30

Badflower frontman Josh Katz turned 30 on July 17, 2020. Terrified of hitting his fourth decade, he wrote this brutally honest song for his birthday. I'm nervous, so nervous I overeat, I lack purpose And I'm only scratching the surface And I'm not shelved cause sex sells But how long till I'm canceled "I've always been uncomfortable with the idea of getting older," Katz explained. "30 is a milestone I've been dreading since 20. I wanted to write a song about how I'm feeling internally and everything happening around me in 2020 as a 30-year-old. The world is f---ing weird and I hate it here."

Katz already had the music for his 30-year-old anthem tucked away. Then one night he came up with the lyrics that express the angst that comes from moving into the next stage of his life. "It was all done in one-night from midnight till 6 am," Katz told American Songwriter. "I had the melody for a while and always called it '30' because I always felt like it'd be my anthem to turning thirty, but didn't have an actual lyric until that night. It all just came out and it was all ludicrous and fun."

Aptly released on July 17, 2020 (Katz' 30th birthday), the song is Badflower's first new material following the success of their debut album OK, I'm Sick.