Joey Valence & Brae Dance Via the Concern of Rising Up With Third Album ‘HYPERYOUTH’

Pennsylvania-born hip-hop duo Joey Valence & Brae – recognized for his or her high-octane mix of growth bap, EDM, and punk – enter a brand new period with maturity and the sensation of rising up, however by no means getting outdated, on their club-ready third album ‘HYPERYOUTH.’

Stream: ‘HYPERYOUTH’ – Joey Valence & Brae

No one’s too cool to bop. Please simply let your self go for a second and luxuriate in your self.

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Growing up used to imply one thing. Not simply wrinkles and sagging pores and skin or feeble bones and crossword puzzles, however one thing inside – like discovering your true self.

By no means letting the social gathering die although so many individuals wish to see it finish. Rising up was alleged to be enjoyable and filled with goal however now it’s so filled with worry and alter that it haunts our youth.

Why can’t we be younger eternally? Why can’t we really feel the beat beneath our ft and dance to it relatively than flip it off? Should you ask Joey Valence and Brae, they’d say you possibly can they usually’d be proper.

Welcome to HYPERYOUTH. It’s not simply JVB’s third album – it’s a motion; a press release about rising up, however not getting outdated. By no means shedding that spark that retains the lights on and the social gathering leaping.

The Pennsylvania pair have been recognized for this excellent. Mixing growth bap with EDM and generally punk to create their distinctive model of genre-defying booty-shaking tracks. Popping out of a Penn State dorm room to raging on the Lollapalooza stage and past, their expertise is timeless, and their sound is for the hip-hop historical past books.

They launched each their debut EP Underground Sound and the breakout file Punk Ways only some months aside. The discharge of those albums put them on the map. Quickly after they have been on Ellen, going viral on TikTok, and doing reveals throughout the nation.

These early data solidified them as a bunch. Their sound was old-school with new-school attitudes – unapologetically sporting their influences on their sleeve and expertly exhibiting off their mad expertise.

This kinetic vitality didn’t cease, and in 2024 No Arms launched – their largest drop since ‘22. The file was a mature, extra refined model of their earlier work – showcasing how far they’ve come and pushing the envelope lyrically and sonically.

Atwood Journal’s Jake Fewx hailed it as a “riot of a rap album which bursts on the seams with its one-of-a-kind persona… it’s assured, snarky, and beset with a singular model of goofy enjoyable.” No Arms featured icons like Ayesha Erotica and Danny Brown, each of whom helped reinforce JVB’s spot as experimental hip-hop giants whereas additionally retaining the TikTok area buzzing.

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“WASSUP” – Joey Valence & Brae ft. JPEGMAFIA

A CONVERSATION WITH JOEY VALENCE & BRAE

Atwood Journal: “HYPERYOUTH” has, from my view, turn out to be a motion. Lots of people are speaking about their emotions about rising up, too. What was the intention behind the concept of HYPERYOUTH? Did you anticipate it to the touch as many individuals because it has?

Joey: I imply, that was clearly the hope with it was to do this. We needed to, going into this album, discuss maturing. As a result of most of our music up till this level has been very spontaneous and really energetic and youthful. We needed to take that and form of develop up with our viewers and be like “rising up is difficult”. Then utilizing dancing as a metaphor for it, we develop up and we exit and why does no person wish to dance anymore?

I really feel like that’s a sense everyone has. No one needs to develop up, so we simply constructed a monitor checklist round that feeling of not wanting to do this and the youthfulness of it.

How did you handle to seize all these emotions on the monitor checklist?

Brae: It was enjoyable. This album we leaned into some flows and lyrical pockets that we haven’t earlier than and Joey’s manufacturing is simply insane. Each track sounds so totally different and so wonderful. it was actually enjoyable to simply attempt new issues. So persons are going to be stunned by how the identical but totally different the whole lot sounds. Sonically it’s simply very properly rounded.

I believe, to reply your query just a little bit higher, every track sounds prefer it might be from a special album is an effective option to describe it. There’s a style for everybody. It’s actually an appetizer sampler of an album by means of songs that tickle the ear in particular methods for positive.

The track “Get together’s Over” particularly. I really feel like that track does weave out and in of feelings rather well. How did it really feel within the studio crafting that track and was that the intention to maneuver round between feelings?

