Especially after producing an LP, Luppen is waiting for the moment when he can once again get to safely experience - not just virtually - people truly connecting with his music. And this record was that for me: reclaiming what I like, what my tastes are, who I am as a creative, who I am as an individual and what I want for the future.”Īnd while the future is still unclear for just about everyone right now, the artist is at least looking forward to something that nearly every musician can get behind: the return of live music. Which I love to do - like, I love to serve others and be a part of a thing larger than myself - but I think it was nice to have a moment to just reclaim who I was. And, that entire time, I was on tour with the band, so I was kind of living for that organization and those people. “I was in that relationship for seven years, and I was kind of living for that person. “I spent a lot of years living for other people,” he said. With Lupin, Luppen is making space to explore more of his creative outlets - whether it be experimenting with synthesizers and mixing techniques, producing for and with other artists or making more “stuff that sounds weird.” A self-proclaimed workaholic, Luppen spent any free time he could get between touring in the studio with countless collaborators whom he admires. So it’s like, ‘Oh my god, this is what’s on my mind right now?’ It’s just as surprising for me as it is for people that hear it for the first time.” “I don’t really sit down and go, ‘I’m writing a song about this today.’ I kind of just start writing words and then it starts to reveal itself, essentially. “It’s something that I have not ever really talked about,” he said. Recognizing that his attraction isn’t limited to “people of the opposite sex,” the title refers to his internal fight with his own sexuality, eventually embracing the feelings he had battled for so long. One song in particular, “KO-Kid,” is a buoyant profession of self-realization for Luppen. For starters, he and his former partner had broken up after a seven year relationship, and considering Luppen was only a senior in high school when they started dating - before Hippo Campus had even really formed - the complications of those feelings unfold in his solo music. Producing as a solo artist, Luppen was able to share a lot of personal struggle that he felt would be harder to communicate in a group project. But I think, overwhelmingly, it was a positive experience to just embrace an uncompromising side of my creativity.” If a song is bad, it’s not because I compromised for somebody else’s vision it was because my decision was bad. ![]() “I think it was challenging in the way that, like, all of the decisions would rest on my shoulders. It was a fresh way of creating,” he said. “It was relieving in the way that I didn’t have to compromise my vision ever to make the music fit within a group. As his self-labeled “therapy album,” the songs detail darker stories over a glittering pop soundscape. Going under the moniker of Lupin, the artist lyrically dives into some of his most vulnerable moments since recent tours with Hippo Campus. This week, Luppen is releasing his first solo record, Lupin, separate from his renowned indie outfit. “I actually feel like, really zen right now,” said Luppen in an interview with The Daily Californian, his relaxed spirit truly carrying in his voice. Although his genuine humility wouldn’t let you know it immediately, the musician went through a breakup, thought he was dying, came to terms with his insecurities and, all the while, built a solo project during a pandemic. In the past few years, Hippo Campus’ frontman Jake Luppen has really been through the ringer.
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