Grumpy Releases New Shoegaze Love Song "Twenty Five" Inspired by Trans Identity and Time Travel

Danielle Chelosky

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NYC indie project Grumpy, led by Heaven Schmitt, has released a new shoegaze love song called "Twenty Five." The track follows their 2023 Piebald EP and is inspired by Schmitt's relationship with girlfriend and bandmate Ellie Long. The song was sparked by a conversation about being trans and time travel, where Long expressed a wish to have transitioned at a younger age, leading Schmitt to reflect on how changing the past might have prevented them from ever meeting.

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Ellie and I were at home and we were talking about being trans and time travel, and she said she wished she could go back in time and transition at a younger age.

I then had such a selfish thought; I worried that, if she went back in time and changed something, what if it altered the future such that we never met?

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New Grumpy! The NYC indie project helmed by Heaven Schmitt released the awesome Piebald EP last year, and now they’re back with a magnificent new tune called “Twenty Five.” The track is a shoegazy love song inspired by Schmitt’s girlfriend and bandmate, E