December 20, 2024 • 2 mins
Check out all the backstage interviews from Atlanta's 96.1 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour stop!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's Up? It is DJ screenline from the Mercedes Ben's Interview
Lounges with Khalid Khali. What's up on?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What's going on? Feeling great? Feeling greats?
Speaker 1 (00:08):
So let me ask you, man, how has your sound
and approach to making music evolved since the release of
your debut album, American Team.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I will say I learned to trust my intuition a
lot more as a creator. When I create now it's
a little bit more impulsive. Before I feel like I
put a little too much time and thought into it
to the point where I mean, I spent like a
whole year at one point not creating music just because
I was holding myself back fears of expectations. And so
(00:35):
now I just create for my soul. I just let
whatever comes out.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
And what personal experiences or emotions have been the biggest
influence on your music?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Personal experiences, I will say twenty nineteen was an amazing
year for me. Twenty nineteen was an amazing year, but
I really exhausted myself when I released Free Spirit. It
was a lot for me. At that time, I had
just turned twenty one, So I would say the pandemic
really reset me completely. It took me back to my basics,
(01:07):
and it allowed me to learn and understand what my
true purpose of creating is really forn that's to heal
and help others.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
No doubt, no doubt. He achieved a lot at a
young age, right. How do you stay grounded and maintain
balance fast faced industry like this one.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I just try not to take myself too seriously. This
is a gift that I've been given. I'm blessed to
be able to do what I do and I can't
complain about my job at all. Like I love what
I do. It's so much fun. And my core group
that I surround myself with, my team, my friends, my family,
keeping keeping the close ones close. That's what keeps me humble.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
You've been all around the world, but you're in the
atl Let me ask you, what's your favorite thing about
this city right here? Atl The culture.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
I love, the South, the Southern hospitality, the food, the
lamb chops.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I was like, what kind of food?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Nah?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I love Atlanta most definitely. In your music, you touch
on various life experiences and how do you prioritize your
mental health? Woman? All of this fame Khalid.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
When I'm not doing this, I play a lot of Fortnite,
can't lie a lot of video games? Okay, a lot
of video games, and you know, I'll just take it.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
These got youll. I relax, absolutely absolutely when we lie.
From the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. DJ Scream Khalid, we
are here. Stay tuned.
What's Up? It is DJ screenline from the Mercedes Ben's Interview
Lounges with Khalid Khali. What's up on?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What's going on? Feeling great? Feeling greats?
Speaker 1 (00:08):
So let me ask you, man, how has your sound
and approach to making music evolved since the release of
your debut album, American Team.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I will say I learned to trust my intuition a
lot more as a creator. When I create now it's
a little bit more impulsive. Before I feel like I
put a little too much time and thought into it
to the point where I mean, I spent like a
whole year at one point not creating music just because
I was holding myself back fears of expectations. And so
(00:35):
now I just create for my soul. I just let
whatever comes out.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
And what personal experiences or emotions have been the biggest
influence on your music?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Personal experiences, I will say twenty nineteen was an amazing
year for me. Twenty nineteen was an amazing year, but
I really exhausted myself when I released Free Spirit. It
was a lot for me. At that time, I had
just turned twenty one, So I would say the pandemic
really reset me completely. It took me back to my basics,
(01:07):
and it allowed me to learn and understand what my
true purpose of creating is really forn that's to heal
and help others.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
No doubt, no doubt. He achieved a lot at a
young age, right. How do you stay grounded and maintain
balance fast faced industry like this one.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I just try not to take myself too seriously. This
is a gift that I've been given. I'm blessed to
be able to do what I do and I can't
complain about my job at all. Like I love what
I do. It's so much fun. And my core group
that I surround myself with, my team, my friends, my family,
keeping keeping the close ones close. That's what keeps me humble.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
You've been all around the world, but you're in the
atl Let me ask you, what's your favorite thing about
this city right here? Atl The culture.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
I love, the South, the Southern hospitality, the food, the
lamb chops.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I was like, what kind of food?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Nah?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I love Atlanta most definitely. In your music, you touch
on various life experiences and how do you prioritize your
mental health? Woman? All of this fame Khalid.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
When I'm not doing this, I play a lot of Fortnite,
can't lie a lot of video games? Okay, a lot
of video games, and you know, I'll just take it.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
These got youll. I relax, absolutely absolutely when we lie.
From the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. DJ Scream Khalid, we
are here. Stay tuned.
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