Laundry Day Interview: Meeting Drake & Justin Bieber, Returning to Old High School, Tik Tok, FRIENDS

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In this interview, Arshan sat down with New York City based band Laundry Day in a classroom of Beacon High School (the same high school rapper Jay Critch went to), where they all met, and it all started! The band dives into the story of how they met and their path navigating their way through the music industry early on, while still in high school, ignoring being called corny by classmates as they put their all into promoting their music. Sparked by having their music featured on Genius’ page back in 2018, the band began to catch some momentum that has since evolved into having songs like “FRIENDS” being featured on Netflix’s show ‘On My Block’ to Drake reposting their music & hanging out with him & Justin Bieber recently. While their music consistently reaches new heights, their presence online only continues to grow thanks to HUGE viral moments on TikTok where the band covers their favorite songs like Frank Ocean’s verse from “No Church in the Wild” which went crazy viral to now where they link up with artists like PinkPantheress, FKA Twigs, & Aminé to cover their songs with them. As the band continues to leap from one viral moment to another, they gear up to drop a new album and tour it!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Laundry Day bonding over 2016 rap

1:42 - Their GOATs in rap: Drake, Travis Scott, Kanye

3:33 - Feeling ‘unc’ when listening to Nettspend & 2hollis

4:01 - Meeting at Beacon High & it feeling like High School Musical

4:49 - Current students recognizing them & being fans

4:57 - Jay Critch being a fellow alumni

5:24 - Beacon High having DAWs, instruments, & a great music program

5:55 - How a teacher helped form Laundry Day

6:55 - Taking music seriously & classmates thinking they’re corny

7:20 - Learning how to promote themselves early on

8:06 - Growing up in NYC & their favorite neighborhoods

10:16 - Laundry Day’s favorite food spots

11:42 - The moment Laundry Day clicked: posted by Genius in 2018

13:03 - Netflix featuring their song “FRIENDS” on ‘On My Block’

13:33 - How “FRIENDS” blew up during quarantine

14:50 - Arshan’s experience with Laundry Day’s music

15:25 - Dealing with ups & downs being a band: touring, labels, etc

16:17 - How using TikTok changed everything for Laundry Day

17:06 - Overcoming being dropped by managers & lawyers

17:28 - Navigating the music industry as a band

18:26 - Starting a company at 17 & Sawyer’s dad being their business manager

21:01 - Laundry Day & Arshan keeping it in the family

21:28 - LiAngelo Ball’s record deal after “Tweaker” & label debt

22:26 - The story behind Laundry Day’s first TikTok

24:20 - Going viral singing Frank Ocean’s verse of “No Church in the Wild”

25:04 - Posting 5x a day on TikTok & doing their own thing

25:23 - How being authentic on social media hit the algorithm

27:53 - How Laundry Day created an iceberg with TikTok for their music

28:40 - Reinventing the band to make it feel fresh years in

29:30 - How Drake became a fan of Laundry Day

30:17 - Drake DM’ing them & reposting “Crazy Stupid Love”

31:20 - Meeting Drake for the first time

32:42 - Hanging out with Justin Bieber

33:58 - Being posted by BROCKHAMPTON fanpages

34:38 - Going on tour, new album, & goals going forward

35:14 - Their nostalgic sound & what to expect on new album

36:40 - Laundry Day’s doppelgängers: Andy Samberg, Robbie Shapiro, Austin Reaves

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