Andy BaioI saw that Tobias Jesso Jr won two Grammys last night, and was confused because I *loved* his 2015 debut album and saw him on that tour, but hadn’t heard anything about a followup album. Turns out he hated touring/press so much, he had a bit of a breakdown and cancelled his tours. He was rescued by Adele, who was a huge fan of his songs, and they wrote “When We Were Young” together, kickstarting his songwriting career for others. https://www.gq.com/story/tobias-jesso-jr-adele-harry-styles-2023-grammys-songwriter-of-the-year
He won last night in the inaugural Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical category for Adele’s “To Be Loved” and “Can I Get It,” Harry Styles’ “Boyfriends,” plus songs for FKA Twigs, Orville Peck, and others. https://pitchfork.com/news/tobias-jesso-jr-wins-songwriter-of-the-year-non-classical-at-2023-grammys/
I’m happy that he’s happy and doing so well, but sad we’ll likely never get another solo album from him. Goon was an achingly beautiful album. Highly recommended for fans of Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman. https://songwhip.com/tobias-jesso-jr/goon
JoshDB@andybaio Maybe he would eventually do something like Dan Wilson’s “Re-Covered”, with no tour obviously.
