haven't watched

27:20Slouching Towards Branson, it's uh it's

27:23my comedy special and concert film thing

27:26that uh came out. I don't know when. I

27:28don't know when at this point. I I I I

27:30don't keep track of things. Um, it's on

27:32Patreon and I'm now selling uh there's

27:35there's DVDs available online, signed

27:38ones available on Wilwood Warehouse. Um,

27:41and uh

27:43uh yeah, it's coming to actual streaming

27:45services soon by the way, but it's

27:47mostly uh Patreon at the moment. Um, and

27:50in Slouching Towards Branson, I tell a

27:54story about a time share presentation

27:57that my wife and I attended and one of

27:59the hosts was a guy named Cliff. Um, and

28:03I made some merch with little cartoon

28:05doodles of the people who I met at that

28:08presentation, including Cliff. And

28:11somebody's got uh that doodle as their

28:14profile picture and their username is

28:16Cliff Timeshare. I love that. Thanks,

28:18Cliff. Uh, Verartz 1904 says, "Hi,

28:22hello. Howdy. I don't know what to say.

28:23I just want to give you my money to

28:25support you and I really like I really

28:27like you read my name wrong every time.

28:29Have a nice day, pal." I'm sorry. Um,

28:33uh, I don't know how to spell I don't

28:36know how to pronounce that. Um,

28:40so

28:42yeah.

28:44Um,

28:46sorry about that. Um,

28:51okay. Where I lost I lost you. Um,

28:54anyway, uh, thank you so much. That's a

28:56really really generous offer. I really

28:58appreciate it. Um, uh, sorry, I don't

29:01know how to pronounce your name. Uh, Vir

29:041904. Maybe I'm a little closer. I know

29:07that the last numbers are 1 1904. Do you

29:09not read it as a name, as a as a date?

29:12Because I do. Maybe I shouldn't. I don't

29:15know. Sorry. Um, thanks so much. Toaster

29:18says, "Hi, would you consider a show in

29:20Winnipeg, Manitoba? Also, you okay if I

29:22use a lyric from my senior yearbook

29:23quote? I'd rather ask first." Of course

29:24I am. Yeah, do whatever you'd like. Of

29:26course. Congratulations on graduating.

29:28Um, uh, I don't have any plans to go to

29:33Winnipeg, Manitoba, but it's not, you

29:35know, it's not out of the question. And

29:37I do plan to do more shows in Canada in

29:40the future. So whether it's in Manitoba,

29:43I don't know for sure, but um, yeah,

29:46thank you.

29:50Uh, Sensina Simpensina says, "Hello,

29:55Will. Absolutely love your music. Thank

29:56you for being an inspiration for myself

29:57and many others. Could you give a shout

29:59out to myself and my friend Amy? Hi Amy.

30:01Hi Simpensina.

30:04Simpina

30:06Simpa. I I hope one of those was almost

30:09right.

30:11Sorry. And thank you. Uh Zu 5371 says,

30:15"Thanks Willingwood for the reheated

30:17meal. I needed to hear you again. Love

30:18you." Love you too. You're welcome.

30:20Anytime. Uh Chaos and Order 19 says, "I

30:23got to go to your Chicago uh one show. I

30:26asked you about the I E eyes. I hope

30:27I'll get to attend another concert. It

30:29was great. Do you have any plans to

30:30maybe tour the In case I Make It album

30:31at all? Uh, thanks so much and uh thanks

30:34for coming to the show. I remember your

30:36question. That was fun. Um uh I hope you

30:39get to attend as well. I don't currently

30:41have plans to tour specifically for In

30:42Case I Make It, but in the future I hope

30:46to add more Inase I Make It songs to our

30:48live repertoire. Uh it's just it didn't

30:51make sense for our most recent tours to

30:53do more than just like the hits from the

30:56album. Um so but in in the future I I

31:00hope to,

31:02you know, bring out some more of the

31:03chamber pop feel uh on stage. So yeah,

31:07thank you. Uh wristrobe says, "Hi, have

31:09you ever considered doing a show in

31:10Alaska?" I'm gonna be real with you. I

31:14have not. Um, I have never I've never

31:18considered it for even a even even a

31:22moment. Um, that doesn't mean it will

31:24never happen, but I haven't considered

31:27it until now. Thanks for bringing that

31:29to my attention as a possibility. I will

31:32go to Alaska one day, and when I do, I

31:34will uh I I'll say hello to you

31:38specifically because you're probably the

31:40only person who's going to come to the

31:42show. It's why we haven't considered

31:43going to Alaska is because there's not

31:45anybody there is going to go to the

31:46show. I don't know. I could check my

31:47analytics, see Spotify, see if there are

31:50a lot of listeners in Alaska. I just

31:51kind of doubt it. Um, but hopefully,

31:54fingers crossed, someday I will be able

31:56to. Um, thank you so much. The

31:59condescending gloomba says, "How much

32:01would could a will would if a will

32:04would?"

32:05would isn't a verb. You can't just do

32:08that. You can't you can't just do that.

32:11You can't just say whatever you want.

32:13You can't say things like that. You're

32:16gonna get in trouble. Uh, thank you. Uh,

32:19Kzilla says, "I saw you way back when

32:21you opened for the World Inferno

32:22Friendship Society and have been a fan

32:24ever since. You've come so far and I'm

32:25so happy for you." Thank you so much. I

32:27appreciate that. Uh, the first band I

32:29was ever in uh, back in high school was

32:32a World Inferno uh, Friendship Society

32:34cover band. We played like two or three

32:36songs uh and uh at like one school

32:39event. But yeah, I think that was the

32:41first time I ever played music in a band

32:44was for we did Velocity of Love and

32:47Brother of the Mayor of Bridgewwater.

32:48And I don't know if we did anything

32:50else, but yeah. Um shout out to Dean.

32:54Dean's not watching, but shout out to

32:56Dean. Um thanks so much.

33:03My wife is booing me.

33:08Y'all are gonna I I I wonder how that

33:10reads to you guys that she just started

33:13booing me for no reason. Um, thank you

33:16so much. Uh, Captain 0305 says, "Will

33:19you ever come to Australia?" I hope to

33:21at some point. Um, no current plans, but

33:24maybe someday. Yeah, thank you. Ashley

33:26Hoverver says, "Will, can you give me

33:28your blessing for me to make a cover

33:29band?" Of course. do your thing, have

33:31fun with it. I uh I hope you uh have fun

33:34and I I hope you uh get to like uh

33:37really enjoy expanding musical horizons

33:39and you know I uh I I hope to end up

33:43hearing some of it at some point in the

33:44future. Thanks. Uh Edge Dean says, "Hi

33:47Will. My first kiss was accidentally

33:49done with Thank you, Marca playing in

33:50the background. Do you think of any

33:52think any of your other songs would have

33:53been even less romantic?" Yes, all of

33:55them. What? That's probably the closest

33:58you That's not true actually. I just

33:59remembered I have in case I make it.

34:00There's like 16 songs that are like way

34:02more appropriate for kissing too than

34:05Thank You Marsha. Not 16. Um but close

34:09to it. I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't

34:13make out to uh main character. I

34:17wouldn't make out to uh You Liked This.

34:21I wouldn't make out to I don't remember

34:24what songs are on that album. What songs

34:25are on that album? Euthan Asia. That's

34:28not a good one. That would be bad. Um,

34:32yeah, there's actually plenty of songs

34:34in there I wouldn't want to make out too

34:35because frankly, even the songs that are

34:36a little on the romantic side are

34:37actually like toxic and sad. So, never

34:39mind. Actually, that album is not

34:40romantic either. You could get away with

34:41White Noise. Like, get away with it. Um,

34:45anyway, uh, other songs that would have

34:47been even less romantic. Well, I think I

34:48just listed a couple right there. Um, or

34:51anything off of selfish, which for those

34:53of you just tuning in, that's right. I'm

34:55doing a segue back into the intended

34:58message is uh uh uh we just released

35:03selfish 2026 which is a re-release of

35:05the 2016 mix of selfish plus a

35:07compilation of demo/premix versions. The

35:10demo/prepmix versions were created by

35:12myself and Kevin Andreian at Backroom

35:14Studios where we worked on the original

35:15selfish using a combin combination of

35:18demos, scratch tracks, raw audio, unused

35:20takes, cut concepts and lyrics from the

35:232015 production process. So you could

35:26get a little bit of a look behind the

35:27scenes at what it might have been like

35:28in the control booth in December of 2015

35:31at Backroom Studios. That is available

35:34on all streaming platforms. Uh, but if

35:36you want it on physical media, you have

35:38to go to willwoodarehouse.bigcartel.com.

35:41That's right. It's so new that it still

35:43has the big cartel URL attached to it.

35:45The Willwood Warehouse is the new

35:48secondary merch store that was created

35:50to uh allow my team and I to sell

35:53limited edition items, signed stuff, um

35:57uh uh weird things from the vault and

36:00the archives, uh knickknacks, rarities,

36:04and leftover tour merch and just

36:06whatever else uh makes sense to uh put

36:09there, including uh physical media as

36:12well. Um that's the new one. It is

36:15currently only domestic, not

36:16international, and it's in its opening

36:18day right now. So, things are still a

36:20little bit bumpy. Please be patient with

36:22us if there's a few delays or anything

36:24while we're working through our growing

36:25pains because it is a very small,

36:27totally independent operation. But, my

36:29team and I are way on top of it and

36:31super excited to see how much demand

36:34there already is. And, um, yeah, I

36:37wanted to just remind you guys, to those

36:39of you who just tuned in, that that's

36:41that's a that's a thing that's happening

36:42today. Um anyway, um I have to go back

36:45to the super chats. Thank you so much.

36:48Um Puma Avoid K4 says, "I just got my

36:512026 CD. I love the album. I've always

36:53wondered what the talking in the

36:54background of Mr. Capgrass says. Best I

36:55can make out is thanks guys at the end

36:57of the intro. Do you remember?" Um

37:01I think I'm just cracking up and unable

37:04to finish the actual phrase I'm trying

37:06to say. I don't know for sure. It's

37:09possible I'm saying other things because

37:11I remember when I was recording it, John

37:14was uh John recorded that part. Kevin I

37:16don't remember why he wasn't there, but

37:18John uh MTO recorded that particular

37:21part and uh I remember him just

37:23shuffling through vocal effects as I was

37:25trying to record it and it was just

37:26cracking me up. So uh that's what that

37:29is. Yeah, thank you. Uh Mars Angel Yato

37:33says, "Thanks for existing. Your music

37:34means a lot to me." Thank you for

37:36existing. Thanks. Ma Peacemaker says,

37:38"Any plans for the prescription mag?"

37:40Not at the moment. Maybe at some point

37:41in the future I might want to put it out

37:44as some kind of novelization, but at the

37:46moment I just I don't it it's not

37:48grabbing me right now. Uh fits and

37:50starts. I start finding interest in it

37:52again, but as of late, it just hasn't

37:54been on the forefront of my mind. But

37:55maybe someday. Thank you. Zeroid says,

37:58"I don't know what to say. I love this

37:59music so much. It was genuinely

38:00life-changing to find this. I've not

38:02liked any music as much as this." Thank

38:03you. I appreciate that. Thanks for

38:05listening. Uh, Kota Sonata says, "Hi,

38:08Will. I'm the guy that made you spill

38:09your drink and leave the internet out of

38:10sheer embarrassment on the last stream.

