July 3, 2024 • 31 mins
Abrina is a singer/songwriter from San Deigo, CA who's been making R&B/Pop music since she was a teenager. We talk about the best Mexican food in California, her travels touring in the Philippines, and sessions with Jermaine Dupri.
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We're doing this again. Comes tothat kyo everyone, what's what's popping y'all?
We got a Brina in the house, San Diego in the building,
baby representing today, representing in thehouse. And I was like, damn,
I'm not gonna lie. All weneed is like someone from Sacramento because
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I'm from the Bay, Jackie isfrom LA or from SD. We just
need one more piece of northern Calito rep up here all the way California
and I and I got the Brownowned done. So it's like, okay,
okay, Pano podcast. I'm like, let me be real Mexican in
there. I love that. Ilove that from San Diego. Like the
like being in LA. What's likethe biggest like culture different. I mean
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San Diego Mexicans and La Mexicans arecompletely different hours away. I know it
is well, I don't know,like obviously the music scene is so much
different out here. And then it'slike there's we is the argument like oh
your team so, and then it'salways like oh, we have better Mexican
food than you, and I'm like, no, you don't, Like it's
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always those are the main things.Yeah, I will say, like because
San Diego is so much closer tothe border. I mean, like we
gotta give it to y'all like it. You know, that's what I'm saying.
That's what I'm saying. We know. I was actually delusion on my
entire life because for the first twentyone years of my life I just stayed
nowhere but the Bay Area. Sothen when I moved to LA, then
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the argument was like, oh,you know, LA, like Mexican food's
better than the Bay I said,no freaking way. Literally, I tried
like one taco spot on like whatwas it, babe, Like Avenue twenty
six, and I was like,yeah, my entire life just changed literally
with one night, one night ofAvenue twenty six, right right, I
feel like we could just collectively LAhave better Mexicans. Absolutely that for sure.
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I'm not gonna lie. I alwaystalk about the story when me and
Jack I Can ended up going toSan Diego one time and then we had
like this quote unquote video taco likesomewhere in the Gas Lamb District. I'm
gonna be honest, it just wasnot it. It was I mean,
see, here's the thing, likewe have spots that are just mid real
mid, so like you gotta yougotta know the right spots to go to.
But I feel like nobody does certainthings better than San Diego, Like
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San Diego is the best that gonessaw, the fries. I feel like our
burritos are just a little bit differentthan the street burritos out here. But
honestly, I've found some really firespots out here. It took me a
while. I really had to golooking, but I finally found some spots
that are really fired. But Idon't know, it's just like some places
with the I like the Ijuana styletacos, and like there's some spots in
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San Diego, like it's right on, it's just it so, but LA
does have some good spots, butI just think that San Diego might just
have a little bit like I can'tfind no good gardness all the fries out
here. I can't. They're likein the low key like good spot over
here. Like yeah, it's likewhere I grew up in East LA,
and there's a spot called Alberti andthey have like these they're called like super
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fries. Okay, that's what theprizes, but it's fire like yeah,
okay, well I gotta go.No. I mean, I've been all
around though, Like I've been likeon a hunt for like the best tacos
in La so I need it inmy life. But yeah, I found
a few really good spots' that's dopeas hell. So I do gotta say,
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like, since you're from San Diego, have you been like border hopping
like before? Like is that athing? Do you guys want to know?
You know? I mean we alwaysdo that. It's like San Diego
culture. I was down there forFather's Day weekend and my dad was like,
Yo, let's go to Via WadLoop and then let's hit Port.
I'm like, bet, let's go, and like we just go all day
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walk across the border. Like everyonehas their spots like Tijuana Rosarito, like
v the Wata Loope is fire,but it's like you gotta go early,
so it's a little bit further.But no, I mean I was.
I've been border hopping since I wasa teenager. I snuck out of my
parents' house one time day and whilethere was just they were asleep, went
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with my girlfriends, met up withmy cousins in Schula Vista hop the border
party at papas In Beer that's literallyinsane hop back over the border by six
am, made it into my bedby the time my parents woke up.
How does that even? Like Ifeel like I never I never even like
snuck out because I was always soparanoid. I can't even imagine like sneaking
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out and like crossing the border allhell on. Like it's honestly, it's
crazy, but it's kind of somethingSan Diego, like something as kids used
to do out there, because it'slike our parents never would want us to
go into ros Rito and TJ andall that. It's a party because like
whatever, you know. But I'mnot gonna lie though, like I would
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be hell of freaking scared just tryingto do that. It sounds like you
do it pretty frequently because like Bolegcav will invite me to go over to
San Diego and I'm just like I'mterrified because I don't really do it too
often. I'm just like, I'mgood, bro, I really don't want
to do it today. It's it'sI mean, it is a little shock
because like it's like you got toknow like how to move around out there,
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like you know, don't go downa dark alley by yourself with some
chains, know what I mean it'sjust common sense. But no, I
mean yeah, I think because Iused to go all the time with like
the fam or my cousin had abunch of older cousins and they would like
sneak me in the clubs over there, and I'd be like thirteen, crazy,
right, I don't know what theywere there. Oh my god,
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I don't even care. They're like, OK. Yeah. So I think
that I just was so used toit all being a teenager, so that
it's like with my friends. Iwas like, no, we're going it's
crazy. Believe me. I'm nota would you say, like when we
were crossing Canada, I'm not aborder person. Yeah, like I tried.
We were, Yeah, we weregoing to Canada. We were driving
from Seattle to into Canada. AndI literally told nic. I was like,
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hey, they're going to ask questionsbecause they need to know why we're
going into Canada. And I wasand I was like, you already know
we're gonna stay in an airbnb,like we're going for travel. As soon
as the border agent started asking legalquestions, he was sweating. I was
like sweating and acting like we're aboutto do something illegal. So I was
like oh, like, we arenever ever going to like drive through the
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border going into Mexico because he wouldliterally lose his ship pass. Hilarious,
And they really questioned, oh,no, they're only himidating because they think
everyone's trying to smuggle something. No, that's the thing. They asked me
a simple question. They were justlike, where are you going? And
I'm just like I was in thepassenger seat. I was like, we're
going to an Airbnb and then he'sjust like, oh, yeah, that's
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where that's where we're going. Iwas like, okay, oh my god.