Joey: Yeah, that was truthfully the primary track that I despatched Brae to begin to consider the context of the album. However I believe that’s the intention. Particularly with my verse, you possibly can hear the intent of speaking as a youthful child after which straying again just like the sh*t is definitely actual. And so it’s the battle you hear inside that of making an attempt to develop up however then not eager to.

So, you possibly can hear that quite a bit after which the music because it progresses will get dirtier and also you hear extra emotion and the vocals and the whole lot. That’s truthfully totally the purpose of that track. As a result of we’re speaking concerning the social gathering being over, nevertheless it actually isn’t. It’s an uplifting track on the finish of the day to be like, you understand what, generally it’s time to maneuver on, however we are able to keep the identical.

There is a lyric in that track: “My life’s a three-leaf clover, however I suppose the social gathering’s over.” What does that imply to you?

Brae: That was me and I f*ed that up utterly, however we left it in. I forgot that the onerous to search out clover is the four-leaf one, however I really I believe it’s form of humorous trying again now. After I’ve stated it and we each talked about it, we have been like, “Wait, is a three-leaf one the uncommon one or is it four-leaf?”

However that’s form of the juxtaposition, double entendre of that bar really in and of itself. As a result of our life is getting so loopy and all these blessings are taking place to us that we really feel fortunate and blessed to be right here. However on the similar time we’re simply these youngsters from the center of Pennsylvania. We by no means really feel well-known or particular so I believe that bar is form of humorous being like a traditional f*ing three-leaf clover.

So, the album has loads of samples. What’s your course of with discovering a pattern, and what’s your favourite pattern on the album?

Joey: I’m so impressed by sample-based music. It’s a really misplaced artwork, particularly in an age the place no person needs to pay to clear samples they usually’re simply making an attempt to remake the whole lot to allow them to take 100% of the minimize of the track and I’m like, ‘I don’t even care, I simply wish to make artwork.’ So, with regards to sampling, I’m simply so impressed by, Daft Punk and Skrillex the place they’re simply doing all this multi-layered sampling and the whole lot and it’s simply what I’d like to do extra with manufacturing.

However anyway, my favourite might be the truth that we have been capable of pattern “Bangering” by Skrillex. It’s actually simply so cool that we received that cleared as a result of that’s clearly a track that received me into music. However the means of discovering a pattern is no matter seems cool. We’re blessed to have this web site known as Tracklib. Should you don’t know what it’s

Brae: We spent hours on Tracklib. I’ve been on Web page 99 Infinity on tracklib.

Joey: Truthfully that is the primary time the place we have been form of instructed like go loopy with sampling and we’re simply listening to songs that we like after which hopefully form of get it down the road.

Brae: My favourite pattern on the album is on “Need to Cry,” the Bobby Caldwell track “Cry.” That’s so loopy, it’s precisely the kind of hip-hop that I used to hearken to and I needed a track that sounded precisely like that and Joey f*ing killed that track. So, that’s positively my favourite pattern on the album.

Do you will have any samples that possibly you actually needed however did not clear or simply did not match for this file?

Joey: Sure. Truthfully, in “HYPERYOUTH,” we have been making an attempt to clear a Jay-Z pattern on it, which might have been wonderful as a result of that track was purposely alleged to be a mixture of all of our favourite issues and with the ability to hopefully easy them.

There was an unreleased monitor that we did with an M83 “Midnight Metropolis” pattern. I want we may have cleared. However truthfully up till about two days in the past, there’s a string of Journey Time BMO samples on it and we thought we weren’t going to have the ability to clear it and now we’re getting instructed that we are able to and we’re going to be the primary individuals have that ever had official Journey Time of their music.

BMO form of narrates the album in a method. Are you a giant Journey Time fan?

Joey: Yeah, I’m. I f*ing love Journey Time. Particularly that episode is so surrounded with the concept of rising up however wanting to remain youthful and I simply assume BMO’s quotes in it, each time I watch that episode, it simply completely form of describes the sensation of being scared to develop up and never change when the whole lot round you is altering. So, I believe I do use BMO as a narrator quite a bit on this album to form of painting that feeling. And I’m glad we have been capable of pattern it. It’s so cool.