38:12Marilyn was phenomenal. Thank you for

38:13such an extraordinary experience." Uh,

38:15thank you. I I'm genuinely thirsty. I'm

38:18not about to like This isn't a bit I'm

38:19doing where I'm about to do it again.

38:20Just Well, maybe I'll do the bit.

38:29I didn't spill. I wasn't going to fake

38:31it. That would have felt wrong. Um, and

38:34I uh I I wouldn't leave the internet

38:36over spilling. Not this time. I would

38:39just run an ad. Uh, anyway, uh, yeah,

38:41thank you so much. Aspen Rusty Raven Sky

38:44says, "Uh oh, I just got ricocheted to

38:48the bottom of the list." Oh, man. I'm

38:49way behind. I'm sorry, guys. Um,

38:58oh man, I'm way behind. I'm so sorry.

39:01I'm still trying to catch up with the uh

39:07um

39:12with the super chats. Oh man, how far

39:14behind am I? Okay, I'm really far

39:17behind. Sorry guys. Um Aspen Rust Aspen

39:21Rusty Raven Sky says, "Can you say hi to

39:25my friends rats Rusty and Raven? Your

39:27music genuinely saved my life and it

39:28would mean so much for me and her." Hi

39:30Rusty. Hi Raven. I love rats. So um and

39:34uh thank you so much. So so glad that

39:36something I do could be of some kind of

39:38meaning to you. That's all you. Um you

39:42that any strength that you think that

39:44you're feeling from my music is coming

39:46from inside yourself. Um but I really

39:47appreciate you sharing that with me.

39:49Thank you. Squid in Blink9616 says, "Hey

39:52Will, our son was conceived after your

39:53concert in Minneapolis last year. He's

39:54six months now and we blame you for

39:56him." Gross. Nasty. I don't need to know

40:00that you went to my show and got boned

40:02up for later on in the night. That's not

40:05that's not what these shows are for.

40:06These are for contemplation. And no, I'm

40:10sorry. They are they are for getting

40:11boned up. The tapeworm shows totally for

40:13getting boned up. Congrats uh on your

40:16offspring and on getting laid. That's

40:19cool, too. Um [laughter] thank you. Uh

40:23Prismwave 1 says, "Hi, Will. My friend

40:25and I love your music, but unfortunately

40:26he's asleep and can't watch the stream.

40:27Can you say hi to Anie and Curtis again?

40:30Uh, please again. I love your music and

40:31thank you. Thank you. Uh, hi Anie. Hi

40:33Curtis. Sorry that you're asleep. Uh,

40:38should have been awake. Uh, thank you.

40:41Yay 162 says, "What would you do if a

40:42dinosaur pooped on your home?

40:48Call the press. Sell tickets.

40:51You even considered that? I mean, as

40:53long as we can make sure the dinosaur

40:55doesn't go anywhere, the poop alone is

40:57probably worth something. Frankly, it's

40:58a dinosaur. So, like I I I mean, I I

41:01don't want poop on my home, but if it's

41:03dinosaur poop, like, yeah, it's probably

41:05worth something. I I I don't know. What

41:07would I do? Try and capitalize on it, of

41:09course. Which, by the way,

41:11willarehouse.bigcartel.com

41:13for limited edition merch, signed items,

41:15physical media, rarities, and more. Uh,

41:18thank you. Um

41:21uh I I got to stop being me. Uh Juno

41:25Cheryl says, "Your art means so much to

41:27me." Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate

41:29that. Horoscope says, "I can't wait to

41:31see you one day, William Wood. Can you

41:32please say hi to my cat, Princess?" Hi,

41:34Princess. That's a cute name for a cat.

41:36I like it. Very good. Mars Angel Yato

41:38says, "Thanks for existing. Your music

41:40means a lot to me." Thank you. Squinky

41:42Pinky says, "Hi, Will. You've become a

41:43big inspiration for me to start pursuing

41:45music as an art form. So, I want to say

41:46thank you. Hope to meet you someday

41:48soon." Thanks so much. Uh, hope to meet

41:50you as well. Uh, you know, uh, uh, good

41:54luck on your artistic endeavors. Mr. Man

41:56Guy says, "You should check out the

41:58Mbell Township ARG by Easy Peasy. It's

42:00based off your music and is very

42:01underrated." Huh, that's interesting. I

42:04Yeah, I might I might want to check that

42:06out. That sounds really cool. Um, MBT

42:09ARG by Easy Peasy. I'll check that out

42:12later. Thanks for the heads up. Um,

42:13that's that's really fun. When I

42:15released the normal album, I did a

42:16little like small ARG to promote it. At

42:19the time, I didn't know what an ARG was.

42:22In my mind, that was a viral marketing

42:24campaign because that's what they called

42:25it when Lost did that kind of stuff uh

42:27back in the early as um but uh I was

42:31then told it was an ARG and that's what

42:33that was called. Uh that's how I became

42:35interested in them. So, it's it's cool

42:36to see somebody else uh doing a Mbell

42:39related ARG. It's awesome. I I can't I

42:41can't wait to check it out. Thank you.

42:44MC Chev says, "Hi, Will. We had to put

42:45my sweet cat to sleep. Euthanasia means

42:47so much to me. Thanks for being so

42:49awesome. You lost my chat last time.

42:50Please, not this one. I'm sorry I lost

42:52it last time, and I'm really sorry for

42:54your loss. I can't imagine what that's

42:56like. I've lost pets, but you know, a

42:58cat you you have with you for so long."

43:00And uh you know, I mean, when I was a

43:03little kid, but I I barely remember

43:05that. And you know, so um I'm really

43:10sorry you're going through that. Um, I'm

43:12sure you gave him a great life and a

43:14great home in a way that nobody else uh

43:17would have done for them. And uh I'm

43:20sure you know uh [clears throat] I'm

43:22sure that the the the love that he had

43:24for you made it all worth it. So um

43:29yeah, sorry again about that. And uh you

43:32know, thank you. Um God, I have to I

43:36have to hug Roswell.

43:38Where's Roswell?

43:41Um, have you seen Roswell?

43:45>> You got my Zuzaloo.

43:49Yes,

43:51it's Roswell time.

43:55>> It's Zelin time.

43:58Where is Zuzelin now? This is Roswell.

44:01We found him

44:03at an abandoned construction yard and

44:06he's silly and dumb and he's only got

44:09one eye.

44:19We call him Zuzaloo. You might be

44:21wondering why we call him Zuzaloo.

44:24Roswell turned into Rozle. Rozle turned

44:27into Rusel. No, Zazle. Zazle turned into

44:29Zuzle. And that's, you know, there you

44:31go. That's it. Zuzaloo. We call him

44:33Zuzaloo. And we love him very much. And

44:36he's got a great big pouch on his belly.

44:38And uh

44:41yeah, everybody say hi to Roswell.

44:45He's [ __ ] up. Look at him. He's only

44:46got one eye.

44:51All right. He doesn't want this. All

44:52right. Thank you, Roswell. I love you.

44:54All right. Um James Pavl says, "Hello,

44:57Will. My mother and I really love your

44:58music. Her favorite song is Chemical

45:00Over Reaction. I love that. Thanks so

45:01much. Your mom rules. Lumo Score says,

45:04"Hello. Wondering if you'd ever come to

45:05Australia. At some point, I hope to."

45:07Yes, for sure. Thank you. Leopard Sun

45:09says, "Hey, Will. Back in July, a close

45:11friend and I went on a road road trip

45:12and we burned through your whole

45:13discraphy on the drive." Say hi to Leah

45:15and Laya. Hi, Leah and Laya. Uh, glad

45:18you uh had that experience. That sounds

45:19super fun. Uh, road tripping with a

45:21friend. That's that's super cool. Um,

45:23and uh, glad I was able to be a part of

45:24the soundtrack to that. Thank you. So

45:27slow says, "I noticed recently that

45:28selfish tracks mention every season

45:30except for spring in the bookend tracks

45:32and shovel. Thanks for having lyrics

45:33that are fun to analyze. You're very

45:34well written." Wow, thank you. Um.

45:38Huh.

45:44Interesting. Had noticed that. Thanks.

45:47Fallout 1349 says, "Any plans to brave

45:50the authoritarian hellscape that is

45:51Texas one day and per chance treat us

45:52with a concert or two? Love your stuff.

45:54Appreciate you." Um, appreciate you as

45:57well and uh yeah uh we'll we'll we'll

46:01make it work at some point at some

46:03point. Thank you. Studis says, "Hi, Mr.

46:06Wood. I'm working on my own version of

46:08Blackbox Warrior and I'm wondering how I

46:09would go about getting a derivative

46:10works license also. Will you do

46:12California if ever?" Yeah, for sure.

46:14Definitely will come back to California.

46:16Um unless you mean Canada, in which case

46:18uh I'll be back to Canada as well for

46:20sure. Thank you. Uh, when it comes to

46:22getting a derivative works license, I

46:24don't even know, dude. My

46:28all my my publishing stuff is just

46:30bonkers right now. I am am only like at

46:34the age of 33, 10 years into uh pursuing

46:38a music career in earnest really coming

46:40to understand the basics of publishing

46:43and it's like a a whole thing. So, um

46:46I'm sorry I don't think I can help you

46:47with that right now. Sorry about that.

46:49Thank you so much for the support.

46:51Love for Attorney says, "Hey, Will. I

46:53noticed that there's only a CD available

46:54for Everything's a Lot. Any chance

46:55there'll be vinyl coming? Also, come to

46:57upstate New York. New York City traffic

46:58is scary. I'll be there at some point

47:00for sure." Yeah, thank you. Um, the CD

47:04is available on the Willwood Warehouse,

47:06which for those of you just tuning in,

47:08it's our new It's our new web store

47:10where we're selling limited edition

47:12items, signed things, rarities, odds and

47:15ends, and leftover tour merch, and more.

47:19[sighs]

47:21I'm starting to lose that energy. Um,

47:24uh, the Everything's a Lot CD is, uh,

47:26available on the Willwood warehouse.

47:29I There might be Everything is a Lot

47:31vinyls on Hostile City distribution.

47:33There might be. And they distribute to

47:36other stores as well. So, I I think that

47:38you might be able to still find it

47:39online, but you won't be able to find it

47:41uh, and or or get it signed anywhere uh,

47:45at the moment. Um, uh, if you do want

47:48signed CDs and vinyl, those are

47:50available on Willwood

47:52webtore.bbitgartell.com.

47:54Uh, alongside selfish 2026, the new

47:58selfish re-release compilation featuring

48:01demo stuff. Um, Fizzyat says, "Hey,

48:04Will, you're so tough." Oh, thank you,

48:06by the way. Sorry, I I'm getting

48:08discombobulated. Um, yeah, thank you.

48:11Uh, Fizzyat says, "Hey, Will, you're so

48:13tough. Are you a fan of crabs?" and

48:14Fodor Dstoyki. Um, I haven't read any

48:17DSTVski and I don't currently have any

48:20plans to, but it does sound interesting

48:22some of his stuff. Um, I just have a lot

48:25of books that I promised myself or

48:28someone else that I would read first.

48:30Um, I've had John Darnell's Devil House

48:33on my bedside table for like a thousand

48:36years. Uh Chris Dunn uh gave it to me

48:40and um I'm only still only like half a

48:43chapter in. So uh I feel bad about that.

