WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.359 Know you a little bit better. So you you're an artist, 2 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.280 you're a singer. What what do you have out right now? 3 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:09.240 I have actually, I have quite a few songs. So 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:13.759 I've got like two singles that I dropped, uh actually 5 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.920 under Warner last year. So that's exciting. Worked too hard 6 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:19.800 and Swimming featuring Trippy Red. 7 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:22.519 How is it working with Trippy? It was a lot 8 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:24.760 of fun. So that was like your that was your 9 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.239 single debut and having such a big person on the 10 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.280 you know record, How how did that all come about? 11 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:33.240 I was in a studio and I created the song 12 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.000 and I've known Tippy for a while, and I played 13 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.079 it for him you love the record, and he just like, 14 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:38.799 I'll hop on it. 15 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:42.560 So it just happened, like copathetically it does energenically, just happened. 16 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:44.240 I feel like that's when it comes, you know, and 17 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.000 it's the best kind of thing because it's just it 18 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:48.159 was meant to be kind of right. That's why we 19 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:49.759 dropped it. I'm like, yo, this is it? 20 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:51.520 Like this is the one we got to push it 21 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:54.200 like because the energy's there. And also like dropping a 22 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.359 song with an artist who like also like enjoys your music, 23 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.280 it's like way better than just a purchased feature, you 24 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:01.039 know for sure, And. 25 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:02.920 It definitely helps because you know, you have like that 26 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.239 chemistry already because you knew each other and you kind 27 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:06.959 of knew your style and kind of just kind of 28 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.840 vibe like that. Yeah, facts, Is there any other artists 29 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:11.760 you know similar to him that you would want to 30 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:12.879 work with in the future. 31 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.560 I feel like I have worked with a lot of 32 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:20.959 my artists that I've wanted to, you know. I recently 33 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.599 just did a song with Blate Waitcardi, and that was 34 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:25.200 really cool. 35 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.519 When can we expect that out? Ooh? I. 36 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:34.000 I honestly I'm thinking about dropping, not even thinking it's happening. 37 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.480 I'm dropping a project. It's a little mixtape. It's called 38 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.599 Get Rich and Cry Trying. And then I have my album, 39 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.519 which is melanin Monroe, and really I'm just deciding on 40 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:44.959 which one I want to put it on. But both 41 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.799 of them are done, so that's awesome. 42 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:48.959 So I'm sure during COVID times you had lots of 43 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.079 time to you know, create in the you know, in 44 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:53.920 the studio, And is that why all you have two 45 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:56.760 projects already completed? Yes? Absolutely so. 46 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:02.519 Whenever I signed, I signed late twenteen nineteen, and we 47 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.560 didn't start really picking up because there's aund holidays until 48 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.560 top of twenty twenty, and top of twenty twenty is 49 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:09.360 whenever COVID hits. 50 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:11.080 So I was supposed to be touring. 51 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.120 And headlining and opening for people, and all of that 52 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.080 energy ended up being like more directed into just more 53 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.439 studio time, which I absolutely love being in the studio. 54 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:21.319 So yeah, I've got quite a few projects done, features, 55 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:22.360 We've got artwork done. 56 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:24.680 You know, I just I try to stay busy. That's awesome. 57 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.159 I mean it's one of those people as like being 58 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:28.159 a creative, it's you know, the kind of like a 59 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:29.960 gift and a curse at the same time. It is like, yes, 60 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:31.439 you wanted to go on tour, you want to do 61 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:33.560 all these things, but it's like sometimes things happen for 62 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:35.520 a reason to kind of like maybe build and create 63 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:37.280 your craft a little bit better before you go go 64 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:39.919 out there. So signing with you know, Time Warner, how 65 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:41.840 did that whole process go? Like, how does that go 66 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:45.000 about talk to you that I can't talk help private talk? 67 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:47.520 How that process of things signed to a major label 68 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:48.800 like that happens, right? 69 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:51.439 I really don't know for like other artists per se 70 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.800 like for myself personally, I can say that I wasn't 71 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.840 looking to sign. I wasn't looking to sign a deal. 72 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.479 I really didn't know anything about labels. I personally, like 73 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:01.319 I've been seeing in my entire life. I've been writing 74 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:04.479 music my entire life. I actually moved out to New 75 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.599 York with like one hundred dollars in my bucket, and 76 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:09.240 I'm like, I'm gonna make it here, and i don't 77 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.159 know how the fuck I'm gonna do it, but. 78 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:11.759 I'm gonna do it. 79 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.319 And I just started like live performing my songs out 80 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.319 there for random events, and I met my team through 81 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.120 Instagram and stuff. I was reaching out to people, I 82 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:21.159 found people I wanted to work with. Came out here 83 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:23.599 to LA and I did no more than two songs. 