November 3, 2025 • 46 mins
Pop can sparkle and still say something. That’s the throughline as we sit down with recording artist Kayn Falcon, who blends Connecticut calm with New York urgency to craft synthwave-leaning pop that moves the body and nudges the mind. Kayn opens up about producing his songs from the beat up, guarding his creative sessions like sacred space, and trusting a small team of specialists to elevate his mixes and masters without diluting his vision. If you’ve ever wondered how minimal rooms and maximal ideas can coexist, this is a masterclass in focus.
We dig into the art of writing upbeat tracks with hidden depth—why tempos over 100 BPM don’t have to mean shallow, how “Automatic” disguises social commentary inside a danceable hook, and what it takes to balance immediacy with meaning. Kayn also shares how a long-lost freshman-year hard drive reshaped his path, proving that early instincts can carry surprising power years later. Along the way, he talks image and branding, why he embraces a bright falsetto that once drew criticism, and how owning what makes you different can become your defining edge.
Looking ahead, Kayn sketches a bold live vision: dancers, story-driven staging, and projector visuals to keep the narrative front and center without breaking the budget. Offstage, he’s navigating algorithms with playful “confessionals,” building real community one post at a time, and turning work ethic into momentum through multiple jobs and relentless craft. If you’re curious about synthpop, DIY production, artist branding, and the grind behind meaningful music, you’ll feel right at home here.
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Jay Franze (00:33):
And we are coming to the live.
I am Jay Friendsie, and uh withme tonight, the Ernie to my
Bert, my beautiful co-host, Ms.
Tiffany Mate.
Tiffany Mason (00:43):
I was going to try to do a Bert voice, but I
don't think I will.
So anyway.
Jay Franze (00:48):
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All right, folks, tonight wehave a very special guest with
us.
I said it once, I will say itagain.
We have a very special guest.
We have a recording artisthailing from the great state of
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Connecticut.
We have Kane Falcon.
Kane, sir, thank you forjoining us.
Kayn Falcon (01:14):
Thank you for having me.
Jay Franze (01:16):
It is our pleasure.
Why don't we just start rightoff with how does living in
Connecticut impact your musiccareer?
Kayn Falcon (01:27):
Jesus.
I mean, I'd say for the mostpart, being next to the big
apple is a big influence on mypart.
Connecticut on its own ispretty calm.
It's a pretty calm state.
Not much going on.
I like it though.
It's a nice, peaceful placewhere you can kind of gather
your ideas and cleanse yourenergy and make good records.
Tiffany Mason (01:50):
Is that why your bio says that you are from
Connecticut slash New York?
Kayn Falcon (01:54):
Yeah.
I can't, I can't, you know, itwould be a lie if I didn't
didn't say that I was heavilyinfluenced by the big city.
Tiffany Mason (02:04):
Yeah.
Jay Franze (02:05):
How far is it from you?
Kayn Falcon (02:07):
On train is like 40, 50 minutes.
Oh.
Hop, skip, and then jump away.
Jay Franze (02:13):
Basically suburb.
Kayn Falcon (02:14):
It's not that bad.
Jay Franze (02:15):
So who would you say influences you the most?
Kayn Falcon (02:20):
Well, um definitely somebody like Madonna, people
who have broken the status quo,people who push the limit.
I think as creatives, our jobis really to embody that art is
a message.
And so I think somebody likeMadonna has influenced a lot of
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art might work in the sense thatyou know if she wasn't involved
in the game, I think it wouldnot be the way that it is today.
The same with Michael.
Both of them had hugeinfluences on the current way we
listen to music.
We buy music, we even makevideos and whatnot.
But I think career-wise, uhimage-wise, I think I look up to
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her mostly because she was souh profoundly herself.
She really connected with mebecause I found myself being
like the black sheep, and I sawshe was like the black sheep in
her own way.
So I think you know thatconnection of being different,
it saves you in the end.
Jay Franze (03:27):
Every time music made a shift, she was able to be
there and shift with it.
So do you feel like that'ssomething that you are able to
do?
Kayn Falcon (03:34):
Yeah, I think it's important to have a 50-50 step
in that game.
It's important to obviously,you know, keep up with the
trends and try to, you know, bemodern and you know, but you
have to also music has to comefrom the soul, it has to come
from your calling.
And I agree with that.
She definitely was able tochange according to the
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landscape, but she still wasvery much herself in the way
that she delivered her bodies ofwork.
But yeah, a hundred percent.
Jay Franze (04:09):
Why do you identify as a black sheep?
Kayn Falcon (04:12):
Well, a lot of reasons.
I feel like well, beginningwith, you know, at least in my
family, coming from a householdof immigrants, and also most
importantly, somebody who camewith a lot of heavy
expectations.
I kind of was the first one tobreak a lot of them.
Beginning with the fact that Ididn't play soccer.
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I never really partook insports in high school, and I
never was really a big fan ofit.
I mean, I I love working out,but I just was not a big fan of
perhaps soccer, and and I kindof just follow my intuition to
music and art.
And I think that spoke to mysoul and it gave me a sense of
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like a sense of not power but umlike security of you know being
able to really express myself.
And I mean, for a really longtime I felt like an outsider in
high school.
I felt like I wasn't I wasn'tput in an I wasn't I wasn't I
didn't have like a group ofpeople, you know how everyone
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has like their own groups ofpeople.
Tiffany Mason (05:17):
Sure.
Kayn Falcon (05:18):
Like I was very much kind of viewing everything
from an from a bird's eye viewfrom the upper level, and I
didn't really feel connected.
Tiffany Mason (05:29):
So do you feel that way now?
Have you met other artists thatmake you feel a little bit more
grounded, a little bit morepresent, a little bit more part
of some an like a community?
Kayn Falcon (05:39):
Yeah, I mean, I I definitely have like still my
idol, so I feel like in a way Ican connect to them.
I haven't really found too manypeople that connect to me in
that level.
I think it's aboutconsciousness and also like you
know, like vibes, everyone has adifferent frequency, they move
in.
(05:59):
But I definitely feel like I'veI mean I've met some cool dope
people, my closest friends, Iwould say, are in that same and
like lengthy, but it's not toomany people that I can call and
respond to.
It takes time.
Jay Franze (06:16):
How large is your friend group?
Kayn Falcon (06:18):
Uh well, I mean, I have acquaintance.
I believe there's a differencebetween friends and
acquaintance.
You can have people that you goand you know, hi, how's it
going?
Everything's cool, but thenpeople you actually trust.
Because I'm a big believer thatfamily is not just blood, it
comes from actions, it comesfrom your showing up, yeah.
Your beliefs, and so I wouldsay like friends, friends.
(06:41):
I have like three, like peoplethat I can count.
Tiffany Mason (06:47):
Like, I know that's pretty good though, Kane,
honestly.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I feel like most peopleget one, two, three that you
get to, you know, really deeplyconnect with and share secrets
or troubles or desires withthat, you know.
I don't think that we get toget very close to a lot of
people.
So I think that's pretty good.
(07:07):
I sounds like you're reallyblessed, really.
Kayn Falcon (07:10):
Yeah, no, I'm not gonna I'm a hundred percent
grateful for the opportunity.
I mean, I feel really gratefulthat I even have, like I said,
people that I can trust.
But it uh there is a differenceagain, because I have obviously
acquaintance.
You all know that we from youknow workspaces and whatnot, but
people that I truly trust.
Um yeah, like I would say likethree, um, I think.
Jay Franze (07:35):
Yeah, and I get Tiffany.
Tiffany Mason (07:39):
Lucky bastard.
All right.
Jay Franze (07:41):
The other thing you mentioned was that you go down
to New York about every otherweek to record.
So let's talk about that for aminute.
Where are you going to record?
Kayn Falcon (07:49):
Flex Studios.
Jay Franze (07:51):
Okay, and describe that to us.
What kind of studio is it?
Kayn Falcon (07:54):
It's a pretty hidden space.
That was like my first, myfirst time ever recording there
was in 2020 for the pandemic.
I released my debut single,Brilliant Minds.
I like the vibe of it.
I believe that in a studio youhave to kind of go in and feel
the energy.
Even though I am only there forvocals because I do make my own
records, I still like to have acool place where you can really
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get the vibe up.
And it's a pretty hidden space.
It's like a like a like asingle door to the side of a
corner store.
It's pretty hidden.
And you know what?
It works perfect for me.
Because once you go in, takethe elevator, I normally go down
to like the lower level, likeunderground.
Like it, I don't know, there'ssomething there that I really
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enjoy for most of my singles andon release songs.
I've gotten there and I I loveit.
I love the energy, and I justalso feel a connection to New
York City.
I feel like the energy isreally fast.
I don't know.
I have a thing with likefast-paced cities, like I love
them because there's you know,there's there's endless energy,
(09:02):
and I really, really like it.
Jay Franze (09:07):
So you mentioned that you're producing your own
records, so you're going therefor vocals.
So when you're there, is itjust working with an engineer?
Kayn Falcon (09:15):
Um, yeah, it pretty much has been just clicking
with the engineers and havingthem like click the rep button
and record vocals.
And I think I like it that way.
I think the more private asession is, the more magic you
can get out of.
At least in my beliefs, I I dowrite and produce all my
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records, and I have co-written,but I think when the flow of
creativity is narrow, it canreally deliver properly.
And I think, you know, the lesspeople the better.
I know it's like I don't thinksome people love having like 10
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10 people in one room.
I'm very much like, I think mycreative process is kind of like
a kind of like spiritual.
It's a very sacred time for me.
And I like to just make surethat I'm making my records at my
own pace and I'm singing when Ifeel like my voice is ready to
go.
Tiffany Mason (10:15):
Well, you said that you didn't really feel like
you connected with a lot ofpeople, or maybe possibly didn't
feel heard necessarily.
