September 13, 2024 • 5 mins
Kaelin talks to Boy With Uke backstage at Lollapalooza. They talk celebrating a calm 21st bday, the inspiration behind his song 'Toxic', new single 'Ghost', changing his name, and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What up. It's Caitlin.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm backstage at Lallapalooza with my new friend boy with you. Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
How you doing good? How are you good? We're warm.
We were just talking about that.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
That's very hot.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
It's my hair is growing by the minute. But welcome
to Chicago.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Thank you, Thank you. I feel welcome.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Yeah. Have you been here before? What's your relationship with Chicago?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Chicago?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's okay if you don't have one, there's no.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
I like the pizza here. I've been here before, okay,
but this is my first time at like Lala.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Okay, yeah, I mean Lala is a big festival to play.
I'm excited for you.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Thank you. I'm excited and nervous, but excited mostly.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Don't be nervous. The crowd's gonna love you. Thank you.
You're on the Tito stage right yeah? Okay? And you
are freshly twenty one? Am I making that up?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
No, I'm twenty one turning twenty two in August?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh my god? Are you leo?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
No? Virgo?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Oh virgo?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Okay, I'm just shrinking out here. How did you celebrate
your twenty first? Though?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
My twenty first it was very calm. My friends through
a surprise party for me at my apartment.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
You I've never heard of a calmed twenty first.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, I mean you're just calling. We've been drinkingfore that, right.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Oh, you didn't have your first drink? You mean when
you turn twenty one?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Nah, I actually don't think I even drank on my
twenty first birthday. Really, Yeah, just cake, you were okay,
very wholesome.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, that's very wholesome.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So. I know you had a couple really big announcements recently,
and we'll obviously get to that later, but you kind
of started everything during COVID right.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Twenty twenty COVID, I actually remember it was Actually, if
it weren't for COVID, I probably wouldn't be in Chicago
right now. Really, so in a way, thank you, but
also COVID's COVID.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
But yeah, so I feel like there's two types of people.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
There's the people that like drank a lot and gained weight,
and then people who actually bettered themselves. You started a
whole less career on tiktak rat. You were posting, and
that's kind of where everything happened.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Uh yeah, yeah for the most part. Yeah, because I
mean there's literally nothing else to do right except drink right,
drinking way.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I was like eating and drinking the wine in the morning.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
I feel that eating away the feelings.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, I mean, but then here you are now.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
I mean I just was listening to Toxic and you
have seven million streams.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I mean that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Yeah, that's that's that's that's wild.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Toxic, that's wild. Right, Yeah, Like, do you have toxic
friends or you're.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Just oh yeah, at the time, I genuinely did. It
was funny because like they they also knew that it
was about them, and it's something I'm still friends with them,
something we can look back at and laugh on.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Do they know that songs like about them and the situation? Yeah?
Yeah they do, Yeah they do.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Okay, so you kind of use music sometimes as therapy obviously,
yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Okay, and then you just announced a single Ghost as
well as an album, right, yeah, okay, there's the album.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Also what is album called?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
The album is called Burnout?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Burnout? Okay, tell me what ghost is about? Because it
could be ghosting, it could be a ghost.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So Ghost, we were listening to it. I don't know
if you heard right when you came up, were.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Really yeah, yeah, yeah, I love. I love the vibe,
but I don't know if I caught the lyrics. Yeah,
so what is it about?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
So it's about the hook was written based off of
a song I really enjoyed by Steve Lacy, Bad Habit.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
We just said, my friend Jason over there and I
were just saying, you sound like Steve Lacy a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Oh that that's a huge compliment.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, we love seeing you.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
But yeah, it was just like the hook. His hook
is like or it starts off with I wish I
wish I knew you wanted me, huh, and my hook
was a bit of a response where it was like
I should have told you when I had the chance,
that type of thing. Yeah, And a lot of the
rest of the lyrics are just they come from like
real personal experiences some dates have gone on. I think
(03:45):
the outro verse is my favorite, Yeah, where it's like
should I just say that?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
The final verse, yes, say the fine. I'm a lyric person.
