yo. if you're reading this you found the hard drive. this album is called CHALANT. the world keeps telling you to play it cool. act mysterious. don't show too much. pretend you don't care. fuck that. i was a fat kid from australia who started rapping in call of duty lobbies. now i earn a living off this shit and travel the world doing it. i still don't know how to be cool. i still dont know what to do with my hands at a show. i never really feel like i fit in anywhere, and ive really come to terms with that. bc it turns out you don't need to be super cool to do super cool things. you just need to do them. that's the whole album right there. welcome to CHALANT. — seaton / YNG Martyr p.s. i built this website myself (web dev is too expensive lol)

i dont really know what comes next for me after this album. ive been doing music for so long, dropping a song pretty much once a month for years on end and to be honest with you, i've been finding it difficult to enjoy my life lately, because on one hand i have everything ive ever wanted, but on the other, it feels like the cost of that is an endless pursuit of art, creativity and output. my ego is so entirely wrapped up in who i am as an artist, and who YNG Martyr is, so every loss, or "miss" feels so personal and cutting. i want to be a person who doesnt care about stats or numbers, or ticket sales or whatever the fuck, but the truth is that i do care. ive been so fortunate when it comes to my success, especially as an independent, but i cant help but feel like i have something inside of me that constantly wants more, and that part of me guides alot of decisions in my life. ever since i was a kid i felt that i needed to do more with myself and be better, and alot of that stems from where i come from, and the situations i found myself in. ive lost so many people to vices and the void, and almost lost myself to that when i od'd. i think my art and endeavours in life are a reflection of that, i really give a fuck, and i really do try, i want to make a better life for myself, and my family. i never want to go back to the place that i was in when i made those mistakes. so whenever ive been presented with an opportunity to take time off, or relax, ive never taken it, and instead i have doubled down and kept going, even at the cost of my mental health and happiness. i say all of this to say, that after CHALANT, i will be taking a break from music. I don't know how long this will last for, but i know that i need to step back, build my relationships and friendships with the people i love, and experience what life is like without this lens of who i am or who i think i should be. i am eternally grateful for you as a listener, a supporter, and as a friend, and i cannot express what it means to me to be able to do what i love, as a job. i hope that when i do decide to make a return, you'll still be here, and if not, i genuinely hope that you find what makes you happy, and you do it. this wont be goodbye, but it definitely is a 'talk soon'. - seaton / YNG Martyr