5 Things
Venesti shares five personal things about his life, including where he was born, when he started to create music and more! Venesti: Hi, I’m Venesti, and these are five things you didn’t know about me. The first thing is that I love TV series. The second is that I don’t like partying at all — […]
Luis R Conriquez shares that he used to sell hot dogs and 4 other things you didn’t know about him. Luis R Conriquez Hello I am your friend, Luis R Conriquez. Here are five things you didn’t know about me. I am afraid of the dark, I don’t like to sleep alone, I have a […]
Nicky Jam sits down to share five personal things you didn’t know about him. Keep watching to see what they are! Nicky Jam: Hi, I’m Nicky Jam, and this is five things you don’t know about me. One of the things, I’m claustrophobic. So claustrophobic that even when I record a song, I gotta go […]
Mike Will Made-It shares five fun facts about Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA” and his album Damn. Keep watching to see what they are!
Mike Will Made-It: Hey, yo. It’s Mike Will Made-It, and these are five things you don’t know about “DNA.”
No. 1: I wrote that song, OK. I’m playing with you. Y’all didn’t know I made that in Swae Lee’s backyard. They had this little shed. I don’t know what that shed was for, you know what I’m saying, because it was real small, but we used to have, like, a little setup in there. When I made that beat, I was just thinking, like, man, this would be like a big performance record, like, Beyoncé, or, like, somebody big could do this, and whoever do arenas or stadiums. I never sent it to them. I only sent it to Kendrick. He ended up hearing the beat and liking the beat.
Another thing you probably didn’t know that me and Kendrick were already cool for seven years, but we just never had a song. We never landed a song. Probably gave him 1,000 beats before. I gave him beats for Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, To Pimp a Butterfly and then Damn. It’s, like, he ended up calling me and told me, like, “Yo, I’ve been going in.” He sent me, like, a little snippet video. “I’m like, damn bro, I’m about to be in L.A. in like, a week. Like, Imma pull up on you,” and he’s, like, “Call me when you get there.” So I came to the studio, and then he let me hear “Humble,” he let me hear “DNA.” He let me hear “XXX.”
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Joaquina shares 5 Things You Didn’t Know about her, including insight on her first album and her single, “pesimista.” Joaquina: Hi friends, I’m Joaquina and these are five thing you may not know about me. Number one, my favorite food is pasta and milanesa, in no specific order. Separate, together, whatever, in any form, made […]
Mustard shares 5 Things You Didn’t Know about Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” including his reaction when he first heard it, confirming whether he sampled “Ether” from Nas and more! Mustard: What up, it’s Mustard, and here are five things you may not know about “Not Like Us.” One thing you may not know is […]
Willow shares five things you didn’t know about her new single, “Big Feelings,” including the inspiration and personal connection behind it. Willow:Hey, this is Willow, and these are five things that you didn’t know about my new single, “Big Feelings.” No. 1: I shot the visual at the same place that I shot “Transparent Soul,” […]
Country star Keith Urban shares 5 things you didn’t know about his new song “Straight Line.” Keith UrbanHey, Billboard, it’s Keith Urban here. These are five things you didn’t know about my new song “Straight Line.” Keith UrbanThis song was originally recorded with just drum machine and no real drums and we finished out the […]
Chicano Batman reveals five things you didn’t know about the track “Fly” and the creative behind its music video.
Chicano Batman: Hey, this is Chicano Batman, and these are five things you might not know about our song “Fly.”
One thing about “Fly” that you don’t know is that it was actually meant to be really slow — a lot slower than it is. In the studio, we ended up making it a lot faster. Our producer and also Eduardo were like, “Oh, we should speed it up.” And that’s what it is now, but we was just talking to them about, maybe, putting out a version that’s slower because it’s actually really dope.
No. 2: The dove in the music video is not CGI. This guy is a bird whisperer. It’s birds in his family — runs through his Salvadorian blood and he has a calling with animals.
Another thing that you might not know about “Fly” the music video: It was directed by these Argentinian sisters called the Giraffe Sisters. And they approached us with this amazing mood board that just had basically, like, Prince’s second album cover and was like, “Let’s make this album cover look into, like, a music video.” And it was just paying homage to artists like Funkadelic, Prince, Rick James. Yeah, we had a lot of fun with it, you know, very tongue in cheek and silly and it was a lot of fun to be on set for.
And then when we were in the studio actually making … after we tracked everything and it sounded, you know, banging and it was just huge coming from the speakers after we recorded it. I heard big background vocals kind of, like, very kind of just, you know, Funkadelic ’80s, you know, funk and that’s when I heard those big backup vocals. And shout out to Maya, who sang on it, and her crew, they killed it.
The bass has a reverb. Check any other Chicano Batman song. No other song has reverb on the bass but “Fly” because why not? There are no rules.Watch the full video above!
Singer-songwriter and actress Brandy shares her three favorite holiday traditions. Brandy:That was good? But that’s tradition? My favorite holiday traditions are spending quality time with my family. We get together and we celebrate memories and dance and play spades and just do a lot for Christmas together as a family. Quality time is key. Christmas […]