Interview with Aziatix

Jenna interviewing Aziatix

Jae, your producer comes off as being more of a fourth member of Aziatix than a producer. What has his involvement meant to you?

Nicky: I mean, wow.

Flowsik: Yeah, Jae-hyung, he’s the scientist. We call him the scientist. And we were pretty much created in his laboratory.

Nicky: He’s been not just a producer, he’s been a great big brother for us. And you know, it’s great because he comes from one of the biggest acts out of Korea. He was part of the group that first went platinum out there for R&B. I mean, working with him is definitely and honor for us. And it’s cool though. He’s not like other producers where they might be like, “Ok, here’s the track, do this on it.” No, we’re all together and, you know, he gives us the freedom to express ourselves with our music. And that’s what we’re so grateful for. It’s not like, “Yo, do this and do that.” More like, “Hey, let’s create together.” And that’s been so awesome for us.

Flowsik: He lets us get creative and make good music. He respects the fact that we’re all solo artists and we’ve crafted our own sounds through our own creativity. And we’re very thankful for that.

Eddie: That comes from him being an artist himself.

Fans have crowded signings and performances all over the world already, which for a group as young as Aziatix is a very unique achievement in it’s own. What are your goals for the future of the group?

Nicky: Goals for the future. Well, in the immediate future, we just heard that our song’s going to get played out here in the States on the radio, so we’re very excited about that.

Flowsik: Gyeah!

Nicky: Hopefully, that leads to more people liking and listening to our music. And after that hopefully, in the immediate future… we get nominated for a Grammy! And be like Adele one day…

Flowsik: Yeah, take home six Grammy’s.

Nicky: That would be pretty awesome.

Nicky: But as a group, though, we definitely hope that we can continue to inspire the next generation that’s trying to make music and trying to come on up. That’s what we want to do. Just give positive messages and spread love through our music.

Being multilingual yourselves is most likely helpful with your international fanbase. Has the language been a barrier at all?

Nicky: Has the language been a barrier… out, out here?!

Not necessarily out here, but like when you were in Japan.

Nicky: Oh. Well, yeah because we just had our Japanese tour and our Japanese is not on par.

Flowsik: Definitely not on par.

Nicky: But the fans are just so loving and supportive. I think that’s the beauty of music. It’s just like, it doesn’t matter where you’re from, doesn’t matter what language you speak, if you feel the music, that’s just it. It transcends all language barriers all color lines. So we just wanna do that with our music. You know, keep on doing that.

There has been a lot of comparisons to Far East Movement and Aziatix. Do you think they’ve helped open some doors for Asian-American groups in the US?

Nicky: Definitely, definitely. Them being number one on Billboard is not an easy thing to do. It’s definitely hard. It just goes to prove that when you got good music people will listen, people will follow. And big ups to Far East Movement for breaking some doors down. And big ups to Jeremy Lin right now, doing the same thing. I think in the end, true talent prevails and good music prevails. So hopefully, yeah, we just keep on making good music for everyone to enjoy.

All right!

Nicky: Thank you so much.

Flowsik: Thank you.

Jenna

Part-time student, full-time media whore, fan of all things Asian.

2 Responses

  1. Roxanne says:

    Girl!! That was a great interview! I felt like I was sitting there with them ;P

    • Roxanne says:

      Forgot to mention that I loved how chill the whole thing feels. Just four people hanging out backstage. The guys seem like they’re very down to earth (for lack of a better expression).

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