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Mar 7, 2026 / 1 MIN READ

Anxiety is in us all

JAMES HYPE
James Hype — Anxiety is in us all
Sometimes when you're bigger, there's even more pressure. You need to get as many streams as you got last time, just for your own ego.

Let me be honest with you. Everyone thinks, oh, you're a big DJ, you've got it all figured out. But the truth is, when I release music I still have huge anxiety over whether anyone's going to like it.

And it doesn't matter what point you're at in your career, that's always true. Sometimes when you're bigger there's even more pressure — because you need to get as many streams as you got last time, just for your own ego.

So when I got this message today, you can imagine how happy I was.

What this actually means

the anxiety doesn't go away when you get bigger. it just changes shape. accept that and stop waiting for it to leave.

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