September 4, 2025 • 6 mins
d4vd stops by the studio here in Columbus ahead of his SOLD OUT SHOW!
d4vd gives the scoop on tour life, new fortnite anthem locked & loaded, deets on the new deluxe album and more!!!
d4vd gives the scoop on tour life, new fortnite anthem locked & loaded, deets on the new deluxe album and more!!!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, sold here in the studio where the David? What up?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We are here? How you doing Columbus?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I'm doing good.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
You gotta sold out show tonight on Newport What bag? Congratulations?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
So excited.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Now, anyone who's listening right now and I say the
word David, They're like, okay, bat David. Yeah, but like
that's not how you spell it, So tell them how
we spell David d four ved.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It's also my Fortnite user name if anybody wants to
run some duos or squads on open and you know what.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
That's exactly what we're going to start off.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Because I first spoke with you a few years ago,
and this is when you were like busting through that
glass ceiling. Let's just talk about the beginning days for you.
So you started off making video.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Montages and posting them on YouTube. Why did you do that?
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I was a Fortnite player. I was making a lot
of money on YouTube too. I was like making montages.
I was doing like the best gaming teams. I was
making a lot of bread and then I got DMCA
strikes and copyright strikes smaller artists. I was usually songs
from my videos. So I went to my mom and
I asked her, I don't know what to do. I
don't want to go to college. Mom, I'm making money. No,
it's my job. I just got fired exactly right. And
(01:05):
she was like, how about you just make your own song?
So I went, I looked at how to make music
on iPhone. Made my first song.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
That night was that Romantic Homicide.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I wasn't I was like eight songs before Romantic Homicide.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Okay, So it took you like eight songs until the
real viral moment came through, because romantic Homicide is what
really changed everything for you.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Right before then, I wasn't even on six side like that,
so I wasn't promoting anything anywhere.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
But Fortnite just made the song, put in the video,
that's it.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
And then you're like, all right, whatever, I'm gonna try
this TikTok thing, and Romantic Homicide.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Just blew up just like that.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh my god, that is absolutely crazy. And you've had
such a successful journey. It's so good to see this
full circle moment because I can't even believe it.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
You have a big moment with.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Fortnite, yep, yep much of a full circle moment?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Is this for you?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Absolutely insane?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
I mean I remember, just like the first time at
the games reached out to work on the EMO for
the song that Different Invincible, and I was like, bro, mom,
in Fortnite, I'm playing the game, the game, so now
it's like to have something specifically for the game and
to be a super interactive with the fan base over there.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And now I was like, it's a blessing. It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
That is absolutely crazy? Is it the official Fortnite album?
I am thumb?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Now?
Speaker 4 (02:14):
It's for a tournament called FNCS, which is like a
big professional tournament where everybody comes and competes for like
a bunch of money, and it's the anthem for that.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
It's crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
What is like David five years ago thinking right now,
you did it?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Okay, well, let's talk about the new song I Love
You that's with Hannah Bang and I kind of love.
The story that I've heard so far is that you
guys met at a concert and you meshed. Yeah, and
then where did the moment from the concert too, Let's
just make a song together.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Literally, So essentially we met at a straight kids concert
and we were dancing on like the cam thing and
I the cam they put us on like the Fancamp
and I was like, okay, say let's so after that,
I got her number, and then I was working on
a couple of was on band lab for my Deluxe
and I was like, you know what, I had a
good time last night, and I just sent it to
(03:05):
her the next day, literally the next day.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
This is how a lot of the collabs I do happen.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
It's like I meet somebody, I get the number, and
then I make a song and they get the song
the next day. Same thing with Kliuchi, same thing with
everybody else. So I sent the song to Hannah and
she was like, oh my gosh, thank you so much,
and she recorded her verse the day after that, and
the song was done in like three days.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
It was so crazy.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I love how quick it all happens for you because
you don't leave room to overthink.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You're just like, this is the raw idea and we're
just gonna.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Roll with it. Yeah yeah wow.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
And then so she directed the music video, which was
so cute.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I mean, everyone wants to be on the beach frolicking
like that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
I know, have you ever worked with someone that directly
on a video that was also directing it?
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Because she was like, the love interest, but she's also.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Your director, right, No, she's so talented and like her
vision is so like it's so in sync with like
whatever the team wants to do on the artistic vision
and the music.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
She's just like the best.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Are we going to get more collabs from you guys?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Hopefully?
Speaker 1 (03:55):
He I was like, is she gonna be here to Heart?
