GummyBear

Album: Guy Walks Into a Bar... (2019)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Mini Mansions frontman Michael Shuman reflecting on the breakdown of his relationship with his fiancée. He explained to Billboard:

    "I tried to shape and mold someone, my GummyBear, who ultimately wasn't the person for me, no matter how bad I wanted them to be."
  • The Guy Walks Into a Bar... album is informed by the relationship Shuman had with his fiancée. He wrote a series of different songs about their romance in real time, from the beginning as they fell in love to the process of breaking up.

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