""Somebody put me up on it and said it was about masturbation?" says the 40-year-old singer and songwriter, which is about half-right: As detailed in an essay in Harper's that went viral last month, to goon - a term heretofore associated with Jesso thanks to his cult-fave 2015 album "Goon" - means in Gen Z parlance to masturbate at such great lengths that the act leads to a kind of trance state."
"That Jesso has a record to sell at all might take some by surprise. Though " Goon" thoroughly charmed critics and fellow musicians with its early-'70s-balladeer vibe - many said he evoked the glory days of Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson and beard-and-shearling-coat-era Paul McCartney - Jesso didn't cotton to the life of a sort-of-famous performer and almost immediately walked away from his solo career to write songs for other singers instead."
Tobias Jesso Jr. heard about the Gen Z term "gooning" but says he never did it and that his album title came from The Goonies. Jesso earned early acclaim for 2015's Goon with an early-'70s balladeer style that drew comparisons to Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson and Paul McCartney. He largely left performing to focus on songwriting, penning hits for Adele, Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Dua Lipa and winning songwriter of the year at the Grammys in 2023. The new album Shine is mostly voice and piano and emphasizes introspection and tenderness.
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