I still have been in Canada,though, so you got to it's
beautiful. It's beautiful. The onething I will say, though, is
like, if you do go toCanada, do not try the Mexican food
like one bit. No. LikeI literally tried some like nachos over in
Vancouver and then I literally thought tomyself, I was like, you know,
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this was the worst decision I evermade, because it's a mission for
people in Mexico to cross the borderto get to the US, so you're
gonna expect them to cross another fuckingborder into Canada. Of course, they're
not gonna fucking be here. Broit's not gonna be good. The Mexican
food is just not gonna be goodin Canada. Man, there's yeah,
I don't think there's many Mexicans thatmade it up, but they will ev
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So, Brito. We could talkabout food all day obviously, but let's
talk about your upbringing and music,Like how did you get into that?
When did you start? So sinceI was a kid, like, I
have a grandfather that played in aband. He played like the gongas he
was a singer, so he wasin like a Mariacci band basically, so
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he would always try to get meto sing. And then my parents saw
that I would always sing all thetime, so then they like threw me
into like little recitals and stuff likewhen I was growing up. So I
music was always a big part ofmy life. But it's crazy because not
that many people in my family aretalented. It's literally just me and my
grandfather, maybe my brother kind of, but yeah, no, so yeah,
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I did like junior theater in SanDiego, and then played around in
the studio like in high school,and then won a performance contest and Universal
City Walk when I was like seventeenor eighteen. Yeah, and then after
that. So I won that contestand then like everyone started hitting me up.
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And then yeah, I dropped outof college, moved to LA and
then did music full time. Nowyou're now you're with Brian Sampson. Yeah,
I met Brian when I was likeseventeen. By the way, crazy,
Oh wow. When you make thatdecision of like okay, I'm going
to drop out of college and ontop of that, you say like literally,
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you and your grandpa are the onlyones in your family that are musically
inclined. Like what's your parents' responseto that? Like, yeah, everyone
has me. Well, well,of course, so my dad he's amazing,
super supportive. So he was like, you know what, you gotta
follow your dreams because he did ittoo. He started a business when he
was super young. He's successful,Like shout out to him. But my
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mom, my mom is a Mexicanmother that does not that always holds a
grudge. Like literally till this day, she still gives me shit for it.
Mexican moms know how to do it. Told a grudge, Oh my
god. Till this day she islike the biggest shit talker to Yeah no,
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yeah, yeah, yeah, youknow that's that's my Mexican mom.
Do you think it's out of likelove though? Is it like tough Mexican
love? It is like we havethis thing where it's like our mom.
So I have two older brothers,so she's I feel like she's easier on
them, and she's like rough onme, like hard on me, and
so yeah, she just it's shejust thinks it's funny. It's out of
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love, but she thinks it's funnyto just like, yeah, talk shit
to us. I say the exactsame thing with my mom and my brother.
I have like one older brother andI'm just like anytime, like she
just caters to him a little bit. I'm like, oh my me,
me, who like this? Andthat. I'm just like, oh my
god, I can't right now.It's so annoying. Yeah, it's like
they're in competition with us, liketheir daughters. It's weird, but they
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love us. But it's like it'salways, yeah, that's our constant of
butting heads. Yeah. See thisis where I come in and I say,
the little sisters always be tripping becauseI'm the eldest of two and I
have a younger sister, and shealways thought that I'd be snitching on her,
whether it be on like some likeyou know, weed in her closet
or whatever, and I'm just like, I don't care about the weed in
your closet. Mom just found it, so that's on you, and I'd
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just be like, you are true, this has nothing to do with me.
And Jackie will always give me shitbecause there was like a moment last
week where she was like, gosh, she sounded like such an older brother
right now, Yeah, like therewas something that would like that was I
was talking to him about his sisterand like his relationship with his sister.
I was like, damn, Iwas like, you have such an older
brother mentality. He's like, well, what does that mean? But it's
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just something that like I think usas like Latin as we grow up with
you know. Yeah, very true. And then I did so the one
thing that pissed my mom off becauseI was the baby, I was the
daughter, so my dad would alwaysbaby me, and then so my mom
I feel like she wanted to overcompensateand like even harder on me because of
that. Like that's how funny whenwhen your mom and your dad like finally
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see that, like Okay, thisis what she's gonna take seriously and music
is what she wants to do.Is there finally like kind of like an
aha moment for them at some point? I mean I think that there was
one time I'm where I had likea big show in San Diego. I
think I was doing it was like, oh my god, I don't even
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remember anyways, there was a show. Oh I think it was like House
to Blues or something, Okay,but and it was like the one moment
where she was kind of like proudof me or showed that she was proud
of me, and so she waslike, you know, you gotta just
keep going. Just you're almost there, you know, just just just give
it your all. And I waslike, dang, does she just give
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okay? Like wait, what isthis? Is it like almost foreign to
you when like your mom campliments You'relike, okay, thank you, Like
I know, it was so weird. I was like, what'd you do
with my mom? But it wasit was dope. So that was one
moment we haven't had one in awhile since then, Well, the music
sounds really good. I just gottasay that, my good love is popping.
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It really gives like that. It'sso weird. To say like old
two thousands feel but like you knowwhat I mean, Like two thousd is
kind of like throwbacks now you knowme, So that record definitely gives me
like that feeling of just good love. I'm not a girl, but you're
like, yeah, I'm with mygirls right now. I'm like, yeah,
I'm on my boys right now.It was the inspiration behind that one.
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I really wanted a dope summer song. I wanted something that felt good.
I did want it to sound likenineties early two thousands, like that
little vintage vibe. And because I'vebeen doing a lot of records are a
little bit slower, like I wouldsay for the past two years, like
I haven't really done an up temposong, So yeah, for this summer,
I really wanted something to like feelgood and move vibe toy. I
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really love the one with like Greenie, though on some like Filipino Shit too,
I just got to say, no, that's that's forever. Like the
song that kind of like set thetone for like you know where I'm going
as an artist, Like it kindof defined me a little bit, and
then I kind of just kept buildingoff of that, so yeah, hell
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yeah. And then that was thesong that first started streaming like in the
millions for me. So yeah,it was like the first time I felt
like I started really building a fanbase. I guess yeah, I saw
you got some peeps over and guestson City. That's a dope spot.
Man. I'm just saying, haveyou ever been to the Philippines? Yeah?
I've been three times, three times. I'm not gonna lie. That's
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damn near as much as me.Yeah, yeah, that's sick. When
did you go? So, Idon't know if you guys remember Niko.
I think I met you in thebeginning. But I first put out well
it was actually the very second singleI ever put out, and it was
actually with baby Bash. Yeah sadto him, but they I got like
a phone call and they were like, hey we have some shows. Baby
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Bash called me. He's like,hey, we have some shows in the
Philippines. Can you fly out likein four days? And I was like
what, well, okay, andthen and then he was like yeah,
our song is like top ten outthere, and I was like yes,
and he was like all they meet, all they're asking is if you have
a valid passport And I was like, yeah, of course I do.