And so when you pour your soulout and create these songs, it
is kind of sacred to you becauseyou're kind of letting out what
you want to say to people, butyou don't necessarily have those
sounding boards, or you used tonot.
And so, you know, your music isprobably pretty personal and
(10:39):
sacred, and the fact that you itsounds like it's an extension
of you.
So that would make sense to methat you would want to kind of
have private time and hone inthe lyrics or the melody or the
music, you know, that you'reputting with the songs.
Kayn Falcon (10:54):
Yeah, a hundred percent.
You really hit the nail in thehead with that one because it
really is it's like therapy.
I believe again, music for me,it's more than just a catchy
hook.
It's it's uh an expression,it's a message.
I know for a fact in my darkesttimes, what really kind of got
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me through it was, you know,music.
I feel like there is a sense ofconnection, and I definitely
would agree that I take my timewith the records and just try
to, you know, express myself tothe best of my abilities and
deliver in the best way that Ican.
Tiffany Mason (11:33):
Yeah.
It says um it in your bio, youknow, there's some influences
that you've had, and you'resaying, you know, New York City,
and you like the fast pace ofthe energy of the city of New
York City.
And so I'm wondering the musicthat you put out.
It's interesting to me that itis such an expression of you,
but it's also very fast-paced.
(11:55):
So can you speak to maybe whythe songs are coming out
fast-paced?
I guess in my if I just met youor I just read that, you know,
on the internet, I'd be like,oh, these are probably like
really, you know, like balladsor full of emotion or whatever.
And so can you speak to youknow, why they end up being a
little bit faster beat?
Kayn Falcon (12:16):
Yeah, I love pop music.
I am not gonna sit here andlie.
I think everyone, some peoplelisten, country artists love
their country art, like genre.
There are country artists whohave been going at it for 30, 40
years, romantics who have beengoing at it for 50, 60 years,
and they're proud of the genreof music they create.
(12:36):
And I think there's nothingwrong with being proud of being
a pop artist, and I love upbeatmusic.
Upbeat doesn't have to meanhappy, it can still create a
sense of it creates uhconsciousness.
And I think in my personalliking, I like upbeats.
I really do.
I think tempos below 90 tend tobe a bit difficult to work
(12:59):
with, in my experience.
So I do like them to have youknow uh punchy sound to them.
I mean, I'm definitely gonnahave a bit slower records in the
album, but my latest singleshave been upbeat because I also
try to hide the meaning behindrecords.
So, for example, automatic, mylatest single, it's a bit of a
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commentary on modern society andliving life in an automatic
type of way, on like autopilot.
Because I try to write in avery subtle way where you have
to kind of read the lyrics tounderstand the message of the
song.
I think upbeat music kind ofreally helps like kind of like
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smoke and mirrors that scene,like kind of blurry blurry the
meaning a bit.
So you kind of just left withthe hook instead of the whole
meaning.
Because I believe that ifyou're gonna want to look for
the meaning, you have to digdeeper.
Yeah.
Yeah, I I that's why it takessome time for me.
Because I'm not trying to justmake a crazy hook, I'm trying to
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make a meaning behind it, butstill catchy enough for the
listener to want to give it alisten.
I I'll tell you this much.
I don't think I have it in mycurrent catalogue of music that
I can think of, a bunch of songsthat are under the 100th BPM.
Yeah.
So I think for the most part,they tend to be a pretty upbeat,
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but I just love I love thatsound.
It's so I don't know, theyreally again I'm just a sucker
for pop music.
Tiffany Mason (14:34):
Okay, so I know very little about EDM, but I
know that there's like differenthouses or something, different
genres within EDM.
So, where do you fall in theEDM spectrum?
Kayn Falcon (14:49):
Oh, um, you know what?
Um, I would probably say, well,as of right now, the upcoming
record's very synthpop.
So maybe I wouldn't really callit techno.
Maybe like synthwave.
I think synthwave might fallunder that category because it's
like club music, there's housemusic, there's a bunch of like
(15:11):
you're right, there's a bunch ofsmaller categories that fall
into that category.
But yeah, definitely likesynthwave.
Synthwave right now is reallyspeaking to me.
I love synthesizers, they justthey're so dope.
I love them.
Um but yeah, I would sayprobably like synth.
I mean, yeah, no, synth wave isdefinitely the genre I'd fall
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back on.
Tiffany Mason (15:36):
Okay, awesome.
And do you do the EDM parties?
Like, do you go and you know,quote unquote, perform any of
the music at any of the EDMparties?
Kayn Falcon (15:49):
I have not EDM parties.
I um because again, I I willsay like I'm such a um when it
comes to performing, I I'm outto do things, however, I haven't
gone to an EDM specific EDMparty where I'm to just you know
drop like I haven't done thatyet, but I mean I have gone to
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like smaller clubs.
Hey, can you you know play therecord?
And you know, people they'revibing to it.
It's just a matter of I thinkright now exposure, like trying
to really push it out there forpeople to hear it.
But I mean I love to, I wouldlove to go and perform and you
know sing the records.
And you know, I think thoseparties are a lot of fun.
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I've been to a couple of them.
I'm not I wouldn't call myselftoo much of a night owl, but I
mean I who doesn't love a goodEDM party?
Come on now.
Now come on.
Tiffany Mason (16:43):
I'm too old for them now, so um come on.
Jay Franze (16:48):
All right, I want to take a step back for just a
second because you mentionedgoing in that studio to record
your music.
So can you kind of explain tous after you go in the studio
and you record your parts, doyou then take them home and mix
them yourself?
Kayn Falcon (17:04):
Right.
So I for the upcoming albumthat I'm releasing, I am a beat
maker first, I'm a producerfirst.
Every single song has theinstrumentals first.
I know everyone does likelyrics first, melody.
I have to have a beat because II I don't know, that's just the
way that I like it.
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After I have the beat, I createthe song, and then when I get a
demo, I have the demo of it, Igo and record vocals at the big
city.
After I get those, I normallywould bring them home.
I have my mixing engineer,Elijah, he's in Cali.
I normally send him the stemsand he mixes it all together,
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and then we send that off formastering to another buddy of
ours.
So I do the producing aspect,the writing, the mixing and
mastering.
I leave that for somebody elsewho knows how you know that
whole thing goes.
It's a bit more complicated,and I am a big believer that you
cannot do everything yourself,you have to let specialists do
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their thing.
Yeah, I would say that's kindof like the process of things,
but I'm really happy with thework so far, and they're
amazing.
Elijah is a genius, he's sogood at what he does.
Jay Franze (18:24):
What makes him good at what he does?
Kayn Falcon (18:26):
It makes it sound professional.
I I will tell you this likeI've had honestly, like probably
over like seven mixingengineers in the past, and I
feel like you know, it justreally depends on the sound
you're going for.
My ear is kind of tailored fora specific pop compressed sound,
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and not everyone can get themix to that level.
So I'm really grateful that Ifound somebody that was able to
do that because you would besurprised.
You will be surprised.
Jay Franze (19:03):
Trust me, I I I don't think I would.
Kayn Falcon (19:06):
Yeah, it's not not everyone has that ability.
Jay Franze (19:09):
I I've seen some crazy things for sure.
So that's an approach that youtake.
So we're walking through youryour process.
So that now, once everything'scomplete and it's mastered, are
you then marketing your productor are you using a team of
people to market your productfor you?
Kayn Falcon (19:26):
As a reason, I did just got a publicist kind of
crew, so they're really amazingat what they're helping me with.
But I I was the one kind ofpushing the promotion, you know,
because when I was younger, Iwas like, I don't want to do the
whole TikTok thing.
I don't want to become aninfluencer to try to have to,
you know, do music, but you kindof have to, you kind of have to
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do it.
I mean, there's no otherchoice.
And you know, the artist iskind of forced to do the
influencer lifestyle now becauseit's the only way you get
traction.
I mean, even now, the algorithmis changing every week.
There's new things coming out,and um like not unfortunately,
but you do have to play the gamein that sense.
Where before it was aboutgetting a record deal, it's now
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you have to get on the previewpage.
It's the same game, justdifferent letters.
And in that sense, I mean it'sa bit easier, I guess, but you
have to really, you know, ifyou're not if you're not being
backed by a major record label,you you have to put in the hours
to, you know, work on marketingand product placement.
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And you know, it's great, it'sfun.
I don't mind it.
I actually really enjoy it, butit's it can be definitely if
you're not you know making asalary off your music yet, it
can definitely it takes a bit oftime.
Jay Franze (20:48):
Well, I mean, I know you're talking about taking on
social media and working withthe algorithm and trying to find
your your place in a sea ofpeople, but your brand, your
image seems to be different thanmost.
You seem to have a very fashionforward image as well.
So is that something that youfocus on?
Kayn Falcon (21:06):
Yeah, I do also work on theme according with the
upcoming album.
A bit of a story, if you don'tmind.
The upcoming album was writtenwhen I was back up in freshman
year.
I'm currently 22.
I wrote the album when I was infreshman, so that was like
what?
I was like 17.
And I was fresh starting tomake the beats.
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I, you know, was going in forfreshman year, and the high
school experience really didsomething to me.
When I was in freshman, I wasgonna release an album.
I was talking to record dealsand people, but nobody was
signed, you know, an 18-year-oldboy.
That's that just was not gonnahappen.
So I ended up not movingforward with it.
(21:54):
I continue sharpening my uhwriting skills, my singing and
my producing skills, and Icontinue forward until recently.
You know, I was like, I want togo commercial, I want to go
big.
And most of my music tends tobe a bit darker, a little bit
pessimistic.
However, I wanted to gobrighter, and you know, I was
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kind of meditating and thinking,what should I do to go bigger?
And then it clicked.
