Prettifun Interview: Pi'erre Bourne inspiration, Quitting his Job, Producing for Che, Ken Carson

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In this interview, Arshan linked with prettifun in Brooklyn for a sit-down conversation to get to the bottom of the impressive rise of one of our favorite new-gen underground artists, which has fans saying he’s ‘speed-running the underground’. Prettifun & Arshan discuss everything from what goes into putting an outfit together during NYFW, growing up going to a PWI, playing Kingdom of Hearts and Borderlands and how that influenced his sound and life in general, working minimum wage jobs, The Amazing World of Gumball, producing Che’s “Pizza Time” & “Miley Cyrus”, doing theatre in high school but NOT being a theatre kid, his love for Pi’erre Bourne, Lil Uzi Vert, and Kanye’s music, industry friends and how being mysterious is killing the underground, wanting to be the face of his city in Charlotte, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - prettifun & Arshan’s hatred for NYC’s cold weather

1:34 - prettifun’s outfit starter pack

2:04 - Growing up going to a PWI & not being a popular loner

3:17 - Kingdom Hearts & Borderlands influence on his tattoos & clothes

4:08 - ‘Pretti’ blowing up while working minimum wage

4:29 - Feeling like Larry from Amazing World of Gumball working at Food Lion

5:02 - How his minimum wage job changed his outlook on life

6:25 - Producing Che’s “Pizza Time” & “Miley Cyrus”

7:25 - Hating math & knowing music is his calling

7:58 - Having musical parents & being surrounded by music growing up

9:13 - Doing theatre but NOT being a theatre kid in school

9:49 - Prettifun & Arshan debate High School Musical’s peak

11:03 - How being Discord friends with Che changed everything

13:20 - Pi’erre Bourne, Lil Uzi Vert, & Kanye inspiring his own sound

14:30 - World-building with colors in his music without synesthesia

15:18 - Arshan’s deep-cut favorite prettifun song

16:05 - Learning to flow from Pi’erre Bourne

16:41 - “Light” & his whole album ‘Pretti’ being made in a week & a half

18:02 - How prettifun built a visual identity around his music

19:08 - ‘TLOP 4’ & Pi’erre Bourne being his first favorite artist

21:07 - Arshan fumbling putting Pi’erre onto Prettifun

22:04 - Being genuine friends with Cayo, Percasso, & Ninexteen in the underground

23:28 - How ‘being mysterious’ & jealousy is ruining the industry

24:29 - Being a fan of Babyxsosa & even new Weiland

25:20 - Ken Carson showing love & listening to him everyday

26:32 - Prettifun’s cheat code to a better day: listen to Bear1Boss & ‘Graduation’

27:16 - Wanting to be the face of Charlotte & starting a festival in his city

29:13 - Recording over new Richie Souf & hitec beats

30:08 - Advice for blowing up off genuine music vs. antics

31:43 - Why receiving hate can be good & not giving up when things aren’t moving

33:40 - Watching the Avery Bradley interview & being tapped in with KTO from the start

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