Original interview by Ralvi of Prambors FM
Interview highlights by mocha cake
Original interview upload: March 8, 2023
Felip Shares His Inspiration for COM.PLEX and the Challenges to Completing his EP
Interview Highlights:
1:20 Host Ralvi expresses how impressed he is with Felip’s artist intro as an all-rounder, even as an entrepreneur.
2:13 Felip explains how he is also invested in fashion, and how he thinks it makes his artistry as a musician more unique and interesting. He hopes to widen his reach moreover by being an influential fashion icon too.
3:50 Felip shares his inspiration behind his first EP COM.PLEX. He further explains that he hopes to inspire listeners to embrace their own complexities, acknowledge and hone it until it becomes their own strength in the future.
5:20 He explains how his own music creation process is heavily influenced by Western hip-hop music. It inspires him to be fully creative, and experimental in creating his own unique sound.
6:55 Felip tells the story of how his song “MICTEST” was inspired by Jersey club music which he got exposed to when SB19 toured New York.
7:40 Felip shares how challenging the process of creating COM.PLEX was for him, having to finish the entire EP in just two to three months. Having only “STRAYDOGS” completed before he went on with SB19’s WYAT tour, he started creating the beats and music for the rest of the songs in the EP as soon as he boarded the plane. He shares that he finished the rest of the songs in between concert tours in the hotel room, during their rest time.
10:30 He shares how relieved he felt after finally completing COM.PLEX EP.
13:40 Felip explains how making music doesn’t feel like ‘work’ for him but something he does for fun. Aside from the pressure of catching deadlines, everything else in the creation process is very much enjoyable to him.
14:50 Ralvi expresses how he was so amazed by Felip’s music.
15:19 Felip shares how it surprisingly felt satisfying to receive acknowledgement from co-artists for the music he creates. He goes on to share that it inspires him to be creative and experimental with his own music.
17:30 He shares that he usually spends his free time making his own music, and rarely goes out.
19:20 Before the interview concluded Felip said that listeners can expect more experimental music from him and also collaborations with other artists.