84 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.479 They weren't even out like streaming really, they were just 85 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:29.960 like YouTube and whatnot. And Yeah, label started reaching out, 86 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.400 so I flew all over New York and back here 87 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:35.719 and Atlanta. I met with all the labels, and I 88 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:37.520 wanted to bring the label that I've been working with 89 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:38.280 I wasn't signed to. 90 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:39.240 It's the Wasted Youth. 91 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.039 It's like all my homies, like out of Florida. Jordan, Hollywood, 92 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:46.479 Skip on the Beat, Smash David, and I'm like, I'll 93 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.919 sign to whatever label agrees to like bring them on, 94 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.360 you know, Like so. 95 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.039 So you're signed with them through them Earth. 96 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:55.800 I'm signed directly to Warner, but they brought my label 97 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:56.000 with me. 98 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:57.919 It was just kind of like a like a joint 99 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.639 venture kind of situation. That's awesome to have that control 100 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:02.479 and you know, people reaching out to you and having 101 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.439 that kind of kind of almost a ball in your 102 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:06.360 court in a sense. And so you kind of kind 103 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.680 of get to dictate a little bit of what team 104 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.199 you have because that's really important to you know, continue 105 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.360 your craft and feel comfortable with who you are and 106 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:15.080 who you want to become as an artist, to have 107 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.959 people that are the right people behind you and through 108 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:18.720 this whole process. 109 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:21.680 Yeah, for sure, it's it's super important creative control and 110 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:24.319 just making sure like especially being like new to the business, 111 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:26.160 I didn't want to get like, you know, screwed over. 112 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.480 Like that's like a big stigma out here. 113 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.240 Hear it all the time and people were like watch out, 114 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.319 don't do and then sometimes you know, it is good 115 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:34.439 to be cautious of those things, but it's also too 116 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.800 where it's like not that you know everything and because 117 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:38.600 nobody really does, but you know, you get a sense 118 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.279 of feeling or what's right and what's wrong, and it's 119 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.399 kind of like sometimes you just got to like dive 120 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:45.879 in and see where it takes you. And that's the 121 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.360 way I sometimes feel is like the most beautiful things 122 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.319 kind of happen. Yeah, for sure, I'm a quicklein er. 123 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:52.600 So I heard that, you know, your song started getting 124 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.279 more attraction when you released it on a social media platform. 125 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:56.519 Tell us a little bit more about that. 126 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:59.720 So all of my songs that I originally drop, not 127 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.319 even of them are out on like streaming platforms. My 128 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.040 original songs we just kind of shot for like zero dollars, 129 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:06.839 Like we did it on iPhones. We did it on 130 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:08.920 just like random cameras that we had, and we were 131 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.680 dropping them on SoundCloud and just Instagram, and I had 132 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:13.279 maybe like four or five homies that would share it, 133 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.839 and just through our mutual connections, people were sharing our 134 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.000 videos to like A and rs and CEOs and label 135 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.399 executives and they were like, hey, like this is this 136 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:25.120 is something right here, and a lot of other artists 137 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:27.160 found me that way. It was really cool. One of 138 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.079 the first artists to ever reach out, and this is 139 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.240 before I was like really even talking to labels is 140 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.680 one of the first ones I talked to. But Xo 141 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.319 XO reached out and they were like, hey, like the 142 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.399 Weekend DM me. It was like, yo, I like your music, 143 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:43.279 like we should link, and so I met with I believe. 144 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:44.839 I don't want to get them wrong. I think it's 145 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:45.959 Innerscope that they're signed with. 146 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.879 So I reached out, we talked to them, and you know, 147 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.199 everyone was just so like welcoming in like the weirdest way. 148 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:54.759 I didn't expect music industry to be that way, but. 149 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.399 Everyone really liked my music and my sound, and so 150 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.279 we ended up just we pumped the brakes on that 151 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:02.360 my team, and I was like, I wasn't ready to 152 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:04.199 just jump into any deal. I didn't even know how 153 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:06.480 to like thoroughly read through like the contracts before I 154 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:09.680 started like signing stuff. So I took about like almost 155 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.600 a year and just worked on my craft before I 156 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.720 started like talking to labels again. And after that I 157 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.199 found like the home label where I excited to be with. 158 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:20.800 That's amazing. So do you have a project worth the 159 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.199 Weekend that's coming out that we can expect too with 160 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.240 the weekend. Not yet, not yet, but I've been working 161 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.600 on it. So what other celebrities have slid into your 162 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:31.160 dam and be like, Hey, your voice is amazing, let's 163 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:32.920 do a collab or that you've even worked with. You 164 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:34.360 said you worked with a lot of people that were 165 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:37.240 kind of that you're maybe you know, influenced by m hm. 166 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:43.000 I have Oh my gosh, I have a lot of songs. 