Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje, uChad Smith, umbeki-gubu we Ipelepele ebomvu ebabayo, unike iindaba ezibalulekileyo malunga neprojekthi elandelayo yeqela laseCalifornia. Kwingxelo yemagazini yeBillboard uqaphele kule veki: "Ngalo mzuzu siqamba kwakhona kwaye sithatha isingqisho sezinto emva konyaka wonke weekonsathi kwihlabathi jikelele".
USmith wongeze: “Eli lixesha endilithandayo. Sebenza ngobuchule, khangela iimbono. Leyo yokufika kwangethuba kwisitudiyo unento ethile engqondweni, ukuqala ukusebenza kunye kunye neeyure ezintathu kamva yiba nengoma engazange ibekho kwayizolo ». NgokukaSmith, kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuba silindele naziphi na iindaba malunga nokuba ngubani oza kulandela ingoma ethi 'Ndikunye Nawe' (2011) iya kuvakala njani.
Umdlali wegubu uphendule ngale nto: “Iqela lomculo lihlala lizama ukutshintsha kwaye ukhule ngomculo, usenza izinto ezintsha. Ewe asizukulenza icwecwe elitsha elivakala njengelo leminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo. Siza kwenza into eyahlukileyo kwaye okwangoku asazi ukuba olu tshintsho luya kuba njani. Sele ndisiva izinto ezintsha endizaziyo ukuba abantu bakuthi baza kuzithanda, iza kuvakala ngathi kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo iza kwahluka kule siyenzileyo.”.