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“Treacherous Doctor”, intially inspired by a late night television segment was one of the newest tracks written for Wallows' debut LP "Nothing Happens". Vocalist Braeden Lemasters has said this is his favorite track off the album.
The band explained the lyrical content of the track:
"We wanted the song to feel pessimistic and discuss the insecurities of growing up. Though it’s lyrically the darkest song on the album, it’s contrasted by the music feeling upbeat and happy in spots."
"The original idea to “Treacherous Doctor” was written in Cole’s bedroom at USC after we heard a track called “Kim,” by our good friends Joy Again. The riff came out immediately, and the rest of the arrangement happened after Braeden just started drumming for three minutes on GarageBand and formed the song off that."
– Wallows, for Clash Music
"What’s funny is that song in particular we only had the riff and chords as the first idea. Basically, we knew we wanted to record that for the album. I went to my drum kit in my house, pressed record, and started to make a demo on my own. I played through in my head of what it could be, I was playing the riff, I was drumming it, and by the time I got to the bridge I had no idea what I wanted it to be so I just started hitting the crash cymbals. Then I went to a random beat, then to the crash cymbals again, not realizing I was not even on time when I got out of the crash cymbals. Then, I basically did all the instruments around that and somehow that one off, one take demo thing, I played it for the guys and I played it for John and they were like yeah this is great let’s just do two kick ins or whatever. So, it was actually just very off the top of the head. I had no idea what that was going to be and it turned out to be what it is. I’m glad it’s as crazy as it is."
– Braeden Lemasters
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