167 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:43.319 Okay. 168 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:44.839 So I have a song that's coming out on my 169 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:47.439 project with Jeremiah, and that was something like I had 170 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:51.240 to do because Jeremiah is like for me like King 171 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:53.480 of Arton b like sure, like he can sing his 172 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:58.079 ass it's your Panti's Wet Girl exactly. I'm likes you know. 173 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.160 So I'm just like, Okay, I have to do this. 174 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.879 And his vocals are amazing. I have a song with 175 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:07.360 sway Lee uh one with a little uzzy and like 176 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:10.319 these people like like I've I've linked with these people 177 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:11.920 and they I've played them my stuff and they're like 178 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.439 so impressed and like yo, like you got something, you know, 179 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:16.319 And really it's just like I'm down to work with 180 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:18.639 any artists, like not even just large names. It's incredible 181 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:20.079 that large names are like reaching out to me, but 182 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:20.720 you're hungry. 183 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.639 I love it. It's like that's that's what happens. Like you know, 184 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.720 and you're new coming up, it's like you just it's 185 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:26.279 almost like you'll take anything, but not you know what 186 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.199 I mean. These are really respected artists you know that 187 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.759 are currently telling you, hey, like you've got it. Everybody 188 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:32.879 has like that star factor and you either have it 189 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:34.920 or you don't, but it seems like you have it. 190 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:37.839 I'm excited to hear your new projects coming out. Where 191 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:39.920 can we find that your projects once it does really 192 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.680 really released, Once it's released, you can find me on 193 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.759 all streaming platforms. I'm everywhere. Were you have a website? 194 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.519 I do so it's ivy four dot com. It's it's 195 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:54.560 it's so simple. And then also my user name for 196 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.959 everything is ivv four or on streaming platforms, it's just 197 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:58.600 iv four. 198 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.839 All right, private talk you heard, make sure you go 199 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.600 there and make sure you support her. She's going to 200 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.720 be the next hottest thing. I can feel it. So, 201 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:10.759 who are some of your inspirations musically? Musically? 202 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:14.360 Man, that's always like such a hard question because I 203 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.480 don't think anyone ever in the history of time for me, 204 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:19.600 has ever made music that I'm like, that's what I 205 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.000 want to do for the rest of my life. But 206 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.399 I do love so many different artists like Janis Joplin 207 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.319 is one of my favorites. I love Amy Winehouse, I 208 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:28.639 love like powerhouse voices for. 209 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.839 Women and also men. I listen to a lot of 210 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.960 rock and metal, Like that's like my main thing that 211 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:35.720 I listened to. Do you feel like that's why your 212 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.200 music has so many multiple multiple genres, Like you know, 213 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.440 you have pop, R and B and you have all 214 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.600 kind of just like everywhere mm hmmm. 215 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.840 For a lot of people, like whenever they hear my music, 216 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.639 they're like, okay, cool, So like what is she? And 217 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.120 that question like I've never understood that question, Like what 218 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.120 am I like? Because you have to pick a genre, 219 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:54.919 which is so insane, Like like why can't I just 220 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.080 be them all exactly? Like I could top every chart. 221 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.200 Like if people like we're about it. 222 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.759 That definitely should be a goal of yours that you 223 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:02.879 should set, you know, because that is something that it's 224 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.320 like it's more than a trifecta. It's more than you 225 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:06.960 know something that's whatever, and it's I don't even know 226 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:07.759 if it's been done. 227 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.360 Yeah, I mean Taylor Swift honestly is like the only 228 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.480 person like I can think of that I've seen like 229 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:16.720 jump like two major genres, like going from country to 230 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.679 going to like she was like hip hoppy pop for 231 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:21.799 like a while, and like country, no one like leaves 232 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.279 country music like without you know, yes, and that was wild, 233 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:27.039 you know, to do that and then to be successful 234 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.039 in both and still have people like support it. 235 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:32.919 So yeah, I mean it can be done. Big shoes 236 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:34.279 to follow, but I think, you know, like I said, 237 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.080 it can be done. And it's like you're already You're 238 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.960 already put planting those seeds now, You're already doing music 239 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:40.840 like that now, So it's like why not. And you know, 240 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.120 if you find that hit then it's just gonna happen. 