You know, I had the album thatI made in freshman year, and I
went back, I was looking for thehard drive, I was like, where
is it?
I found it, I played it, and Iwas amazed.
I was gagged, in other words, Iwas like, what the this is
(22:39):
insane.
The record sounded so pure,there was a magic to them that
you really cannot recreatenowadays.
And I was like, this is it,this is what I'm going to
release next.
And I I told my team, I told myfriends, and I I actually had
my friends come over and listento the album, and they were
like, You've never done anythinglike this before.
(23:01):
This is actually insane.
Looking back at it now, assomebody who has now written
more songs, the structure of theway that I was making music
back then was pretty damn closeto how you know bigger records
are made.
So I really think there wassomething in the air during that
time period.
Jay Franze (23:21):
So, as you're talking about making these
transitions and going back andfinding your earlier works and
putting them together, you'rekind of discovering who you are
and where you're going.
So, do you feel like you havenow have a clear vision of who
you are, or do you think that'sstill a work in progress because
you're still fairly young?
Kayn Falcon (23:38):
I think I have an idea of my basis.
I think, you know, I'm a bigbeliever that it's about
creating yourself, not perhapsfinding yourself.
Some people, yeah, it works forthem and good for you.
I just feel like personally, inmy way, uh trying to find
myself was really never thatmuch of a process.
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It was about creating myselfwith the habits, the way that I
think.
And so I would definitely saythat I I have a good basis as to
who I am, things that I'm notwilling to change about myself.
Because you definitely have tobe to a certain degree
self-aware of who you are inorder to, in order to become
successful in life, but just inin order to be a purposeful
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individual.
Tiffany Mason (24:25):
Yeah.
Jay wrote a book calledStandout or Fade Out, a lot
about personal branding.
So when you have a clearidentity of who you are, if it's
in the process of findingyourself or creating yourself,
once you know that though, thatreally gives you some, it really
forces you forward.
Jay, your face is awesome rightnow.
(24:47):
But you know what I'm trying tosay?
It really like momentum.
There we go.
Momentum.
Yeah.
It really gives you somemomentum when you can kind of
identify where you are, what youstand for, and the music you
want to create.
Kayn Falcon (25:00):
A hundred percent.
A hundred thousand percent.
And you know what?
Adding on to what you said, Ido believe that some people
actually, what both of you said,some people it takes some time
for them, and that's completelyokay.
Everyone goes at their ownpace.
I think everyone's timeline isdifferent.
I think mine, I kind of knew alot of it from the very
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beginning.
And you know, some things I'mso changing, but I think for the
most part, especially aftergoing back.
I mean, man, I was, you know,opening the hard drive like five
years after.
It was insane.
This is like music that Icompletely forgot about.
Things that were, you know, Ididn't even remember existed.
And you know, going back and Ilistening to those records, I
(25:42):
was like, wow, well, first ofall, I love that you impressed
yourself.
Tiffany Mason (25:47):
I know that I love that so much.
I love that you like found thisgem, and then you're like, holy
crap, that was so good.
Kayn Falcon (25:56):
I'm gonna build off of that.
You know what it is?
It well, first of all, yes, Iwas really impressed.
Not even because again, themusic, but the self-awareness
that I had at such a young age.
I was like, wow.
But most importantly, again, Iwas like what, 18, 17.
I wanted to kind of debut withthis idea, this body of work,
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because I feel like I wouldn'tbe able to if I didn't release
the music, this music now, Iwouldn't be able to release it
any any other time because itwould have been too old by then,
the music wouldn't be clicking.
And funny enough, I don'tbelieve in coincidences.
So I actually think because Idecided to release this body of
work, things have started tofall into place.
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Like weirdly enough.
And I was like, huh, that's asign.
I believe that I'm in the rightpath.
But yeah, I mean, I lookingback at the body of the music,
it was it was very um, veryinsane that you know, I was
writing about those topics andthe production style, and it was
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it was nice.
Uh, you know, looking back atit, I'm like, wow, you know
what?
I started with the solid rock.
I really was not well no,because I'm also like realistic.
I'm not gonna be, you know,like, oh yeah, like that was
good.
No, like if I if I didn't hearit myself, I wouldn't put it
out.
Tiffany Mason (27:20):
Right, right.
Kayn Falcon (27:21):
Like I love, you know, I love making music, but I
also believe in you know, yougotta have a good song.
You gotta, you know, I don'tbelieve in the whole, you know,
oh, but this has memories.
Well, if it has memories, wecan keep it in the back burner,
we can keep it there.
We don't have to release it.
Like, I've actually listened toa lot of these songs by myself,
and I you know, so it's it'snice to go back and really get
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those memories back out again.
Jay Franze (27:46):
Yeah.
Oh, I got a question for you inregards to um what Ms.
Tiffany was saying earlier.
She was talking aboutperforming at some of these
parties.
What is your goal when it comesto performing?
Since the style of music you'redoing doesn't necessarily lend
itself to live performance whenit comes to a band.
So do you find yourselfperforming with DJs or in other
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ways?
Kayn Falcon (28:11):
Theatrical ways of performing.
I I really as this upcoming erais very theatrical, very much
like a play of sorts.
I think um unfortunately, we'velost a lot of theatrics, we've
lost a lot of entertainingperformances.
You can get you know on a stageand sing in front of, you know,
get a mic and sing in front ofthe crowd, or you can have a
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band.
But I do like uh a show and ashow that tells you a story.
I obviously have not performedin like crazy festivals or
anything like that yet.
Tiffany Mason (28:44):
Can you help me, Kane, and explain what that
would look like?
I'm having a hard time justeven picturing, I don't I don't
really know what it means.
Kayn Falcon (28:52):
Basically, here I'll I'll tell you a little a
little secret as I'm planning tohopefully go on bigger
festivals next year.
Tiffany Mason (29:02):
Okay.
Kayn Falcon (29:03):
I would be performing with backup dancers
because I do believe that themore the merrier, and I do like
a bit more soul into it.
You know what I'm saying?
I could perform by myself, Ihave no problem doing that, but
I do believe that for pop, avery traditional pop.
I believe you know you gottareally grab them by the throat
and give them a good show.
Tiffany Mason (29:24):
I think Michael did that in some of his videos,
didn't he?
Kayn Falcon (29:27):
Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent.
I mean, that was like the OG oflike great performances, you
you know.
But it would be, you know, megoing on stage.
I'm actually debating whetheror not I want to have like
because you can do like LEDscreens, like the bigger, but
those tend to be a bit moreexpensive, or you can do like
the ri like what is it?
Jay Franze (29:46):
L your projections.
Kayn Falcon (29:47):
Projectors, yeah, the projectors.
So I I think I'm trying to doprojectors as of now, being
smart about my budget.
Um but it will be consistent ofme, you know, performances
being very like.
Theatrical.
When I mean theatrical, I meanin the sense of like you're kind
of following a story.
So a lot of it is kind of justme acting the story out with the
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backup dancers following along.
Something that I really enjoybecause I do like the
entertainment part of it.
I do enjoy the entertainmentpart of it.
Obviously, it's kind of reallyhard to explain such a thing
without seeing it.
So for that, I would say, youknow, next year we will be
hitting the stages.
(30:30):
But I do like to put a story init and give them something to
break down.
Tiffany Mason (30:39):
Interesting.
Jay Franze (30:40):
So if you're performing in that manner, how
are you connecting with youraudience?
Kayn Falcon (30:46):
Well, at the same time as you're, you know,
telling a story, we don't livein an age where people put their
phones down, or at least not asof now.
Everyone's always recording.
And I want to make sure thatI'm first of all giving a good
vocal performance, but I want tomake sure the fans are
following along with the storythat the concert is telling.
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Because the album is a conceptbody of work.
It's a story.
Well, hopefully the idea isthat they will understand the
story.
Connecting with the audienceconsists again.
There's a segment in the showwhere I would be, I don't want
to say too much, but I want tobring it up.
True that, but I'm gonna bring,you know, some people onto the
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stage and have them participatein a way that again interacting
with the audience, making surethat I am also keeping an eye
out on the crowd.
Jay Franze (31:50):
How are you connecting with people outside
of your performances?
How are you building that fanbase?
Kayn Falcon (31:56):
Oh good lord.
Trust, they are alive and well,I actually had um I do these
things called like confessionalson my social media platforms
where I have like my followers,I guess they drop confessions
and like I'll be like, hey guys,you know, like how's it going?
Just like tell me something.
And they are they're quitethey're quite the crew.
(32:20):
You know, they're very wild.
Um, every so every so oftenI'll post a photo and they'll be
like, hey, so like where's thenew music?
They'll actually like they'lllike curse me out.
They'd be like, where's the newmusic?
Like, we we've been waiting forthe new album, and I'm like,
I'm so sorry.
I'm like, guys, I'm a I'm aone-man crew in here, you know
what I'm saying?
Like, I'm I'm I'm reallypushing it through.
(32:42):
Yeah, mostly his connectionthrough the um the social media,
like Instagram, TikTok, gettingto a point where I think I can
start doing smaller venues.
Because that's the thing, youcan have 10,000 followers, but
as long as you have like youknow, 6,000 of them who are
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really loyal to you, you can goa long way.
Jay Franze (33:06):
Oh, absolutely.
That's the key is to have athousand true fans, right?
So let's talk business for asecond.
How are you supporting yourselfand this career while you're
trying to get it up to a pointwhere it can then support you?
Kayn Falcon (33:22):
Well, I am a workaholic.
I truly do work like nobodyelse.
And what I mean by that is Ihave multiple jobs.
I have worked ever since Icould.
I think you know, knowing thatI once you kind of lock in with
your purpose and that you knowyou want to do this for the rest
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of your life, you have toreally give it your all.
There is no plan B.
