converseskate22q2editinterviews2

Terry Presume: The ‘See You Next Year’ Interview

by
Photo by ONErpm Studios

Fill in the blank: Terry Presume is most likely to______?
Most Likely to invent a new piece of technology that reshapes society.

Where were you one year ago today? What’s changed? 
I was living in Nashville, TN making music. I am now living in Florida and a lot less depressed.

What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned about yourself creatively in the last 12 months?
Slow is fast, taking time with my art to craft out the vision I want to introduce to the world.

What’s been the biggest risk you’ve taken in the last year?
Being around a group of people I absolutely don’t know and allowing them to handle my musical creations, they’re like my babies.

What do you hope these next 12 months mean for you and your career? 
Prosperity and longevity.

Photo by ONErpm Studios

What is it that you want to see in the world next year?
More peace, less chaos.

If you could change your name to anything for a year, what would it be? 
LordyMcGordy Ornor Mgorshky.

What’s the biggest goal on your bucket list in the next year?
Financial advancements and literacy that’ll enable more creative control and freedom, I want to create a world within a world that people can solely get from me.

What’s the biggest secret you’ve kept this year?
Wouldn’t be a great secret keeper If I told y’all that now would I?

What was your favorite year ever and why?
2016, cause Frank Ocean released Blonde.

Photo by ONErpm Studios

EKKSTACY: The ‘See You Next Year’ Interview

by
Photo by ONErpm Studios

What’s changed for you in the last year?
Everything has changed for me in the last year. I went from being a bum and working at Amazon to hanging out with models on tour counting money. I’m different now!!

What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned about yourself creatively in the last 12 months?
I still work best alone and with my friends. Studios aren’t for me. Although I did meet some producers in LA that I really like. 

What’s been the biggest risk you’ve taken in the last year?
I used to be really scared of performing but I toured for months and months anyways. I guess that was a risk?

What do you hope these next 12 months mean for you and your career?
I want to see my name everywhere. I want to see my face everywhere. That’s all I really care about anymore.

Photo by ONErpm Studios

What’s the biggest goal on your bucket list in the next year?
I don’t know. I don’t set goals but I’m tryna go platinum, though. I said I would love to move to Berlin in a few months, so that needs to happen.

Looking back, what was your favorite year ever and why?
2021 and 2022 have been my favorite years so far. I’m doing a lot of cool shit. It’s hard and it’s lonely and it’s a lot but it’s also a lot of fun. 

What’s the biggest secret you’ve kept this year?
I don’t really keep secrets. I tell my friends everything. I guess Misery has been finished forever. I haven’t told anybody that. 

Photo by ONErpm Studios

Brevin Kim: The ‘See You Next Year’ Interview

by
Photo by ONErpm Studios

Fill in the blanks: Brevin Kim is most likely to______?
Cal: Revolutionize. We’re blending a lot of genres and just making something that I feel not a lot of other people are making.  We’re the most likely to pioneer a new sound.

What’s changed for you in the last year?
Cal: It’s tough to answer on the spot. But for me, right off the top, I would say I feel like we’re finally gaining some respect that we felt we deserved for being a part of pioneering certain sounds. I feel like this is the first year where all these years of work that sometimes feel pointless are finally starting to pay off. I see that people are recognizing us and that feels good. 

What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned about yourself creatively in the last 12 months?
Cal: You gotta be patient. When we first signed a couple years ago, we had no idea what the music industry was like. You still gotta put the work in and can’t just expect things to happen. Above that, just be confident in your music. Because we’ve had times where we start to doubt ourselves. And when that happens, the listeners doubt too, because they can feel it. So if you don’t believe in it, nobody else is going to believe in it. 

What’s been the biggest risk you’ve taken in the last year?
Bren: Always just sticking to what we do creatively. Sometimes the music we make can be a little too abrasive but I’d rather be different than just try to be regular mainstream artists that go by the numbers. So sticking to what we do, whether people need to catch up on our type of music or not. 

Photo by ONErpm Studios

What is it that you want to see in the world next year?
Cal: Less mass shootings and people getting along. Less haters on the internet. Everything’s so negative lately. Everybody just hates each other. It’s getting exhausting.

What’s the biggest goal on your bucket list in the next year?
Cal: Continue gaining that respect. 

Looking back, what was your favorite year ever and why?
Cal: 7th grade, back in ‘08. I think he it’s when you first start liking girls and you’re not doing drugs or drinking yet, but it’s a great time. I miss the days when we didn’t know what rent and taxes were. Anxiety didn’t exist.

What’s the biggest secret you’ve kept this year?
Bren: This project! It was so hard not to post a picture of us going to Mike Dean’s house or a video of us working with him. Now we finally can. That’s about the only secret I’ve kept this year.

Photo by ONErpm Studios