Eliza Niemi shares Do U FM
“There’s a park where I grew up in Toronto that has this giant boulder in it. There’s this smooth platform on one side at the top of the rock that is cool to the touch and perfect to sit on. I used to climb up there and eat popsicles,” says Niemi of the song’s inspiration. “Years ago, the city underwent a big park revitalization project where they replaced all the wooden jungle gyms with metal and plastic ones. During this process they also moved the gigantic boulder to the other side of the park. I found this very funny and odd. It must have been so hard to do. I learned to ride a bike in that park. The feeling I get when I go there now reminds me of the smell of band class in elementary school–of spit and metal.”
