Bon Iver - "22, A Million" label_ESGN III's concept began while the

III's concept began while the band was writing in the Catskill mountains

human emotions

But even it's remarkable intimacy wasn't adequate preparation for the harrowing confessionals that composed the majority of the album

the fourth solo album from the Las Vegas-based Alt-Rock band

was released on SoundCloud in 2016 and became a viral hit

Bon Iver - "22, A Million" label_ESGN III's concept began while the22 stands for Justin Vernon. The number's recurrence in his life has become a meaningful pattern through encounter and recognition. A mile marker, a jersey number, a bill total. The reflection of '2' is his identity bound up in duality: the relationship he has with himself and the relationship he has with the rest of the world. A Million is the rest of that world: the millions of people who we will never know, the infinite and the endless, everything