Yeah, like I've been crossing thewater. I was like, I've been
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born with a passport. No,So it was crazy. So we flew
out over there and we toured andthen yeah, I've been back twice since
then to tour. This was likein twenty fourteen, so this was like
the very beginning of like it all. So it was like my first like
like huge experience doing music basically offthe bat, like how does that feel?
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Like, Holy shit, my songis top ten in a completely different
country. Nuts? Nuts cause it'slike I had no idea that stations were
playing it, Like I didn't evenknow, but you know, streaming platforms,
like I guess it just like peopleheard it like picked it up over
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there. But no, it wascrazy. There was what it was even
more crazy was being out there.It was the first time I've ever seen
people like know all the lyrics tomy song and like it was crazy.
That was the first time I heardmy song on the radio. Like I
was out there and I was like, this is insane. And then everyone
was super cool, super fun.They like ruled out the red carpet.
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I had my own stripper. No, no, the van, you gotta
sprinter. I I was like,damn, they got it like that.
I'm like, dude, if yougot the stripper, oh my god,
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sprinter van, that's hilarious. Igot. I just got back from Vegas,
no florious. Yeah. So itwas like my first experience of a
lot of stuff, like nice hotelrooms everything. I was like, oh
my god, I love this.It's almost like that TikTok sound where it's
like, oh this is nice,like this, yeah exactly. Well what
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were you able to, like,uh, what's something new that you gathered
from like the Filipino cultures that you'vebeen there so many times. Man,
it's just like a lot of love, a lot of warmth. I love
how like everyone lists together, evenlike the newlyweds, and like everyone kind
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of like stays together and stays connected. Obviously. I love the food,
which was insane, and yeah,there's a lot. I mean that traffic
tho oh no, the Traffic's no. I haven't been to the Philippines yet.
I'm like really excited to go formy first time and hopefully it's like
this year. But I just likethat's what I've heard, is that,
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like I think Nico you took Yeah, you mentioned it on the podcast.
That like if a car like hitsa motorcyclist out there, it's the car's
fault or like or what. Okay, so let me get you us it.
Let me tell you about this fuckedup rule that Philippines. I don't
know if it's legit, but myuncle's told me all this ship. So
let's say you're in a vehicle,right and your vehicle is stationary and the
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motorcycle hits your vehicle, it's yourfault. It's literally insane. It's insane.
Yeah, it's little. And theyalso told me some crazy ships where
like again, this is just whatthey were telling me, but it's fucked
up because like if like the trafficis so bad there that like if somebody
passes away, it costs more moneyto get the ambulance out there. So
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they kind of just they just kindof it's a fucked up ship, but
they kind of just wait it out. That is one thing to like pass
like going through the streets and stuff. They have their like death ceremonies,
like they and they have like thebody shown and they'll just have them like
in the streets just like regularly,and it's like, oh, okay,
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I just walked through uncle's funeral ship. I mean it was like I don't
know, yeah, it was kindof crazy, but that I mean,
being an artist and getting to experiencea bunch of different cultures is probably just
like so eye opening too, liketraveling as much as it as you do
too, It's like I can imagine. It's just like I'm literally trying to
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like process everything that's going on.Do you like have struggles with processing?
That I think I do? AndI also think a part of that is
like me not fully living in themoment sometimes, you know, because I'm
like I sometimes live really fast,but I'm always I'm like one of those
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artists that's like never fully satisfied.I'm like, Okay, what's next,
What's next, Like I gotta dothis? Like oh, like I'm thinking
about the show, and I'm notlike enjoying before the show or after the
show because I'm like, no,I should have did that better. So
I think I'm just like an overthinker. I'm like in my head a lot,
so I don't enjoy like the journeyenough. So that's one thing I've
been working on. It's tough.I mean, you know, Jackie'll tell
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you she just interviewed Common and PeteRock just yesterday, and I got to
sit in on that interview, andone thing that I took from that interview
was that Common was saying that,you know, we're so caught up in
tomorrow. We're caught up in likea rollout plan for like next month,
next year. Like we're so caughtup on like the future that we always
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tend to forget about what's happening rightnow and the moments where, like,
you know, you performing in thePhilippines, for example, you performing in
San Diego. I'm not sure ifyou forgot about these moments or if they're
like super etched in your head,but like those are the moments that we
forget to just simply sit back andjust be like, wow, like this
is a real freaking moment in mylife, and I'm like here to just
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enjoy the freaking ride exactly. Yeah. I mean, and I didn't really
fully appreciate it until I got back, and then thinking back on it,
I was like, dang, that'scrazy, I really did that, And
then yeah, so, but yeah, I have to do better of like
really living in the moment now.I mean, I think we all do
know it has there been a momentbecause like being an artist and being in
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this industry, like it can eatyou up and spit you out like so
hard. How is it navigating thatas a woman too well? To be
honest, So there was actually atime like I would say six years ago,
five years ago, like where Ihonestly I took like a year off.
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I just was so because I startedreally really young, like put my
first single out when I was likenineteen, and then like all that stuff
happened and I was really young,and so I didn't have like a label,
I didn't have like a huge Ididn't have a huge bag behind me.
I didn't have a famous person puttingme on. I didn't have like
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a huge team. So there's alot of things that I think that I
had to go through. And yeah, by like four years into it,
I just was so like unhappy andjust like you know, I just was
like this is not what I thoughtit was really, So I took a
year off of music. I didn'tgo to the studio. I just was
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like, maybe when rethink my lifehere because I just wasn't happy. I
was like maybe I need to goback to school, like get a job.
I don't know whatever, do something. So yeah, it took me
like a year or two years tofinally kind of like refine myself back in
music and get drawn back into intorecording and like working on stuff. So
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finally then I came back and thenit was like a defining moment for me
because I was like, Okay,I'm going to do this my way.
I'm not going to listen to people, like I need to do what I
want to do, but only workwith people who truly have my back,
because that's a hard thing because likeyou get involved with people that are just
they just want your money, orlike they want to take advantage of you
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because you're a woman, you're pretty, so then they do stuff for you
to try to get at you later, and it's like I don't want any
of that, Like I'm only goingto work with people that like really see
the vision and like I don't don'teven try to get at me, because
then I'm not gonna want to workwith you, like you know. So
yeah, I had to go throughall that then to like get to that
point where I'm at now. Andhonestly, you know, at least from
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my opinion, it does sound likeyou're doing everything the right way, like
in the sense of like not invalidatingyour integrity and the stuff that you stand
for, and you know, justmaking sure that you absolutely love it before
you really go full force, becauseyou know, there's stories in the industry
where like not just women, butpeople will do like anything just to get
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to the next level. And it'slike, but dude, you sacrifice so
much of yourself just trying to getsomething that probably isn't even all that worth
it for you, truthfully. Yeah, I see it all the time.