And you have to do everythingin your power.
So, with that being said, Iworked from retail to
restaurants.
I'm actually still working aswe speak.
Restaurants, as you know,servers.
Jay Franze (34:02):
Have you considered doing things for other artists?
Like singing background vocalsor dancing for other artists, or
even helping with the thethings that you've learned
through your marketing processfor yourself, applying that to
other artists.
Kayn Falcon (34:18):
Yeah, I I'm a hundred percent down to collab
collaborate with other peopleand other artists.
I would love to.
I just I've collaboratedbefore.
Um again, I just want to be I'malways truthful.
But when you go to some artist,you just want to make sure
you're serving that.
Jay Franze (34:36):
Well, I was just thinking you're probably a step
ahead of most.
So if you're a step ahead ofmost, you can use your knowledge
as a guide for other people,and you can use that as a form
of making income through yourindustry while you're trying to
get the rest of your stuff offthe ground.
Tiffany Mason (34:53):
Possibly rubbing elbows or bumping into those
people that could open doors foryou.
Kayn Falcon (34:57):
A hundred percent.
Yeah, I would love to.
I do love to make music and Ilove artistry.
I would be it would be amazingto be able to write with other
people.
I mean, I've I've done it asjust you know, trying to find
people who are actually into thebecause you want to make sure
you're making the genreaccording to the artist.
Right.
(35:18):
Um yeah, I love to.
I would love to.
Jay Franze (35:21):
What's been your biggest challenge?
Kayn Falcon (35:24):
Um I'm pretty much a perfectionist in the sense
that making sure the song is atthe best.
For example, my last single had11 different choruses.
Now, Tiffany, trust me.
(35:45):
That's nothing compared to atwo and a half hour song.
Oh, true.
No, yeah.
I I wish.
I uh honestly I wish when Ihave an image in my head, a
vision, I try to really followit, and sometimes it takes time.
I mean, automatic took a yearto be finished, like fully
finished.
It had 11 different courses,four different verses, it had
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like eight differentpre-courses, and mind you, the
pre-course is literally sevenseconds, but I do pull my all
into it, and I think my biggestchallenge is that being perfect,
because everyone's like, Oh,you're your worst critic.
No, I actually I'm not actuallyI I like to leave it on my own
(36:28):
best friend because I actuallyreally love what I do, and I
just want to make sure that it'sgood.
However, I do know the thelimit where you really you're
like, okay, like this is thebest we can do it.
Let's just like leave it there.
So definitely the biggestchallenge is that.
Tiffany Mason (36:42):
What do you think made automatics so special?
Or what is you know, whenyou're performing it, where are
the parts that you're like, oh,here it comes.
I hope the audience is readyfor this.
You know, like what are theparts you really love?
Kayn Falcon (36:54):
Actually, the very first hook, come to superbia.
That part is the thing thatwhen I I performed it at my
birthday party, and the minutethe beadrop came in, I didn't
even have to sing the beginningverse because I just moved the
mic to my friends and they werelike, come to sub.
And they were like, you know,really getting into it.
(37:16):
Well, to answer your question,the thing that made it special,
the verse was actually, again, areally good hook thing.
Like it had something to it,and the meaning behind it.
Again, I I do believe that asan artist, you do have a job,
and you can write about yourpersonal experiences, but you
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can also do what a lot oflegendary, iconic artists have
done, which is staple history,like what's going on right now
in 2025, and and automatic isagain living life on autopilot,
being very conscious.
So I think on you know, on thataspect, the meaning was really
(37:57):
important, but on the songitself, I think it made it
really special because it wasthe first song where I was going
full pop.
I wasn't doing like darkerelectronic.
This is like full-blown in yourface pop music.
Tiffany Mason (38:12):
I suppose I was a little surprised to hear you
singing in falsetto.
So I'm curious, is that how youtend to perform?
Is that your preference?
Is kind of that falsetto sound.
Kayn Falcon (38:24):
Yeah, I mean, I I would say for the most part, pop
requires a bit of brightness toit.
I also love that sound, likethat nasality quality to it.
So I yeah, for the most part, Itry to sing it in that more
nasal quality.
It took everyone by a surprisewhen they were like, That's you,
and I was like, Yeah.
(38:45):
But I also think that it's a itsays a lot.
It says a lot that we do notexpect a lot from male singers.
I feel like a lot of malesingers just kind of get to hit
the bear, they're like, uh, andthat's it.
I feel like, no, but I'm notthis is you know, being
realistic.
Tiffany Mason (39:01):
I mean not maybe very much range or showing very
much skill or something, maybe.
Kayn Falcon (39:06):
Yeah, and I'm not saying um Freddie Mercury, I'm
not saying that.
I do believe, however, that Ilike to put some soul into it
and spice it up a little, youknow.
I I and I do believe that itdoes signify that we should
start pushing the vocals a bitmore because who doesn't like to
sing, you know, hear a guyreally get to those notes.
(39:26):
And but yeah, I mean I I don'tmind it.
I have sung lower before.
I mean, substance has a bit ofa lower quality to it, where
it's more of like he leaves thebar with the prescription, it's
a very lower tone, it's not toocrazy.
Automatic definitely brings themore pop into the well in the
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beginning.
Tiffany Mason (39:48):
You said that you wanted to kind of push the
envelope a little bit, likeMadonna and Michael.
And so I suppose that ispushing it a little bit, right?
We're expecting we see a maleface and we expect a male voice,
and then we hear this falsetto,or like you said, a little bit
more nasally, it takes us offoff guard a little bit.
100%.
Kayn Falcon (40:05):
That's literally part of the formula.
I mean, if it mixed, listen,the first time I sent a song
over for mixing, I got the anemail from the mixer, and he
goes, Yeah, like the song, thesound, blah blah blah.
And then he goes, Oh, and who'sthat girl singing?
And I was like, Mm-hmm.
I was like, Okay, yeah, I gotit.
I I caught the vibe for whatyou're saying.
(40:26):
But again, I I I actually loveit, and that's something that I
had to come to terms with inhigh school.
I actually never sung in choirbecause I remember one time I
sung for my friend, and theytold me that it sounded more
feminine, and I didn't want toever sing again, and now I kind
of just embrace it.
Jay Franze (40:44):
I was gonna say, does that bother you?
Kayn Falcon (40:46):
No, you know why?
Because at least I don't sound,you know, like a thousand other
guys.
Jay Franze (40:52):
No, it makes you sound unique.
Kayn Falcon (40:55):
At least you sound more you you have something to
it, and I I like again acceptingyourself is what I realized a
lot in this album.
I realized a lot about that.
It was just, you know, you haveone voice, it's not bad.
You have been blessed withvocal cords, use them.
Jay Franze (41:12):
There's something to be said about being different.
Tiffany Mason (41:14):
Yeah, yeah.
I was gonna say, you saidyou're trying to create who you
are, and so those are thebuilding blocks for who you're
becoming.
Kayn Falcon (41:24):
Again, exactly.
You don't have to dig too deepinto finding who you are, it can
sometimes just be right there.
And my voice is uh I'm youknow, I'm singing the way that I
speak, and I I I'm just tryingto be myself.
Where before my unreleasedsongs, like my debut single in
2020, I was singing in thisdarker, more masculine sounding
(41:48):
like tone.
And then funny enough, mygrandma she was like, Did that
hurt?
And I was like, and I was like,What are you saying?
And she was like, Yeah, like itsounds like you were so like
you know, really forcing thetone.
And I was like, you know what?
Ever since then, I just youknow what, I'm just gonna sing
the way that I feel comfortable.
That's the one, and that's thething.
Tiffany Mason (42:10):
I think that's when you enjoy life the most
when you are who you are.
I was always made fun of for mylaugh, and when we get a lot of
compliments about my laugh, sothey're just they're just like
suck it, Chris Hillman.
Nice.
Jay Franze (42:25):
All right.
Well, we do this thing here wecall unsung heroes, where we
take a moment to shine the lighton somebody who works behind
the scenes or somebody that mayhave supported you along the
way.
Do you have anybody that youwould like to shine a little
light on?
Kayn Falcon (42:38):
Oh Lord, my mother is my biggest supporter.
And I love Imami, she is thefirst person who ever believed
in me.
I'm very much a black sheep inin the crew that I was in.
So when it came time for me tobe like, hey, I want the music,
you best believe a bunch ofpeople were like, hey, so that's
(43:00):
actually not a reasonablecareer, and you're not gonna do
that.
And I said to them, No, I'mgonna follow through, and I did,
and my mom has always supportedme.
She was there for my firstrecording, she was there for my
first photo shoot.
She is the cutest thing in theworld, and the reason why I
think I push so hard is seeingher work work ethic, first of
(43:26):
all, but also seeing you knowhow she wanted to accomplish all
these dreams, but couldn't.
And I have the blessings oflife to do the things that I do,
to be where I am today, and Iwill gladly grab the torch and
follow through.
And she's literally been mybiggest supporter, and she is
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the first person I show thesongs to.
I'm like, hey mommy, like canyou listen to this?
And she'll be like, I lovethat, or I that's not you know
my favorite.
She is the only one who hassupported me through and through
when people said that Icouldn't sing, when people said
that I sounded like this or likethat, and she always believed
in me, and for that I am forevergrateful.
Jay Franze (44:12):
What's your family's background?
Kayn Falcon (44:14):
Uh, Costa Rican.
We're Costa Rican.
That's the flag right now.
We're a very petite crew, butyou know, I am just really
grateful.
Awesome.
Jay Franze (44:25):
All right.
Well, we have done it.
We have reached the top of thehour, which does mean we have
reached the end of the show.
And if you've enjoyed the show,please tell a friend.
And if you have not, MissTiffany.
Tiffany Mason (44:34):
Tell two.