Brae: Yeah, it’s additionally so sick as a result of the BMO samples form of pop up in three or 4 of the tracks on the album. And it’s form of a callback to A Tribe Referred to as Quest Midnight Marauders how there’s a relentless form of narration from that voice recorder lady’s voice so I identical to that shit that form of follows and calls again and provides ode to outdated hip-hop ‘trigger it’s simply it’s so dope.

In your file No Arms, the deluxe model particularly, you stated that “Pineapple Fried Rice” is essentially the most underrated monitor. Is there a track on HYPERYOUTH that you do not need to be ignored?

Joey: Truthfully, all them. I actually hope the one we simply launched, “LIVE RIGHT” correctly will get to shine– that’s such track. I actually hope “Need to Cry,” that track is so good – I hope that will get to shine, and I hope that the final track on the album, “Disco Tomorrow,” I hope that will get a shine. Each monitor is simply in its personal method so good.

Brae: Yeah, each track has its personal factor. The final track, “Disco Tomorrow,” is sort of like a storytelling of JVB and each of our verses are actually lengthy in that track and I like the verses and the lyrics and what we now have to say on that one after which “Give It To Me” is simply essentially the most uncooked in-your-face punch any person hip-hop songs. I hope the hardcore growth bap hip-hop followers f*ok with that one.

After which “IS THIS LOVE” is our first track that form of leans into our actually softer voices and tones and talks about emotions and love and relationships and that’s tremendous f*ing dope. So each track I can’t wait for everyone to listen to actually. We’re so excited.

I believe that “Is This Love” and some of the opposite songs, they do form of contribute to that maturity that you just have been speaking about on this file. Was it form of onerous to dive into extra of your emotions with them?

Brae: It was simple as a result of we’ve by no means talked about it.

Joey: Yeah, it’s virtually getting more durable to write down simply the enjoyable stuff as a result of we’re child boys who’ve emotions, you understand. However I’ve at all times made that form of music in my very own time and we each have feelings. So, it’s simply simple when you get a special subject to write down about aside from partying.

So, these songs simply got here so quick, however I believe particularly with me, particularly on among the extra open tracks, it’s onerous for me to speak about feelings candidly. Particularly with the present state of our music. So, it was just a little little bit of a problem to speak about issues in a method that may genuinely join with an viewers and overtly about it. So, in some factors of it, it was just a little bit difficult, however general it’s quite a bit simpler to be trustworthy than you assume as a result of there’s simply no strain.

How do you are feeling your viewers goes to answer these forms of songs?

Brae: I imply initially, we’re so grateful for our fan base. Everybody that rocks with JVB, they’re so accepting of recent sounds and new noises from us. We discovered that our fan base could be very mendable to what we do. So, particularly with “LIVE RIGHT,” it hasn’t been out for that lengthy however the response to it to date has been loopy. As a result of they’re so excited to listen to a special facet of what we usually do.

And we’re grateful and blessed that we received in style from the loopy, mosh hip-hop stuff, however the truth that we’re capable of put out a monitor that seems like “LIVE RIGHT” That’s simply sonically sounds so totally different than “Punk Ways” or “Double Leap” or what have you ever. The truth that our followers like this and are like “that is the best track, I like it a lot.” Like “you guys are my favourite artists” blah blah blah. It’s inspiring and it retains us going for positive. So, I believe everybody’s going to benefit from the album with all of the totally different sounds.

How do you are feeling understanding that so many individuals, are studying about growth bap and old-fashioned music usually out of your group?

Brae: Dude, it makes me so pleased as a result of I keep in mind as a youthful child particularly as a result of it was more durable at our age as a result of Spotify actually wasn’t popping but once we have been 12, 13 years outdated. So, music discovery was so cave man. It was simply YouTube.

All I used to be doing was, you’d discover one track after which pray that one thing else got here up after that and you understand you’re studying stuff from your folks and what have you ever, nevertheless it’s humorous if you learn the feedback. These 13, 14-year-old youngsters are asking “what are extra artists that sound like this?” And so they don’t have any clue that complete world discography of stuff like Tribe Referred to as Quest and Gang Starr and Wu-Tang exists. So, I really feel honored that we’re capable of put a era of youngsters on the kind of music they by no means knew existed.

You may have some main co-signs from like JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown, Pendulum. How does it really feel to have that in your discography?

