{"id":449,"date":"2025-05-20T18:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/?p=449"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:23:45","slug":"rico-nasty-is-done-playing-a-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/rico-nasty-is-done-playing-a-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Rico Nasty Is Done Playing a Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy82MDI4MDEyOS9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTgwOTg2MjE2OH0.1C06WapX0B-84N3zeeKTC9Okn28UBKsdN__63801kwA\/img.png?width=2000&amp;height=3000&amp;coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C0\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/riconasty\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Rico Nasty<\/u><\/a> hit a wall. At one point in her career, specifically after her last album in 2022, the 27-year-old rapper and \u201cSugar Trap\u201d singer felt like she was becoming a caricature of herself. The outfits, the screaming, the spectacle \u2014 it had started to feel like a costume she couldn\u2019t take off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I knew what I was really signing up for when I started making music,\u201d she tells <em><em>PAPER<\/em><\/em>. \u201cI got to that point and I was like, <em>Wait, let me do some self-reflection<\/em>. <em>Let me get to the bottom of all these emotions and also show that in my work<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In comes <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0HkRlQCLTYsr1K5cD33Gr4?si=BEgl-ViCQ82TI0WVe9AY0w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><em>LETHAL<\/em><\/em><\/u><\/a>, her brand new album, out now. It doesn\u2019t sound like a departure so much as a distillation. The chaos has been pared back, the edges sharpened. Horror-movie aesthetics meet emotional precision \u2014 haunted production, cool tones and verses that don\u2019t need to be yelled to land hard. \u201cThat was the biggest adjustment,\u201d Rico says. \u201cHaving this big heart, but making music that suggests otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across the album, Rico isn\u2019t reinventing herself \u2014 she\u2019s unmasking. The visuals draw from cult horror (<em><em>Saw<\/em><\/em>, <em><em>Smile<\/em><\/em>, <em><em>The Substance<\/em><\/em>), but the real tension is internal: performance vs. personhood. She\u2019s letting go of expectation, not energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be this gimmicky thing of \u2018Rico Nasty,\u2019 this big costume,\u201d she says. \u201cI just want to be myself.\u201d That instinct carries into her first major acting role in <em><em>Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/em><\/em>, an upcoming A24 series where she\u2019ll star opposite Nicole Kidman. <\/p>\n<p>For someone who grew up on thrillers and always had a face made for high-stakes close-ups, it\u2019s a fitting next move. She\u2019s still building worlds. She\u2019s just choosing which ones she wants to live in. And this time, she\u2019s the one in control of the frame.<\/p>\n<p>Below, <em>PAPER<\/em> sits down with Rico to discuss her favorite horror movies, her creepy smile and why this might be her most personal project yet.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"b8211dd2ad39065b07c22124a7b8dbb7\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rico Nasty - CRASH (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qR_jVl0Sd14?start=9&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congrats on <\/strong><strong><em>LETHAL. <\/em><em><\/em>You&#8217;re also filming right now, right?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has that been going? Is this your first acting role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s my first real acting [role]. It&#8217;s been really fun. I had a fitting today. Everybody on set is really cool, and it&#8217;s really fun. I&#8217;m not gonna lie, I feel like after doing this press run \u2014 and that was more music-based \u2014 now getting back to work on set, I&#8217;m just like, <em>oh, I love acting.<\/em> I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s stealing the shine from the music, but I just like it. I like being on set. I like knowing exactly what&#8217;s going to happen, from the moment you get there to the moment it ends. With music, you might not know what&#8217;s going to happen. It&#8217;s a bit random. But I still love both. It\u2019s crazy, having them in parallel like that. But yeah \u2014 major, major blessing. I\u2019m so, so happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you always want to act as a kid? Did you see yourself as an actor, or was it always just music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so funny. Actually, my parents had me in acting classes when I was eight years old. It didn\u2019t last long, but I remember I was in acting classes for a while. And then in my actual career as a rapper, I\u2019ve auditioned, sent in tapes \u2014 because I didn\u2019t live in LA, so I couldn\u2019t go to actual castings. So yeah, I guess you could say it is something I\u2019ve always wanted to do. As a child, it\u2019s weird. I knew I wanted to do something involving a camera and a crowd, but I didn\u2019t know at that age that I wanted to do music. So I think it\u2019s funny just watching how it\u2019s transformed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you able to cry on demand?