Pop Star Jordy on Anxiety, Relationships and the Material that Makes his Music

Jordy signs his own name to gay love without hedging on it, and that has been the whole point since his breakout song "Long Distance" turned a pandemic era hookup into an anthem people from every kind of relationship saw themselves in. In this episode of Love, Take Two, Jordy walks us through what he calls his Take One: a childhood shaped by bullying, a middle child's craving for attention, and years spent chasing boys who treated him badly because their approval felt like the only kind worth having. He talks about leaving his college boyfriend behind to chase music in LA, the anxious attachment style that followed him into every relationship after, and how that pattern showed up again on his new single "Sick," a song about mistaking intensity for love. He gets honest about texting compulsively, needing constant reassurance just to get through a day, and how therapy slowly untangled where all of that actually came from. Now 31, single, and living alone by choice, Jordy talks about what changed. He no longer chases the high of somebody playing hard to get. He has stopped confusing how someone makes him feel with who they actually are. And he has learned that the quiet, uneventful kind of love, the kind that does not come with a chase, might be the whole point he was writing toward all along. This is a conversation about growing out of a pattern instead of just naming it, and what it looks like to finally choose peace over passion. Key Takeaways How years of chasing approval from boys who mistreated him shaped Jordy's early relationships and his anxious attachment style The real story behind "Long Distance," the song that became an unexpected pandemic anthem What "Sick" is really about, and how Jordy learned to spot the difference between intensity and love Why he no longer confuses how someone makes him feel with who they actually are What being single and happy at 31 taught him about validation and self worth If this episode resonated, send it to someone who is learning the difference between chasing a feeling and choosing a person, and come hang out with us on social.