I mean, you know, Iknow a lot of like big producers are
big guys, and it's like,yeah, it's like that's how they want
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to do their business. And likea lot of people do put up with
all that and then they get whatthey want. But yeah, I just
couldn't do it. Yeah, Ijust like if it's not if the journey's
unenjoyable for me, and then it'slike dealing with people like that all the
time, like it just drains metoo much. Like I just can't.
I just can't, So you knowI have to. I just want to
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be around people that I know reallyreally like fuck with me. So yeah,
I think I like it goes backto like when Niko said, like
having that integrity as a person,and I mean you growing up too.
I'm pretty sure like your parents instilledthis, like hey, this is what's
right from wrong, and yeah,this is how you should go about life.
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It's it's crazy to think that,like this industry is just so cut
throat. At the same time,it's just like and it takes people like
us like longer, but the isso much more like satisfying at the end
of the day, for sure.I mean, hey, I tell people
all the time, like I turneddown a lot of things because you know,
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I just wasn't down for all that. But you know some people who
are that if that work for them, great, but for me, I
just couldn't do it. Yeah,speaking about you know, turning down things
and changing things for the future,right, I think as like Filipinos and
Mexicans, we all go through likegenerational trauma for example, like the way
my grandparents raised my mom. Mymom completely changed that with me. And
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then there's like some tweaks that Iwould change with my mom, right,
Like so my mom she would bugme twenty four or seven, like where
are you at what you're doing?I'm like, I'm with the right people,
so I'm good good, And therewould be like stuff like that that
I would like to change, likefor you, Like I know you don't
have kids or anything, right,but like for you, like have you
even like thought about like things thatyou would change, like for the future
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when that time does come. Yeah, well, I mean eventually when I
finally have kids. Yeah, butwell I do know eventually I'm going to
move back to San Diego. Ido think that is a better place to
raise kids. Let me just throwthat out there. But I feel like,
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wait, what was the question again? What would I change? I
think like I'm slowly becoming more andmore of like the woman that I want
to become, like about to beinto my thirties. So it's like,
you know, I feel like Iwant to move with like wisdom and just
you know, multiple streams of incomeis like the goal. Like obviously I
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want to be able to be creativeand do music whenever I want to do
and do have my global world toure actually, but yeah, I feel
like just establishing like myself more asa writer too. So there's just little
things where I'm just like really tryingto like get to like I'm building like,
you know, like a foundation kindof. Yeah. Has there been
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a more memorable studio session for youthat just always sticks in your head?
Well, I mean I just workedwith Jermaine de Free So I was in
a studio with him for two days. So he's the legend, you know
what I mean, So definitely,Like still to this day, I'm like,
dang, I can't believe I didthat. So yeah, I mean
that one. I'll never forget thatone because you gotta hit him with the
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Soso death drop. So so no, for real, Like I walked in
his studio and he has a wholehuge hallway filled with just plaques after plaques,
and it's like Mariah Usher Escape likeeveryone in your tail scene, and
You're just like Dan, like thisthis guy really was the main producer,
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Like he put the sound on reallyfor like nineties and early two thousands,
you know. So it's like insane. What's that energy like in the studio
with I. Honestly, I'm gonnabe honest, I was a little nervous
because because he was like, Yo, let's just vibe real quick. He's
like playing me some stuff like letme let me hear what you guys like
play some production you'd be thinking aboutworking on. And I'm like, okay,
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go I just started playing and stuff. And I'm just like like looking
at him, like you guys arehis head? Is he not interested?
Like I'm just like like, oh, please, don't like it? Please?
But no, he he was.He was super cool and he like
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he gave me. I mean,he gave me a lot of good gems.
Like he he was like, youknow, like when it came to
picking melodies and stuff, he waslike kind of helping arrange the song,
and like he the little stuff thathe did on the song, it was
like he knew right away, likehe just seasoned. And then he just
was like, you know, whateveryou're do and just keep doing it.
Like it caught my ear, likeyou have it was he said something in
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the terms of like, oh,you have a superpower, like you just
need to keep you know, keepit up. So I was like,
dang, that's crazy. Hey,hearing that from j D, I'd be
like, all right, I wouldjust keep going. Then, yeah,
that's sick. So Brina, forthe rest of twenty twenty four, we're
almost half whoa, actually, yeah, we are halfway down what's after Good
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Love? So the Germains a freesong is after Good Love? Oh yeah,
and then I have one more singleand then I want to drop the
EP the project, so hell yeah, do you have a name for the
songs and EP? So the namewe're still kind of tossing around a little
bit, but but yeah, no, the well, the Germains a pre
song is called Nostalgia, So thatone comes next month. So what are
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you sampling? So actually it's funnybecause there was no samples in there,
but we did. There was onemelody part that was like no nostalgic to
a song. It was kind ofthe same melody from what's the song again?
The Lauren Hill song Home. Iwas about to say jd owns a
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lot so I know, but Iactually don't think he wait, how do
we this is this? Okay?Anyways, but there was a melody part
that is like a sample from asong that he recommended we did because he
was like, oh, it's nostalgicfor this song. You know, you
guys are gonna be good. Putit in there. And I was like,
okay, cool, I'm down.So yeah, so there is one
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little like melody part that's kind oflike, yeah, I was about to
say, it's called nostalgia. Theregot to be some sort of interpolation in
there or something that's cool. Facts. Yeah, I think that's why he
did that, because he was like, it makes sense. So no,
yeah, we took obviously, wetook his word for hell yeah. Well,
shout out to a Brina, shoutout to JD. I can't wait
for the Nostalgia record. Good Loveis out right now, Abrina work.
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Can everybody find you? Find meat Aabrina music, TikTok, Instagram,
everything, and find me on Spotifyall the good stuff out. I do
gotta ask, is a Brina shortfor Sabrina or is it really a Brina?
It's just a Brina. No,yeah, that's lit. That's literally
My sister's name is Sabrina, soI just have to ask, of course.
I'm I mean, nine times outof ten when I tell somebody my
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name, they're like, oh,Sabrina, no without the oh, like
nine times out of ten that's howhell yeah. And then hopefully Adam Mexicano
Foodfest soon. I'm with it.Brian Samson, my name is Nico Liz.
I'm Jackie's Cigar Abrina we're out piece. Everybody that was so good sick
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well, I was just like having
We're doing this again. Comes tothat kyo everyone, what's what's popping y'all?
