To everyone who’s ever hovered over the “Send” button, typed out a heart-emoji, or dared to say “I like you” in green font: this EP is for you. “AOL Love Songs” is a love letter to those seismic moments of first love—when your heart raced for your high school crush, and the world shrank to the size of your local area code. I remember those nights logged onto AOL Instant Messenger, the ringtone announcing a ping from someone you couldn’t stop thinking about. I also remember the ache when the chat window closed—those first tastebuds of heartbreak. But in that push and pull, when joy collided with longing, you learn what love really feels like. This EP is a time capsule of that beautiful, messy, unstoppable teenage heart.
High school love is wild — it can make you feel like you’re invincible one second and completely shattered the next. For me, the highs and lows of those years were lived out in AOL chat boxes, away messages, and late-night calls I didn’t want to end. This EP is about that rollercoaster: the rush of your first crush, the heartbreak of betrayal, the sting of mistrust, and the peace of finding someone who feels like home.
These songs come from real experiences — moments that once felt impossible to put into words. Music became the only way I knew how to process it all.