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Discover the musician and song writer ‘NAHKEN HILLS’s story in interview
JOURNALIST- PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
MY NAME IS NAHKEN HILLS. I’M A 23 YEAR OLD MUSICIAN FROM JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI THAT GO BY THE NAME LANDLORDLOCO
JOURNALIST-WHAT GOT YOU INTO MUSIC AND MADE YOU REALIZE THAT IT WAS YOUR CHOSEN PATH?
HONESTLY ITS KINDA CRAZY, BUT I HAD A BREAK UP WITH THIS GIRL IN LIKE SECOND OR THIRD GRADE AND I WROTE A SONG TO THE INSTRUMENTAL BEST FRIEND BY 50 CENT & FOUND OUT I WAS GOOD AT SONG WRITING. AS I GOT OLDER I REALIZED I WAS GOOD AT EXPRESSING MYSELF THROUGH WRITING
JOURNALIST- TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW SINGLE. AND WHATS THE STORY BEHIND IT?
THE MOST RECENT SINGLE I MADE WAS “THUNDERSTORM”. THE STORY BEHIND IT WAS ME EXPRESSING MYSELF TO THE FEMALE I WAS TALKING TO AT THE TIME. SHE REALLY DIDN’T LIKE THE WAY I WAS LIVING AT THE TIME SO I WAS BASICALLY LETTING HER KNOW HOW I WAS FEELING AT THE TIME.
JOURNALIST- WHAT MAKES YOUR MUSIC UNIQUE ?
TO ME I FEEL LIKE WHAT MAKES MY MUSIC UNIQUE IS ME BEING ABLE TO TURN MY PAST TRAUMAUS & EXPERIENCES INTO MUSIC.
JOURNALIST- WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO ASPIRING MUSICIANS?
MOST IMPORTANTLY IS TO FIND YOURSELF THROUGH YO MUSIC. ITS GONE TAKE SOMETIME BUT ITS ALL ABOUT FINDING YOUR SOUND & BEING COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR MUSIC.
JOURNALIST- AND ANY PARTICULAR ARTIST/BRAND YOU WOULD LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH IN THE FUTURE ?
I WOULD HONESTLY LIKE TO MAKE A SONG WITH ED SHEERAN & KHALID
JOURNALIST- ANY UPCOMING PROJECTS ?
YES I GOT A COUPLE MIXTAPES & A ALBUM THATS COMING SOON. STAY TUNED
Thank you !!!