Taken from the ET Online Interview:

The song “24 Floors” revisits the darker material the band shared on their past two albums.

In fact, this track might be the most honest and heartbreaking track John has ever written. About contemplating taking his own life when he was 23-years-old, the singer reveals he was nervous for his mom to listen.

“She cried… She had kind of a break down and was like ‘I realize that you’re 26 now and I have to let go,’” John said of his mother’s reaction to the record, “but in a lot of ways it was really special to have that conversation with her and cross that bridge.”

A heavy topic for such a pop-filled record, John knew it was important to write