insular

"Being a new mum is one of the loneliest times, because you're sort of in this insular bubble," she says.

The agency was just like the Saginaw he’d run from, Dudek said: an insular, hidebound place where everyone knew everyone and they all thought innovation would cost them their jobs.

Stokes' effort to get fit made him insular and grumpy, eventually taking it out on the team on the field in Multan, for which he later apologised.

Both bands got there after years building devoted, insular fandoms, while also serving as entry points into the genre for newcomers.

"But what I learned is that a lot of songwriters are introspective, insular people - and when you throw them in front of a camera, it's quite challenging."