When I first started, I did real Boom-Bap Hip Hop, which is fine, but it just wasn’t that good. My music was bland and samey, it was almost as if I was trying to make the same song over and over again. In hindsight though, I think it’s good not to be good, and know you’re not early on because it helps you develop as an artist.

As I progressed I started diversifying the type of production I’d jump on, the things I’d talk about and I began to sing more. The last few years have been really cool because I’ve been able to try out new things and see what works and doesn’t work for me. Right now the best way to describe my music is probably ‘honest’.

 

Who influences you / your music and why?

Musically I’ve always had these top three Hip Hop inspirations, which include Mac Miller, Chance the Rapper & Isaiah Rashad. I could relate to a lot of things they spoke about, and the way they’d carved out their own unique lanes in the music game was always really inspiring. Overall though, my music’s always been based on emotion and what I’m going through, so I’d say just everyday life in general influences what I make heavily.

Tell us about your artistic process for a new song and working with Red Bull Studios NZ?

Some people tend to write songs first and then find or make production to match, but for me, it’s always been the other way round. I’ll have the beat first and it’ll make me feel a certain type of way that I can write to. Working with Red Bull Studios was crazy because it was my first time having multiple sessions in a proper studio. I learnt a lot about the importance of mastering in general, which sort of changed my entire view on post-production. I know now to pay way more detail to things beyond just the recording process, there’s really so much more that comes after it.