We got a Brina in the house, San Diego in the building,
baby representing today, representing in thehouse. And I was like, damn,
I'm not gonna lie. All weneed is like someone from Sacramento because
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I'm from the Bay, Jackie isfrom LA or from SD. We just
need one more piece of northern Calito rep up here all the way California
and I and I got the Brownowned done. So it's like, okay,
okay, Pano podcast. I'm like, let me be real Mexican in
there. I love that. Ilove that from San Diego. Like the
like being in LA. What's likethe biggest like culture different. I mean
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San Diego Mexicans and La Mexicans arecompletely different hours away. I know it
is well, I don't know,like obviously the music scene is so much
different out here. And then it'slike there's we is the argument like oh
your team so, and then it'salways like oh, we have better Mexican
food than you, and I'm like, no, you don't, Like it's
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always those are the main things.Yeah, I will say, like because
San Diego is so much closer tothe border. I mean, like we
gotta give it to y'all like it. You know, that's what I'm saying.
That's what I'm saying. We know. I was actually delusion on my
entire life because for the first twentyone years of my life I just stayed
nowhere but the Bay Area. Sothen when I moved to LA, then
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the argument was like, oh,you know, LA, like Mexican food's
better than the Bay I said,no freaking way. Literally, I tried
like one taco spot on like whatwas it, babe, Like Avenue twenty
six, and I was like,yeah, my entire life just changed literally
with one night, one night ofAvenue twenty six, right right, I
feel like we could just collectively LAhave better Mexicans. Absolutely that for sure.
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I'm not gonna lie. I alwaystalk about the story when me and
Jack I Can ended up going toSan Diego one time and then we had
like this quote unquote video taco likesomewhere in the Gas Lamb District. I'm
gonna be honest, it just wasnot it. It was I mean,
see, here's the thing, likewe have spots that are just mid real
mid, so like you gotta yougotta know the right spots to go to.
But I feel like nobody does certainthings better than San Diego, Like
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San Diego is the best that gonessaw, the fries. I feel like our
burritos are just a little bit differentthan the street burritos out here. But
honestly, I've found some really firespots out here. It took me a
while. I really had to golooking, but I finally found some spots
that are really fired. But Idon't know, it's just like some places
with the I like the Ijuana styletacos, and like there's some spots in
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San Diego, like it's right on, it's just it so, but LA
does have some good spots, butI just think that San Diego might just
have a little bit like I can'tfind no good gardness all the fries out
here. I can't. They're likein the low key like good spot over
here. Like yeah, it's likewhere I grew up in East LA,
and there's a spot called Alberti andthey have like these they're called like super
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fries. Okay, that's what theprizes, but it's fire like yeah,
okay, well I gotta go.No. I mean, I've been all
around though, Like I've been likeon a hunt for like the best tacos
in La so I need it inmy life. But yeah, I found
a few really good spots' that's dopeas hell. So I do gotta say,
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like, since you're from San Diego, have you been like border hopping
like before? Like is that athing? Do you guys want to know?
You know? I mean we alwaysdo that. It's like San Diego
culture. I was down there forFather's Day weekend and my dad was like,
Yo, let's go to Via WadLoop and then let's hit Port.
I'm like, bet, let's go, and like we just go all day
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walk across the border. Like everyonehas their spots like Tijuana Rosarito, like
v the Wata Loope is fire,but it's like you gotta go early,
so it's a little bit further.But no, I mean I was.
I've been border hopping since I wasa teenager. I snuck out of my
parents' house one time day and whilethere was just they were asleep, went
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with my girlfriends, met up withmy cousins in Schula Vista hop the border
party at papas In Beer that's literallyinsane hop back over the border by six
am, made it into my bedby the time my parents woke up.
How does that even? Like Ifeel like I never I never even like
snuck out because I was always soparanoid. I can't even imagine like sneaking
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out and like crossing the border allhell on. Like it's honestly, it's
crazy, but it's kind of somethingSan Diego, like something as kids used
to do out there, because it'slike our parents never would want us to
go into ros Rito and TJ andall that. It's a party because like
whatever, you know. But I'mnot gonna lie though, like I would
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be hell of freaking scared just tryingto do that. It sounds like you
do it pretty frequently because like Bolegcav will invite me to go over to
San Diego and I'm just like I'mterrified because I don't really do it too
often. I'm just like, I'mgood, bro, I really don't want
to do it today. It's it'sI mean, it is a little shock
because like it's like you got toknow like how to move around out there,
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like you know, don't go downa dark alley by yourself with some
chains, know what I mean it'sjust common sense. But no, I
mean yeah, I think because Iused to go all the time with like
the fam or my cousin had abunch of older cousins and they would like
sneak me in the clubs over there, and I'd be like thirteen, crazy,
right, I don't know what theywere there. Oh my god,
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I don't even care. They're like, OK. Yeah. So I think
that I just was so used toit all being a teenager, so that
it's like with my friends. Iwas like, no, we're going it's
crazy. Believe me. I'm nota would you say, like when we
were crossing Canada, I'm not aborder person. Yeah, like I tried.
We were, Yeah, we weregoing to Canada. We were driving
from Seattle to into Canada. AndI literally told nic. I was like,
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hey, they're going to ask questionsbecause they need to know why we're
going into Canada. And I wasand I was like, you already know
we're gonna stay in an airbnb,like we're going for travel. As soon
as the border agent started asking legalquestions, he was sweating. I was
like sweating and acting like we're aboutto do something illegal. So I was
like oh, like, we arenever ever going to like drive through the
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border going into Mexico because he wouldliterally lose his ship pass. Hilarious,
And they really questioned, oh,no, they're only himidating because they think
everyone's trying to smuggle something. No, that's the thing. They asked me
a simple question. They were justlike, where are you going? And
I'm just like I was in thepassenger seat. I was like, we're
going to an Airbnb and then he'sjust like, oh, yeah, that's
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where that's where we're going. Iwas like, okay, oh my god.
I still have been in Canada,though, so you got to it's
beautiful. It's beautiful. The onething I will say, though, is
like, if you do go toCanada, do not try the Mexican food
like one bit. No. LikeI literally tried some like nachos over in
Vancouver and then I literally thought tomyself, I was like, you know,
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this was the worst decision I evermade, because it's a mission for
people in Mexico to cross the borderto get to the US, so you're
gonna expect them to cross another fuckingborder into Canada. Of course, they're
not gonna fucking be here. Broit's not gonna be good. The Mexican
food is just not gonna be goodin Canada. Man, there's yeah,
I don't think there's many Mexicans thatmade it up, but they will ev
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So, Brito. We could talkabout food all day obviously, but let's
talk about your upbringing and music,Like how did you get into that?