Jay Franze (44:35):
Tell two.
You can reach out to both ofus.
Hell, you can reach out to allthree of us over at jFrenzy.com,
and we will be happy to keepthis conversation going until at
least two or three, four in themorning.
Just reach out to us and wewill go all night long.
Kane, sir, we cannot thank youenough for being here.
It's been an absolute blast.
We would like to leave thefinal words to you.
Kayn Falcon (44:55):
Thank you for having me.
I had a great time.
Make sure you follow Jay andour homegirl, Tiffany.
Again, thank you for having me.
Had a blast, and I hope thelisteners are having a blast
too.
Have a beautiful night.
Jay Franze (45:09):
All right, folks.
Tony Scott (45:10):
On that note, have a good night.
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Make sure you visit us atjafranzi.com.
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And we are coming to the live.
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Bert, my beautiful co-host, Ms.
Tiffany Mate.
Tiffany Mason (00:43):
I was going to try to do a Bert voice, but I
don't think I will.
So anyway.
Jay Franze (00:48):
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All right, folks, tonight wehave a very special guest with
us.
I said it once, I will say itagain.
We have a very special guest.
We have a recording artisthailing from the great state of
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Connecticut.
We have Kane Falcon.
Kane, sir, thank you forjoining us.
Kayn Falcon (01:14):
Thank you for having me.
Jay Franze (01:16):
It is our pleasure.
Why don't we just start rightoff with how does living in
Connecticut impact your musiccareer?
Kayn Falcon (01:27):
Jesus.
I mean, I'd say for the mostpart, being next to the big
apple is a big influence on mypart.
Connecticut on its own ispretty calm.
It's a pretty calm state.
Not much going on.
I like it though.
It's a nice, peaceful placewhere you can kind of gather
your ideas and cleanse yourenergy and make good records.
Tiffany Mason (01:50):
Is that why your bio says that you are from
Connecticut slash New York?
Kayn Falcon (01:54):
Yeah.
I can't, I can't, you know, itwould be a lie if I didn't
didn't say that I was heavilyinfluenced by the big city.
Tiffany Mason (02:04):
Yeah.
Jay Franze (02:05):
How far is it from you?
Kayn Falcon (02:07):
On train is like 40, 50 minutes.
Oh.
Hop, skip, and then jump away.
Jay Franze (02:13):
Basically suburb.
Kayn Falcon (02:14):
It's not that bad.
Jay Franze (02:15):
So who would you say influences you the most?
Kayn Falcon (02:20):
Well, um definitely somebody like Madonna, people
who have broken the status quo,people who push the limit.
I think as creatives, our jobis really to embody that art is
a message.
And so I think somebody likeMadonna has influenced a lot of
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art might work in the sense thatyou know if she wasn't involved
in the game, I think it wouldnot be the way that it is today.
The same with Michael.
Both of them had hugeinfluences on the current way we
listen to music.
We buy music, we even makevideos and whatnot.
But I think career-wise, uhimage-wise, I think I look up to
(03:06):
her mostly because she was souh profoundly herself.
She really connected with mebecause I found myself being
like the black sheep, and I sawshe was like the black sheep in
her own way.
So I think you know thatconnection of being different,
it saves you in the end.
Jay Franze (03:27):
Every time music made a shift, she was able to be
there and shift with it.
So do you feel like that'ssomething that you are able to
do?
Kayn Falcon (03:34):
Yeah, I think it's important to have a 50-50 step
in that game.
It's important to obviously,you know, keep up with the
trends and try to, you know, bemodern and you know, but you
have to also music has to comefrom the soul, it has to come
from your calling.
And I agree with that.
She definitely was able tochange according to the
(03:56):
landscape, but she still wasvery much herself in the way
that she delivered her bodies ofwork.
But yeah, a hundred percent.
Jay Franze (04:09):
Why do you identify as a black sheep?
Kayn Falcon (04:12):
Well, a lot of reasons.
I feel like well, beginningwith, you know, at least in my
family, coming from a householdof immigrants, and also most
importantly, somebody who camewith a lot of heavy
expectations.
I kind of was the first one tobreak a lot of them.
Beginning with the fact that Ididn't play soccer.
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I never really partook insports in high school, and I
never was really a big fan ofit.
I mean, I I love working out,but I just was not a big fan of
perhaps soccer, and and I kindof just follow my intuition to
music and art.
And I think that spoke to mysoul and it gave me a sense of
(04:54):
like a sense of not power but umlike security of you know being
able to really express myself.
And I mean, for a really longtime I felt like an outsider in
high school.
I felt like I wasn't I wasn'tput in an I wasn't I wasn't I
didn't have like a group ofpeople, you know how everyone
(05:16):
has like their own groups ofpeople.
Tiffany Mason (05:17):
Sure.
Kayn Falcon (05:18):
Like I was very much kind of viewing everything
from an from a bird's eye viewfrom the upper level, and I
didn't really feel connected.
Tiffany Mason (05:29):
So do you feel that way now?
Have you met other artists thatmake you feel a little bit more
grounded, a little bit morepresent, a little bit more part
of some an like a community?
Kayn Falcon (05:39):
Yeah, I mean, I I definitely have like still my
idol, so I feel like in a way Ican connect to them.
I haven't really found too manypeople that connect to me in
that level.
I think it's aboutconsciousness and also like you
know, like vibes, everyone has adifferent frequency, they move
in.
(05:59):
But I definitely feel like I'veI mean I've met some cool dope
people, my closest friends, Iwould say, are in that same and
like lengthy, but it's not toomany people that I can call and
respond to.
It takes time.
Jay Franze (06:16):
How large is your friend group?
Kayn Falcon (06:18):
Uh well, I mean, I have acquaintance.
I believe there's a differencebetween friends and
acquaintance.
You can have people that you goand you know, hi, how's it
going?
Everything's cool, but thenpeople you actually trust.
Because I'm a big believer thatfamily is not just blood, it
comes from actions, it comesfrom your showing up, yeah.
Your beliefs, and so I wouldsay like friends, friends.
(06:41):
I have like three, like peoplethat I can count.
Tiffany Mason (06:47):
Like, I know that's pretty good though, Kane,
honestly.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I feel like most peopleget one, two, three that you
get to, you know, really deeplyconnect with and share secrets
or troubles or desires withthat, you know.
I don't think that we get toget very close to a lot of
people.
So I think that's pretty good.
(07:07):
I sounds like you're reallyblessed, really.
Kayn Falcon (07:10):
Yeah, no, I'm not gonna I'm a hundred percent
grateful for the opportunity.
I mean, I feel really gratefulthat I even have, like I said,
people that I can trust.
But it uh there is a differenceagain, because I have obviously
acquaintance.
You all know that we from youknow workspaces and whatnot, but
people that I truly trust.
Um yeah, like I would say likethree, um, I think.
Jay Franze (07:35):
Yeah, and I get Tiffany.
Tiffany Mason (07:39):
Lucky bastard.
All right.
Jay Franze (07:41):
The other thing you mentioned was that you go down
to New York about every otherweek to record.
So let's talk about that for aminute.
Where are you going to record?
Kayn Falcon (07:49):
Flex Studios.
Jay Franze (07:51):
Okay, and describe that to us.
What kind of studio is it?
Kayn Falcon (07:54):
It's a pretty hidden space.
That was like my first, myfirst time ever recording there
was in 2020 for the pandemic.
I released my debut single,Brilliant Minds.
I like the vibe of it.
I believe that in a studio youhave to kind of go in and feel
the energy.
Even though I am only there forvocals because I do make my own
records, I still like to have acool place where you can really
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get the vibe up.
And it's a pretty hidden space.
It's like a like a like asingle door to the side of a
corner store.
It's pretty hidden.
And you know what?
It works perfect for me.
Because once you go in, takethe elevator, I normally go down
to like the lower level, likeunderground.
Like it, I don't know, there'ssomething there that I really
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enjoy for most of my singles andon release songs.
I've gotten there and I I loveit.
I love the energy, and I justalso feel a connection to New
York City.
I feel like the energy isreally fast.
I don't know.
I have a thing with likefast-paced cities, like I love
them because there's you know,there's there's endless energy,
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and I really, really like it.
Jay Franze (09:07):
So you mentioned that you're producing your own
records, so you're going therefor vocals.
So when you're there, is itjust working with an engineer?
Kayn Falcon (09:15):
Um, yeah, it pretty much has been just clicking
with the engineers and havingthem like click the rep button
and record vocals.
And I think I like it that way.
I think the more private asession is, the more magic you
can get out of.
At least in my beliefs, I I dowrite and produce all my
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records, and I have co-written,but I think when the flow of
creativity is narrow, it canreally deliver properly.
And I think, you know, the lesspeople the better.
I know it's like I don't thinksome people love having like 10
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10 people in one room.
I'm very much like, I think mycreative process is kind of like
a kind of like spiritual.
It's a very sacred time for me.
And I like to just make surethat I'm making my records at my
own pace and I'm singing when Ifeel like my voice is ready to
go.
Tiffany Mason (10:15):
Well, you said that you didn't really feel like
you connected with a lot ofpeople, or maybe possibly didn't
feel heard necessarily.
And so when you pour your soulout and create these songs, it
is kind of sacred to you becauseyou're kind of letting out what
you want to say to people, butyou don't necessarily have those
sounding boards, or you used tonot.
And so, you know, your music isprobably pretty personal and
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sacred, and the fact that you itsounds like it's an extension
of you.
So that would make sense to methat you would want to kind of
have private time and hone inthe lyrics or the melody or the
music, you know, that you'reputting with the songs.
Kayn Falcon (10:54):
Yeah, a hundred percent.
You really hit the nail in thehead with that one because it
really is it's like therapy.
I believe again, music for me,it's more than just a catchy
hook.
