“I think you have moments when you’re writing, when you know. Like when you know you’ve said something, when you’ve come up with something, you feel like a third party almost. Actually, the moment that you write something… like I remember when I wrote ‘maybe I would have been something you’d be good at’ in Call It Off. I remember when that line of words came out of my mouth and it immediately wasn’t mine anymore. I could feel the universe grab it back and be like “NO! That is universal. That is somebody else’s feeling, you just summed up how we all feel.“ Maybe I would be good for you. How do we know? And now we don’t know. It was like the universe came back in and snatched it back from me. And every time that I sing that line, I feel like it’s borrowed from the audience and from the world.” - Tegan

“I think The Con is one of our most complete works, from start to finish. We were very aligned with our vision for that album and had a long time to write it, and we spent a year of our lives demoing and building the songs at home in our studios before we set foot into the real studio. So I think our songwriting on that album is really elevated. It's a fan-favourite album, which is a relief, since it's one of our favourites too. And "Call It Off" specifically just seems to have staying power. Fans request it, we both enjoy playing it after all these years, and recently Sara has taken to covering it on stage, and so it's taking on a whole new life. We believe a great song is only great if you can strip it down to nothing and still hold a thousand people's attention, or ten thousand, and "Call It Off" has held up under both conditions — stripped down in front of both big and small crowds.” - Tegan in 2022