Joey: Truthfully, going into this these have been the individuals we appeared as much as when making music and it’s so cool to see it form of come full circle and have precise tracks with them and be accepted by the identical group that we’re part of. They paved a method particularly for different hip-hop. So it’s actually cool once more to be accepted by that group they usually’re simply legends and it’s that they only completely kill the tracks they do with us.

So, it’s actually wonderful. I can’t say anything than that nevertheless it’s so cool that we’re capable of meet these individuals and turn out to be pals with them and make music with our pals.

Do you will have any options that you just hope to have in a while in your profession?

Brae: Yeah, everyone. We wish to work with all of the those that we get pleasure from. I don’t know. Yeah, we do that on a regular basis.

Joey: Our dream is Tyler. That will be incredible. Tyler and Skrillex. I’d love Skrillex to work with Yeah. Skrillex And if Daft Punk ever makes a comeback we higher on that monitor

Joey posted that photograph of the inspirations for the album. And Igor was on the checklist however Chromakopia has an identical vibe of realizing your getting older. Do you are feeling like though it got here out just a little later, do you are feeling like Chromakopia form of influenced you just a little bit?

Joey: I believe truthfully out of all of Tyler’s albums They actually all in their very own method impressed it. I may have put Cherry Bomb, I may have put Flower Boy, I may have put Chromakopia, I may have put even Wolf and stuff like that. I simply assume his type It was primarily from a manufacturing stand level the place I used to be taking loads of inspiration from that stuff. [Igor] in all probability my favourite Tyler album. In order that’s why I put it on there, however I simply love the songwriting and that stuff and the soiled synths and the whole lot like that was actually a giant inspiration.

However particularly with this new album, like he’s form of explaining to individuals the identical message that we’re going for with this file and what we now have been going for for fairly a while. It’s why don’t individuals wish to dance anymore? And it’s so cool to see that album come out and other people have that thought of their head proper earlier than our album comes out as a result of it’s form of paving a method for our album to have the identical in an identical lane, so it’s actually thrilling.

Your dwell reveals, completely insane. Have you ever at all times had this pure chemistry on stage or was it a studying curve going by means of the motions?

Brae: We form of simply received thrown into performing truthfully. We didn’t have a alternative. We form of simply jumped on the market and began doing what we do, and it’s just about been the identical since a pair years in the past.

Joey: Yeah, we’re naturally simply idiots and we prefer to make fools of ourselves so being on stage we have been simply performing for ourselves and we’re silly and like to do this so, it simply got here so naturally. There’s no nerves if you’re on stage.

You may have tour guidelines, too. What made you are feeling prefer it was essential to push such an emphasis on dancing and moshing and being within the second at your reveals?

Joey: I imply, it’s actually there’s not loads of reveals we do the place individuals aren’t dancing, nevertheless it was extra simply form of pointed at a normal viewers for music and new potential followers coming to this present. This album is so centered round being your self on the dance flooring and like I stated, we simply use dancing as a giant metaphor all through this album and it’s a membership album.

So we’re like, “Should you come right here, you higher be dancing.” Why once we exit to golf equipment, once we exit to issues like that, individuals simply aren’t dancing. I’m like, guys, what are we doing? Take pleasure in your self, please. Like we’re too cool to bop… No one’s too cool to bop. Please simply let your self go for a second and luxuriate in your self. And that’s the message that we wish to give with this album. That’s why we made the tour guidelines. We simply need individuals to return, be within the second and able to dance.

General, what would you like individuals to be left with once they end the album? After that first pay attention, what are they alleged to really feel?

Joey: That is the perfect album of all time. I’m going to run it again 10 occasions.

Brae: We preserve getting requested this query and I preserve making an attempt to give you reply for it. However I preserve defaulting to I simply hope that one track means one thing to any person. “I like that line that he says” or “oh my god the synths on this one track I like how like floaty they’re.” Simply take a chunk of it with you and simply preserve taking part in that sh*t. And simply f*ing dance to it man. There’s so many good songs on it.

Joey: Hope that individuals form of of hear it and listen to what we’re saying, take a chunk out of it like Brae stated they usually simply be taught to be extra accepting of themselves and adjustments round them. That’s actually what we’re making an attempt to say. Be okay and issues are going to be tremendous. All of us change, all of us develop up. It’s not that scary. Exit and have enjoyable.

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