It's it's uh an expression,it's a message.
I know for a fact in my darkesttimes, what really kind of got
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me through it was, you know,music.
I feel like there is a sense ofconnection, and I definitely
would agree that I take my timewith the records and just try
to, you know, express myself tothe best of my abilities and
deliver in the best way that Ican.
Tiffany Mason (11:33):
Yeah.
It says um it in your bio, youknow, there's some influences
that you've had, and you'resaying, you know, New York City,
and you like the fast pace ofthe energy of the city of New
York City.
And so I'm wondering the musicthat you put out.
It's interesting to me that itis such an expression of you,
but it's also very fast-paced.
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So can you speak to maybe whythe songs are coming out
fast-paced?
I guess in my if I just met youor I just read that, you know,
on the internet, I'd be like,oh, these are probably like
really, you know, like balladsor full of emotion or whatever.
And so can you speak to youknow, why they end up being a
little bit faster beat?
Kayn Falcon (12:16):
Yeah, I love pop music.
I am not gonna sit here andlie.
I think everyone, some peoplelisten, country artists love
their country art, like genre.
There are country artists whohave been going at it for 30, 40
years, romantics who have beengoing at it for 50, 60 years,
and they're proud of the genreof music they create.
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And I think there's nothingwrong with being proud of being
a pop artist, and I love upbeatmusic.
Upbeat doesn't have to meanhappy, it can still create a
sense of it creates uhconsciousness.
And I think in my personalliking, I like upbeats.
I really do.
I think tempos below 90 tend tobe a bit difficult to work
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with, in my experience.
So I do like them to have youknow uh punchy sound to them.
I mean, I'm definitely gonnahave a bit slower records in the
album, but my latest singleshave been upbeat because I also
try to hide the meaning behindrecords.
So, for example, automatic, mylatest single, it's a bit of a
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commentary on modern society andliving life in an automatic
type of way, on like autopilot.
Because I try to write in avery subtle way where you have
to kind of read the lyrics tounderstand the message of the
song.
I think upbeat music kind ofreally helps like kind of like
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smoke and mirrors that scene,like kind of blurry blurry the
meaning a bit.
So you kind of just left withthe hook instead of the whole
meaning.
Because I believe that ifyou're gonna want to look for
the meaning, you have to digdeeper.
Yeah.
Yeah, I I that's why it takessome time for me.
Because I'm not trying to justmake a crazy hook, I'm trying to
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make a meaning behind it, butstill catchy enough for the
listener to want to give it alisten.
I I'll tell you this much.
I don't think I have it in mycurrent catalogue of music that
I can think of, a bunch of songsthat are under the 100th BPM.
Yeah.
So I think for the most part,they tend to be a pretty upbeat,
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but I just love I love thatsound.
It's so I don't know, theyreally again I'm just a sucker
for pop music.
Tiffany Mason (14:34):
Okay, so I know very little about EDM, but I
know that there's like differenthouses or something, different
genres within EDM.
So, where do you fall in theEDM spectrum?
Kayn Falcon (14:49):
Oh, um, you know what?
Um, I would probably say, well,as of right now, the upcoming
record's very synthpop.
So maybe I wouldn't really callit techno.
Maybe like synthwave.
I think synthwave might fallunder that category because it's
like club music, there's housemusic, there's a bunch of like
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you're right, there's a bunch ofsmaller categories that fall
into that category.
But yeah, definitely likesynthwave.
Synthwave right now is reallyspeaking to me.
I love synthesizers, they justthey're so dope.
I love them.
Um but yeah, I would sayprobably like synth.
I mean, yeah, no, synth wave isdefinitely the genre I'd fall
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back on.
Tiffany Mason (15:36):
Okay, awesome.
And do you do the EDM parties?
Like, do you go and you know,quote unquote, perform any of
the music at any of the EDMparties?
Kayn Falcon (15:49):
I have not EDM parties.
I um because again, I I willsay like I'm such a um when it
comes to performing, I I'm outto do things, however, I haven't
gone to an EDM specific EDMparty where I'm to just you know
drop like I haven't done thatyet, but I mean I have gone to
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like smaller clubs.
Hey, can you you know play therecord?
And you know, people they'revibing to it.
It's just a matter of I thinkright now exposure, like trying
to really push it out there forpeople to hear it.
But I mean I love to, I wouldlove to go and perform and you
know sing the records.
And you know, I think thoseparties are a lot of fun.
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I've been to a couple of them.
I'm not I wouldn't call myselftoo much of a night owl, but I
mean I who doesn't love a goodEDM party?
Come on now.
Now come on.
Tiffany Mason (16:43):
I'm too old for them now, so um come on.
Jay Franze (16:48):
All right, I want to take a step back for just a
second because you mentionedgoing in that studio to record
your music.
So can you kind of explain tous after you go in the studio
and you record your parts, doyou then take them home and mix
them yourself?
Kayn Falcon (17:04):
Right.
So I for the upcoming albumthat I'm releasing, I am a beat
maker first, I'm a producerfirst.
Every single song has theinstrumentals first.
I know everyone does likelyrics first, melody.
I have to have a beat because II I don't know, that's just the
way that I like it.
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After I have the beat, I createthe song, and then when I get a
demo, I have the demo of it, Igo and record vocals at the big
city.
After I get those, I normallywould bring them home.
I have my mixing engineer,Elijah, he's in Cali.
I normally send him the stemsand he mixes it all together,
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and then we send that off formastering to another buddy of
ours.
So I do the producing aspect,the writing, the mixing and
mastering.
I leave that for somebody elsewho knows how you know that
whole thing goes.
It's a bit more complicated,and I am a big believer that you
cannot do everything yourself,you have to let specialists do
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their thing.
Yeah, I would say that's kindof like the process of things,
but I'm really happy with thework so far, and they're
amazing.
Elijah is a genius, he's sogood at what he does.
Jay Franze (18:24):
What makes him good at what he does?
Kayn Falcon (18:26):
It makes it sound professional.
I I will tell you this likeI've had honestly, like probably
over like seven mixingengineers in the past, and I
feel like you know, it justreally depends on the sound
you're going for.
My ear is kind of tailored fora specific pop compressed sound,
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and not everyone can get themix to that level.
So I'm really grateful that Ifound somebody that was able to
do that because you would besurprised.
You will be surprised.
Jay Franze (19:03):
Trust me, I I I don't think I would.
Kayn Falcon (19:06):
Yeah, it's not not everyone has that ability.
Jay Franze (19:09):
I I've seen some crazy things for sure.
So that's an approach that youtake.
So we're walking through youryour process.
So that now, once everything'scomplete and it's mastered, are
you then marketing your productor are you using a team of
people to market your productfor you?
Kayn Falcon (19:26):
As a reason, I did just got a publicist kind of
crew, so they're really amazingat what they're helping me with.
But I I was the one kind ofpushing the promotion, you know,
because when I was younger, Iwas like, I don't want to do the
whole TikTok thing.
I don't want to become aninfluencer to try to have to,
you know, do music, but you kindof have to, you kind of have to
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do it.
I mean, there's no otherchoice.
And you know, the artist iskind of forced to do the
influencer lifestyle now becauseit's the only way you get
traction.
I mean, even now, the algorithmis changing every week.
There's new things coming out,and um like not unfortunately,
but you do have to play the gamein that sense.
Where before it was aboutgetting a record deal, it's now
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you have to get on the previewpage.
It's the same game, justdifferent letters.
And in that sense, I mean it'sa bit easier, I guess, but you
have to really, you know, ifyou're not if you're not being
backed by a major record label,you you have to put in the hours
to, you know, work on marketingand product placement.
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And you know, it's great, it'sfun.
I don't mind it.
I actually really enjoy it, butit's it can be definitely if
you're not you know making asalary off your music yet, it
can definitely it takes a bit oftime.
Jay Franze (20:48):
Well, I mean, I know you're talking about taking on
social media and working withthe algorithm and trying to find
your your place in a sea ofpeople, but your brand, your
image seems to be different thanmost.
You seem to have a very fashionforward image as well.
So is that something that youfocus on?
Kayn Falcon (21:06):
Yeah, I do also work on theme according with the
upcoming album.
A bit of a story, if you don'tmind.
The upcoming album was writtenwhen I was back up in freshman
year.
I'm currently 22.
I wrote the album when I was infreshman, so that was like
what?
I was like 17.
And I was fresh starting tomake the beats.
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I, you know, was going in forfreshman year, and the high
school experience really didsomething to me.
When I was in freshman, I wasgonna release an album.
I was talking to record dealsand people, but nobody was
signed, you know, an 18-year-oldboy.
That's that just was not gonnahappen.
So I ended up not movingforward with it.
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I continue sharpening my uhwriting skills, my singing and
my producing skills, and Icontinue forward until recently.
You know, I was like, I want togo commercial, I want to go
big.
And most of my music tends tobe a bit darker, a little bit
pessimistic.
However, I wanted to gobrighter, and you know, I was
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kind of meditating and thinking,what should I do to go bigger?
And then it clicked.
You know, I had the album thatI made in freshman year, and I
went back, I was looking for thehard drive, I was like, where
is it?
I found it, I played it, and Iwas amazed.
I was gagged, in other words, Iwas like, what the this is
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insane.
The record sounded so pure,there was a magic to them that
you really cannot recreatenowadays.
And I was like, this is it,this is what I'm going to
release next.
And I I told my team, I told myfriends, and I I actually had
my friends come over and listento the album, and they were
like, You've never done anythinglike this before.
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This is actually insane.
Looking back at it now, assomebody who has now written
more songs, the structure of theway that I was making music
back then was pretty damn closeto how you know bigger records
are made.
So I really think there wassomething in the air during that
time period.
