Joey Valence & Brae Dance By way of the Worry of Rising Up With Third Album ‘HYPERYOUTH’

Pennsylvania-born hip-hop duo Joey Valence & Brae – recognized for his or her high-octane mix of increase bap, EDM, and punk – enter a brand new period with maturity and the sensation of rising up, however by no means getting outdated, on their club-ready third album ‘HYPERYOUTH.’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 get together die although so many individuals need to see it finish. Rising up was speculated to be enjoyable and filled with objective however now it’s so filled with worry and alter that it haunts our youth.

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

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 It’s not simply JVB’s third album – it’s a motion; an announcement about rising up, however not getting outdated.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

The Pennsylvania pair have been recognized for this splendid. Mixing increase 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 document Punk Techniques just a few 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 gaggle. Their sound was old-school with new-school attitudes – unapologetically carrying their influences on their sleeve and expertly exhibiting off their mad expertise.

This kinetic power didn’t cease, and in 2024 No Arms launched – their largest drop since ‘22. The document 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 holding the TikTok house buzzing.

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“WASSUP” – Joey Valence & Brae ft. JPEGMAFIA

A CONVERSATION WITH JOEY VALENCE & BRAE

Atwood Journal: “HYPERYOUTH” has, from my view, change into a motion. Lots of people are speaking about their emotions about rising up, too. What was the intention behind the thought 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 try this. We wished to, going into this album, speak about maturing. As a result of most of our music up till this level has been very spontaneous and really energetic and youthful. We wished to take that and type 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 need to dance anymore?

I really feel like that’s a sense everyone has. No one desires to develop up, so we simply constructed a monitor checklist round that feeling of not wanting to try 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 tune sounds so completely different and so superb. it was actually enjoyable to only strive new issues. So individuals are going to be shocked by how the identical but completely different all the things sounds. Sonically it’s simply very nicely rounded.

I feel, to reply your query a little bit bit higher, every tune sounds prefer it may very well be from a special album is an effective technique to describe it. There’s a style for everybody. It’s actually an appetizer sampler of an album by way of songs that tickle the ear in particular methods for certain.

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

Joey: Yeah, that was actually the primary tune that I despatched Brae to start out to consider the context of the album. However I feel that’s the intention. Particularly with my verse, you may 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 wrestle you hear inside that of making an attempt to develop up however then not desirous to.

So, you may hear that lots after which the music because it progresses will get dirtier and also you hear extra emotion and the vocals and all the things. That’s actually totally the purpose of that tune. As a result of we’re speaking in regards to the get together being over, but it surely actually isn’t. It’s an uplifting tune 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 tune: “My life’s a three-leaf clover, however I suppose the get together’s over.” What does that imply to you?

Brae: That was me and I f*ed that up fully, however we left it in. I forgot that the onerous to search out clover is the four-leaf one, however I really I feel it’s type of humorous wanting 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 type 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 children from the center of Pennsylvania. We by no means really feel well-known or particular so I feel that bar is type of humorous being like a standard f*ing three-leaf clover.

So, the album has a whole lot 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 desires to pay to clear samples they usually’re simply making an attempt to remake all the things to allow them to take 100% of the reduce of the tune and I’m like, ‘I don’t even care, I simply need to make artwork.’ So, in terms of sampling, I’m simply so impressed by, Daft Punk and Skrillex the place they’re simply doing all this multi-layered sampling and all the things 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 in a position to pattern “Bangering” by Skrillex. It’s actually simply so cool that we received that cleared as a result of that’s clearly a tune that received me into music. However the technique of discovering a pattern is no matter seems to be 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 type of instructed like go loopy with sampling and we’re simply listening to songs that we like after which hopefully type of get it down the road.

Brae: My favourite pattern on the album is on “Must Cry,” the Bobby Caldwell tune “Cry.” That’s so loopy, it’s precisely the kind of hip-hop that I used to take heed to and I wished a tune that sounded precisely like that and Joey f*ing killed that tune. So, that’s undoubtedly my favourite pattern on the album.

Do you’ve got any samples that possibly you actually wished however did not clear or simply did not match for this document?