48:46I got to get to that. But I got to do

48:48that before I do what? Crime and

48:50punishment. Is that dstvki?

48:53It's a Russian guy.

48:56Anyway, uh thank you. Uh Miko took my

48:59right eye. Uh says, "Hi Will, it's me

49:01again. I want to add I'm also David

49:02Hickton's number one fan." Okay. I love

49:03his energy on stage. Hashtag unmatched.

49:05Thanks so much. Uh uh I uh I appreciate

49:08it. Alana Diamond Pearl says, "Yellow

49:11will, in the Toronto concert Q&A, I gave

49:13you a painting full of imagery related

49:14to your music/art like Selfish album

49:16cover guy and Gwen from Prescription.

49:18Were you able to bring it back with

49:19you?" I was. Thank you very much. I

49:21really appreciated that. It was really,

49:22really well done and I appreciate it.

49:24Thank you. Uh Dape Cart says, "Hi, Will.

49:28I went to the Saraveville show on my

49:29birthday. I just wanted to say thanks

49:30for putting on a phenomenal show. It was

49:31a great start to my 30s. Hey, welcome to

49:34the other side, dude. Isn't it weird?

49:36Like I don't know if this is something

49:37you experienced, but the moment I turned

49:3930, my life was just fine. Like I don't

49:43mean like and no more problems at all,

49:45but like something happens when the

49:47switch flips from 29 to 30 where just

49:50like you go, "Oh,

49:52so much [ __ ] didn't matter."

49:55And I've been doing things so like the

49:57hard way for no good reason and I'm fine

50:01with how things are. I don't know what

50:03it is, but I I just I just hit 30 and

50:06immediately my life just like that just

50:09dust settled. I don't know. But yeah, um

50:12welcome and uh happy birthday and thanks

50:15for coming to the show. Weld Kim says,

50:17"Can you sing my friend Ivy happy

50:19birthday and tell him to eat his

50:20freaking cake?" Uh I'm not going to sing

50:22the song right now, but uh Ivy, eat your

50:26freaking cake. I don't know why Ivy's

50:29refusing to eat the cake. It's cake.

50:34Enjoy it. It's for you. It's your

50:37birthday. For God's sake, eat the

50:39freaking cake. Uh, thank you. Quacky

50:42Ducky says, "Hi, Will. Love the new

50:43album. It was interesting to see how

50:44things could have sounded. Could you

50:45shout out to my friend Charles? I want

50:47to make him freak out." Hi, Charles.

50:49Hope you're freaking out.

50:53Thanks. Watermelon for Breeze says,

50:55"Bought a Halloween shirt. The

50:56Cincinnati show is awesome. Hope the

50:58main character gets posted to Patreon or

51:00all of it." The main character gets

51:02posted to Patreon. Is that audio not up

51:05there? I'm not sure I know what you

51:06mean. Um, I'll take a look and see what

51:09we're talking about. Um, uh, thank you

51:11so much. Cincinnati show was super fun

51:13for us, too. We love that show. So, uh,

51:16we the the people hanging from the

51:18ceiling and [ __ ] It was so much fun.

51:20Thank you. Uh, Transcojira says, "Love

51:22the premixes." Thank you so much. Ashley

51:25Hellover says, "It would be an honor to

51:27have a blessing for a cover band."

51:29Absolutely 100%. Enjoy it. Have fun. And

51:32uh I hope you guys uh rock and I hope to

51:35hear it at some point. Transmask

51:37Fluttershy says, "Have you considered

51:39Indiana? Chicago is far as [ __ ] for me."

51:41Um yeah, uh we have considered Indiana

51:44and I think we will go to Indiana at

51:46some point. Yeah, thank you.

51:50Sava 82 says, "Hi Will. We are from

51:52Iceland and we love you. I'm here with

51:53my daughter. Can you see? Please say hi

51:55to Sarin." Siron, I'm going to say it

51:57both ways just in case. Uh, come to

52:01Iceland, please. Will, please, please,

52:03please. Uh, maybe someday. I can't

52:05promise, but I'm I'm trying my best.

52:07Thank you. Uh, hi Sarin. Hi, Saron. Hi,

52:10Sauron. Hi, Saron. Hi, Son. Hi, Sarun.

52:13Those are the That's the widest spectrum

52:15of possible pronunciations that I can

52:18guess based on the spelling. I hope that

52:20one of them was right. Thank you. Icy

52:23Dwarf, the funny man says, "Hello, as an

52:24art student and art teacher, I'm so

52:25curious about the art direction for the

52:26selfish album covers. The art is so

52:28exquisite and details the album in such

52:29a fine way. Saludos de Puerto Rico.

52:31Thank you so much." Um uh the original

52:36uh album cover was um uh myself with a

52:41bunch of body paint photographed by then

52:43video director Jesse Lazarus, who I

52:46which I then put into Photoshop and

52:48arranged from there. The frame is a

52:49painting of mine. It's not painting.

52:51It's it's it's a painting because it's

52:53like an art on canvas, but I did it with

52:55Sharpies. It's not a painting. Um, so

52:58that's where that comes from. The new uh

53:03the selfish 2026 CDs for which are

53:05available only on the Willwood

53:07Warehouse. Um uh I actually I have the

53:11art for that here. This is it's just

53:14black paper that I get online and then I

53:18draw with um uh with paint pens. You can

53:22see that there's like all the strokes

53:25and stuff in there. Um I did that for

53:28the selfish thing. Um, and uh, then I

53:32put it into the computer and I sent it

53:34off to a local independent screen

53:36printer for them to vectorize so that it

53:38could be uh, turned into what you end up

53:40seeing uh, on the merch. Um, I think

53:44that the version that's on the album art

53:47and posters is a little less cleaned up

53:50and vectorized, although I'm not

53:51entirely certain. Uh, but yeah, it's

53:53it's handdrawn. Most of my merch is a a

53:58drawing that I made. Most of it. I don't

53:59know if that's something people know or

54:01if it's something that I don't ever shut

54:02up about uh and nobody cares, but I do

54:05uh handdraw the vast majority of uh

54:08merch and uh promotional imagery that I

54:12put out. Um while I got you, here's

54:15another thing. This was used for uh

54:18posters and hoodies and t-shirts and

54:21whatnot for uh the tour that I did last

54:24year. Uh there was a a bunch of uh

54:27Willwood and the Tapeworm shows and then

54:29some comedy shows uh on the West Coast

54:32um uh to celebrate the 10 years uh since

54:36everything is a lot. And so yeah, this

54:38this was the uh tour art for that. If

54:41you want uh some some something with

54:44this on it, uh there is some leftover

54:47merch from that tour on

54:49willarehouse.bcartry.com.

54:52Uh it is the only place to get that. It

54:54is limited. There's not a ton of it

54:56left, but there are some. And it's got

54:57that art on it. Uh, if you look, it's

55:00also got the dates, which I also just

55:04wrote. There you go. So, now you know a

55:06little bit more about the process, I

55:08guess. I don't know. Maybe some of you

55:09guys are interested in that. Um, I hope

55:10so. And I'm not just embarrassing

55:12myself. Here's a little bit of another

55:14look at uh some of the art for the

55:17selfish 2026 CDs for which are only

55:19available on the Willwood Warehouse.

55:21Willwood warehouse.bigcartel.com.

55:22bigcartel.com.

55:24Um, so this was a thing that I did on uh

55:27for the back cover of [snorts] Selfish

55:312026.

55:33Oh, it's upside down. Hold on.

55:36It's upside down. And it I know you're

55:38thinking it's it's worse than upside

55:39down. It's also just bad and just

55:40doodles. But you'll see once it's once

55:43it's done here. You got to do it in

55:46order. You got to look at them in order.

55:47Otherwise, it don't work so good.

55:57And then that gives way of the original.

55:59So yeah, that's what's on the back

56:00cover. And here here's another uh thing

56:03that was drawn for the tour this past

56:07year u this year. Um, so yeah, all that

56:12leftover tour merch is on uh uh Willwood

56:14Warehouse, uh, alongside tour merch from

56:17the slouching tour. Um, including merch

56:20that was made for like specific events,

56:22like even like a little screening for

56:23the real Willwood that Chris and I did

56:25in 2023.

56:27Um, and uh, Halloween shows from the

56:30last couple years as well. Um, and uh,

56:35Oh yeah, thank you. That is probably

56:37something that I should show people. Um,

56:40this is the CD that we've got on the

56:43warehouse.

56:44There you go. Unlike any other place

56:47where you can get my physical media, you

56:50can get it signed at the warehouse.

56:54See, basically that's the CD. That's the

56:57disc. There you go. So, there you can

57:00see the art that I was just talking

57:02about. So, yeah. Okay. I'm gonna get

57:04back into the super chats now. Thanks

57:06for sticking with me while I promo. I do

57:09kind of have to use the bathroom. No, I

57:11got to catch up with super chats. I got

57:12to catch up. I'm so sorry. I'm going to

57:14do that then. I'm going to uh uh do an

57:16ad break for the bathroom. Apparently,

57:18you can do that. I didn't even know.

57:20Okay, so um uh Icy Dwarf the funny man

57:24says, "Hello, as an art student and art

57:25teacher, I'm Oh, sorry. We just did

57:27that. Thank you." Void 777 says, "Hi,

57:29Will. Keep going. You saved me from

57:31depression." Hey, I didn't do nothing.

57:32That's all you, man. Thank you so much.

57:35Raina's funeral says, "My kid Forest has

57:36made the coolest art inspired by all

57:38your music. Can you shout them out?

57:39Their name is Forest." Hi, Forest. Keep

57:41on keep on rocking and uh uh good luck

57:46with all of your artistic endeavors.

57:48Thank you. Uh Juno Cheryl Jet says,

57:51"Thank you so much for your art. It

57:52means so much to me. Slouching towards

57:53Branson inspired me to pursue art." Oh,

57:55thank you. I'm so glad to hear that. I

57:57appreciate that. Thank you. Slouching

57:58Towards Branson. Well, it's filmed in

58:01the dodging towards Bethlehem 2024 tour,

58:03which was my first tour back from that

58:04dramatic hiatus that I took from 22 to

58:0624. And um only more like 23 to the end

58:09of 24, whatever. Um and uh uh posters

58:15and some merch and uh and totes are

58:20available from that tour. It's leftover

58:23stuff from the tour uh um on the

58:27warehouse store. Those are available

58:29there. Um, also signed DVDs of Slouching

58:32Towards Branson are there. So cool. All

58:37right. Um,

58:39gotta try and find

58:46where I was.

58:52Okay. I hope I didn't miss any here cuz

58:54it it launched me to the bottom of the

58:56page.

58:59Um,

59:03okay. We're going to go with Heavy Nomad

59:054201. I'm really sorry if I missed your

59:07super chat, anyone. Um, I'm trying to

59:09catch up and it just launched me to the

59:10bottom of the page and I lost my place

59:12and I I can't seem to find it. I'm

59:13really sorry. Um, Heavy Nomad 4201 says,

59:16"Well, this is a surprise. Hello there,

59:18Will. My brother and I are fans. My

59:19brother being the biggest. I thank you

59:20for your work and all you have done.

59:22Thank you." Trinity Dish says, "Hey,

59:24Will. How are you doing? Going to assume

59:25the warehouse isn't shipping to Canada.