I know she's on her own tour.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, she's gonna pull up in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oh okay, cool? Okay, So you dropped Weathered back in April? Correct?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Now, can I get anything out of you on when
we're getting that deluxe?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I get Okay, So I turned it in three days ago.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
You do? The cover, just finished, the back covers down,
the chat list is uploaded. Everything is good now. And
what I can say is I got a couple of
features Malcolm Todd, Keshi who the two that I have
revealed so far, And there's like a couple more than
I have to keep secret.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
But yeah, it's on.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
The way, like everyone just know, like it's literally.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Processing very soon, literally uploading to the SPS right now.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Okay, So you've been on the road for a little
more than a month now, right, and you're doing over
fifty five shows, which is insane. Yeah, but what can
fans expect tonight? And like what's the favorite part of
your show? And then added the layer of it being
sold out, like that's.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Crazy, good question.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
I mean the shows in the past three years have
been like really rock focused, and then with it is
like more of like an alternative pop album, like bedroom pop.
So it's kind of it's less rocky now. It's more
more of like an interactive, wholesome experience. Like I used
to scream so loud in twenty twenty three and like
ruin my vocal cords every night, but now I kind
(05:09):
of get to show my vocal progression and like how
strengthened my voice is now and I'm actually singing to
the crowd and screaming at them and that's special, Yeah,
very special.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And your vocal cords are probably thanking.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
You oh a lot every day every day. It's like yo,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
So with so many shows and being on the road
like crazy, what is the one thing that keeps you sane?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Video games and praying? Praying before playing video games.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Too, And that makes a big difference because you're kind
of like wiring your brain. That's something I'm really learning about,
like thinking positively or praying.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Those are so important to like get your head right exactly.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Because and I don't sleep like when I get on
the bus. We've all developed like some sort of insomnia
in the past, like three weeks.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
I haven't slept in like forty eight hours. It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
So I want to ask you something real quick, because
I know last time we talked you were in your
fashion era you had done.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Something with Valentino.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Did you know that Columbus is the third biggest fashion hub.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
In the nation.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I didn't. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
I just thought you would find that so cool.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
So we're like in the running with LA and New York,
and we have like a lot of home based brands
here like Abercrombie, DSWL brands, and so they have a
lot of really talented designers here.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Can I find something like local malls?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Absolutely like local We have it's called Columbus Fashion Alliance,
and it's like a nonprofit. They actually have a boutique
down in downtown where these local designers make clothes and
they sell them. And I just thought you'd appreciate that
little too.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
You got to get the Columbus Fashion Week.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yes, I can give you that info.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
But it's it's really cool to see like a city
like Columbus leveled up, you.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Know, New York.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So yeah, thank you so much, David for your time today.
What is the best place for fans to keep up
with you on platforms?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Instagram, TikTok, most active, D four v D D D
three d's all right.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Have fun tonight, David. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Thank you
Hey, sold here in the studio where the David? What up?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We are here? How you doing Columbus?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I'm doing good.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
You gotta sold out show tonight on Newport What bag? Congratulations?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
So excited.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Now, anyone who's listening right now and I say the
word David, They're like, okay, bat David. Yeah, but like
that's not how you spell it, So tell them how
we spell David d four ved.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It's also my Fortnite user name if anybody wants to
run some duos or squads on open and you know what.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
That's exactly what we're going to start off.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Because I first spoke with you a few years ago,
and this is when you were like busting through that
glass ceiling. Let's just talk about the beginning days for you.
So you started off making video.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Montages and posting them on YouTube. Why did you do that?
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I was a Fortnite player. I was making a lot
of money on YouTube too. I was like making montages.
I was doing like the best gaming teams. I was
making a lot of bread and then I got DMCA
strikes and copyright strikes smaller artists. I was usually songs
from my videos. So I went to my mom and
I asked her, I don't know what to do. I
don't want to go to college. Mom, I'm making money. No,
it's my job. I just got fired exactly right. And
(01:05):
she was like, how about you just make your own song?
So I went, I looked at how to make music
on iPhone. Made my first song.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
That night was that Romantic Homicide.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I wasn't I was like eight songs before Romantic Homicide.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Okay, So it took you like eight songs until the
real viral moment came through, because romantic Homicide is what
really changed everything for you.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Right before then, I wasn't even on six side like that,
so I wasn't promoting anything anywhere.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
But Fortnite just made the song, put in the video,
that's it.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
And then you're like, all right, whatever, I'm gonna try
this TikTok thing, and Romantic Homicide.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Just blew up just like that.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh my god, that is absolutely crazy. And you've had
such a successful journey. It's so good to see this
full circle moment because I can't even believe it.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
You have a big moment with.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Fortnite, yep, yep much of a full circle moment?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Is this for you?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Absolutely insane?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
I mean I remember, just like the first time at
the games reached out to work on the EMO for
the song that Different Invincible, and I was like, bro, mom,
in Fortnite, I'm playing the game, the game, so now
it's like to have something specifically for the game and
to be a super interactive with the fan base over there.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And now I was like, it's a blessing. It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
That is absolutely crazy? Is it the official Fortnite album?
