“I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria, Dream Theater, and Attack Attack!”
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“I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria, Dream Theater, and Attack Attack!”
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“I just say 'Amen' a lot. It's just about being grateful and never taking things for granted.”
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“All I have to do is to do my thing. I don't have to talk about it like, 'Oh, I'm representing for Asians.' I'm just... doing it.”
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“I don't want to be boxed in or looked at a certain way, as in, 'Yo, he's an Asian rapper.'”
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“When I found out my parents wanted to homeschool me, I was so bummed out. I missed all my friends. But now I realise that if I wasn't homeschooled, I'd be the lamest kid ever - I wouldn't ha...”
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“I always liked to draw, and when I was a kid, the Internet wasn't big at all, so I would go to Internet cafes and search Google images for cartoon characters and save it to my USB drive.”
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“It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.”
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“It took me a while to figure out the U.S. sense of humor, a lot of trial and error. I would write down jokes to casually tell my American friend over Skype to see which ones he'd laugh at.”
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“Me and my family used to have a Christian covers band together... like rock Christian music, upbeat, all in Indonesian. The band was called Roasted Peanuts.”
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“My main goal was to be a cinematographer. I was making short films, and the plan was to keep uploading them on Twitter and build a fanbase there. One day, I just started making music for fun...”
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“I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while, and then I got into cinematography.”
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“I went through a clubbing phase - then, I dunno, dude. The club scene in Jakarta sucks. It's rich kids and kids who are trying to look rich.”
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“My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.”
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“My influences are a wide variety: from Dave Chappelle stand-up comedy specials on YouTube, to watching chick-flick comedy movies, to scrolling through stuff people say on the Internet.”
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“In my neighborhood, there are stray goats everywhere, and, someone owns it. Someone has a farm full of goats. At daytime, they just let them loose, but then at nighttime, they just come back...”
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“I'm listening to Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino. I'm just trying to just get as many different inspirations as I can. I love artists that can adapt and have differen...”
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“I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.”
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“I say funny stuff in my songs sometimes, but it's still all in the seriousness of the music and the craft.”
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“I wouldn't really call myself a spokesman for anything. All I wanna do is inspire young people everywhere - not just Indonesia.”
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“There are good things about Indonesia, but there are bad things about it that I hope can be fixed.”
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