Cristal: I think with the record that we're going to be putting out in the next few months, "Daydream" just kind of felt like the perfect return of The Aces because it still felt like it was connected to our roots, of summery guitars and that nostalgic, indie-pop feeling. I think that we really explored our sound and pushed ourselves, and "Daydream" kind of felt like the perfect little bridge into the next chapter, if that makes sense.

Teen Vogue: How have you guys grown since the release of your first record?

Cristal: We've grown so much. I think as time passes, we just get better and better at expressing ourselves and articulating ourselves. I think that just like happens to everybody with age and I think this record is just so much bolder. It's so much more sure of itself. It's just a little bit more grown up. And not to say that our last record wasn't, you know exactly what we felt like it needed to be in that time, but it just feels really good to look back on things you've made and see progression and see growth and see maturity. So, the new record is a big step forward for us as a band.

Katie: After our first record, [we] really started touring for the first time ever, and we toured for like a year and a half straight. We've also just grown so much as musicians and players and going into this next record, we were exploring different sounds. It definitely feels like the proper next level for The Aces.

Teen Vogue: Were there any music, books or movies that influenced the new record?

Alisa: There were so many. Honestly, something we used to do in the past when me and Cristal would go into the studio to write a song, we would pull a lot of references from certain music we were into, or movies or art that we were into at the time, and try to draw inspiration from that. With this one, it was almost different: We tried to go in every day and not do that. We wanted to start really raw and fresh just from whatever we were feeling that day and just let our emotions like do the work. And then once that foundation was set by that, we'd be like, "Oh this reminds me of this." For instance, we wrote like half of this record in a beach house in Malibu and we were just sipping on pina coladas and totally living the dream life. And it kind of gave us a beach vibe. Some of it was inspired by Lana Del Rey. It was inspired by, weirdly enough, 311 and some of those very, beachy-feeling bands. It was all over the board. We tried to steer clear of too many like references or too many heavy influences. But naturally they came through once we started creating.

Cristal: For us, a big influence for the record is more an attitude and the feeling [of] trying to be truthful, honest, unguarded and unafraid. So, a lot of the imagery that we referenced for this new chapter is '90s skateboard and surf culture and '80s punk culture in London and in the UK. We just really wanted to pull from imagery and from music that brings joy, and you can tell that those artists aren't trying to be anything but who they are. We mostly just wanted to be inspired by other artists' authenticity and other artists' bravery, instead of their exact sonics or exactly what they were wearing. I think it was more like, "How do we push ourselves to be the boldest versions of The Aces, and what does that look like?"