59:26No worries or not. love seeing it.

59:28Anyways, have a wonderful night. Thanks

59:29so much. No, the warehouse is not

59:31shipping internationally yet. I'm sorry

59:33about that. It's just opened up. It's in

59:35its fledgling stages and it might be

59:37experiencing a little bit of growing

59:38pains in the beginning. Please be

59:39patient with my small team while they

59:41work out keeping up with the uh sudden

59:44demand on this very small uh uh

59:46independent project. Um but for now,

59:50it's only domestic unfortunately. If you

59:53want international, uh,

59:55willwoodstore.com

59:56still does ship internationally and has

59:58a super wide variety of merch with my

1:00:00art on it. So, yeah, thank you. Uh,

1:00:02Raven Dark says, "Hello from Iran, Mr.

1:00:04Wood. Lovely album and amazing artist.

1:00:06Please keep doing what you love." Thank

1:00:07you so much. I appreciate it. Finny

1:00:09Art01 says, "Hello. I love your music

1:00:11and it genuinely changed my life. Thank

1:00:12you greatly. Would you consider visiting

1:00:14Indiana? We have friendly venues."

1:00:15Absolutely. We will be there as as soon

1:00:17as as makes sense. Thank you. Mayari

1:00:21Mayari says, "Hi, Mr. Wood." Hi, Mr.

1:00:23Will Wood. Your music inspires me

1:00:25greatly to become a musical artist. Is

1:00:27there any chance you would come to

1:00:28perform in the Philippines? Please do.

1:00:29Shout out to Daniela and Ha. Hia. Hi.

1:00:34I'm going to guess that. Hope so. Uh, a

1:00:36fan from the Philippines. Right. Okay.

1:00:40Um, hi Danielle. Hi. Uh, I think maybe

1:00:43someday. It's pretty far. Uh, but maybe

1:00:47someday. Thank you.

1:00:49L App Lelass says Andre says, "Hey Will.

1:00:51I'm graduating this year and in case I

1:00:52make it is the reason your lyrics are

1:00:53truly an inspiration. Thank you so much

1:00:55for what you do." Can you say hi Andre?

1:00:56Hi Andre. Thank you. Napoleonized says,

1:01:00"Hi Will. Will from North Carolina here.

1:01:02I just bought a selfish 2026 C 2026 CD

1:01:05plus poster. Love your work. The new

1:01:06album was a nice surprise when I found

1:01:08out about it as the song with five names

1:01:09has been my favorite song for a while."

1:01:10Hey, that's awesome. Thank you so much.

1:01:12Um glad you liked it and thanks for the

1:01:15support. I really appreciate your

1:01:16generosity. That's super awesome. Thank

1:01:18you.

1:01:19Pocket Critter says, "Hi, Will. I hope

1:01:20you're well. I saw you in Silver Springs

1:01:22for the first time, and it was genuinely

1:01:23life-changing. Your music and art is a

1:01:24huge inspiration for my own art. Thank

1:01:26you for being so cool." Thank you. I

1:01:28appreciate it. Lis Yippi, I think, says,

1:01:32"Hey, Will. I'm a huge fan. I love your

1:01:34music. It saved my life. Would you come

1:01:35someday to Barcelona, please? It's okay

1:01:37if not, but I would explode of

1:01:38happiness. I do hope to at some point."

1:01:40Yeah, there's no plans at the moment,

1:01:41but maybe someday. Thank you. Mars Angel

1:01:44Yato says, "Okay. Uh, you're awesome and

1:01:46stuff and your music has really helped

1:01:47me out. Life is strange, but at least

1:01:49awesome music exists. I'm referring to

1:01:50you." Thank you so much. Hey, that's all

1:01:52you. I appreciate it. PubK King says,

1:01:54"Hi, Will. I've been loving slouching

1:01:55towards Branson so much. Can I please

1:01:57know your favorite bird? Also, any

1:01:58advice on independence in college right

1:02:00now?" Um, favorite bird?

1:02:05It's got to be Andrew. It's got to be

1:02:07Andrew. He's He's a good bird. Um,

1:02:11I think his booking agent hates me

1:02:13though. That's No, that's I shouldn't

1:02:15have said that. That feels like I'm like

1:02:16starting like people are going to talk

1:02:18about that or something now. It's not

1:02:19real. I'm [ __ ] around. No, nobody

1:02:22knows anyone. Um, and I mean that. That

1:02:25sounded like sarcasm. I don't know them

1:02:26and they don't know me or my people.

1:02:28It's It's not Sorry. Uh, anyway, advice

1:02:32on independence. Um, I don't know if I

1:02:35It'll come. It'll come when it's time.

1:02:37uh just keep pushing yourself out of

1:02:39your comfort zone. Keep, you know, being

1:02:42brave and taking on risks that you can

1:02:44when you can. Um and uh you know, leaps

1:02:49of faith are all we ever really have in

1:02:52life. You know, when it comes down to

1:02:53it, whether we like it or not, no matter

1:02:55how much we think or want to think that

1:02:57we can control things, it all comes down

1:02:59to just sheer luck and faith. So yeah,

1:03:02uh good luck with your education.

1:03:04Appreciate the support. Thank you.

1:03:06Omniyama says, "Hey, Will. I'm a huge

1:03:08fan from Belgium and I'm so glad to

1:03:10catch you online. The selfish re-release

1:03:11was was a such a sweet surprise. Here's

1:03:13some money to fund teleportation so you

1:03:14can tour my country." I appreciate it.

1:03:16Thank you. Cool Bean Cell says, "Hey

1:03:19Will, love your music. Can you give my

1:03:20friend Olive a shout out? They love your

1:03:22music so much." Hey Olive, thank you.

1:03:24Thank you so much. Sirquake 3370 says,

1:03:27"It's my favorite wacky flable arm

1:03:28flailing tube man. Love the work you do.

1:03:30Dr. Sunshine is dead and against the

1:03:31kitchen floor are my personal favorites.

1:03:33keep making that dot dot dot jazz. I

1:03:35wouldn't call it jazz. Um I feel like I

1:03:38don't know enough about music to call it

1:03:41jazz. I like what I mean is like jazz is

1:03:44like jazz is like smart guy music. It's

1:03:47like academic music at this point. uh

1:03:49not in its like origins, but like at

1:03:51this at this point in culture, I feel

1:03:53like jazz is like kind of super academic

1:03:55and you have to like be really

1:03:58theory heady and really like know your

1:04:01instrument in ways that I simply do not

1:04:04know anything. Um, and I feel like like

1:04:07the chords aren't as dense and diverse

1:04:10as jazz kind of needs to be in order for

1:04:12it to be jazz. And um you know, I don't

1:04:16know. There's definitely some early jazz

1:04:17influences in some of my stuff, of

1:04:19course. Uh but you know, I don't know. I

1:04:21wouldn't call it jazz, but anyway, um

1:04:23thank you so much. I'm glad you like it.

1:04:25I I really appreciate uh the support and

1:04:27your generosity and uh it means a lot.

1:04:30And I will keep making that dot dot dot.

1:04:35I don't know about jazz, but I'll keep

1:04:37making it whatever it is. I appreciate

1:04:38it. Thank you. CG Morganite says, "Hi,

1:04:41Will. You plan to tour around Brazil

1:04:42sometime? Maybe someday. I hope so.

1:04:44Thank you. Redstone Creeper 251 says,

1:04:47"Hey, Will. I saw you at Silver Springs

1:04:48and I love your music. Keep up the great

1:04:50work and thanks for being the awesome

1:04:51person you are." PS, did you actually

1:04:52call that person's mom? Uh, I don't

1:04:56probably not. I don't know what person

1:04:58we're talking about, but um yeah, thank

1:05:01you so much. Um I Oh, yes, in Silver

1:05:04Springs. Um I stole somebody uh

1:05:07somebody's phone. Somebody in the

1:05:08audience said I took their phone and uh

1:05:10and I said I was going to call their

1:05:11mom. I didn't, but uh I should have. I

1:05:15went through their uh their browser.

1:05:18I saw what they were looking at. Some

1:05:21like [ __ ]

1:05:23anime stuff. I didn't like it. I judged

1:05:27it.

1:05:30Anyway, um thank you. Sacred Fire says,

1:05:33"I made out to skeleton appreciation

1:05:34day. Am I cooked?" Yes, you are. I'm

1:05:36sorry. Thank you. Oh, says, "Yo, Will,

1:05:40love your music and transcribing it to

1:05:41piano is one of my favorite hobbies. Can

1:05:42you give shout outs to my boyfriend

1:05:44Bernard?" Hi, Bernard. Thanks, guys.

1:05:46Some dork says, "Just wanted to say

1:05:47selfish is my go-to album for pacing

1:05:49around imagining music videos to on loop

1:05:51and has partially inspired at least half

1:05:52my OC's." Hey, that's awesome. Thanks so

1:05:54much. Keep up the creativity. Ash04SC

1:05:57says, "Hi, I love your music so much.

1:05:58You're a big inspo to me." Uh, thank

1:06:00you, Ash. I appreciate it. Eyeain plays

1:06:0313657 says, "Hi, Will. I loved the

1:06:05selfish 2026 album. Will you ever come

1:06:07to California? Also, if you do, please

1:06:09bring your bones. I will come to

1:06:11California for sure. And almost

1:06:13certainly my bones will be with me, but

1:06:15I won't make a promise about that. Thank

1:06:17you. Cat lady from Sweden says, "Hi,

1:06:19Will. Do you have a favorite anime?" Um,

1:06:21I'm not really big on anime, but there

1:06:23are a couple that I've enjoyed. I

1:06:24enjoyed Mob Psycho 100. I enjoyed

1:06:28um uh One Punch Man and uh what was the

1:06:36the Death Note? That's the obvious one.

1:06:38Um so yeah, but those might be the only

1:06:40animes I've ever seen. That's not true.

1:06:42I've seen other ones, but I don't need

1:06:44to talk about that. Um we can move on.

1:06:47[laughter]

1:06:48I had a brief anime phase where I like

1:06:50checked out a bunch of stuff. uh

1:06:52everything from like the basic like

1:06:53stuff to like not like the action hero

1:06:56stuff that stuff doesn't tend to like

1:06:58grab me but like um the you know more

1:07:01like popular stuff to like some of like

1:07:03the weird transgressive dark [ __ ] and um

1:07:07yeah I I don't I wasn't made a better

1:07:08person by watching Alphan lied. It

1:07:10didn't like make my life better or

1:07:12easier or uh anything. It didn't improve

1:07:15me. Uh you know, so um

1:07:20it was interesting. I I I I liked it, I

1:07:22guess,

1:07:24but I wouldn't call it one of I wouldn't

1:07:25call it my favorite. Anyway, thank you

1:07:27so much. Allesium's Grace says, "Hi,

1:07:30Will. I have just gone through a rough

1:07:31patch in my life with my grand uncle

1:07:32getting into hospice. [ __ ] Sorry. Your

1:07:35music has helped me so much through my

1:07:37life. I saw this live stream and it

1:07:38brought a smile. Love your music. got

1:07:40into your music. I got it into your

1:07:42music. Love from Connecticut. Um I I I

1:07:46appreciate you sharing that and I'm

1:07:48really sorry you're going through that.

1:07:49I I can't imagine what that must be

1:07:51like. Um

1:07:53uh wishing you and your family the best.