I am thumb?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Now?
Speaker 4 (02:14):
It's for a tournament called FNCS, which is like a
big professional tournament where everybody comes and competes for like
a bunch of money, and it's the anthem for that.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
It's crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
What is like David five years ago thinking right now,
you did it?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Okay, well, let's talk about the new song I Love
You that's with Hannah Bang and I kind of love.
The story that I've heard so far is that you
guys met at a concert and you meshed. Yeah, and
then where did the moment from the concert too, Let's
just make a song together.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Literally, So essentially we met at a straight kids concert
and we were dancing on like the cam thing and
I the cam they put us on like the Fancamp
and I was like, okay, say let's so after that,
I got her number, and then I was working on
a couple of was on band lab for my Deluxe
and I was like, you know what, I had a
good time last night, and I just sent it to
(03:05):
her the next day, literally the next day.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
This is how a lot of the collabs I do happen.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
It's like I meet somebody, I get the number, and
then I make a song and they get the song
the next day. Same thing with Kliuchi, same thing with
everybody else. So I sent the song to Hannah and
she was like, oh my gosh, thank you so much,
and she recorded her verse the day after that, and
the song was done in like three days.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
It was so crazy.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I love how quick it all happens for you because
you don't leave room to overthink.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You're just like, this is the raw idea and we're
just gonna.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Roll with it. Yeah yeah wow.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
And then so she directed the music video, which was
so cute.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I mean, everyone wants to be on the beach frolicking
like that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
I know, have you ever worked with someone that directly
on a video that was also directing it?
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Because she was like, the love interest, but she's also.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Your director, right, No, she's so talented and like her
vision is so like it's so in sync with like
whatever the team wants to do on the artistic vision
and the music.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
She's just like the best.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Are we going to get more collabs from you guys?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Hopefully?
Speaker 1 (03:55):
He I was like, is she gonna be here to Heart?
I know she's on her own tour.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, she's gonna pull up in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oh okay, cool? Okay, So you dropped Weathered back in April? Correct?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Now, can I get anything out of you on when
we're getting that deluxe?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I get Okay, So I turned it in three days ago.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
You do? The cover, just finished, the back covers down,
the chat list is uploaded. Everything is good now. And
what I can say is I got a couple of
features Malcolm Todd, Keshi who the two that I have
revealed so far, And there's like a couple more than
I have to keep secret.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
But yeah, it's on.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
The way, like everyone just know, like it's literally.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Processing very soon, literally uploading to the SPS right now.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Okay, So you've been on the road for a little
more than a month now, right, and you're doing over
fifty five shows, which is insane. Yeah, but what can
fans expect tonight? And like what's the favorite part of
your show? And then added the layer of it being
sold out, like that's.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Crazy, good question.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
I mean the shows in the past three years have
been like really rock focused, and then with it is
like more of like an alternative pop album, like bedroom pop.
So it's kind of it's less rocky now. It's more
more of like an interactive, wholesome experience. Like I used
to scream so loud in twenty twenty three and like
ruin my vocal cords every night, but now I kind
(05:09):
of get to show my vocal progression and like how
strengthened my voice is now and I'm actually singing to
the crowd and screaming at them and that's special, Yeah,
very special.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And your vocal cords are probably thanking.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
You oh a lot every day every day. It's like yo,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
So with so many shows and being on the road
like crazy, what is the one thing that keeps you sane?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Video games and praying? Praying before playing video games.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Too, And that makes a big difference because you're kind
of like wiring your brain. That's something I'm really learning about,
like thinking positively or praying.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Those are so important to like get your head right exactly.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Because and I don't sleep like when I get on
the bus. We've all developed like some sort of insomnia
in the past, like three weeks.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
I haven't slept in like forty eight hours. It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
So I want to ask you something real quick, because
I know last time we talked you were in your
fashion era you had done.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Something with Valentino.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Did you know that Columbus is the third biggest fashion hub.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
In the nation.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I didn't. That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
I just thought you would find that so cool.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
So we're like in the running with LA and New York,
and we have like a lot of home based brands
here like Abercrombie, DSWL brands, and so they have a
lot of really talented designers here.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Can I find something like local malls?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Absolutely like local We have it's called Columbus Fashion Alliance,
and it's like a nonprofit. They actually have a boutique
down in downtown where these local designers make clothes and
they sell them. And I just thought you'd appreciate that
little too.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
You got to get the Columbus Fashion Week.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yes, I can give you that info.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
But it's it's really cool to see like a city
like Columbus leveled up, you.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Know, New York.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So yeah, thank you so much, David for your time today.
What is the best place for fans to keep up
with you on platforms?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Instagram, TikTok, most active, D four v D D D
three d's all right.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Have fun tonight, David. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Thank you
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