241 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.600 The fans are gonna make it happen. Yeah, true, true. 242 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.200 So what other projects besides your music do you have 243 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.240 going on? Do you have? Like, you know, branding is 244 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.200 a big thing. Social media is a big thing. How 245 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.759 important is you know social media to your brand? 246 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.759 Social Media has been extremely important to my brand specifically 247 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.200 because as a new artist, like moving here and not 248 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:03.879 knowing a whole lot of people putting my music out 249 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.679 just there. They helped me like reach out, people could 250 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:08.279 find me easier, kind of get a sense of like 251 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.759 who I am and like what I was doing. So yeah, 252 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:13.639 it helped me connect with a lot of other artists 253 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:17.080 and especially here like now in Quarantine. Hopefully we're coming 254 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:19.039 out of the end of that, but it's helped me 255 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:21.960 like keep in touch with my fans and make new 256 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.679 fans and keep like releasing music and people seeing it 257 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.320 without having to be like physically in front of their faces. 258 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:30.039 It's like your own marketing tool where it's like, you know, 259 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.039 this is me, this is where you have my work, 260 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:33.799 this is where you do your videos with you know 261 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.799 what you're into, which is really neat. I feel like, 262 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.919 you know, social media has changed, you know, people's platforms 263 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.559 for a lot of things, especially now with the whole 264 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.679 tiktoking and like thrillers and YouTube. You know, it's so 265 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.120 it's fascinating to see each individual lane of like how 266 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:49.120 it's prosperous for that individual person. 267 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.279 Right. Yeah, I just started with the TikTok and I'm 268 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:53.399 doing pretty well on TikTok. 269 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.039 I'm not gonna lie. 270 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:55.960 I was like, maybe I'm too old for TikTok, but 271 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:57.720 like I'm twenty four, but I feel like I'm like 272 00:10:57.759 --> 00:10:58.759 fifty something. 273 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.679 Old soul, Yeah, very old. So I'm just I'm here 274 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:03.320 and I'm here now. 275 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.960 But yeah, I'm doing pretty alright at TikTok Twitter I 276 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.440 can't get a hold of yet, but soon wonder it. 277 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.559 Don't happen for you. I can feel like you're young, 278 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:12.759 you still have like all those you know where you're 279 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:14.679 with direction, your you know your business is going, and 280 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.559 your brand, and I feel like once you really know, 281 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:18.759 not that you don't it like all just kind of 282 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.919 like puts puzzle pieces together. Yeah, so talk to us 283 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.279 about the she Devil concept? Where does that come from? 284 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:30.279 So? I honestly like behind my creative process whenever I 285 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.879 I like to write out my treatments for my videos, 286 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.759 for my music videos, I actually like design the costumes, 287 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:38.559 you know, like out of stylist come and like help 288 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.559 me figure out where to get them, like may they're 289 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:43.679 all handmade here in La which is amazing. But yeah, 290 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.320 I really like to be hands on creatively. But behind that, 291 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:49.159 I have like ivy the four fours my lucky number, 292 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:51.919 you know, but also I feel like it's I have 293 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:54.639 four different main parts of like my personality and whether 294 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.519 that be like with attitude or aesthetic and I just 295 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.240 kind of like pull from that. And for that one 296 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.600 for work too Hard, I was like, oh, yeah, we're 297 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:04.679 definitely gonna go. 298 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:05.679 She Devil. 299 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:07.360 That's who like I feel like low key I am 300 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.360 on the inside just a little bit. 301 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.720 Was that part of the four? Yeah for sure? Okay, yeah, 302 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:12.600 so what are the other three? 303 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:16.840 So I've got I'd be from the Midwest because I am. 304 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.399 So we've got man that's correct saying it's it's countryhood. 305 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.159 We have manners and you know, like I know my neighbors, 306 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.519 like I know every back road, like it's something like that. 307 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:28.519 So I'm from Texas. I always you know, it's to me, 308 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.320 it's like you either you get it or you don't. 309 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:32.159 The country life. Like when I first moved to LA 310 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.399 it was like you would be like back home, you 311 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.840 like stop it a stop light and you like you 312 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:38.200 wave or you acknowledge people, and then here they're like 313 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.440 why are you praying? They're like I don't know you. 314 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.519 And it's like it's very different than southern living. But 315 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:45.279 it's cool to become of the big city, you know, 316 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:47.960 in LA, like that and like implement those still southern 317 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:49.600 yeah things. I get that all lot. 318 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.200 I would meet with like different artists and they'd be 319 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.960 like wow, like you're you're different, or like you're weird, 320 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.919 and I'm like okay, and they're like, yeah, You're just 321 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.320 so normal, you know, And I'm like, I'm going to 322 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.399 take that as a compliment right now. You know. They 323 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:05.519 just they just don't see it out here. It's something 324 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:08.080 that was different to like become accustomed to. But yeah, 325 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:11.279 that's definitely one of the one of the little personalities. 