1:07:57Um

1:07:59I uh yeah, there aren't really words

1:08:02that I can say here. Um but uh thank you

1:08:05for sharing that with me and making

1:08:07yourself vulnerable like that. And um

1:08:09yeah, I I I wish you the very best and

1:08:11for all the strength you could need in

1:08:13this time. Um so sorry for your loss.

1:08:16Thank you again. Uh

1:08:19I'm going to refund that super chat if

1:08:21it lets me. Um you don't need that right

1:08:24now. Uh it's super generous of you, but

1:08:26it's it's it's totally unnecessary. I'm

1:08:28going to have to figure out how to do

1:08:30that. Um,

1:08:34I I I I would ask you to please please

1:08:36claim claim a refund on that. You're

1:08:38you're good. Um, sorry again. And thank

1:08:42you. Um,

1:08:45hugging Roswell is not even going to

1:08:46help with that. That's not because

1:08:48Roswell is not a guy. I mean, he is, but

1:08:52he's not a human guy. Um,

1:08:56so

1:08:58I'll hug my dad later. I'm going to see

1:09:01my dad tomorrow. I'll make sure to hug

1:09:02my dad. Um, thanks again. Uh, Moliver 87

1:09:06says, "Hi, I just wanted to say thank

1:09:07you for everything." Thank you. I

1:09:09appreciate it. Fangist says, "Hi, Will.

1:09:11I love your shirt. You have so you have

1:09:13on so much. Where did you get it from?"

1:09:15Oh, the shirt that I have on so much.

1:09:16Okay. Sorry. Uh, I got it from Amazon.

1:09:19There were actually a lot of people at

1:09:20this tour wearing the exact same shirt

1:09:22as me on several occasions. It was

1:09:24embarrassing. Um, got to stop shopping

1:09:27on Amazon. um for a number of reasons,

1:09:30but yeah. Anyway, thank you. Um okay. Uh

1:09:36not dead ever says, "Just cried to

1:09:38Euthania at work. I got better. Thank

1:09:39you so much for all your work. Take my

1:09:40money." I appreciate it. Thank you.

1:09:43Kubra says, "Take my money, music man.

1:09:45Love you so much. Keep it up." Thank

1:09:46you. Ivory Mars says, "Hey, Will. I've

1:09:49seen you live three times. Do you think

1:09:50you will tour with the tapeworms again

1:09:52in the future?" Um first of all, thanks

1:09:54so much for the support. Second, I will

1:09:57be touring with the guys from the

1:09:58Tapeworms in the future. Will we be

1:10:02touring Willwood and the Tapeworms

1:10:04shows?

1:10:06Not for a while, I would say. Most

1:10:08likely. Um the uh so uh the Selfish 2026

1:10:14release is going to be followed by um a

1:10:18new live album recorded uh on the

1:10:21anniversary tours. And after that, it's

1:10:24going to kind of be like a not to be all

1:10:25like dramatic, um, but, you know, an end

1:10:28of an era sort of thing. We're gonna be

1:10:30moving on to different things. I'm going

1:10:31to be pursuing, uh, uh, a a different

1:10:34new musical project. Um, you know, it's

1:10:38but it's going to be with the same guys.

1:10:39It's it's it'll make sense when it's

1:10:41happening. Or maybe it won't. Actually,

1:10:42no, it won't. And I think that's good.

1:10:44Uh, it's not going to make any sense,

1:10:45and that's awesome. Um, it'll uh, but I

1:10:48do plan to tour with a band in the

1:10:51future. Yes. Uh, and it will include at

1:10:53least some of the guys from the

1:10:54tapeworms as you currently know them.

1:10:57Um, but not maybe not necessarily always

1:11:01all of them. I don't know for sure.

1:11:02That's up to them. Um, and uh most

1:11:06likely at least one or two more uh new

1:11:10guys. So, um so yeah, stay tuned for

1:11:14more on that. That's for uh future

1:11:16projects. Um,

1:11:18and uh, yeah. So, uh, speaking of

1:11:22touring and also tapeworms, Selfish 2026

1:11:26is the new re-release of the 2016 mix of

1:11:28Selfish uh, plus a compilation of uh,

1:11:34demo/premixed versions of the songs,

1:11:36which are versions of the songs created

1:11:38using a combination of scratch tracks,

1:11:39demos, unedited audio, and cut lyrics

1:11:42and early takes uh, from the production

1:11:44of the original album. It just came out.

1:11:47It's available on all major streaming

1:11:50and downloading services. And the CD is

1:11:53the only way you can get it on physical

1:11:54media. And the CD is only available on

1:11:57the Willwood Warehouse, which is our

1:12:00brand new like sister merch store. That

1:12:03is what it sounds like. It's got

1:12:04leftover tour merch. So stuff from the

1:12:07selfish tour with the art from the

1:12:09selfish 2026 stuff and the art from the

1:12:13the stuff. There's there's there's

1:12:16merch, leftover tour merch with this

1:12:18stuff on it. Uh, as well as a whole

1:12:20bunch of other stuff, some rare finds,

1:12:22some limited edition stuff, some signed

1:12:23things. It's just go check it out.

1:12:25Willwoodarehouse.bakecartel.com.

1:12:27Thank you. Back to the super chats. Um,

1:12:30Michael Haring says, "Hey, Will. One day

1:12:32I was getting coffee and someone with a

1:12:33selfish t-shirt started hitting me with

1:12:35a pen." Hitting me with a pan. Hitting

1:12:38me with a pan. When I asked him to name

1:12:40his favorite song, he couldn't name one.

1:12:42These fake ass fans can't keep getting

1:12:44away with this. Well, um, to be fair, I

1:12:49don't know if I could name any of the

1:12:50songs unselfish.

1:12:53I know what they're called kind. I don't

1:12:57know the

1:12:58I'm not 100% on all of them. I'll say

1:13:01that. Like 99.9

1:13:04even maybe percent, but I probably am

1:13:07even mispronouncing some of those silly

1:13:09words in there. So

1:13:13maybe I'm a fake ass fan. Maybe I'm

1:13:15going to hit you with a with a pan. I

1:13:17don't know. You don't You don't know.

1:13:19But I'm going to get away with it just

1:13:21like he did.

1:13:23Sorry.

1:13:24Thanks for the support. Uh Canon says,

1:13:27"Please never stop making music. I love

1:13:28you, King Will. Thanks so much."

1:13:30Redstone Relic says, "Hi, Will. Went to

1:13:32the Grand Rapids show as my first

1:13:33concert without being dragged by

1:13:34parents. Immediately went and got my

1:13:35sister to come with me to Cincinnati

1:13:37show. Had an amazing time." Hey, that's

1:13:39awesome. Thanks so much. Glad I was able

1:13:40to be your first concert. Hope that you

1:13:42and your sister had fun. Pablo also

1:13:44Pablo Pablo says, "Hey Will, I designed

1:13:46apparel based off of the selfish album.

1:13:47Do you have some sort of PO box? I'd

1:13:48love to send some over." Also, KC KC um

1:13:52I don't have a PO box open for uh stuff

1:13:54right now. Um uh actually

1:13:59maybe it's on I'll have to check my

1:14:01website and see if I can update it and

1:14:02put it put the the the PO box back up

1:14:04there. Um but uh I have to look into it

1:14:07first. So yeah, sorry. But also, thank

1:14:09you so much. 5,000 tapeworms in indis I

1:14:12can't see the full name here, but it's

1:14:14about tapeworms and there's a lot of

1:14:15them. Uh, says, "Hi, Will. I really love

1:14:18your music and it's helped me a lot the

1:14:19past few years, especially through a

1:14:20breakup. Your music means a lot, so

1:14:22thank you. Do you think you'll be back

1:14:23in Missouri again?" I'll be back in

1:14:25Missouri again at some point,

1:14:26unfortunately. Um, I will end up

1:14:28returning to Missouri. I did a show in

1:14:31Missouri relatively recently and I I

1:14:34used you know I I I told some of the

1:14:35material that you see in slouching

1:14:37towards Branson uh at the show and it

1:14:39was clear to me that people in Missouri

1:14:42don't think of Branson as being like

1:14:45they think of Branson as being like the

1:14:47the like a thing that happened to

1:14:49Missouri and not like the inevitable

1:14:52result of Missouri. Um, it's weird that

1:14:56Missouri,

1:14:57maybe it's not weird, maybe they just

1:14:59were were just insulted because Missouri

1:15:02Branson, the jokes about Branson,

1:15:04Missouri land harder outside of

1:15:07Missouri. I'll say that. Um, yeah, thank

1:15:10you.

1:15:12OMG, it's Tangu says, "I'm planning on

1:15:14doing a full cover band, a full band

1:15:16cover of Lelass's Angel. You inspire me

1:15:17so much. You are so awesome." Thanks so

1:15:19much. Uh, good luck with your musical

1:15:21endeavors. Uh, hope I get to hear it at

1:15:23some point. Definitely. Moosey and a

1:15:25says, "Hey Will, I want to say hi to my

1:15:27want to say hi to my black cat, Binks. I

1:15:29sometimes blast your music while he's

1:15:30trying to sleep." Meow. Hi, Binks. Thank

1:15:33you. Tungsten Cube. Danny says, "Hi,

1:15:35Will. There was a clip a while ago where

1:15:36this woman was on stage and a guy named

1:15:37Will said he makes jazz bit. It's

1:15:39complicated and but it's complicated."

1:15:41And she asked if he thinks she doesn't

1:15:42know what jazz was. That you? No, it

1:15:45wasn't. I've I've seen that video. Um,

1:15:49it was fed to me by the almighty

1:15:51algorithm and uh the comment section

1:15:54gave me uh

1:15:58hydrophille.

1:16:01I was going to say cancer and then that

1:16:02felt too mean. It felt too mean and just

1:16:04like dark. So I went with a really with

1:16:07a different disease that can be caused

1:16:10by radiation sickness but a weird one

1:16:12that people don't really know. So I'm

1:16:14going to say hydrophille and think that

1:16:16you know what I mean. I guess we're

1:16:17going with cancer. The comment section

1:16:19gave me cancer, but it still feels mean.

1:16:21I didn't get cancer. I didn't get

1:16:22cancer. I'm okay. Everything's fine. I

1:16:25read the comments and I was annoyed by

1:16:27them because everybody was talking about

1:16:29how that was supposedly me and there was

1:16:31so they were so sure it was me, but in

1:16:34reality it was just some guy who has the

1:16:36same name as me. Um, and I just felt bad

1:16:39for the performer because everybody was

1:16:41talking about me instead of talking

1:16:42about the performer. Um, and she was

1:16:44[ __ ] killer. Um, so I commented on it

1:16:47saying something to that effect, but um,

1:16:50uh, yeah, like I was saying earlier, I

1:16:53don't make jazz. I don't make even jazz

1:16:55question mark. I truly don't. It's not

1:16:57even close to jazz what I do, frankly,

1:16:59with the exception of a couple of songs

1:17:00that are more just like jazz pastiche

1:17:02than actually jazz itself, you know. Um,

1:17:06you know, those songs are, you know,

1:17:07less jazz than they are just like pop

1:17:09from the jazz era. Um, but I don't know.

