"'NYC Town’ was written during a turning point in my life. I started to contemplate the fact that I had been in New York City longer than I had lived in Houston where I'm from. Certain dreams never came to fruition and still other inspirations and aspirations presented themselves. The lessons learned and lessons still not learned. To be an important fixture in someone's life and then become total strangers over time. The joke the city plays on you when your interests change and you're presented with a new deck of cards filled with new people and personalities to interest you while you take a break from yourself. To take a break but don't mistakenly try to escape from yourself. To question if your changing up was escapism or for self-growth," Pan Amsterdam explains.

"Do the two coexist all the time? Well we know that's not true. Then the ultimate question. Did I come to New York to escape from myself or to grow? Probably a bit of both. Then trying to convince yourself that you're in the best city on earth even though you kinda don't think so. Then, watching other people do it. I've never seen so many people say a city out loud to each other than in NYC. You don't hear people walking around saying "Paris" in Paris. Or "Denver" in Denver. But on the way to the Deli around the corner, I might hear someone say "New York" at least 10 times before I hit the front door of the deli. It's like we're all in the overpriced melting pot together and the joke is on us. Just suckers trying to convince ourselves that it's a nice town. 'NYC Town'."