I love listen. I listened to music for the lyrics.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Okay, so I think it goes you could at least
just make it easy, you know. I hate being so needy.
Got my attention on Aleish and I don't want it back,
unintentionally acting creepy in front of her, but she can't
see me. I think she thinks I'm on the spectrum.
Oh true story.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Okay, Oh she did thought she thought you were on
the spectrum. Yeah, girl, that we're singing about.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
That's a bar though, yeah, real bar.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I think she thinks. I think she really wants to leave,
and I don't blame her.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
And yeah, oh so you're in your feels, You're in
your fields? Is the whole album like that or is
it different?
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Kind of vibes, different vibes like most of the songs
a very different from each other. I experimented with a
lot of sound. I don't use a lot. I don't
use the ukulele actually at all.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Okay, I was gonna ask about that, Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah. And the lyrics are just uh. I think they're
the most real to me. Yeah, in comparison to the
other Sunset put on.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, okay, cool.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
So I don't want to hold you because we're both sweating.
But aside from obviously album, is there anything else? People
can look forward to something from your performance today.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
They can look forward to the new project that I'm
working on. It's the last one is Boy with Yuke.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
So oh, you're gonna change up the name a little
bit or the persona.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I think Boy with Yuke will stay as Boy with Uke.
But I think I just it's not something I can
continue doing.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Okay as Boy with Yuke.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Okay, So it's gonna be a different situation moving forward.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
I think.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
So you're like closing a chapter.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah, okay, all right, Well where can everyone follow you?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Is it just Boy with Yuke for no Boy with You?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Next year at least, And then you'll tell us when
you're switching the vibe.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Yeah, I'll tell you, guys.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Okay, perfect.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, I'm gonna watch you later at the Potato stage,
and I'm excited.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
And thanks for making the time. I know it's super hot, of.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Course, no, thank you guys for having me.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
All right,
What up. It's Caitlin.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm backstage at Lallapalooza with my new friend boy with you. Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
How you doing good? How are you good? We're warm.
We were just talking about that.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
That's very hot.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
It's my hair is growing by the minute. But welcome
to Chicago.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Thank you, Thank you. I feel welcome.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Yeah. Have you been here before? What's your relationship with Chicago?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Chicago?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's okay if you don't have one, there's no.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
I like the pizza here. I've been here before, okay,
but this is my first time at like Lala.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Okay, yeah, I mean Lala is a big festival to play.
I'm excited for you.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Thank you. I'm excited and nervous, but excited mostly.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Don't be nervous. The crowd's gonna love you. Thank you.
You're on the Tito stage right yeah? Okay? And you
are freshly twenty one? Am I making that up?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
No, I'm twenty one turning twenty two in August?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh my god? Are you leo?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
No? Virgo?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Oh virgo?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Okay, I'm just shrinking out here. How did you celebrate
your twenty first? Though?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
My twenty first it was very calm. My friends through
a surprise party for me at my apartment.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
You I've never heard of a calmed twenty first.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, I mean you're just calling. We've been drinkingfore that, right.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Oh, you didn't have your first drink? You mean when
you turn twenty one?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Nah, I actually don't think I even drank on my
twenty first birthday. Really, Yeah, just cake, you were okay,
very wholesome.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, that's very wholesome.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So. I know you had a couple really big announcements recently,
and we'll obviously get to that later, but you kind
of started everything during COVID right.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Twenty twenty COVID, I actually remember it was Actually, if
it weren't for COVID, I probably wouldn't be in Chicago
right now. Really, so in a way, thank you, but
also COVID's COVID.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
But yeah, so I feel like there's two types of people.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
There's the people that like drank a lot and gained weight,
and then people who actually bettered themselves. You started a
whole less career on tiktak rat. You were posting, and
that's kind of where everything happened.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Uh yeah, yeah for the most part. Yeah, because I
mean there's literally nothing else to do right except drink right,
drinking way.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I was like eating and drinking the wine in the morning.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
I feel that eating away the feelings.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, I mean, but then here you are now.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
I mean I just was listening to Toxic and you
have seven million streams.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I mean that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Yeah, that's that's that's that's wild.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Toxic, that's wild. Right, Yeah, Like, do you have toxic
friends or you're.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Just oh yeah, at the time, I genuinely did. It
was funny because like they they also knew that it
was about them, and it's something I'm still friends with them,
something we can look back at and laugh on.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Do they know that songs like about them and the situation? Yeah?