When did you start? So sinceI was a kid, like, I
have a grandfather that played in aband. He played like the gongas he
was a singer, so he wasin like a Mariacci band basically, so
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he would always try to get meto sing. And then my parents saw
that I would always sing all thetime, so then they like threw me
into like little recitals and stuff likewhen I was growing up. So I
music was always a big part ofmy life. But it's crazy because not
that many people in my family aretalented. It's literally just me and my
grandfather, maybe my brother kind of, but yeah, no, so yeah,
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I did like junior theater in SanDiego, and then played around in
the studio like in high school,and then won a performance contest and Universal
City Walk when I was like seventeenor eighteen. Yeah, and then after
that. So I won that contestand then like everyone started hitting me up.
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And then yeah, I dropped outof college, moved to LA and
then did music full time. Nowyou're now you're with Brian Sampson. Yeah,
I met Brian when I was likeseventeen. By the way, crazy,
Oh wow. When you make thatdecision of like okay, I'm going
to drop out of college and ontop of that, you say like literally,
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you and your grandpa are the onlyones in your family that are musically
inclined. Like what's your parents' responseto that? Like, yeah, everyone
has me. Well, well,of course, so my dad he's amazing,
super supportive. So he was like, you know what, you gotta
follow your dreams because he did ittoo. He started a business when he
was super young. He's successful,Like shout out to him. But my
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mom, my mom is a Mexicanmother that does not that always holds a
grudge. Like literally till this day, she still gives me shit for it.
Mexican moms know how to do it. Told a grudge, Oh my
god. Till this day she islike the biggest shit talker to Yeah no,
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yeah, yeah, yeah, youknow that's that's my Mexican mom.
Do you think it's out of likelove though? Is it like tough Mexican
love? It is like we havethis thing where it's like our mom.
So I have two older brothers,so she's I feel like she's easier on
them, and she's like rough onme, like hard on me, and
so yeah, she just it's shejust thinks it's funny. It's out of
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love, but she thinks it's funnyto just like, yeah, talk shit
to us. I say the exactsame thing with my mom and my brother.
I have like one older brother andI'm just like anytime, like she
just caters to him a little bit. I'm like, oh my me,
me, who like this? Andthat. I'm just like, oh my
god, I can't right now.It's so annoying. Yeah, it's like
they're in competition with us, liketheir daughters. It's weird, but they
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love us. But it's like it'salways, yeah, that's our constant of
butting heads. Yeah. See thisis where I come in and I say,
the little sisters always be tripping becauseI'm the eldest of two and I
have a younger sister, and shealways thought that I'd be snitching on her,
whether it be on like some likeyou know, weed in her closet
or whatever, and I'm just like, I don't care about the weed in
your closet. Mom just found it, so that's on you, and I'd
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just be like, you are true, this has nothing to do with me.
And Jackie will always give me shitbecause there was like a moment last
week where she was like, gosh, she sounded like such an older brother
right now, Yeah, like therewas something that would like that was I
was talking to him about his sisterand like his relationship with his sister.
I was like, damn, Iwas like, you have such an older
brother mentality. He's like, well, what does that mean? But it's
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just something that like I think usas like Latin as we grow up with
you know. Yeah, very true. And then I did so the one
thing that pissed my mom off becauseI was the baby, I was the
daughter, so my dad would alwaysbaby me, and then so my mom
I feel like she wanted to overcompensateand like even harder on me because of
that. Like that's how funny whenwhen your mom and your dad like finally
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see that, like Okay, thisis what she's gonna take seriously and music
is what she wants to do.Is there finally like kind of like an
aha moment for them at some point? I mean I think that there was
one time I'm where I had likea big show in San Diego. I
think I was doing it was like, oh my god, I don't even
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remember anyways, there was a show. Oh I think it was like House
to Blues or something, Okay,but and it was like the one moment
where she was kind of like proudof me or showed that she was proud
of me, and so she waslike, you know, you gotta just
keep going. Just you're almost there, you know, just just just give
it your all. And I waslike, dang, does she just give
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okay? Like wait, what isthis? Is it like almost foreign to
you when like your mom campliments You'relike, okay, thank you, Like
I know, it was so weird. I was like, what'd you do
with my mom? But it wasit was dope. So that was one
moment we haven't had one in awhile since then, Well, the music
sounds really good. I just gottasay that, my good love is popping.
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It really gives like that. It'sso weird. To say like old
two thousands feel but like you knowwhat I mean, Like two thousd is
kind of like throwbacks now you knowme, So that record definitely gives me
like that feeling of just good love. I'm not a girl, but you're
like, yeah, I'm with mygirls right now. I'm like, yeah,
I'm on my boys right now.It was the inspiration behind that one.
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I really wanted a dope summer song. I wanted something that felt good.
I did want it to sound likenineties early two thousands, like that
little vintage vibe. And because I'vebeen doing a lot of records are a
little bit slower, like I wouldsay for the past two years, like
I haven't really done an up temposong, So yeah, for this summer,
I really wanted something to like feelgood and move vibe toy. I
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really love the one with like Greenie, though on some like Filipino Shit too,
I just got to say, no, that's that's forever. Like the
song that kind of like set thetone for like you know where I'm going
as an artist, Like it kindof defined me a little bit, and
then I kind of just kept buildingoff of that, so yeah, hell
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yeah. And then that was thesong that first started streaming like in the
millions for me. So yeah,it was like the first time I felt
like I started really building a fanbase. I guess yeah, I saw
you got some peeps over and guestson City. That's a dope spot.
Man. I'm just saying, haveyou ever been to the Philippines? Yeah?
I've been three times, three times. I'm not gonna lie. That's
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damn near as much as me.Yeah, yeah, that's sick. When
did you go? So, Idon't know if you guys remember Niko.
I think I met you in thebeginning. But I first put out well
it was actually the very second singleI ever put out, and it was
actually with baby Bash. Yeah sadto him, but they I got like
a phone call and they were like, hey we have some shows. Baby
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Bash called me. He's like,hey, we have some shows in the
Philippines. Can you fly out likein four days? And I was like
what, well, okay, andthen and then he was like yeah,
our song is like top ten outthere, and I was like yes,
and he was like all they meet, all they're asking is if you have
a valid passport And I was like, yeah, of course I do.
Yeah, like I've been crossing thewater. I was like, I've been
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born with a passport. No,So it was crazy. So we flew
out over there and we toured andthen yeah, I've been back twice since
then to tour. This was likein twenty fourteen, so this was like
the very beginning of like it all. So it was like my first like
like huge experience doing music basically offthe bat, like how does that feel?
