Christopher Owens, formerly of Girls, is currently rolling out a new solo album called I Want To Run Barefoot Through Your Hair. The singles
In the story, Owens explains how he was planning to settle down, get married to his partner of seven years, and become “the best stay at home dad” when he was struck by an SUV making an illegal turn while riding his motorcycle. He refused an ambulance at the time but woke up the next day feeling physically devastated, with intense bruising and broken bones. “I should have gone to hospital but the truth is I was terrified of the money I might have to pay,” he says in the story. He was bedridden for months, during which time his fiancée ended their relationship and he lost his job at a coffee store. Unable to pay rent, he moved into his car with a camper attached — until someone stole his camper, which contained his cat and his favorite guitar. The article also reveals that, as a way of getting back on his feet, Owens was starting work on a new Girls album with White a few months before he died. But White was in poor shape when they entered the studio — “It was the first time I’d seen him not be able to stay awake for a session” — and he ended up moving in with his parents to recuperate. When Owens learned of White’s death, “It was really, really hard… I honestly thought it was just a bad time and that, you know, maybe we’d try again in six months or something like that.”
