In Conversation: Comfort Club on "Foreverproof"

Written by Claire Hookstra

Image courtesy of Comfort Club / by Reese Cartee

The Los Angeles-based indie-rocker Comfort Club recently released their his new single, "Forverproof" on October 17, 2025. Just before its release, Slipfast Magazine sat down with Comfort Club to talk songwriting, influences, and favorite concerts of all-time.

 So how would you describe your music to someone who's brand new to Comfort Club? 

I've lately been adopting this way of describing it as I'm at the intersection of The 1975 and Dayglow and Pine Grove and John Mayer. [I’m] where all those meet in a little mixing pot. So I think there's elements of all [those musicians] and that's what I strive to be. Those are some of my favorite artists. So I try to have tinges of that throughout my music. I think by being inspired by those people, it just organically finds its way into the music that I'm making. 

 Amazing! So we're here to talk about your latest single, “Foreverproof.” What was your process of writing this song? Did it come to you naturally? Or was it a little more difficult? 

 Yeah, it came pretty naturally. If I remember correctly, I got the word in my head first, which is how a lot of my favorite songs of mine come to be, where there's like some sort of mission statement around the song and I'm able to start building around that. So, I had that word in my head and I was trying to figure out if [the lyric] was we were forever proof or [not]. It didn't set up nice enough for me to write about, so it was like, I kind of have to take a shot with this song, even though I'm not trying [to]. I'm never trying to make a mean song, but I was like, I think I have to be accusing somebody else of being this rather than [saying], we were this because I just couldn't write it that way. So yeah, I got the word and then I was messing around with it on guitar. There was a while where I wasn't living in LA and I was visiting all the time. So I was staying on my friend's couch, and it was just a downtime where nobody was home and I had the acoustic guitar and I started trying to write it and the chorus came to me.

 When you're writing songs, I know some people very much lyrics first or music first. Which do you find yourself usually setting in stone first?

 I'm usually write lyrics first. It's been interesting, when I have lyric ideas, I'm always a lyric first person. When I'm in a drought sometimes and I'm just not writing at all, I'm like, I probably need to try to figure out what my subconscious is feeling. Weirdly enough when I do that, I normally start with drums, and kind of have a rhythmic thing happening, which then influences what I'm gonna do musically and where the lyrics fall over that rhythm. How my brain works lately is like, ‘I gotta know what the drums are gonna do.’

Photo by Reece Cartee

 So, I saw that on your latest Instagram post, you were saying it took a really long time to perfect the song. Was there something that sparked and made you realize you had finally got the song to its full potential? 

I remember very early on, [I was] sending it around to a couple people, and [I thought] I really like this chorus, but I don't know what to do with it. I think when I was sending it out, it was more acoustic-driven. I don't know if you've ever listened to Alexander 23, but I grew up on his music, and I thought it could go like in that lane of [his] guitar and vocal vibe. Then I tried to bring drums in, but it was really mellow drums, which I don't even know who that would be equivalent to. I was like, ‘well, this is just never gonna hit if I don't make it hit right.’ So, that's when I started to go heavier with the drums and guitar parts and making the chorus feel more of like an “anthem” (definitely in air quotes). That's what felt best to me.

With this release and coming up, you have that brief East Coast tour that's about to start soon! Is there anything that you're looking forward to getting back out on the road?

 Yeah, totally. I make music to play live. That's my whole goal with it. Every element of my work ethic towards music is to try to get me in front of people in a room to play the songs. So every TikTok and every Instagram post I make, it's all with the impression that someday this means we get to play it in front of people. So every time I get to play shows, I'm really grateful and I've done as much as I can in the Southern California region. I've played there a lot for the last five years. So every time I get a chance to play in a completely different region, it's really fun. I'm bringing my friend Ethan to record the whole thing and kind of make a documentary, so [that is] a fun element of it as well. 

 That's so cool! Are you trying to make it like a full length feature or is it going be more of a tour vlog style?

 I think it's kind of gonna turn into more of a documentary type thing. Which is still to be seen, but my goal is to have the camera on all the time. We'll figure out what it is after the fact. I think that's kind of cool, like going in with the intention of telling a story, but not knowing what the story is. It's a fun creative endeavor for both of us, and it's a cool way to interact with fans after the fact.

Speaking of videos, I know that the music video is also gonna be released with “Foreverproof,” and you had shared that it is like a little loosely inspired by the Truman Show. Will you elaborate on that? 

I felt this a lot of times in my life where it almost feels like somebody else has their hands on this life that I'm living. It kind of felt that way when I [was] in this relationship, that I feel like I don't have any control. I can eventually choose to just walk away, which I have a really hard time doing. That’s not really in my nature, but that's kind of where I thought about the movie and the song and how they both kind of tie together. I thought it was fun to take some elements from it and we can make a nod to it with the video we make. That felt really good. So yeah, we did kind of borrow from the Truman show.

What is the best piece of advice you've received as an artist?

The one that always comes to me is (I don't even know who originally said it. It's probably like ancient lore at this point) the only way you fail is if you quit, or like that concept. I'm still trying to navigate (the concept), ‘is it healthy in life to have that mindset?’ You can give your entire life to something and it doesn't give you anything in return. That's not a healthy mindset. But I think everyone who makes it in music are the people that just like kept going and kept going and kept going. Even if they like took a long break and then come back to it. They got there because they didn't give up and the people who didn't get there inevitably gave up at some point. So, yeah that's always stuck with me. If you're having a day where you're like, ‘I hate doing this,’ if you quit, then you never get to see the end of it.

 If you had to choose, what would you say your favorite concert you've been to is and what is the favorite show that you've played? 

There's two. The 1975. I saw them in LA in like 2022. [I] didn't realize how much their catalog is  songs I love. It was three hours of just like hit after hit after hit. Then in 2017, I got to see John Mayer front row. It was the most crazy experience because that's the reason that I make music. It was cool to see it from that close as opposed to most shows [where] I'm 90 miles away. That's how I felt about the 1975 show too, where I wasn't close, but you can just feel the rockstar energy on stage.

Listen to "Foreverproof" on Spotify and Apple Music

This interview was edited for clarity and length.