Editing Morning View (section)

==Background and recording==
To record the album, the band lived in [[Malibu, California]], on a street called "Morning View Drive".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2001/10/27/Rock-News-Two-The-week-in-pop-music/17701004172300/|title=Rock News Two: The week in pop music - UPI.com|website=UPI|access-date=October 23, 2024}}</ref> Former bassist Alex Katunich (aka "Dirk Lance") noted that the band had previously "tried to do that for at least the writing portion of ''[[Make Yourself]]'', but we didn't have enough clout at the time. When we were getting ready to write this one, we knew that we needed to get into a more creative place. The idea was to not feel as if you were driving [somewhere] to work on a record. You could just get up and it was a natural extension of your day."<ref name="mtv.com"/>

Vocalist [[Brandon Boyd]] stated that the band "needed quick access to the beach because we're kinda spoiled brats sometimes. We need that outlet. At least I do. It's nice to write music all day and be like, 'I'm going to take a break, see you guys in two hours.'"<ref name="mtv.com"/> Katunich claimed that the album's title came from the name of the street where it was recorded.<ref name="mtv.com"/> Boyd notes that "every time we'd pull into the street we had the view of the ocean and Pacific Coast Highway. I got a big creative boner every time I'd show up to the house. Every time we'd pull up, [[Chris Kilmore|DJ Kilmore]] would be like, 'Ah, Morning View. It's time to rock!'"<ref name="mtv.com"/>

In a December 2001 interview, guitarist [[Mike Einziger]] talked about the decision to live and record in a house rather than in a conventional studio setting. He said, "it defied every criticism from people at the record label and management. There were a lot of people who thought it was a recipe for disaster.  But we wanted to create an ideal environment for us to write and record music in. We knew what our goal was going in."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0ZTAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22It+defied+every+criticism+from+people+at+the+record+label+and+management+There+were+a+lot+of+people+who+thought+it+was+a+recipe+for%22&pg=PA28&article_id=6113,1785323|title=The Victoria Advocate|publisher=The Victoria Advocate|via=Google Books}}</ref>

"[[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]", the band's final single from their prior album ''Make Yourself'', was released in late 2000 and started gaining popularity by the time Incubus moved into the house to record ''Morning View''. Boyd said in 2012, "we were seeing fruits of our labor for the first time. But also everything that comes on the coat tails of new success; hence the fond memories as well as the challenging ones. I think perhaps that is one reason ''Morning View'' turned out the way that it did. It was unconsciously and consciously imbued with very real emotions, hopes, disappointments, and triumphs."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/brandon_boyd_incubus_still_finding_our_distinctive_voice.html|title=Brandon Boyd: 'Incubus Still Finding Our Distinctive Voice'|website=www.ultimate-guitar.com}}</ref> Boyd had recently broken up with his girlfriend who he met during the recording of ''Make Yourself''. Before meeting her he had just split from his previous girlfriend who was having an affair. He said in 2021, "I was coming off the heels of two, really just heartbreaking separations, like one after the other. So I was coming into the recording of ''Morning View'' excited, elated, filled with enthusiasm, and heartbroken all at the same time. Looking back, I feel really lucky because I was able to experience those things through the lens of music and art."<ref name="nme01">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/incubus-brandon-boyd-talks-20-years-of-morning-view-we-wanted-to-change-our-environment-dramatically-3076106|title=Incubus' Brandon Boyd on 20 years of 'Morning View': "We wanted to change our environment dramatically"|first=Will|last=Lavin|website=[[NME]] |date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> After a month at the house, the band finished recording the album in May 2001, with Einziger remembering in 2002 "we were just on the verge of a musical orgasm after we finished ''Morning View''. We felt like you'd feel after having the best sexual experience of your entire life. Exhausted, but extremely satisfied."<ref name="spin02"/>

Out of the 30 songs the band sketched out for the album, 13 ended up on the final release. One of the unreleased songs called "Anything" was later released on the [[compilation album]] ''[[Monuments and Melodies]]''. Other songs also added to Monuments and Melodies were "[[Wish You Were Here (Incubus song)|Wish You Were Here]]", "[[Nice to Know You]]", "[[Warning (Incubus song)|Warning]]", "[[Are You In?]]", and "Mexico".

After the success of ''Make Yourself'', Brandon Boyd started attaining popularity among female listeners, and would begin to take his shirt off for them during concerts. He was labelled as "[[MTV]]'s newest weapon of mass heartbreak" and included on ''[[People (magazine)|Teen People]]'''s list of "The Hottest Guys in Music" in 2001. In an interview with ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' shortly after the release of ''Morning View'', it was noted that Boyd was "always getting chased by girls" as a child, before even forming Incubus.<ref name="spin01"/> Around the making of the album, Mike Einziger also composed the rock and [[funk]]-based soundtrack for the comedy film ''[[Sol Goode]]'', which was eventually released in early 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sol_goode|title=Sol Goode - Rotten Tomatoes|date=December 31, 2019|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> The film featured [[Jared Leto]] in a small role, with his band [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] later touring with Incubus in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/incubus-30-seconds-to-mars|title=Sep 10, 2002: Incubus / 30 Seconds To Mars at Sandstone Amphitheater Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States &#124; Concert Archives|access-date=October 23, 2024}}</ref>