The Jonas family is very tight-knit, but no one gets along better than twin brother and sister Joe and Brexley. They've been inseparable for their entire lives, and even during the Jonas Brothers years, when Joe was off touring with Nick and Kevin...
It's been a year and three months since I last talked to Brexley, but today, I DON'T CARE! You wanna know why? Today's the day the band and I finally get to announce that we are, in fact, a band, on Instagram. That's right: it'll be Instagram official, as all important things are. The four of us are also going to be finishing up writing the music we are planning to drop in a few months, kind of putting the finishing touches on everything. Then, all we'll have left to do is record, and it'll be showtime. I can already hear the fans screaming at a concert.
Okay, so maybe I lied. It does hurt that I'm still not talking to my twin sister, especially on a day with all this positive stuff going on. I can't pretend that I'm not upset I can't personally tell her about any of this, just as I was when I first created this band. But I've got other people I can discuss this with; for the most part Kevin and I are on good terms, and then there's Mom, Dad, Frankie, and of course Sophie. So it'll be okay; I'm going to be okay. I can do this without Brexley, and I refuse to believe otherwise.
A few hours later, I'm in the studio with Jack, Cole, and JinJoo, working on finalizing our first song. One we hope will create a fun and uplifting image for our band as soon as people hear it for the first time. The goal for this song is to get the audience engaged and want to hear more from us, and either we're totally going to accomplish that, or people will think we're insane. There's really no in between, but in this industry, that's a chance we have to take.
"So we only need the bridge and the outro now, right?" Cole asks, and I nod.
"Yeah. I was thinking we finish this song with the bridge, leading into the chorus one last time, and then obviously the outro," I explain.
"That's good. What if, for the bridge, we did something related to how good cake is. Because that could also go with the underlying theme of desire for a girl, right?" Jack says, and I think about it.
"Sure. Like what, though?" I ask.
"Cake's fucking delicious, and girls can be too," Cole says, wiggling his eyebrows in an attempt to be seductive. I can't help but burst out laughing; he looks like a creep when he does that.
"That actually works really well, as ridiculous as it sounds. We could go you're fucking delicious, and then have you laugh in a way where you sound like you can't believe your eyes. You can't believe how attracted you are to the girl you're singing to," JinJoo says, and I nod.
"I really like that. And then maybe finish out the bridge with me saying talk to me, girl to lead back into how the chorus starts?" I say.
"Yeah, that would be a nice transition," Jack says.
"Okay. So then for the outro, I say we continue talking about cake flavors, but in a way to show listeners, if they haven't already figured it out, that we're not actually discussing cake," I say.
"But how?" JinJoo asks.
"I was picturing something like red velvet, vanilla, chocolate in my life," Cole says.
"Funfetti, I'm ready, need it every night. Just like people might wanna have sex every night, you know?" Jack says.
"We could pair those two lines together. They sound good like that, I think," JinJoo says, and I agree.
"Then repeat my sentence again? So that it continues to rhyme?" Cole says.
"Sure. Then we end with I keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the ocean. Basically, we're ending the song with I keep on hoping we'll have sex," I say, chuckling a little. What can I say, I'm still practically a child.
"That's actually really good, though," Cole says, and the other two nod.
"Well, then that's it. Statement song completed," I say, and we all celebrate for a few moments.
"People might very well think we've lost our minds. A song about cake and sex all at once?" JinJoo says with a laugh.
"I don't think they will. I think they'll appreciate the fact that we don't take ourselves too seriously," I say.
"We should continue that ideology for the whole time we're a band. I like how this song feels; fun and open and crazy. It's not mainstream, and it's not boring," Jack says.
"Yes. That's why this is a good first song, because it presents that idea," I say, and Jack nods.
"Are you going to post about all this, then?" Cole says.
"I'll put it on Instagram right now. I can't wait to see the fan reaction," I say.
"Me either. I'm honestly so excited for this."
"Same. Get ready for a social media storm, guys," I say, and a few minutes later it's up, comments already rolling in.
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It's been a productive day, and though we have a lot more work to be done between now and September, I'm ready to take it all on. This new band is going to have a very positive effect on my life, and I'm prepared to do what I love again. Bring it on, DNCE. Bring it on, Cake By The Ocean, and all the other songs to come.