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, boo. I&#8217;m not that good yet.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><strong>Off the bat, I feel like the visuals for <\/strong><em><strong>LETHAL<\/strong><\/em><strong> gave me <\/strong><em><strong>Saw<\/strong><\/em><strong> (2004) vibes. Did you ever watch those?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Saw<\/em>? Fuck yeah. Yeah. Oh my god, I love you for that. Go, go. Tell me more. Why did you feel like that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The press imagery \u2014 the basement. I was sent a press kit with these photos, and it\u2019s like someone\u2019s wrapped in a bag in this dingy basement. Even the needles on the cover. I was really into those movies. Are you a horror movie person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a horror movie person. And I think it\u2019s really weird that you tied that together because do you know what the vinyl is? The vinyl is a saw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, really?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. So for you to put that together \u2014 that\u2019s a thing. I definitely did want to give an ode to the horror movies I watch, and just that energy in general. That \u201cWhere are they? What\u2019s happening? How did they get there?\u201d energy. And I also feel like it was a very sexy and mysterious way to channel that scary kind of energy that I still have. I feel like a lot of my stuff had drifted off one way or another \u2014 it drifted off into this Halloween style. If someone\u2019s in crazy clown makeup and wild hair, it\u2019s like, \u201cOh, that\u2019s Rico Nasty.\u201d So for this album, I really just wanted to tone it down, simplify it, and pay attention to cool tones. And I watched a lot of scary movies making this album. So that\u2019s funny that you picked up on that, because I never said that. I never mentioned it anywhere. I didn\u2019t know if anybody would peep.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"rm-shortcode lazyload\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"293245d2b92497abfce40cd735730bc6\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" id=\"b466f\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img-56.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Those <\/strong><em><strong><em>Saw<\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong> visuals just stuck in my brain. I don\u2019t even know why I was allowed to watch those movies as a kid. I was like eight. But I just watched all the most fucked-up shit. What movies did you watch while making this album? And also, what\u2019s your favorite scary movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I watched this one movie. It\u2019s called <em><em>Yesterday<\/em><\/em>. It\u2019s not a scary movie, but I watched it with my son. There\u2019s a scene where they\u2019re going through a car wash and the water\u2019s spraying them. The whole premise is that the parents have to say yes all day to whatever the kids ask. So they end up doing some really wild shit. And then the song was called &#8220;YEA3x,\u201d so I knew I wanted there to be some water involved because of that scene in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Another movie I watched while making the album was <em><em>Lakeview Terrace<\/em><\/em>. I loved that feeling \u2014 like, somebody\u2019s watching you when you move into a new place. I had just moved into a new place, too. Something about the coloring in that film, the blues and gray tones in this really nice neighborhood. I really liked that.<\/p>\n<p>And one of my favorite scary movies of all time is <em><em>House of 1000 Corpses<\/em><\/em>. I love Rob Zombie movies, like <em><em>The Devil\u2019s Rejects<\/em><\/em> and shit like that. Also <em><em>Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em><\/em>, the real deal one. Not the new fake ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like the 1970s one?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe the early 2000s one. Yeah. But I love that movie. And <em><em>House of Wax<\/em><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I love <\/strong><em><strong><em>House of Wax<\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong>. Oh my God, that\u2019s like top three for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><em>House of Wax<\/em><\/em> is crazy. And I mean, I also loved it just because of the cast. The cast was crazy. I miss when movies would do that.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"rm-shortcode lazyload\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"9573766406475135e837f619ac57fef6\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" id=\"7afa8\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img-57.