Right now, the norm is for labels to make decisions based on data. And they've all got access to more data than ever before, so it turns into a science. They look at the trajectory of streaming numbers and social media followings, and they avoid artist development...
Name credit goes to the Wu-Tang Name Generator (the same one that named Donald Glover “Childish Gambino)...
There's a lot of concern about fame and popularity within consumer culture in Superflat, and I believe these are often domains of extreme levels of toxic objectification...
I manically decided to go to McDonalds, went on Instagram live and was just screaming the idea over and over, got back home still live and recorded it all to a click track, no beat, then made the beat after. A crazy moment that everyone from Anthony Fantano, to T-Pain, to Knxwledge reacted to and enjoyed thoroughly...
Ngủ ngày ngay ngày tận thế (we shorthand it as N4T2) is sort of the culmination of what was the past 3 years (2017-2020) because of how we record our work...
The sound selection in some of the instrumentals were really unique and haven’t heard anything like it in some of the previous projects like space requiem, spiral, and four walls. shellboy has some new style melodies/flows on this project that i haven’t heard them use before like on no evil and guardian angel...
I was just looking for the worst DJ name that could ever go on a club poster, I tried some mock-ups with many different ideas, but this definitely stood out worse than any of the others...
Nature, spirituality, my every-day life experience. Emotions, interpretations of experiences. Theology, psychology, physics. My cats. Weather patterns. The mystery of life...
I sort of didn’t believe it when I saw it. I found out when someone direct messaged me saying something about a quote tweet...
I was in a headspace where I wanted a name that represents the closest to my essence. The symbol ((( O ))) represents energy, life-force, what we all have...
Windowshopping is me fucking around on Ableton in my bedroom hoping to cultivate a large and expansive enough discography to warrant people writing dozen paragraph-long essays in RateYourMusic comment sections.
"The name Etran de L’Aïr translates to “the Stars of the Aïr,” the mountainous region of Northern Niger."
It was amazing to witness not only how skilled of a vocalist Masego was, but also his talents as a dancer and entertainer.
DIRT BIRD is a big reason why PREHISTORY exists. The popularity of that record, and specifically of WIGGLECORE as a meme, has sort of been eating away at me over time...
After witnessing an Empress Of live performance, it's obvious she has an exceptional voice and a lot of talent...
There's a lot of concern about fame and popularity within consumer culture in Superflat, and I believe these are often domains of extreme levels of toxic objectification...
The role that labels used to play pre-internet adoption had much more to do with building up an artist, and getting them to where they need to be to become superstars. Today, the artist builds themselves up on their own...
When making my channel my main goal was and still is to make music fun. And I like to think I’m working towards that with every video...
KEEP FIGHTING FOR CHANGE. KILL YOUR FRIENDS AND COWORKERS...