Tobias Jesso Jr - Leaving LA

Music 5 years ago

Tobias Jesso Jr - Leaving LA

"Hollywood", the centerpiece of Tobias Jesso Jr.’s debut album Goon, offers a cautionary tale to those enraptured by bright lights, huge billboards, and glistening walks of fame.

"Think I’m gonna die in Hollywood," sings Jesso, who spent some of his twenties haplessly trying to become a big time pop songwriter in Los Angeles, dreaming of working with his favorite artist,

Adele. It is a somber song about failure, written by a guy coming to terms with his own youthful illusions.