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>I remember being a kid and they\u2019d always play it on HBO. I would sit on the sofa and watch it over and over again. I don\u2019t know why I loved it so much. Some of the slasher scenes were really creative. Like when he cuts the guy\u2019s finger off in the sewer? He puts his hand up and just, chop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m being so crazy for not mentioning it, but obviously <em><em>The Substance<\/em><\/em> was a movie that inspired a lot. Like the text I\u2019m using, and just that feeling of merging the two double lives. That\u2019s kind of what the album\u2019s about. I don\u2019t want to be this gimmicky thing of \u201cRico Nasty,\u201d this big costume. I just want to be myself. The album is kind of about battling between those two sides \u2014 and your real self wins. I love that movie. It\u2019s really, really crazy.<\/p>\n<p>And you mentioned creative gore. That one is obviously gory as fuck. Super cool. <em><em>Smile<\/em><\/em> is another one I watched. I saw both the first and the second one. I thought it was really cool. I\u2019ve always been told I have a very creepy smile, so the minute I saw the preview, I was like, let me check this out. I really fucked with that one too. We can go on and on about scary movies. That\u2019s honestly my forte. Lowkey I\u2019m into Japanese horror films too. There\u2019s this one called <em><em>The Sadness<\/em><\/em>. It&#8217;s a zombie movie. That shit is terrifying. I had to cut it off halfway through because I was literally watching it alone and I was terrified. I was like, if this happened right now, I\u2019d die. I can\u2019t do this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So you actually get scared?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not normally, but that movie in particular was pretty high on the scale. It was pretty scary. It\u2019s very fast-paced, very gory, and very crude. Like, no filter, no remorse type of gore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That and <\/strong><em><strong><em>Final Destination<\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong>. That movie stuck with me as a kid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Final Destination<\/em><\/em> is dropping the day the album releases. That\u2019s probably what I\u2019m going to be doing that day \u2014 going to the movies to watch it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I feel like you should star in a horror movie. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you. I also went to go see a horror movie that had just come out by A24 called <em><em>Opus<\/em><\/em>. I went to the premiere and that film was insane. I\u2019m not sure if I can say too much about it, but it was fucking crazy. A24 really does a good job with scary thrillers. I really liked <em><em>Tusk<\/em><\/em>. So it\u2019s crazy, being on an A24 project now \u2014 like, maybe that horror movie dream isn\u2019t that far away. It\u2019s wild being able to even say I\u2019m working on something with that production company in particular. They\u2019ve done some of this generation\u2019s favorite stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, <\/strong><em><strong><em>Hereditary<\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong> was the last scary movie that actually made me feel scared.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Hereditary<\/em><\/em> was crazy. Even <em><em>Euphoria<\/em><\/em> was crazy. Like, the thrill in that show was insane. It really kept you on your toes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned the perception people have of you \u2014 the screaming, wild persona. I don\u2019t know why this came to mind, but did you see the <\/strong><em><strong><em>Drag Race <\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong>impersonation of you on Snatch Game?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I did. I think I did. Weren\u2019t people saying it was wrong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was kind of whack, in my opinion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, people were saying she didn\u2019t fully embody me, but it\u2019s okay. They just need to have me on there. That\u2019s what they need. Have me on there doing something. She still ate the look up though. The look ate. I\u2019ll give her a 10 for that. She ate that look up. But the personality wasn\u2019t really it. Like, come on guys. You should\u2019ve had me in there.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"rm-shortcode lazyload\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"fd38673bdd41b3d36a5190a3d7cc6bc5\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" id=\"10ea0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hubpsotemail.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img-58.