Jay Franze (23:21):
So, as you're talking about making these
transitions and going back andfinding your earlier works and
putting them together, you'rekind of discovering who you are
and where you're going.
So, do you feel like you havenow have a clear vision of who
you are, or do you think that'sstill a work in progress because
you're still fairly young?
Kayn Falcon (23:38):
I think I have an idea of my basis.
I think, you know, I'm a bigbeliever that it's about
creating yourself, not perhapsfinding yourself.
Some people, yeah, it works forthem and good for you.
I just feel like personally, inmy way, uh trying to find
myself was really never thatmuch of a process.
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It was about creating myselfwith the habits, the way that I
think.
And so I would definitely saythat I I have a good basis as to
who I am, things that I'm notwilling to change about myself.
Because you definitely have tobe to a certain degree
self-aware of who you are inorder to, in order to become
successful in life, but just inin order to be a purposeful
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individual.
Tiffany Mason (24:25):
Yeah.
Jay wrote a book calledStandout or Fade Out, a lot
about personal branding.
So when you have a clearidentity of who you are, if it's
in the process of findingyourself or creating yourself,
once you know that though, thatreally gives you some, it really
forces you forward.
Jay, your face is awesome rightnow.
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But you know what I'm trying tosay?
It really like momentum.
There we go.
Momentum.
Yeah.
It really gives you somemomentum when you can kind of
identify where you are, what youstand for, and the music you
want to create.
Kayn Falcon (25:00):
A hundred percent.
A hundred thousand percent.
And you know what?
Adding on to what you said, Ido believe that some people
actually, what both of you said,some people it takes some time
for them, and that's completelyokay.
Everyone goes at their ownpace.
I think everyone's timeline isdifferent.
I think mine, I kind of knew alot of it from the very
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beginning.
And you know, some things I'mso changing, but I think for the
most part, especially aftergoing back.
I mean, man, I was, you know,opening the hard drive like five
years after.
It was insane.
This is like music that Icompletely forgot about.
Things that were, you know, Ididn't even remember existed.
And you know, going back and Ilistening to those records, I
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was like, wow, well, first ofall, I love that you impressed
yourself.
Tiffany Mason (25:47):
I know that I love that so much.
I love that you like found thisgem, and then you're like, holy
crap, that was so good.
Kayn Falcon (25:56):
I'm gonna build off of that.
You know what it is?
It well, first of all, yes, Iwas really impressed.
Not even because again, themusic, but the self-awareness
that I had at such a young age.
I was like, wow.
But most importantly, again, Iwas like what, 18, 17.
I wanted to kind of debut withthis idea, this body of work,
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because I feel like I wouldn'tbe able to if I didn't release
the music, this music now, Iwouldn't be able to release it
any any other time because itwould have been too old by then,
the music wouldn't be clicking.
And funny enough, I don'tbelieve in coincidences.
So I actually think because Idecided to release this body of
work, things have started tofall into place.
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Like weirdly enough.
And I was like, huh, that's asign.
I believe that I'm in the rightpath.
But yeah, I mean, I lookingback at the body of the music,
it was it was very um, veryinsane that you know, I was
writing about those topics andthe production style, and it was
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it was nice.
Uh, you know, looking back atit, I'm like, wow, you know
what?
I started with the solid rock.
I really was not well no,because I'm also like realistic.
I'm not gonna be, you know,like, oh yeah, like that was
good.
No, like if I if I didn't hearit myself, I wouldn't put it
out.
Tiffany Mason (27:20):
Right, right.
Kayn Falcon (27:21):
Like I love, you know, I love making music, but I
also believe in you know, yougotta have a good song.
You gotta, you know, I don'tbelieve in the whole, you know,
oh, but this has memories.
Well, if it has memories, wecan keep it in the back burner,
we can keep it there.
We don't have to release it.
Like, I've actually listened toa lot of these songs by myself,
and I you know, so it's it'snice to go back and really get
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those memories back out again.
Jay Franze (27:46):
Yeah.
Oh, I got a question for you inregards to um what Ms.
Tiffany was saying earlier.
She was talking aboutperforming at some of these
parties.
What is your goal when it comesto performing?
Since the style of music you'redoing doesn't necessarily lend
itself to live performance whenit comes to a band.
So do you find yourselfperforming with DJs or in other
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ways?
Kayn Falcon (28:11):
Theatrical ways of performing.
I I really as this upcoming erais very theatrical, very much
like a play of sorts.
I think um unfortunately, we'velost a lot of theatrics, we've
lost a lot of entertainingperformances.
You can get you know on a stageand sing in front of, you know,
get a mic and sing in front ofthe crowd, or you can have a
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band.
But I do like uh a show and ashow that tells you a story.
I obviously have not performedin like crazy festivals or
anything like that yet.
Tiffany Mason (28:44):
Can you help me, Kane, and explain what that
would look like?
I'm having a hard time justeven picturing, I don't I don't
really know what it means.
Kayn Falcon (28:52):
Basically, here I'll I'll tell you a little a
little secret as I'm planning tohopefully go on bigger
festivals next year.
Tiffany Mason (29:02):
Okay.
Kayn Falcon (29:03):
I would be performing with backup dancers
because I do believe that themore the merrier, and I do like
a bit more soul into it.
You know what I'm saying?
I could perform by myself, Ihave no problem doing that, but
I do believe that for pop, avery traditional pop.
I believe you know you gottareally grab them by the throat
and give them a good show.
Tiffany Mason (29:24):
I think Michael did that in some of his videos,
didn't he?
Kayn Falcon (29:27):
Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent.
I mean, that was like the OG oflike great performances, you
you know.
But it would be, you know, megoing on stage.
I'm actually debating whetheror not I want to have like
because you can do like LEDscreens, like the bigger, but
those tend to be a bit moreexpensive, or you can do like
the ri like what is it?
Jay Franze (29:46):
L your projections.
Kayn Falcon (29:47):
Projectors, yeah, the projectors.
So I I think I'm trying to doprojectors as of now, being
smart about my budget.
Um but it will be consistent ofme, you know, performances
being very like.
Theatrical.
When I mean theatrical, I meanin the sense of like you're kind
of following a story.
So a lot of it is kind of justme acting the story out with the
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backup dancers following along.
Something that I really enjoybecause I do like the
entertainment part of it.
I do enjoy the entertainmentpart of it.
Obviously, it's kind of reallyhard to explain such a thing
without seeing it.
So for that, I would say, youknow, next year we will be
hitting the stages.
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But I do like to put a story init and give them something to
break down.
Tiffany Mason (30:39):
Interesting.
Jay Franze (30:40):
So if you're performing in that manner, how
are you connecting with youraudience?
Kayn Falcon (30:46):
Well, at the same time as you're, you know,
telling a story, we don't livein an age where people put their
phones down, or at least not asof now.
Everyone's always recording.
And I want to make sure thatI'm first of all giving a good
vocal performance, but I want tomake sure the fans are
following along with the storythat the concert is telling.
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Because the album is a conceptbody of work.
It's a story.
Well, hopefully the idea isthat they will understand the
story.
Connecting with the audienceconsists again.
There's a segment in the showwhere I would be, I don't want
to say too much, but I want tobring it up.
True that, but I'm gonna bring,you know, some people onto the
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stage and have them participatein a way that again interacting
with the audience, making surethat I am also keeping an eye
out on the crowd.
Jay Franze (31:50):
How are you connecting with people outside
of your performances?
How are you building that fanbase?
Kayn Falcon (31:56):
Oh good lord.
Trust, they are alive and well,I actually had um I do these
things called like confessionalson my social media platforms
where I have like my followers,I guess they drop confessions
and like I'll be like, hey guys,you know, like how's it going?
Just like tell me something.
And they are they're quitethey're quite the crew.
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You know, they're very wild.
Um, every so every so oftenI'll post a photo and they'll be
like, hey, so like where's thenew music?
They'll actually like they'lllike curse me out.
They'd be like, where's the newmusic?
Like, we we've been waiting forthe new album, and I'm like,
I'm so sorry.
I'm like, guys, I'm a I'm aone-man crew in here, you know
what I'm saying?
Like, I'm I'm I'm reallypushing it through.
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Yeah, mostly his connectionthrough the um the social media,
like Instagram, TikTok, gettingto a point where I think I can
start doing smaller venues.
Because that's the thing, youcan have 10,000 followers, but
as long as you have like youknow, 6,000 of them who are
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really loyal to you, you can goa long way.
Jay Franze (33:06):
Oh, absolutely.
That's the key is to have athousand true fans, right?
So let's talk business for asecond.
How are you supporting yourselfand this career while you're
trying to get it up to a pointwhere it can then support you?
Kayn Falcon (33:22):
Well, I am a workaholic.
I truly do work like nobodyelse.
And what I mean by that is Ihave multiple jobs.
I have worked ever since Icould.
I think you know, knowing thatI once you kind of lock in with
your purpose and that you knowyou want to do this for the rest
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of your life, you have toreally give it your all.
There is no plan B.
And you have to do everythingin your power.
So, with that being said, Iworked from retail to
restaurants.
I'm actually still working aswe speak.
Restaurants, as you know,servers.
Jay Franze (34:02):
Have you considered doing things for other artists?
Like singing background vocalsor dancing for other artists, or
even helping with the thethings that you've learned
through your marketing processfor yourself, applying that to
other artists.
Kayn Falcon (34:18):
Yeah, I I'm a hundred percent down to collab
collaborate with other peopleand other artists.
I would love to.
I just I've collaboratedbefore.
Um again, I just want to be I'malways truthful.
But when you go to some artist,you just want to make sure
you're serving that.
Jay Franze (34:36):
Well, I was just thinking you're probably a step
ahead of most.
So if you're a step ahead ofmost, you can use your knowledge
as a guide for other people,and you can use that as a form
of making income through yourindustry while you're trying to
get the rest of your stuff offthe ground.