1:17:12I I I just I feel like maybe maybe

1:17:15people calling my stuff jazz is like a

1:17:17little bit of a pet peeve for me. It

1:17:18might be. I don't know. I haven't really

1:17:20thought about it that way, but I think

1:17:21it might be because the reason why is is

1:17:23like I just I don't have the the skills,

1:17:26talent, or knowledge necessary to call

1:17:28it jazz. And it's genuinely at the end

1:17:30of the day not jazz. And I feel like I

1:17:34like I think I think what it is is that

1:17:35that video I would I you would never you

1:17:39couldn't I wouldn't be caught dead

1:17:41calling my music jazz is basically what

1:17:43I'm saying is that the idea that I would

1:17:46call it jazz when I know what it

1:17:47actually is and I know that it's

1:17:49absolutely not jazz. Just like

1:17:52I would hate that guy if like I heard

1:17:55somebody who made music like me say that

1:17:58his music is jazz. I'd be like that's

1:17:59not [ __ ] jazz. who do you think you

1:18:02are? Which maybe that's judgmental of

1:18:04me, but I think that's where that kind

1:18:06of comes from and why I go like about

1:18:08jazz because it's just it's I I would

1:18:10never want people to think that I call

1:18:12it jazz. You know what I mean? So

1:18:14anyway, yeah, thank you. Um uh oh, did I

1:18:18lose my spot?

1:18:22No, I didn't. Okay. Caleb on the cob

1:18:24says, "Hi, Will. I want to get into

1:18:25music and playing piano. Do you have any

1:18:27advice on getting started? Also, love

1:18:28the music and everything you do."

1:18:30Thanks, Caleb. I appreciate it. Um, any

1:18:33advice on getting started? Just start.

1:18:36Um, I mean, I

1:18:39learned some scales, but in in my

1:18:42experience, the thing that

1:18:44So, I got I was I was given like proper

1:18:47lessons when I was a little kid and

1:18:48eventually they turned into really

1:18:50informal stuff. I lost my sight reading

1:18:52abilities and ended up focusing on uh

1:18:56looking up the chords to songs that I

1:18:58like and then learning how to accompany

1:18:59myself singing them and playing them on

1:19:02piano uh uh by doing that. And that's

1:19:04how I learned how to start writing my

1:19:06own songs is I just started learning

1:19:07chords and learning I could sing over

1:19:09them. And so maybe try that. But also I

1:19:12had a little bit of a background already

1:19:14at the time. Like I was 15 and I'd been

1:19:16taking lessons since I was like five or

1:19:17six. So, younger than 15, but you know,

1:19:20not much. So, um, so yeah, I don't know

1:19:24for sure. Maybe lessons is the way to

1:19:25start. I don't know. Um, thanks so much.

1:19:28Prism Wave says, "I already donated

1:19:29before, but I forgot to include my

1:19:30sister. Can you also say hi to Z?" Thank

1:19:32you. Hi, Z.

1:19:34EMTT Ninoho,

1:19:37I'm sorry, 2376.

1:19:40I don't know how to pronounce that. I

1:19:42hope that was almost close. And if it

1:19:43wasn't, I hope it was at least funny.

1:19:45Uh, says, "Sing your songs brings me so

1:19:47much joy." K. Thanks. Bye. Love you.

1:19:49Back at you. Okay. Thanks. Bye. Love

1:19:51you. Willard 222 says, "This weekend is

1:19:53my birthday. Can you say hi to Will,

1:19:55Nol, and Carlile?" Cariss. Hi, Will,

1:19:57Nol, and Cariss. Happy birthday, Himea

1:20:01de Hoyo. Screws got cut off. And I don't

1:20:04know if I pronounced any of that even

1:20:05remotely closely. Uh, says, "My brother

1:20:07loves your music. His name is Alberto."

1:20:09Hi, Alberto. Thanks so much.

1:20:12Thank you, Corammon.

1:20:14Uh, Bug Beverage says, "Jirona, thank

1:20:16you, Bug Beverage." A type27. Okay, I

1:20:19know I'm gonna I'm gonna address this

1:20:20really quick because I got to share what

1:20:21happened. Um, I did a stream recently

1:20:23where people started spamming the word

1:20:25Jirona onto the onto the chat and um,

1:20:29and I was like, people were just telling

1:20:31me to say it and I was like, I'm not

1:20:34going to say it. Nah, I don't want to do

1:20:37that because mostly at the end of the

1:20:38day is I just don't What do you What am

1:20:40I a [ __ ] animal? Say this. No, [ __ ]

1:20:43you. I'm not saying [ __ ] Uh, but I made

1:20:45some joke about like how um I I wasn't

1:20:49going to say it cuz I didn't know if it

1:20:50was technically a slur or something. And

1:20:53somebody took a clip of that and posted

1:20:55on YouTube being like he thought it was

1:20:57a slur. He was so he was so overwoke

1:21:00that he was like, "What if it's a slur,

1:21:02so I won't say it?" And it got like a

1:21:05quarter million views. I was mind blown

1:21:09that this video like it like I swear to

1:21:12God it might have been a quarter million

1:21:13by the time I I saw it. I didn't know it

1:21:15had happened. It was like weeks after

1:21:17the stream that I stumbled across this

1:21:19YouTube just showed it to me. I was

1:21:20like, "Hey, you might be Will Wood.

1:21:22Watch this." And I saw it was about me

1:21:25refusing to say this word because I'm

1:21:27afraid that it's like a slur or

1:21:28something. And I was like, "Holy shit."

1:21:31Wow. It's it it like

1:21:35it had more views than like many of my

1:21:37videos. There were more views for that

1:21:40than there were for my proudest work.

1:21:44That it was it was just it was ob

1:21:47obscene just how much attention that

1:21:49got. And the comments were all just like

1:21:51people telling, you know, talking about

1:21:52how I'm I'm I'm too woke because I

1:21:55thought it was a slur. uh or like

1:21:57talking about how like one second I'm

1:21:59like uh you know edgy and crazy and the

1:22:01next second I'm afraid to say a line

1:22:03from a video game and it really was just

1:22:05like I just don't want to get into this

1:22:07game with you kids. I'm not going to

1:22:08start just saying things because you

1:22:10tell me to say them. Um and that I guess

1:22:13the joke kind of just was maybe too dry.

1:22:15I don't know if I told it too dry or

1:22:17something, but um it wasn't because I

1:22:19thought it was a slur. Are you kidding

1:22:21me? I say slurs all the time. I love

1:22:23them. I'm going to say one right now.

1:22:24Anyway, um, Raven Dark says, "You're an

1:22:27amazing artist, Mr. Wood. Love from

1:22:28Iran." Thank you so much. I appreciate

1:22:30it. Love to Iran. Coramone says, "Will,

1:22:33will you ever come to Peru? I love your

1:22:34music so much." Thanks, Cormon. I

1:22:36appreciate it. I hope to be there at

1:22:38some point. Uh,

1:22:41Garrett,

1:22:43no, sorry. Oh, uh, Phoebe Lemons says,

1:22:45"West Coast band tour when?" Um,

1:22:49I'm gonna say next year. It's going to

1:22:51be different than anything that you

1:22:53might have seen videos of. I think it's

1:22:56probably going to be pretty different,

1:22:57but I do plan to bring a band to the

1:23:00West Coast next year for a new project,

1:23:03which I can't say too much about, but

1:23:04there is a new project. And yes, there

1:23:07will be a new album of new songs. Uh

1:23:09like a new studio album, not a live

1:23:11album, not a live album that has some

1:23:13songs that hadn't been released uh

1:23:14before. Uh a studio album. Um so yeah,

1:23:19that'll there there will be one next

1:23:21year. Yeah. Um, we actually start

1:23:23recording in two weeks. So, yeah. Um,

1:23:27super excited. Mario comes in on I'm not

1:23:30going to tell you when. That's I'm not

1:23:31going to tell you when cuz some of you

1:23:32guys are going to show up or something.

1:23:34I know better than anyway. Sorry. Uh,

1:23:36Catzilla Art says, "Hello. My mom was

1:23:38the one who passed out at the New York

1:23:39show. Wanted to say thank you for

1:23:40helping and she's totally fine. Thanks

1:23:42for a great show." Okay, good. I'm so

1:23:44glad I remembered that. And um yeah. Oh

1:23:47boy. Um I'm glad she's okay. I'm sorry

1:23:50that it took them so long to send

1:23:53somebody to help her. My god. Um that

1:23:56was crazy. Uh yeah, but uh yeah. Uh

1:23:59thanks for letting me know. Um and uh

1:24:02glad you had fun despite your mom

1:24:03passing out. Um glad she's okay. Uh also

1:24:07Catzilla just reminds me of when I was a

1:24:08little kid, I wanted to make movies and

1:24:10so I would make home movies with my cat

1:24:12Moose. And uh I would build little uh

1:24:16houses, like little little buildings,

1:24:18like a little city uh scene out of

1:24:20cardboard boxes in the basement and I'd

1:24:23set up my camera and then I'd get Moose

1:24:25and I'd like throw her into it and be

1:24:26like, "Yes, all right. Now we're filming

1:24:28Catzilla." And Moose just was not having

1:24:30it. She [ __ ] hated that [ __ ] And so

1:24:32she So I never made Catzilla because she

1:24:34refused to act. She just Some people

1:24:37they just they just don't have it, you

1:24:38know? Um anyway, yeah. Thank you. Mr.

1:24:41Four says, "Will you tour with Nirv

1:24:43Nirvana the band and Weird Al?" Um, I

1:24:46don't Do Nirvana the Band tour? Is that

1:24:49actually a thing? Does Nirvana the band

1:24:50tour? I'm going to look that up because

1:24:51that would be so cool. Uh, will I tour

1:24:53with Weird Al? That would be up to Al. I

1:24:55don't I don't think that's likely to

1:24:56happen anytime too soon. I think that

1:24:58we're pretty different in terms of our

1:25:00tone and the way we perform. And so I

1:25:02don't think that it would be something

1:25:03that he would be looking to do, which,

1:25:05you know, not not a problem. Totally get

1:25:06it. Um

1:25:09uh would love to work with him though.

1:25:11Definitely would love to work with him.

1:25:13Um

1:25:16he uh

1:25:20apparently he's a fan. We met recently

1:25:22and he was telling me um so like I I I

1:25:27had I had heard before that Weird Al was

1:25:29a fan of my stuff and um and I was like,

1:25:32"Yeah, okay. He's a fan. Sure, sure,

1:25:34sure." you know, and when I met him, he

1:25:36told me he was a big fan. And I was

1:25:38like, "Yeah, sure. Yeah, awesome. Yeah,

1:25:40big fan of your stuff, too, because, you

1:25:41know, that's what musicians when we meet

1:25:43each other, we always say we're a big

1:25:45fan of the other person, even if we're

1:25:46not that familiar with their stuff, you

1:25:48know." I assumed he was just being nice.

1:25:50Um, and then he said, "Yeah, no, I've se

1:25:52I've listened to all your albums. I've

1:25:54seen your movie." And I was like, "Oh,

1:25:55you have to, frankly, you have to be an

1:25:57actual fan to even know I have a movie."

