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\u201cYeah, I\u2019m the crazy ex-girlfriend still writing songs about her high school boyfriend,\u201d says Santa Cruz\u2019s Kelsey Ferrell, not without some exasperation. \u201cBut it\u2019s not the only thing I am.\u201d It’s been nearly a year since our last interview,<\/a> and Ferrell\u2014who goes by the moniker Feral<\/a> when releasing music\u2014is still trying to make this point, whether it be about her own discography, or about the microcosm we willingly enter whenever we put on an album.\u00a0\u201cAll [songwriters] are writing about our past relationships and our exes and stuff,\u201d she says. \u201cSongs are, by nature, only a couple minutes to tell a whole story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s also the nature of TikTok, the almost ubiquitous social media app and Gen Z-favorite that has kept a significant amount of the world\u2019s population glued to their phones in lieu of in-person entertainment. In the past year, the app has become an unexpected platform for indie artists and producers. Ferrell can now count herself <\/a>among those ranks, as a recent post<\/a> featuring her 2018 track \u201cFuck the Bourgeoisie\u201d went viral a few days before our interview. Currently at 775k views, her sixty-second video has inspired thousands of comments that range from praise (\u201cThe fact that Spotify hasn’t recommended your song to me is honestly a crime” \u2014 from user lilveganricewrap) to scorn (\u201csounds like you were in it cuz he was wealthy\u201d from user chickennnugget_) to\u2026Marxist discourse?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n