Joey: Sure. Truthfully, in “HYPERYOUTH,” we have been making an attempt to clear a Jay-Z pattern on it, which might have been superb as a result of that tune was purposely speculated to be a mixture of all of our favourite issues and having 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 actually 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 type of narrates the album in a approach. 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 thought of rising up however wanting to remain youthful and I simply suppose BMO’s quotes in it, each time I watch that episode, it simply completely type of describes the sensation of being scared to develop up and never change when all the things round you is altering. So, I feel I do use BMO as a narrator lots on this album to type of painting that feeling. And I’m glad we have been in a position to pattern it. It’s so cool.

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

In your document No Arms, the deluxe model particularly, you stated that “Pineapple Fried Rice” is probably the most underrated monitor. Is there a tune 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 a great tune. I actually hope “Must Cry,” that tune is so good – I hope that will get to shine, and I hope that the final tune on the album, “Disco Tomorrow,” I hope that will get a shine. Each monitor is simply in its personal approach so good.

Brae: Yeah, each tune has its personal factor. The final tune, “Disco Tomorrow,” is nearly like a storytelling of JVB and each of our verses are actually lengthy in that tune 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 probably the most uncooked in-your-face punch anyone hip-hop songs. I hope the hardcore increase bap hip-hop followers f*ok with that one.

After which “IS THIS LOVE” is our first tune that type 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 tune I can’t wait for everyone to listen to actually. We’re so excited.

I feel that “Is This Love” and some of the opposite songs, they do type of contribute to that maturity that you simply have been speaking about on this document. Was it type 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 jot down simply the enjoyable stuff as a result of we’re child boys who’ve emotions, you understand. However I’ve all the time made that type of music in my very own time and we each have feelings. So, it’s simply simple when you get a special subject to jot down about aside from partying.

So, these songs simply got here so quick, however I feel particularly with me, particularly on a few of 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 a little bit little bit of a problem to speak about issues in a approach that may genuinely join with an viewers and brazenly about it. So, in some factors of it, it was a little bit bit difficult, however general it’s lots simpler to be sincere than you suppose as a result of there’s simply no strain.

How do you’re feeling your viewers goes to reply to these kinds 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 may 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 this point has been loopy. As a result of they’re so excited to listen to a special aspect of what we usually do.

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

How do you’re feeling understanding that so many individuals, are studying about increase bap and old skool 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 tune after which pray that one thing else got here up after that and you understand you’re studying stuff from your mates and what have you ever, but it surely’s humorous while you learn the feedback. These 13, 14-year-old children 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 in a position to put a era of children on the kind of music they by no means knew existed.

You have got 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 regarded as much as when making music and it’s so cool to see it type 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 approach particularly for various 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 simply completely kill the tracks they do with us.

So, it’s actually superb. I can’t say anything than that but it surely’s so cool that we’re in a position to meet these individuals and change into associates with them and make music with our associates.

Do you’ve got any options that you simply hope to have afterward in your profession?

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

Joey: Our dream is Tyler. That may be implausible. 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 picture 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’re feeling like despite the fact that it got here out a little bit later, do you’re feeling like Chromakopia type of influenced you a little bit bit?

Joey: I feel actually out of all of Tyler’s albums They actually all in their very own approach 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 suppose his type It was primarily from a manufacturing stand level the place I used to be taking a whole lot 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 all the things like that was actually a giant inspiration.

However particularly with this new album, like he’s type of explaining to individuals the identical message that we’re going for with this document and what we now have been going for for fairly a while. It’s why don’t individuals need 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 type of paving a approach for our album to have the identical in an identical lane, so it’s actually thrilling.

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

Brae: We type of simply received thrown into performing actually. We didn’t have a selection. We type 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 try this so, it simply got here so naturally. There’s no nerves while you’re on stage.

You have got tour guidelines, too. What made you’re 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 a whole lot of reveals we do the place individuals aren’t dancing, but it surely was extra simply type 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? Get pleasure from 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 need 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 hear, what are they speculated to really feel?

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

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

Joey: Hope that folks type of of hear it and listen to what we’re saying, take a chunk out of it like Brae stated they usually simply study 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 nice. All of us change, all of us develop up. It’s not that scary. Exit and have enjoyable.

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