REM Ayililo iqela lefashoni, ngokwe umbono yenkokeli yabo UMichael Stipe: imvumi ithe iyakuhlala ithathelwa ingqalelo «weirdos»(Njengesinxibelelanisi sogonyamelo, ewe).
UStipe ukholelwa kwelokuba abasayi kuze babe liqela 'elipholileyo', uhlobo olubonakala ludibene namanye amazwe ngaphandle komculo. Kwaye uthi umfanekiso wakhe ukude 'nembonakalo yefashoni' yamanye amaqela adumileyo.
«Besisoloko siliqela elingafezekanga, elingenangqondo nelingaqhelekanga. Ngapha koko, xa sizamile ukwenza into epholileyo, siphumelele ngokuchaseneyo.«.
Ngapha koko, iqela likhuphe i-albhamu yalo entsha kulo nyaka ibizwa ngokuba 'Ukukhawuleza, Kumgangatho olunge kakhulu, othi emva kwayo yonke loo nto ubaluleke.