Walter Diemer accountant by trade, Diemer liked to experiment with gum recipes in his spare time. In doing so, he accidentally stumbled upon a unique recipe. The gum was pink because it was the only food coloring in the factory, which is the reason most bubble gum today is pink. Compared to standard chewing gum, the gum was less sticky, would not stick to the face, and yet stretched more easily. Diemer saw the possibilities, and using a salt water taffy wrapping machine, wrapped one hundred pieces of his creation to test market in a local mom-and-pop candy store. Priced at one
Pink and Blue university, and described becoming a musician as natural and random. Diamond also stated that the "how about you" lyric reminded her of how she would go on MSN after going to school growing up, and how the people on MSN said things such as "'how are you' and 'wuu2.'". "Pink and Blue" was released on 30 October 2013 to label PC Music's SoundCloud, where it was available to be streamed and downloaded for free. On 8 May 2014, the song had reached 100,000 plays on SoundCloud, becoming the first song released on the PC Music label to do so. "Pink