Watsky Mentions: His Family
A few things Iâve learned about Watskyâs family from his songs: his father is Jewish. He had a grandmother who lived to 99, and he doesnât seem particularly close to any other grandparents. His mother is not Jewish. He seems closer to his father than his mother. He has a twin brother that he is not at all close to but would like to be. He only rarely mentions his brother, and only then to acknowledge the distance between them. He hasnât mentioned his grandmother in a while; presumably he has gotten over the loss by now. Itâs interesting to see who he mentions and when.
Fuck an Emcee Name, âyou know my parents went and chose my emcee name at birthâ
Whoâs Been Loving You?, âI think itâs pretty likely that my whole family loves meâ
I Got This Love, âbecause my grandma lived to 99-eleven monthsâ
Color Lines, âmy great grands had land, had slavesâ
Hercules, âmy parents work harder than Herculesâ
Two Blue Moons, âmost twins cling like a pair of testicles, we havenât been tight since we were breastfed littleâ
A New Kind of Sexy (2011)
Pumped Up Kicks Remix, âIâll barter like my gramma when she wants artâ
Ten Fingers, âI never really went to visit grandma at the homeâ
Man of Constant Sorrow, âPapa is a head doctorâŚ.he canât get my twin brother to want to talk to meâ
Ghost Part, âGrandma lived 99 years and never learned to driveâ
Nothing Like the First Time (2012)
Wounded Healer, âdidnât notice it til now but Dadâs been moving slower every time we go play catchâ
Fireworks, âif I ever went to jail, Mom would pay my bailâ
Ugly Faces, âback in the day Daddy would say that if I kept on making ugly faces and I wasnât careful itâd stay that wayâ
Tiny Glowing Screens pt 2, âmy mother is an 8 yr old girl, my grandson is a. 74 yr old retiree whose kidneys just failedâ
Sloppy Seconds, ânowâs when my little cousins look the dopestâ
Skit #2, âmy mom and dad would sit me down and do funny voicesâ
All You Can Do, âI need the stamina, keep on like my grandmamaâ
Bet Against Me, [Watskyâs father is interviewed here]
Right Now, âitâs â86 when my mama has meâ
Letâs Get High and Watch Planet Earth, [Watskyâs father is interviewed here]
Never Let It Die, âgive your brother a pat on the backâ/ [Watskyâs mother is interviewed here]
Cannonball, âfive feet and forty years to the right from where Dad proposedâ
Lovely Thing Suite: Conversations, âPops giving me his best guessâ
Lovely Thing Suite: Theories, âback in â97 when Dad was my chauffeurâ
Bad Words, âmy momâs a librarian at an elementary schoolâ
Backburner, âMama said loveâs only half about love and the other halfâs timeâ
Rome, âI asked Mama, but she didnât know, Dad just shook his headâ
Welcome to the Family, âI think every family is a butterfly, you know, pretty far afar, pretty gross up closeâ
No Complaints No Conversation, âmy folks age and age, I hate to face facts and I feel I wear their faces as a maskâ
Whitiecaps, âour parents gave us different pistols, taught us different rulesâ
Undermine, âI know that soon itâll be a possibility weâre not gonna be meeting til weâre at another funeralâ
Dreams and Boxes, âmy dad analyzes dreams for a livingâ
Embrace the Quake, âIâm famous to my momâ
