Mi mye have always openly played with songwriter Jamie's dyslexia. Before the days of social media the band spelt their name differently for every gig, and then settled on 'mi mye', spelling both of the 'my's differently and wrong. Dyslexia allows Jamie to sometimes push the meaning of the lyrics into non-english, to get a lyric they like into a song.
However these two new singles (both with exactly the same lyrics) are the first tracks where Mi Mye delve into the fact that being dyslexic isn't only a positive situation.
'When I was growing up dyslexic it didn't seem to affect me too badly, I was good at playing the fiddle which in Scotland got you away with a lot, I was quick in an argument and could usually talk my way in our out of any situation', he explains. 'I thought that after education dyslexia would have nothing to do with anything, it's only reading and no one needs that anyway. But I was wrong, this world is becoming more and more about reading (you're reading this). People are all part of so many group chats which I just can't keep up with, I find myself lost or so far behind the conversation there's no point in my being involved.
'So there has been this song in the background of my mind. I have had the fist line for such a long time now, from when I was working with a producer who was shitty about my spelling. I said 'I don't know how to spell chorus but I do know there's no 'I' in 'fuck you'.
One day Jamie was watched a documentary on Channel 4 made by his friend Kate. 'I had no idea but this one was about a kid in high school having a bad time. He was cool and funny and people liked him but he was doing badly at school, and it turned out he was dyslexic. Some of his teachers were being impatient with him, but the head teacher helped the kid to realise that it was ok to be dyslexic by telling him that he was dyslexic too. The kid's eyes lit up. It was amazing, at the end the kid did a speech about how it hurts to be different and not understood but if people can help you and understand what you're going through,you can make that difference great. I cried and cried, and wrote this song.'
'We all know social media is crappy but straight after this program came out all my extended family, without me mentioning it, were all sharing it, and saying how amazing it was. Who knew all my extended family were all going through that same thing: all dyslexic, all self employed and all trying really hard. I mean I know we are all trying really hard and I thought I have to try too, I need to ask for help, but not help to correct my spelling but help to make things great for everyone. So there's a bit at the end of the song where we all sing '...and I need your help as well!' over and over and that is all I'm trying to say'.