Tiffany Mason (34:53):
Possibly rubbing elbows or bumping into those
people that could open doors foryou.
Kayn Falcon (34:57):
A hundred percent.
Yeah, I would love to.
I do love to make music and Ilove artistry.
I would be it would be amazingto be able to write with other
people.
I mean, I've I've done it asjust you know, trying to find
people who are actually into thebecause you want to make sure
you're making the genreaccording to the artist.
Right.
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Um yeah, I love to.
I would love to.
Jay Franze (35:21):
What's been your biggest challenge?
Kayn Falcon (35:24):
Um I'm pretty much a perfectionist in the sense
that making sure the song is atthe best.
For example, my last single had11 different choruses.
Now, Tiffany, trust me.
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That's nothing compared to atwo and a half hour song.
Oh, true.
No, yeah.
I I wish.
I uh honestly I wish when Ihave an image in my head, a
vision, I try to really followit, and sometimes it takes time.
I mean, automatic took a yearto be finished, like fully
finished.
It had 11 different courses,four different verses, it had
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like eight differentpre-courses, and mind you, the
pre-course is literally sevenseconds, but I do pull my all
into it, and I think my biggestchallenge is that being perfect,
because everyone's like, Oh,you're your worst critic.
No, I actually I'm not actuallyI I like to leave it on my own
(36:28):
best friend because I actuallyreally love what I do, and I
just want to make sure that it'sgood.
However, I do know the thelimit where you really you're
like, okay, like this is thebest we can do it.
Let's just like leave it there.
So definitely the biggestchallenge is that.
Tiffany Mason (36:42):
What do you think made automatics so special?
Or what is you know, whenyou're performing it, where are
the parts that you're like, oh,here it comes.
I hope the audience is readyfor this.
You know, like what are theparts you really love?
Kayn Falcon (36:54):
Actually, the very first hook, come to superbia.
That part is the thing thatwhen I I performed it at my
birthday party, and the minutethe beadrop came in, I didn't
even have to sing the beginningverse because I just moved the
mic to my friends and they werelike, come to sub.
And they were like, you know,really getting into it.
(37:16):
Well, to answer your question,the thing that made it special,
the verse was actually, again, areally good hook thing.
Like it had something to it,and the meaning behind it.
Again, I I do believe that asan artist, you do have a job,
and you can write about yourpersonal experiences, but you
(37:36):
can also do what a lot oflegendary, iconic artists have
done, which is staple history,like what's going on right now
in 2025, and and automatic isagain living life on autopilot,
being very conscious.
So I think on you know, on thataspect, the meaning was really
(37:57):
important, but on the songitself, I think it made it
really special because it wasthe first song where I was going
full pop.
I wasn't doing like darkerelectronic.
This is like full-blown in yourface pop music.
Tiffany Mason (38:12):
I suppose I was a little surprised to hear you
singing in falsetto.
So I'm curious, is that how youtend to perform?
Is that your preference?
Is kind of that falsetto sound.
Kayn Falcon (38:24):
Yeah, I mean, I I would say for the most part, pop
requires a bit of brightness toit.
I also love that sound, likethat nasality quality to it.
So I yeah, for the most part, Itry to sing it in that more
nasal quality.
It took everyone by a surprisewhen they were like, That's you,
and I was like, Yeah.
(38:45):
But I also think that it's a itsays a lot.
It says a lot that we do notexpect a lot from male singers.
I feel like a lot of malesingers just kind of get to hit
the bear, they're like, uh, andthat's it.
I feel like, no, but I'm notthis is you know, being
realistic.
Tiffany Mason (39:01):
I mean not maybe very much range or showing very
much skill or something, maybe.
Kayn Falcon (39:06):
Yeah, and I'm not saying um Freddie Mercury, I'm
not saying that.
I do believe, however, that Ilike to put some soul into it
and spice it up a little, youknow.
I I and I do believe that itdoes signify that we should
start pushing the vocals a bitmore because who doesn't like to
sing, you know, hear a guyreally get to those notes.
(39:26):
And but yeah, I mean I I don'tmind it.
I have sung lower before.
I mean, substance has a bit ofa lower quality to it, where
it's more of like he leaves thebar with the prescription, it's
a very lower tone, it's not toocrazy.
Automatic definitely brings themore pop into the well in the
(39:47):
beginning.
Tiffany Mason (39:48):
You said that you wanted to kind of push the
envelope a little bit, likeMadonna and Michael.
And so I suppose that ispushing it a little bit, right?
We're expecting we see a maleface and we expect a male voice,
and then we hear this falsetto,or like you said, a little bit
more nasally, it takes us offoff guard a little bit.
100%.
Kayn Falcon (40:05):
That's literally part of the formula.
I mean, if it mixed, listen,the first time I sent a song
over for mixing, I got the anemail from the mixer, and he
goes, Yeah, like the song, thesound, blah blah blah.
And then he goes, Oh, and who'sthat girl singing?
And I was like, Mm-hmm.
I was like, Okay, yeah, I gotit.
I I caught the vibe for whatyou're saying.
(40:26):
But again, I I I actually loveit, and that's something that I
had to come to terms with inhigh school.
I actually never sung in choirbecause I remember one time I
sung for my friend, and theytold me that it sounded more
feminine, and I didn't want toever sing again, and now I kind
of just embrace it.
Jay Franze (40:44):
I was gonna say, does that bother you?
Kayn Falcon (40:46):
No, you know why?
Because at least I don't sound,you know, like a thousand other
guys.
Jay Franze (40:52):
No, it makes you sound unique.
Kayn Falcon (40:55):
At least you sound more you you have something to
it, and I I like again acceptingyourself is what I realized a
lot in this album.
I realized a lot about that.
It was just, you know, you haveone voice, it's not bad.
You have been blessed withvocal cords, use them.
Jay Franze (41:12):
There's something to be said about being different.
Tiffany Mason (41:14):
Yeah, yeah.
I was gonna say, you saidyou're trying to create who you
are, and so those are thebuilding blocks for who you're
becoming.
Kayn Falcon (41:24):
Again, exactly.
You don't have to dig too deepinto finding who you are, it can
sometimes just be right there.
And my voice is uh I'm youknow, I'm singing the way that I
speak, and I I I'm just tryingto be myself.
Where before my unreleasedsongs, like my debut single in
2020, I was singing in thisdarker, more masculine sounding
(41:48):
like tone.
And then funny enough, mygrandma she was like, Did that
hurt?
And I was like, and I was like,What are you saying?
And she was like, Yeah, like itsounds like you were so like
you know, really forcing thetone.
And I was like, you know what?
Ever since then, I just youknow what, I'm just gonna sing
the way that I feel comfortable.
That's the one, and that's thething.
Tiffany Mason (42:10):
I think that's when you enjoy life the most
when you are who you are.
I was always made fun of for mylaugh, and when we get a lot of
compliments about my laugh, sothey're just they're just like
suck it, Chris Hillman.
Nice.
Jay Franze (42:25):
All right.
Well, we do this thing here wecall unsung heroes, where we
take a moment to shine the lighton somebody who works behind
the scenes or somebody that mayhave supported you along the
way.
Do you have anybody that youwould like to shine a little
light on?
Kayn Falcon (42:38):
Oh Lord, my mother is my biggest supporter.
And I love Imami, she is thefirst person who ever believed
in me.
I'm very much a black sheep inin the crew that I was in.
So when it came time for me tobe like, hey, I want the music,
you best believe a bunch ofpeople were like, hey, so that's
(43:00):
actually not a reasonablecareer, and you're not gonna do
that.
And I said to them, No, I'mgonna follow through, and I did,
and my mom has always supportedme.
She was there for my firstrecording, she was there for my
first photo shoot.
She is the cutest thing in theworld, and the reason why I
think I push so hard is seeingher work work ethic, first of
(43:26):
all, but also seeing you knowhow she wanted to accomplish all
these dreams, but couldn't.
And I have the blessings oflife to do the things that I do,
to be where I am today, and Iwill gladly grab the torch and
follow through.
And she's literally been mybiggest supporter, and she is
(43:49):
the first person I show thesongs to.
I'm like, hey mommy, like canyou listen to this?
And she'll be like, I lovethat, or I that's not you know
my favorite.
She is the only one who hassupported me through and through
when people said that Icouldn't sing, when people said
that I sounded like this or likethat, and she always believed
in me, and for that I am forevergrateful.
Jay Franze (44:12):
What's your family's background?
Kayn Falcon (44:14):
Uh, Costa Rican.
We're Costa Rican.
That's the flag right now.
We're a very petite crew, butyou know, I am just really
grateful.
Awesome.
Jay Franze (44:25):
All right.
Well, we have done it.
We have reached the top of thehour, which does mean we have
reached the end of the show.
And if you've enjoyed the show,please tell a friend.
And if you have not, MissTiffany.
Tiffany Mason (44:34):
Tell two.
Jay Franze (44:35):
Tell two.
You can reach out to both ofus.
Hell, you can reach out to allthree of us over at jFrenzy.com,
and we will be happy to keepthis conversation going until at
least two or three, four in themorning.
Just reach out to us and wewill go all night long.
Kane, sir, we cannot thank youenough for being here.
It's been an absolute blast.
We would like to leave thefinal words to you.
Kayn Falcon (44:55):
Thank you for having me.
I had a great time.
Make sure you follow Jay andour homegirl, Tiffany.
Again, thank you for having me.
Had a blast, and I hope thelisteners are having a blast
too.
Have a beautiful night.
Jay Franze (45:09):
All right, folks.
Tony Scott (45:10):
On that note, have a good night.
Thanks for listening to the JayFranzi Show.
Make sure you visit us atjafranzi.com.
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