1:25:59So, like, yeah, it's it's legit. So,

1:26:03that was really cool. Um, that we've

1:26:05been listening to each other's stuff,

1:26:06apparently. Uh, he said that the guy

1:26:08from, uh, Green Jello introduced him to

1:26:10my stuff. Um, and, uh, so anyway, um,

1:26:16there are no plans to tour. I'll say

1:26:18that. There are no plans for us to tour

1:26:20together. Um, anyway, what was the

1:26:24question? It was about that and Nirvana,

1:26:26the band. Yeah, I'll look into whether

1:26:26or not you might be just joking around,

1:26:29so I don't know. But I would if they if

1:26:31they actually tour, that would be

1:26:32awesome. I would love to go see them.

1:26:34Um, anyway, thank you. Um, Love for

1:26:37Eternity. He says, "Hi again. I'm hoping

1:26:38to meet you one day so I can show you

1:26:39the ceramic bowl I made based on your

1:26:40album covers. Your art inspires more art

1:26:42in my life every day. Thank you for

1:26:43being so awesome." That's great. Thank

1:26:45you so much. Yeah, I hope I get a chance

1:26:46to see it at some point, too. Andy's gay

1:26:49ASMR says, "Got the tism and your music

1:26:51makes me feel seen and became my special

1:26:53interest. I especially love the songs

1:26:54White Noise and Love Me Normally." Hey,

1:26:56that's awesome. Thanks so much. Is it

1:26:58okay that I said tism? Is that allowed?

1:27:01Did I do it? Did I say the slur? Is that

1:27:03a slur? Is that like a I know it's a

1:27:05it's like a rude word, right? Or maybe

1:27:07it's not. If you guys are cool with it,

1:27:09then never mind. I'm just going to start

1:27:10saying it all the time. Listen, I'll say

1:27:12any word I can get away with, you know?

1:27:14That's the Anyway, let's move on. That's

1:27:15that's this is not the subject. It's not

1:27:17the subject for YouTubes. Um three Will

1:27:19Smith 3 says, "Hi, Will. I want to thank

1:27:21you for just being you." Back at you,

1:27:24man. Thank you. Failing actor says,

1:27:26"Hey, Will again. Please come to New

1:27:27Mexico. Nobody comes here. Okay, I'll be

1:27:30there as soon as I can. Thank you so

1:27:31much. Ed says, "Hi, Will. I'm trying to

1:27:34make a video game. I'm not sure if I

1:27:35can, but if I do, may I add band merch

1:27:37as a background thingy?" I don't know if

1:27:39really I know what that means, but I

1:27:41won't stop you. Uh, I hope that means

1:27:44something good and cool. Um, good luck

1:27:48with it. Yeah, thank you. Just a guy

1:27:51says, "Hi, hope you're doing well. I

1:27:52want to tell you that one of my rats,

1:27:54soap, favorite song is Suburbia." He

1:27:55gets super excited whenever I play it

1:27:57for him. That's awesome. Thank you so

1:27:59much. Hi, Soap. Tim the Idiot says,

1:28:02"Rosswell is very cute. My cat Grebo

1:28:04also only has one eye." A hi, Grebo.

1:28:07Sorry about your eye. Um, and yes,

1:28:10Roswell is very cute. He's my pride and

1:28:12joy. Thank you. Nighttime says, "Hi,

1:28:15Will. My buddies and I had a great time

1:28:16playing Aloo by Beyond the Bark and Kill

1:28:18Kenny, and you wrote the music. How'd

1:28:19that collab come about? Big fan." Um, I

1:28:23think uh back in 2021, I think Ivan

1:28:26reached out to me asking if I wanted to

1:28:28do anything. Um, and that's how we got

1:28:30into working on Tom Cat Disposables

1:28:32together and he animated that project

1:28:34and built all the puppets and everything

1:28:35and the sets and all that stuff.

1:28:38um he started producing a video game

1:28:43with programmer Benjamin our uh a few

1:28:46years later and was just using the same

1:28:49puppets and he reached out to tell me

1:28:51about it and I was like hey if you're

1:28:53going to use the same puppets

1:28:56and so

1:28:58yeah we ended up making it something

1:28:59that connects more directly to Tomcat

1:29:01disposables as opposed to just it's a

1:29:02video game that also has the same or a

1:29:04similar puppet so yeah thank you. Hannah

1:29:08says, "I know it's conservative hell,

1:29:09but ever Arkansas? I would understand if

1:29:11not. Wanted to thank you for being my

1:29:12soundtrack for the last 11-ish years." I

1:29:14I appreciate that. Um, thank you so

1:29:16much. Uh, I uh, yeah, I' I'd come to

1:29:20Arkansas. Why not? Um, thank you. Uh,

1:29:22Laura Cip says, "Hey, well, I'm a huge

1:29:24fan. I love your music. It saved my

1:29:25life. Would you come someday to

1:29:26Barcelona, please? It's okay if not, but

1:29:27I would explode with happiness." I feel

1:29:29like I read this earlier. Did you send

1:29:30this twice? I hope not. Um, uh, yeah.

1:29:33Thank you again. Emily Venico says, 'I

1:29:35hope you're having a good day. You're

1:29:36awesome. Thank you. Back at you.

1:29:38Pumafoid says, "Hi again, Will. It's

1:29:40near it's nearly me and my partner's

1:29:41one-y year anniversary, and she got me

1:29:43into your music. Can you see please say

1:29:44hi to Alex?" Hi, Alex. Thanks for that.

1:29:46I appreciate it. Alex just made me five

1:29:49bucks. Hell yeah. Thank [laughter] you.

1:29:53Makens says, "Your music is a huge

1:29:55inspiration for me and my art, and it's

1:29:56really kept me going. Thank you so much.

1:29:58Could you please say hi to Missy and my

1:29:59dog, Mila? Love from Chile." Uh, hi

1:30:01Missy. Hi, Mila. Thanks so much, guys.

1:30:04Fahrenheit says, "Will you be playing on

1:30:05a cat piano next tour?" Um, I wasn't

1:30:08planning on it. No, but

1:30:11I'll take a look. I don't The way I

1:30:13said, "But sounded like Chris Hansen

1:30:14there." But, um, Omniyama says, "Uh oh,

1:30:18my feed froze."

1:30:21Omniama says, "Here's another super chat

1:30:23because it would be awesome if you did a

1:30:24shout out to my friend Nolan. He's a

1:30:25huge fan as well, and I'm sure he he'll

1:30:26love it." Hi, Nolan. Uh, fun fact. Um,

1:30:30uh, I had a vet for a while who when I

1:30:33told him my name, he heard Nolan, didn't

1:30:38didn't like check. He didn't go like,

1:30:39"Did you say Nolan?" I said, "William."

1:30:40And he just decided that I had said

1:30:42Nolan. And so all of my paperwork said

1:30:45Nolan on it. And I never corrected him.

1:30:47So I was Nolan to that guy while he

1:30:49killed one of my rats before my very

1:30:51eyes.

1:30:55Axel Moss says, "Hi, Will. I love

1:30:57listening to your music. I cried in

1:30:58front of him. He thought I was Nolan and

1:31:00I was weeping in front of him. Anyway,

1:31:02Axel Moss says, "Hi, Will. Love

1:31:04listening to your music while drawing.

1:31:05Especially the louder songs. It's Oh, my

1:31:08chair. Sorry. Uh, especially the louder

1:31:10songs. It's the only thing that get my

1:31:11brain to shut up and focus." Hey, that's

1:31:13awesome. Thanks so much. Wolfenstein,

1:31:16the flaming something. I you got cut

1:31:18off. I'm sorry. Says, "Love all your

1:31:20music and looking forward to more life

1:31:21in the world to come. Question if you

1:31:22can. Do you have any favorite songs

1:31:23you've made? That and do you know the

1:31:25band Baros? They have brought you on a

1:31:26podcast. Um, you must have met brought

1:31:30me up on a podcast. I haven't been on

1:31:31Bear Ghost's podcast, but um uh

1:31:36I I also look forward to maybe doing

1:31:38some more Life in the World to come at

1:31:39some point. Um, as for uh favorite songs

1:31:42I've made, uh, White Noise and Cicada

1:31:44Days are usually my go-to answer, but

1:31:45there's stuff that I'm working on now

1:31:46that I'm really really excited about.

1:31:48So, yeah. Um, I do know the band Bear

1:31:51Ghost. Yeah. Uh, I I met them on tour a

1:31:53couple years ago. Um, was it last year?

1:31:57It was last year. Yeah, I I saw them on

1:31:58tour. I I I met them on tour last year.

1:32:01Um, and uh had a really nice time. Um,

1:32:05and uh their new album was produced by

1:32:07Kevin Andreian. I don't know, Kevinian.

1:32:10There we go. Oh, yeah. Segue time. Kevin

1:32:12Andreian uh produced the new Bear Ghost

1:32:15album Tiny Hitman. He also produced the

1:32:17album Selfish, which was just

1:32:19re-released today on a special edition

1:32:22called Selfish 2026, which includes

1:32:25special demo premixed versions of the

1:32:27songs that were created by myself and

1:32:29producer Kevin Entrezian at Backroom

1:32:31Studios uh by combining scratch tracks,

1:32:34demos, early takes, unedited audio, and

1:32:37other artifacts from the production back

1:32:39in 2015 so that you, the fan, can hear

1:32:42what it was like to be in the control

1:32:43booth while producing that album. Uh, it

1:32:46is available on all streaming platforms,

1:32:48but if you want it on physical media,

1:32:49the only way to get it is on that CD,

1:32:51which is available exclusively at

1:32:53willwoodarehouse.bigcartel.com.

1:32:55It is a new store, the Willwood

1:32:57Warehouse, that just opened up. and it

1:32:59is our special place for signed items,

1:33:02limited edition items, leftover tour

1:33:04merch, physical media and rarities and

1:33:07all kinds of stuff in between, including

1:33:08higher quality stuff, local uh

1:33:11independently produced screen printed

1:33:12stuff and much much much more. It is

1:33:15currently only for domestic customers.

1:33:17Unfortunately, it's not ready for

1:33:19international shipping yet. And since it

1:33:21is in its early days, we ask everybody

1:33:23to be a little bit patient with my team

1:33:25while they work through some of the

1:33:26growing pains that are going to happen

1:33:28in just the beginning of opening up such

1:33:30a small and independent operation. But

1:33:32for those of you who are international

1:33:33or want something quicker and just want

1:33:35to peruse a super wide variety of merch

1:33:37featuring my art, Willwoodstore.com is

1:33:40also open. So go to willwood.netch

1:33:43and you'll see all this and it'll be

1:33:44very easy for you to understand as

1:33:46opposed to listening to me babble and

1:33:47babble and babble. Um, I think I said

1:33:49the thing. That's That's the thing. I I

1:33:52bet I I bet I said it all. Um,

1:33:57cool. Awesome. Uh, Heaven Robinson says,

1:34:00"Uh oh. Oh no. Uh, uh, I lost my place

1:34:05again. I got

1:34:08I got launched to the bottom of the page

1:34:10again.

1:34:18Okay. Um

1:34:21I I got to just pick one. I'm sorry.

