RIP @jillsobule. We are absolutely crushed to hear of the untimely passing of one of our favorite collaborators, the brilliant and truly inevitable Jill Sobule.

I literally friendlt-stalked Jill for 5 years (no joke), begging her in every way I could think of (without seeming like a nutjob) to lead a collaboration at Hookist. And it was truly the THRILL of a lifetime to hear her finally say YES!

I wanted to shout from the trees and wrote the following announcing Jill‘s imminent collaboration, but sent it to her in advance for fear of my fan-girliness embarrassing her:

Jill Sobule!!! The ultimate troubadour. The quintessential storyteller. An ironic chronicler of our times. A songwriter whose lyrics will make you laugh and cry and maybe even learn something, all at the same time. The cult fave with her own episode of @thesimpsons ! How could anyone possibly be cooler?

She called laughing and almost audibly shaking her head (like you would with a nutjob), but said it was OK to post. And I was over the moon!

I would literally pinch myself every time she called or texted me, and I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to get to know her a tiny bit as she learned the crazy way we write songs at Hookist – with the world! I don’t think she’d mind if I shared that she found it a bit daunting and kinda weird at first, and then all of a sudden, she got it! And she found it absolutely exhilarating! She was excited and inspired and often blown away by all the varied and beautiful lyrics you amazing Hookist peeps shared with her! And she truly toiled and fretted over which lyrics to choose! Week in and week out! She wanted it to be a GREAT song!
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