Love and romance are easily the most common of songwriting themes, but the idea of redemption within that same context is often untapped territory. Songwriter Andrew Weiss took a lens to the concept and dove deeper into an idea so relatable but rarely adopted for songwriting. Fifty songs later, he found what he was looking for and wrote “Everybody Loves a Comeback.”
“I love songwriting, and I immerse myself in the craft. I get really excited at the beginning of an album cycle about what shape the songs will take,” explained Weiss. “That’s the beauty of songwriting, a song can appear from thin air, where before there was nothing. When we were finishing up our first album The Honeymoon Suite, I started writing again for the next album, I wrote around fifty songs during the process, and “Everybody Loves a Comeback” was one of the first songs written. For some reason, the topic of redemption was on my mind and I was trying to present a convincing argument for why people who mess up deserve a second chance. I put this idea through the lens of a romantic relationship. It’s not always easy to believe that argument, but redemption is always an interesting topic to explore.”