1:34:24Certex Quake says, "Wait, that's what

1:34:28Certex Quake. This all right. That

1:34:32I've seen this. I've seen this message

1:34:34from Certex Quake before. Um so this is

1:34:37all jumbled and I'm really sorry. I

1:34:38don't know why it's jumbled like this. I

1:34:40apologize. This is out of order. for

1:34:41Certex Quake asked me uh about um uh the

1:34:46jazz and uh that started the whole spiel

1:34:49that happened next and I don't know

1:34:51what's after that. So, I'm sorry I've

1:34:53lost my place a little bit. Hopefully, I

1:34:54am getting closer to catching up. I

1:34:56don't know. Uh thank you so much for

1:34:58being patient with me and I'm so sorry

1:34:59if I missed your thing. Um Mora

1:35:01Lavendell says, "Hi, Will. Your music

1:35:03and art are super big inspirations to

1:35:04me. Can you please say hello to my

1:35:05friends Violet, Rio, and Abby?" Hi,

1:35:07Violet. Hi, Rio. And hi, Abby. Heaven

1:35:09Robinson says, "I want to tell you that

1:35:10you're my favorite music artist and my

1:35:11chemical romance and your beautiful

1:35:13lyrics have inspired me to start writing

1:35:14poetry. I hope I can write as

1:35:15beautifully as you someday." Thank you.

1:35:16I appreciate that. Lelay Rodog says,

1:35:19"Hi, Will. Big fan of your work. I've

1:35:20got lots of questions about your

1:35:21creative process and I hope to interview

1:35:22one day if you're okay with that. From

1:35:23one artist to another. Love your work."

1:35:25Thanks so much, Lei. I appreciate it. I

1:35:27hope so, too. August Possum says, "Hey,

1:35:29Will. Thanks for saying hi to me last

1:35:30stream. It brightened my day. Could you

1:35:31say hi to August again? Also, keep up

1:35:33the awesome music." Hi, August. Thank

1:35:35you. Acetype says, "Hello, Mr. Woody

1:35:37Willie. My bro is a huge fan. So am I.

1:35:39But this ain't about me. Call my brother

1:35:41Gerardo, also known as Luigi. A cheap

1:35:43sucker who has to buy a new mic. Put

1:35:44extra emphasis on sucker.

1:35:48Oh, you're telling me to call Gerardo.

1:35:51Uh, a cheap sucker has to buy a new mic.

1:35:54Call him that. Right. You're telling me

1:35:55to call him that? You're

1:35:58Gerardo. Or is it Luigi? You're a cheap

1:36:02sucker.

1:36:03Buy a new mic.

1:36:05Cool. Thank you. Sage of the Huri says,

1:36:09"Uh, hi Will. What's your opinion on One

1:36:11Piece? I haven't ever watched it." Mario

1:36:13is a huge fan. Ask him about that. He

1:36:14goes on Instagram live a lot and and ask

1:36:17him about One Piece because he's

1:36:18obsessed with One Piece. Um uh but

1:36:21personally, I've never seen it. Yeah.

1:36:23Sorry. Thank you. Uh Baguette Knife

1:36:25says, "Hi, Will. Huge fan. I've been

1:36:27trying to learn your songs on piano.

1:36:28What is wrong with you? And is it And it

1:36:31is Iron like Dawn." Anihara, another

1:36:34Iran, another Iranian fan. Iranian fan.

1:36:37Is that it? It is Iran. Okay, cool.

1:36:40Sorry about that. Um, was I I, as you

1:36:43were correcting me about the

1:36:44pronunciation, I was about to once again

1:36:47pronounce it incorrectly. Um, uh, I

1:36:51don't know. I don't know what's wrong

1:36:52with me. A lot of things, including

1:36:53apparently a lack of respect for the

1:36:55proper pronunciation of the, uh, the

1:36:57names of, uh, uh, other nations, and I

1:37:00apologize for that. Thank you, Baguette

1:37:01Knife. Uh, Larsis Yippy says, "Can you

1:37:03say hi PA? I love you, please. I'd cry."

1:37:05Hi, Paula. I love you. Marcus 8900 says,

1:37:07"Hey, Will. Hope to see you bring the

1:37:09tapeworms to Oregon someday. Much love

1:37:10from Marcus and Oneita. Can you believe

1:37:12I said Oregon? What's wrong with me?

1:37:14It's like saying Iran. Uh, Oregon,

1:37:17Iran." Hi, Marcus. Hi, Wanita. Uh, I we

1:37:21I think I'll be there at some point for

1:37:24sure. Yeah, thank you. Uh, Tungsten Cube

1:37:27Danny says, "Hey, Will, I think you

1:37:28missed my super chat. Was that Lucy

1:37:30darling clip a year ago? you also say hi

1:37:32to my friend Magnus, please. Um, I don't

1:37:35think I did miss that. We did talk about

1:37:37that. Um,

1:37:39uh,

1:37:41hold on a second. My laptop has not been

1:37:44plugged in this entire time. We did talk

1:37:46about that though. That isn't me at that

1:37:47video. No. Um, R Chaotic says, "I love

1:37:50being able to attend the tour this most

1:37:52recent time around. You didn't swing by

1:37:53Texas, so I had the idea to take the

1:37:54chaos into my own hands and I drove to

1:37:56Chicago. Lol. Love the Mosh portal."

1:37:57Hell yeah. Thanks so much. Lisium's

1:38:00Grace said, "Will find my first one? I

1:38:01spent $50." I ah Jesus, you shouldn't

1:38:05have done that. $50.

1:38:09I can't I can't I don't think I could

1:38:11scroll through them like that because

1:38:13I'm going to lose my place again. It

1:38:14won't be fair to the people. Um, can you

1:38:16get a refund on that? You don't have to

1:38:19give me $50. That's crazy.

1:38:23That's just too It's too generous. I I

1:38:26appreciate it, but that's Oh, jeez. Um,

1:38:34oh, now it's freezing. I'm sorry. I I If

1:38:38you can get a refund on that, please do.

1:38:40I'm so sorry. Um,

1:38:42it might be time for me to start No, I

1:38:46can't do that. I was about to say it

1:38:47might be time for me to start wrapping

1:38:48up because it doesn't seem like I'm

1:38:50succeeding in keeping up or catching up,

1:38:52but no, because then I'm just letting

1:38:54down more people. So, um,

1:38:58I'm going to It launched me to the

1:39:00bottom again. Oh, sorry guys.

1:39:05Um,

1:39:07okay. Here we go. Uh, Cubone Fan 3 says,

1:39:09"Hi, Will. What is it like being a

1:39:10famous person?" I don't know if I'm a

1:39:12famous person, but I I know what you

1:39:14mean. Um, it's weird. Sometimes it's

1:39:18really really cool. Sometimes it's

1:39:20really really not cool. Uh, it's

1:39:22isolating sometimes. It's confusing

1:39:24sometimes. And you have to kind of like

1:39:27have like you have to like really work

1:39:30to stay grounded sometimes. And I don't

1:39:32mean like stay down to earth, you know?

1:39:34I mean although sometimes you do. Um or

1:39:37at least stay in a conventional reality

1:39:40if that makes any sense. Um like uh like

1:39:44I don't know my life is so different

1:39:45than 99.999%

1:39:47of people in really fundamental ways.

1:39:49And so it's hard for me to even describe

1:39:50it. But um but also at the same time, I

1:39:54think that like people know more and

1:39:55more what it's like as time goes on.

1:39:57There's a reason why people have I think

1:39:59a lot of people anyway have more empathy

1:40:01for celebrities than we used to. Um

1:40:04because I think that we all kind of know

1:40:06a little bit about what it's like to be

1:40:07kind of a public person at this point.

1:40:09You know, we're all public people to a

1:40:11certain extent. Um, so everything that

1:40:14you experience uh with any amount of

1:40:17internet publicity that you have,

1:40:18imagine just that being multiplied to an

1:40:20extent that is just crazy. Um, but

1:40:22except it's it's no, it's more

1:40:24complicated than that, too. Um, I don't

1:40:26know. I can't answer that question in

1:40:28under 20 [ __ ] hours. So, I I have to

1:40:31just say it's weird, but thank you so

1:40:33much. Koi Boy says, "Love from

1:40:35Argentina. Love your music. Can you say

1:40:37hi Leon and Bruno? Your songs really

1:40:38inspire me to draw, write, and even

1:40:40sculpt. Amazing work. Really, I've been

1:40:41super hooked listening to Guitar Art

1:40:42Solution. Thanks so much. I appreciate

1:40:44it. Thanks for the uh the generosity and

1:40:46for the support. Hi, Leon. Hi, Bruno.

1:40:48Um, keep up the good work and uh good

1:40:50luck with uh your future creative

1:40:52endeavors. Freaky Freddy says, "I listen

1:40:55to white noise while looking at the

1:40:56ocean on a cruise. Completely

1:40:57disconnected from the internet. It

1:40:58became my favorite song of all time."

1:40:59Hey, that's awesome. I love that. Thank

1:41:01you so much. Jellical Dry says, "Hey,

1:41:03Will. Probably will be asleep when you

1:41:04get to this. Was at the Boston show and

1:41:06I absolutely loved it. Much love from a

1:41:07s silly jingly jester and or cobalt on

1:41:10the internet. Thanks so much. I

1:41:11appreciate it. Um uh I'm glad you had a

1:41:15good time. Thank you. Dr. Whimsy says,

1:41:17"Lee, John, Silus, and Katherine

1:41:19siblings say hi." Hi. Painbrush Supreme

1:41:22says, "Hi." Hi, Will. I'm a big fan of

1:41:24your music. Will you be doing another

1:41:25Halloween party this year? I've been

1:41:26meaning to go with a friend. Not this

1:41:28year. We were thinking we were going to

1:41:29do it like annually, but eventually it

1:41:30just became a thing that's like I don't

1:41:32think so. Uh sorry about that. Gay trash

1:41:35panda says, "Hi, Will. You have

1:41:36genuinely saved my life and I wanted to

1:41:38thank you from the bottom of my heart. I

1:41:39recently performed skeleton appreciation

1:41:40day in front of a crowd. Thank you for

1:41:41inspiring me. Hey, that is all you. Um,

1:41:44thank you so much for sharing that. I

1:41:46really appreciate it once again. That's

1:41:47all you. Uh, congrats on the

1:41:49performance. Uh, good luck with uh your

1:41:51future performances. Appreciate it.

1:41:53Thank you. Final spin one says, "Dance

1:41:55monkey dance. In all honesty, I love the

1:41:57music. Excited for new music. Thanks so

1:41:58much. I appreciate it." Griman Stone

1:42:01says, "My bra my Bday is tomorrow and

1:42:03having the release for the album with my

1:42:04fave song, Guitar Solution the day

1:42:05before is a dream. Any tips for learning

1:42:07the keyboard?" Um,

1:42:11look up scales and chords. Learn about

1:42:13scales and chords. That's what I would

1:42:14say, but I don't know for sure. I I I

1:42:16had a very specific way of learning the

1:42:18way that I learned. So, and it's not one

1:42:20that I can just say go do it. Um, so

1:42:24yeah, maybe. I don't know. Thank you.

1:42:26Uh, Zeroid says, "I have cerebal palsy

1:42:28in my right hand and your music makes me

1:42:29love piano even though it's hard.

1:42:31Blackbox Warrior and Licer Jed Daydream

1:42:32are my favorite." That's really awesome.

1:42:34Thank you for sharing that. I really

1:42:35appreciate that. That's really cool to

1:42:37hear. Um,

1:42:39yeah, thank you.

1:42:41A says, "Hey, Will. Love your work."

1:42:43Parenthesis in moderation. Could you

1:42:45shout out my buddy Josh? He's not a fan.

1:42:47Never even heard of you, but I'd like to

1:42:48psych him out. Josh,