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, it was Yvie Oddly. She\u2019s horror drag queen, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh, Yvie Oddly. We gotta put respect on her name. She\u2019s really, really fire. And honestly, when I saw it, I was just happy to even be mentioned on <em><em>Drag Race<\/em><\/em>. I didn\u2019t give a flying fuck about the opinions on it. I was like, <em>wait a minute. Stop. You mentioned little ol\u2019 me<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you watch <\/strong><em><strong><em>Drag Race<\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong> regularly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t, but one of my makeup artists \u2014 she\u2019s from Australia \u2014 she watches it religiously. She came on tour and was watching it every day on the bus. Eventually, I sat in and got the chance to watch it. And then little by little, I was like, <em>oh my god \u2014 this bitch, I don\u2019t like her. I don\u2019t like her.<\/em> It\u2019s just so much tea. I really did enjoy it though. It\u2019s a really good show. I watched seasons three and four.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You talked about how this album is coming into your own. Did you struggle with the perceptions of you versus how you actually are on the inside?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I feel like I struggled with it a lot. I had created this super hard outer shell, and little by little, I subconsciously became the walls I put up. I didn\u2019t mean to be so hard on myself, but I was. I don\u2019t think I knew what I was really signing up for when I started making music. That was the biggest adjustment. Having this big heart, but making music that suggests otherwise. People would approach me with this energy that didn\u2019t match me. And I don\u2019t mean violent energy, I mean fear. People were afraid to talk to me. I hated that. I hated that people thought I was unapproachable. That\u2019s not who I am. I\u2019m a kind person. I\u2019m forgiving. But when people are scared to speak up around you, it\u2019s weird. It\u2019s like there\u2019s no guidance. Does that make sense? It feels like nobody cares about you.<\/p>\n<p>So I got to that point, and I was like, <em>wait, let me do some self-reflection<\/em>. <em>Let me get to the bottom of all these emotions, and also show that in my work.<\/em> I didn\u2019t want to just change without anyone understanding why. And it\u2019s not like I\u2019m saying it outright on the album, but I was definitely growing. I took a lot of time away from music.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I had to answer to the fans \u2014 why I took that time away, what I was working on. And the truth is, I was working on myself. This album is literally about working on yourself and choosing yourself at the end of the day. Realizing that a lot of the battles you face aren\u2019t even yours to fight. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Everybody says it: there\u2019s no good without bad. This album is just a tale of that.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>I love that you love The Smiths and have this really sensitive side to you. You\u2019re 27, right? You\u2019re about to enter your Saturn Return.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. But it\u2019s weird, too, because that speaks to my music. I\u2019m a fan of rock music, but not the kind they usually compare me to \u2014 because I didn\u2019t grow up with it. Not that I don\u2019t like it, I just didn\u2019t know about it. A lot of bands, my fans actually put me on to through comparison. They\u2019d be like, \u201cOh my god, have you heard this? You sound like you could do a song like this.\u201d And it\u2019s weird \u2014 I got engulfed in it. Like, \u201cOkay, this is what they like, this is what they think, so let me keep doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then little by little, it got repetitive. And I was like, <em>I wonder if they\u2019d like <\/em><em>my version of the music I<\/em><em> like<\/em>. I\u2019m not listening to metal every day. There\u2019s a time and place for that. That\u2019s what my music is \u2014 time and place music. I don\u2019t make music that\u2019s for everybody. And with this album, I wasn\u2019t trying to fix that. I just wanted to show a different side. Like, dude, a lot of the time I\u2019m listening to Paramore, The Smiths, The Drums. It\u2019s more chill. I\u2019m not always like, \u201cRAH RAH RAH.\u201d And that goes back to my personality. People expect me to be like that all the time. And I don\u2019t want to be underwhelming, but bitch, I\u2019m not like that. I like my peace and quiet. I don\u2019t give a fuck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I love &#8220;Smile,&#8221; the closing track. I love that you ended on that note. And you said you were thinking about your son while writing it. There\u2019s that line \u2014 &#8220;You embody all the best parts of me.\u201d What parts do you think your son embodies of you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, on the song, I feel like we have the same eyes. People always say we look alike. But when I mention his mind \u2014 the way we think \u2014 we have so many similarities. He\u2019s always going to try to negotiate his way out of something. There\u2019s always a bargain somewhere. He could sell water to a dolphin. He\u2019s just very good with his words. And he\u2019s also very creative and a very quick learner. Those were things I used to get compliments on as a kid. Seeing him have those same qualities makes me excited for his future. I can only imagine what he\u2019s going to do with all the cool shit he\u2019s learning now.