The Journey From the Grande Essay to the Book

I wanted to ask about the journey from the grande essay to the book. I wondered if you could tell us a little bit about the journey and also whether when you were writing the essay, if it already felt like it needed more space or whether the reception to it led to the feeling that you should expand. It was through working with Elena Chandler, the editor at Grand Tour, that I think we realised the... This sounds very cheesy, but like the soul of the essay was this idea of romantic love. The way I had been listening to Blue for so long had ... I don't know how kind of my expectations of love had been upended. But I feel like there was definitely