I've met so many new fans and amazing people while traveling to new cities and locations throughout 2017 in support of my album 'American Teen.'
I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.
I like New York. I like Philly. I like San Fran. I like when people are stoked. But Chicago's a real music town, and they're really good to us there. There's just something in the air there; people are just really stoked about music. Every time I go there, I have a great time, and the fandom is really heartwarming.
When I look at cities now, I don't see them in the present. This is the decaying infrastructure of our existing cities. Years from now, none of this is going to be here. New cities are going to rise.
I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities.
You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra, or Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.
Sydney CBD is the eastern city, Parramatta is the central city and Badgerys will be the third city in greater Sydney.
I love new cities, and if I haven't travelled for a month, the need to go somewhere starts to gets under my skin.
In the 19th century, Berlin was called the German Chicago. Or Chicago was called the American Berlin because they were sort of new cities or new powerhouses.