<\/p>\n<p>He knows about so many cool things. And he\u2019s not a follower. He\u2019s not afraid to go against the grain, even if it\u2019s people he looks up to. If he wants to do his own thing, he\u2019s going to do it.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s at that age where he\u2019s becoming a little person. No more baby shit. And I\u2019m proud of who he\u2019s becoming. I remember being that age and not really questioning myself, but I <em><em>do<\/em><\/em> wish I had the confidence he has. He has crazy confidence.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not to say my parents didn\u2019t instill confidence in me. I just think financially, it was different for me growing up. For him, it\u2019s not. If he wants to do something, he can. And it\u2019s really cool to watch him piece together the things he likes and figure shit out. It\u2019s insane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And he was born when your music career was taking off, right? So you guys have been growing together in a way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. He was almost two when it started becoming a real thing. But yeah, they\u2019re like my two babies, I guess you could say.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e8879cd7c6d715075443b7bfa1c38264\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rico Nasty - TEETHSUCKER (YEA3X) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xydmu4mbuzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your perspective on coining your signature \u201cSugar Trap\u201d sound? Do you feel pressure to keep in that realm and maintain the brand, or is it just inherent in you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel like it\u2019s just inherent in me. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything I\u2019m trying to do, and I definitely don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s a vibe you get on every song. It\u2019s something that just happens.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the time when I <em><em>do<\/em><\/em> make Sugar Trap songs, I definitely feel like I want to stray away from it. I\u2019ve already done this. I don\u2019t want to keep doing it. But there is something about it \u2014 like, I would consider \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4o5bxjpANU9AXdvoBSietM?si=50addff38a0c4195\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>ON THE LOW<\/u><\/a>\u201d Sugar Trap energy. I\u2019ve seen people say they think the beat sounds like Dylan Brady. I never thought of that, but I can hear it.<\/p>\n<p>I definitely feel like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6xh4sFZDwALtYx8VJ2eUPp?si=6821079b677d4832\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>PINK<\/u><\/a>\u201d is Sugar Trap. And a lot of times it\u2019s not even the tone, it\u2019s the way the music makes you feel. It has this bouncy energy. But sometimes it\u2019s also the content. It\u2019s not necessarily girly, pretty, cutesy shit. I\u2019m still talking about the average trap music themes, with the metaphors and the bars. That\u2019s what makes it fun and bouncy \u2014 mixing the two.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m not actively trying to do it or repeat it or bring it back. It\u2019s just who I am. It\u2019ll make an appearance every now and again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there any artists you\u2019re particularly obsessed with right now? Or just any current obsessions people would be surprised to know about? I know you got into Gundam-building during the making of this record.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, I definitely did. I became obsessed with it. I\u2019m literally looking at boxes of it right now. I built so many, like 20 of them. Another thing I became obsessed with is Trader Joe\u2019s. I love Trader Joe\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>As far as music, I love The Cranberries. I mean, obviously I knew \u201cZombie,\u201d but there are other songs where I\u2019m like, oh my god. There\u2019s one called \u201cDisappointment,\u201d another one called \u201cTwenty One.\u201d Just so many songs I love by them. I dove back into The Smiths. There was a song I forgot I loved called \u201cAsleep.\u201d That\u2019s my favorite song to drive to. I love Rob49 \u2014 the \u201cWhat the Helly\u201d guy. Love him. I love Babyface Ray. I went through a Baby Keem phase. <\/p>\n<p>But musically, I jump around. I always go back to the classics. I peek my head out to see what\u2019s hot, then go back to what I always listen to. I think I have ADHD brain or whatever I\u2019ll listen to the same song on repeat while I\u2019m getting dressed and not even notice. 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