326 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.240 And then I've got my super like feminine superstar, Like 327 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.080 that's like Ivy, Like I can turn that on and off, 328 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.000 and that's like whenever I perform, and she's like pop 329 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.440 star diva, like she gets it. I just I was 330 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.720 inspired a lot by like Maria Carey. I love my 331 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:31.279 Eda James Ella Fitzgerald. So there's like powerhouse women they 332 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.360 know what they want, you know. But also like I'm. 333 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.720 Mixed, So I'm mixed with a lot. 334 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:39.399 But I love the Paris Hiltons and the Lindsay Lohans 335 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.200 and my Kim Kay's and stuff like that. I like 336 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.080 the girls that are just like a part of the 337 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:46.559 two thousands culture type stuff. So that's bomb too. I 338 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.440 feel like that's like embodies one, you know. And then 339 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.519 I've got the bad bitch, that's the shoe devil, that's 340 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.080 the devil. 341 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:53.919 Is she the one that comes out the most or 342 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:57.279 do they all come out and play equal opportunity equal opportunity? 343 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:58.840 You know, some people call it code switching. 344 00:13:58.840 --> 00:13:59.919 I feel like we're all made up of just the 345 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.279 bunch of different things that like we found in life 346 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:04.759 that inspired us, and you know, we've created like this 347 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.320 whole persona. I feel like mine just don't flow as easily, 348 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:09.679 you know, like they snap in and out. So, yeah, 349 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:11.799 she deviled bad bitch, like I was, like, she needs 350 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.960 to be shown. I did that in the swimming music 351 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:16.720 video too. I switched my style up like a whole bunch. 352 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:20.200 I had probably like ten wardrobe changes for ten different characters. 353 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.440 A woman in my own heart, I like wardrobe changes. 354 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.759 You got to and especially with all these personalities, you 355 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.000 know that's coming out and again it's it's a character, 356 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:29.360 you know. I you know, I was in the adult 357 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:32.440 entertainment business myself, and you know, Alexis Texas is not 358 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.240 who I am all the time. But it's a persona 359 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.480 and who you know, probably more my my bad bitch 360 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:38.919 came out. That's like as far as this is my 361 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.240 owning my sexuality and who I am as a woman 362 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.720 that you know, it's just what that is. But by this again, 363 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:45.759 I'm not Alexis Texas twenty four to seven. So it's 364 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:48.600 like you kind of have to counterbalance everything every other part. 365 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:50.840 Yeah, as an entertainer, like you to be able to 366 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.240 turn it on and turn it off and you know, 367 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:54.440 and that's what like separates us is like we're like 368 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:57.399 actors in a way, but like it's like performance, live 369 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.559 performance constantly. 370 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.440 What is that like method acting or something? Yes, I 371 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:03.200 mean it's like, you know, being an artist is like 372 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.679 so many facets. Like you said, you write your own music, 373 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:07.440 you're you know, hands on to the point. And I 374 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.159 always a lot of people who are worring more hands 375 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:10.799 on because I feel like you want it more, you're 376 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:12.360 kind of more hungry for it. Not that the other 377 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.120 people aren't, mean they're just not you know, experience in 378 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:17.919 those fields. But having control of your outfits and your 379 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.559 makeup and you know, your dance moves and all those 380 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:22.799 little things add up and that's you know what makes 381 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.159 it create superstars. 382 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.960 Yeah, absolutely, I agree. Definitely have to be hands on. 383 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:30.000 I feel like, yeah, have no shade to those people 384 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.200 who don't. But I've definitely seen artists that like they 385 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:34.399 don't have to do anything like they either. 386 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.519 You just show up. 387 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.600 They show up, and that's a wonderful career if all 388 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.000 you wanted to do was show up. 389 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.080 But for me, like, this is something. 390 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:44.240 That I'm one hundred percent solely interested and it would 391 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:46.159 be easier just to let someone else take the reins, 392 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.240 you know. But also I feel as though I wouldn't 393 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.360 be able to forgive myself if something didn't turn out 394 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.679 the quality that I want, or if I made it, 395 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:54.399 you know, or if. 396 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.279 I didn't make it, you know. So with starting with 397 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.679 your label, do they still allow you to be the 398 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:02.399 person and the artists that you want to be thus far? 399 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.120 You know, having all tho things because some people, you know, 400 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.039 they talk about when they're at signed, you know, they 401 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.919