According to Wilson, "BWPS" reimagined the original "Smile" concept "from scratch". Asked for a comparison, he responded that the new version was "different, much different. Much more progressive, much happier, much more uplifting." In a July 2004 interview, he stated that he could recall very little of "Smile" before revisiting the tapes with Parks. Sahanaja said that Wilson did not assert his original ideas for the album: "Brian Wilson is not going to tell you in October/November of 2003, 'No, this was supposed to be like this.' If anything, he was terrified at first, but as he became more comfortable, we just went with his gut. And nine times out of ten, his gut is "Smile"." According to Sahanaja,