We were both going through similar situations. But he also had personal problems in his life. He was really started to see the attention from his fans and he was really growing. Basically, Peep was going through a lot of stuff at the time. As far as musically, I think we got the foundation for it around the time we had started originally recording. Everything was demos originally and then we turned them into their final form.” So there’s a strong, musical through-line between Pt. 1 and Pt.2 were both recorded at the same time so there are similarities.

“Well it’s different because, you know… Gus isn’t here. What’s different about this record and the last? We also learned about Peep’s resilient work ethic, his obsession with Scooby-Doo, and a love affair with London that brought him out of his shell. I just like smoking weed and whatever other drug comes my way.” A cause of death has not yet been announced, but I hope it was an accident, that at least he was only trying to numb his pain, to push through it, to not give in to it.Mullen spoke to us over the phone about the emotional challenge of working on his friend’s music after his death. He said he was not: “Everyone always begged me to, but I don’t want to do it. But he says he’s “good,” that he’s “not sick.” In an interview with Pitchfork earlier this year, Peep was asked if he’s medicated for depression. In it, he slurs his words, and it’s hard to watch. A day before he died, Peep posted a video on Instagram saying he just took six Xanax. The top two YouTube comments on one of his greatest songs, “ The Song They Played ,” are “Play this song at my funeral” and “This song gave me an erection.” It’s unusual to generate such diametrically opposing but resolutely true responses.Īt the end of that song, Peep wails, “These drugs are calling me: Do one more line, don’t fall asleep.” His problem with drugs was no secret, and it’s awful he wasn’t able to overcome that, even with routine documentation of his struggles. Or maybe Peep’s music transcended the sadness it was about, turned it inside out into triumph. Maybe they were taking advantage of not being in front of their parents. I thought it was funny: Half of Peep’s songs are these depression anthems, and people are tonguing each other like you wouldn’t believe. Half of the kids there were making out throughout the entire set. His audience was made up of teens of all colors, evenly split between guys and girls. It was at a midsize Manhattan venue, and I felt about a million years old.

I saw Lil Peep perform once, this past April.

Lil peep have a nice life