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Like, Holy shit, my songis top ten in a completely different
country. Nuts? Nuts cause it'slike I had no idea that stations were
playing it, Like I didn't evenknow, but you know, streaming platforms,
like I guess it just like peopleheard it like picked it up over
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there. But no, it wascrazy. There was what it was even
more crazy was being out there.It was the first time I've ever seen
people like know all the lyrics tomy song and like it was crazy.
That was the first time I heardmy song on the radio. Like I
was out there and I was like, this is insane. And then everyone
was super cool, super fun.They like ruled out the red carpet.
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I had my own stripper. No, no, the van, you gotta
sprinter. I I was like,damn, they got it like that.
I'm like, dude, if yougot the stripper, oh my god,
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sprinter van, that's hilarious. Igot. I just got back from Vegas,
no florious. Yeah. So itwas like my first experience of a
lot of stuff, like nice hotelrooms everything. I was like, oh
my god, I love this.It's almost like that TikTok sound where it's
like, oh this is nice,like this, yeah exactly. Well what
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were you able to, like,uh, what's something new that you gathered
from like the Filipino cultures that you'vebeen there so many times. Man,
it's just like a lot of love, a lot of warmth. I love
how like everyone lists together, evenlike the newlyweds, and like everyone kind
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of like stays together and stays connected. Obviously. I love the food,
which was insane, and yeah,there's a lot. I mean that traffic
tho oh no, the Traffic's no. I haven't been to the Philippines yet.
I'm like really excited to go formy first time and hopefully it's like
this year. But I just likethat's what I've heard, is that,
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like I think Nico you took Yeah, you mentioned it on the podcast.
That like if a car like hitsa motorcyclist out there, it's the car's
fault or like or what. Okay, so let me get you us it.
Let me tell you about this fuckedup rule that Philippines. I don't
know if it's legit, but myuncle's told me all this ship. So
let's say you're in a vehicle,right and your vehicle is stationary and the
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motorcycle hits your vehicle, it's yourfault. It's literally insane. It's insane.
Yeah, it's little. And theyalso told me some crazy ships where
like again, this is just whatthey were telling me, but it's fucked
up because like if like the trafficis so bad there that like if somebody
passes away, it costs more moneyto get the ambulance out there. So
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they kind of just they just kindof it's a fucked up ship, but
they kind of just wait it out. That is one thing to like pass
like going through the streets and stuff. They have their like death ceremonies,
like they and they have like thebody shown and they'll just have them like
in the streets just like regularly,and it's like, oh, okay,
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I just walked through uncle's funeral ship. I mean it was like I don't
know, yeah, it was kindof crazy, but that I mean,
being an artist and getting to experiencea bunch of different cultures is probably just
like so eye opening too, liketraveling as much as it as you do
too, It's like I can imagine. It's just like I'm literally trying to
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like process everything that's going on.Do you like have struggles with processing?
That I think I do? AndI also think a part of that is
like me not fully living in themoment sometimes, you know, because I'm
like I sometimes live really fast,but I'm always I'm like one of those
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artists that's like never fully satisfied.I'm like, Okay, what's next,
What's next, Like I gotta dothis? Like oh, like I'm thinking
about the show, and I'm notlike enjoying before the show or after the
show because I'm like, no,I should have did that better. So
I think I'm just like an overthinker. I'm like in my head a lot,
so I don't enjoy like the journeyenough. So that's one thing I've
been working on. It's tough.I mean, you know, Jackie'll tell
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you she just interviewed Common and PeteRock just yesterday, and I got to
sit in on that interview, andone thing that I took from that interview
was that Common was saying that,you know, we're so caught up in
tomorrow. We're caught up in likea rollout plan for like next month,
next year. Like we're so caughtup on like the future that we always
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tend to forget about what's happening rightnow and the moments where, like,
you know, you performing in thePhilippines, for example, you performing in
San Diego. I'm not sure ifyou forgot about these moments or if they're
like super etched in your head,but like those are the moments that we
forget to just simply sit back andjust be like, wow, like this
is a real freaking moment in mylife, and I'm like here to just
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enjoy the freaking ride exactly. Yeah. I mean, and I didn't really
fully appreciate it until I got back, and then thinking back on it,
I was like, dang, that'scrazy, I really did that, And
then yeah, so, but yeah, I have to do better of like
really living in the moment now.I mean, I think we all do
know it has there been a momentbecause like being an artist and being in
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this industry, like it can eatyou up and spit you out like so
hard. How is it navigating thatas a woman too well? To be
honest, So there was actually atime like I would say six years ago,
five years ago, like where Ihonestly I took like a year off.
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I just was so because I startedreally really young, like put my
first single out when I was likenineteen, and then like all that stuff
happened and I was really young,and so I didn't have like a label,
I didn't have like a huge Ididn't have a huge bag behind me.
I didn't have a famous person puttingme on. I didn't have like
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a huge team. So there's alot of things that I think that I
had to go through. And yeah, by like four years into it,
I just was so like unhappy andjust like you know, I just was
like this is not what I thoughtit was really, So I took a
year off of music. I didn'tgo to the studio. I just was
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like, maybe when rethink my lifehere because I just wasn't happy. I
was like maybe I need to goback to school, like get a job.
I don't know whatever, do something. So yeah, it took me
like a year or two years tofinally kind of like refine myself back in
music and get drawn back into intorecording and like working on stuff. So
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finally then I came back and thenit was like a defining moment for me
because I was like, Okay,I'm going to do this my way.
I'm not going to listen to people, like I need to do what I
want to do, but only workwith people who truly have my back,
because that's a hard thing because likeyou get involved with people that are just
they just want your money, orlike they want to take advantage of you
(22:56):
because you're a woman, you're pretty, so then they do stuff for you
to try to get at you later, and it's like I don't want any
of that, Like I'm only goingto work with people that like really see
the vision and like I don't don'teven try to get at me, because
then I'm not gonna want to workwith you, like you know. So
yeah, I had to go throughall that then to like get to that
point where I'm at now. Andhonestly, you know, at least from
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my opinion, it does sound likeyou're doing everything the right way, like
in the sense of like not invalidatingyour integrity and the stuff that you stand
for, and you know, justmaking sure that you absolutely love it before
you really go full force, becauseyou know, there's stories in the industry
where like not just women, butpeople will do like anything just to get
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to the next level. And it'slike, but dude, you sacrifice so
much of yourself just trying to getsomething that probably isn't even all that worth
it for you, truthfully. Yeah, I see it all the time.