Yeah they do, Yeah they do.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Okay, so you kind of use music sometimes as therapy obviously,
yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Okay, and then you just announced a single Ghost as
well as an album, right, yeah, okay, there's the album.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Also what is album called?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
The album is called Burnout?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Burnout? Okay, tell me what ghost is about? Because it
could be ghosting, it could be a ghost.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So Ghost, we were listening to it. I don't know
if you heard right when you came up, were.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Really yeah, yeah, yeah, I love. I love the vibe,
but I don't know if I caught the lyrics. Yeah,
so what is it about?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
So it's about the hook was written based off of
a song I really enjoyed by Steve Lacy, Bad Habit.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
We just said, my friend Jason over there and I
were just saying, you sound like Steve Lacy a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Oh that that's a huge compliment.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, we love seeing you.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
But yeah, it was just like the hook. His hook
is like or it starts off with I wish I
wish I knew you wanted me, huh, and my hook
was a bit of a response where it was like
I should have told you when I had the chance,
that type of thing. Yeah, And a lot of the
rest of the lyrics are just they come from like
real personal experiences some dates have gone on. I think
(03:45):
the outro verse is my favorite, Yeah, where it's like
should I just say that?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
The final verse, yes, say the fine. I'm a lyric person.
I love listen. I listened to music for the lyrics.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Okay, so I think it goes you could at least
just make it easy, you know. I hate being so needy.
Got my attention on Aleish and I don't want it back,
unintentionally acting creepy in front of her, but she can't
see me. I think she thinks I'm on the spectrum.
Oh true story.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Okay, Oh she did thought she thought you were on
the spectrum. Yeah, girl, that we're singing about.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
That's a bar though, yeah, real bar.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I think she thinks. I think she really wants to leave,
and I don't blame her.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
And yeah, oh so you're in your feels, You're in
your fields? Is the whole album like that or is
it different?
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Kind of vibes, different vibes like most of the songs
a very different from each other. I experimented with a
lot of sound. I don't use a lot. I don't
use the ukulele actually at all.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Okay, I was gonna ask about that, Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah. And the lyrics are just uh. I think they're
the most real to me. Yeah, in comparison to the
other Sunset put on.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, okay, cool.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
So I don't want to hold you because we're both sweating.
But aside from obviously album, is there anything else? People
can look forward to something from your performance today.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
They can look forward to the new project that I'm
working on. It's the last one is Boy with Yuke.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
So oh, you're gonna change up the name a little
bit or the persona.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I think Boy with Yuke will stay as Boy with Uke.
But I think I just it's not something I can
continue doing.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Okay as Boy with Yuke.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Okay, So it's gonna be a different situation moving forward.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
I think.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
So you're like closing a chapter.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah, okay, all right, Well where can everyone follow you?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Is it just Boy with Yuke for no Boy with You?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Next year at least, And then you'll tell us when
you're switching the vibe.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Yeah, I'll tell you, guys.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Okay, perfect.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well, I'm gonna watch you later at the Potato stage,
and I'm excited.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
And thanks for making the time. I know it's super hot, of.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Course, no, thank you guys for having me.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
All right,
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