“I spent a lot of time at theaters watching actors work and understanding those hit points: the moments at which the story has to progress and happen in real time, making sure that the actors are where they need to be to do the thing. That whole interaction is baked into my music and the way I think about how to present the music. So I would say [my music is] theatrical in that sense. I’m not just trying to tell the stories about specific people and things — it’s also the experience of the dynamics within the music.”