I mean, you know, Iknow a lot of like big producers are
big guys, and it's like,yeah, it's like that's how they want
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to do their business. And likea lot of people do put up with
all that and then they get whatthey want. But yeah, I just
couldn't do it. Yeah, Ijust like if it's not if the journey's
unenjoyable for me, and then it'slike dealing with people like that all the
time, like it just drains metoo much. Like I just can't.
I just can't, So you knowI have to. I just want to
(24:25):
be around people that I know reallyreally like fuck with me. So yeah,
I think I like it goes backto like when Niko said, like
having that integrity as a person,and I mean you growing up too.
I'm pretty sure like your parents instilledthis, like hey, this is what's
right from wrong, and yeah,this is how you should go about life.
(24:47):
It's it's crazy to think that,like this industry is just so cut
throat. At the same time,it's just like and it takes people like
us like longer, but the isso much more like satisfying at the end
of the day, for sure.I mean, hey, I tell people
all the time, like I turneddown a lot of things because you know,
(25:10):
I just wasn't down for all that. But you know some people who
are that if that work for them, great, but for me, I
just couldn't do it. Yeah,speaking about you know, turning down things
and changing things for the future,right, I think as like Filipinos and
Mexicans, we all go through likegenerational trauma for example, like the way
my grandparents raised my mom. Mymom completely changed that with me. And
(25:36):
then there's like some tweaks that Iwould change with my mom, right,
Like so my mom she would bugme twenty four or seven, like where
are you at what you're doing?I'm like, I'm with the right people,
so I'm good good, And therewould be like stuff like that that
I would like to change, likefor you, Like I know you don't
have kids or anything, right,but like for you, like have you
even like thought about like things thatyou would change, like for the future
(25:59):
when that time does come. Yeah, well, I mean eventually when I
finally have kids. Yeah, butwell I do know eventually I'm going to
move back to San Diego. Ido think that is a better place to
raise kids. Let me just throwthat out there. But I feel like,
(26:22):
wait, what was the question again? What would I change? I
think like I'm slowly becoming more andmore of like the woman that I want
to become, like about to beinto my thirties. So it's like,
you know, I feel like Iwant to move with like wisdom and just
you know, multiple streams of incomeis like the goal. Like obviously I
(26:42):
want to be able to be creativeand do music whenever I want to do
and do have my global world toure actually, but yeah, I feel
like just establishing like myself more asa writer too. So there's just little
things where I'm just like really tryingto like get to like I'm building like,
you know, like a foundation kindof. Yeah. Has there been
(27:06):
a more memorable studio session for youthat just always sticks in your head?
Well, I mean I just workedwith Jermaine de Free So I was in
a studio with him for two days. So he's the legend, you know
what I mean, So definitely,Like still to this day, I'm like,
dang, I can't believe I didthat. So yeah, I mean
that one. I'll never forget thatone because you gotta hit him with the
(27:29):
Soso death drop. So so no, for real, Like I walked in
his studio and he has a wholehuge hallway filled with just plaques after plaques,
and it's like Mariah Usher Escape likeeveryone in your tail scene, and
You're just like Dan, like thisthis guy really was the main producer,
(27:52):
Like he put the sound on reallyfor like nineties and early two thousands,
you know. So it's like insane. What's that energy like in the studio
with I. Honestly, I'm gonnabe honest, I was a little nervous
because because he was like, Yo, let's just vibe real quick. He's
like playing me some stuff like letme let me hear what you guys like
play some production you'd be thinking aboutworking on. And I'm like, okay,
(28:15):
go I just started playing and stuff. And I'm just like like looking
at him, like you guys arehis head? Is he not interested?
Like I'm just like like, oh, please, don't like it? Please?
But no, he he was.He was super cool and he like
(28:36):
he gave me. I mean,he gave me a lot of good gems.
Like he he was like, youknow, like when it came to
picking melodies and stuff, he waslike kind of helping arrange the song,
and like he the little stuff thathe did on the song, it was
like he knew right away, likehe just seasoned. And then he just
was like, you know, whateveryou're do and just keep doing it.
Like it caught my ear, likeyou have it was he said something in
(29:00):
the terms of like, oh,you have a superpower, like you just
need to keep you know, keepit up. So I was like,
dang, that's crazy. Hey,hearing that from j D, I'd be
like, all right, I wouldjust keep going. Then, yeah,
that's sick. So Brina, forthe rest of twenty twenty four, we're
almost half whoa, actually, yeah, we are halfway down what's after Good
(29:21):
Love? So the Germains a freesong is after Good Love? Oh yeah,
and then I have one more singleand then I want to drop the
EP the project, so hell yeah, do you have a name for the
songs and EP? So the namewe're still kind of tossing around a little
bit, but but yeah, no, the well, the Germains a pre
song is called Nostalgia, So thatone comes next month. So what are
(29:44):
you sampling? So actually it's funnybecause there was no samples in there,
but we did. There was onemelody part that was like no nostalgic to
a song. It was kind ofthe same melody from what's the song again?
The Lauren Hill song Home. Iwas about to say jd owns a
(30:08):
lot so I know, but Iactually don't think he wait, how do
we this is this? Okay?Anyways, but there was a melody part
that is like a sample from asong that he recommended we did because he
was like, oh, it's nostalgicfor this song. You know, you
guys are gonna be good. Putit in there. And I was like,
okay, cool, I'm down.So yeah, so there is one
(30:29):
little like melody part that's kind oflike, yeah, I was about to
say, it's called nostalgia. Theregot to be some sort of interpolation in
there or something that's cool. Facts. Yeah, I think that's why he
did that, because he was like, it makes sense. So no,
yeah, we took obviously, wetook his word for hell yeah. Well,
shout out to a Brina, shoutout to JD. I can't wait
for the Nostalgia record. Good Loveis out right now, Abrina work.
(30:52):
Can everybody find you? Find meat Aabrina music, TikTok, Instagram,
everything, and find me on Spotifyall the good stuff out. I do
gotta ask, is a Brina shortfor Sabrina or is it really a Brina?
It's just a Brina. No,yeah, that's lit. That's literally
My sister's name is Sabrina, soI just have to ask, of course.
I'm I mean, nine times outof ten when I tell somebody my
(31:17):
name, they're like, oh,Sabrina, no without the oh, like
nine times out of ten that's howhell yeah. And then hopefully Adam Mexicano
Foodfest soon. I'm with it.Brian Samson, my name is Nico Liz.
I'm Jackie's Cigar Abrina we're out piece. Everybody that was so good sick
(31:44):
well, I was just like having
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