Still Woozy "BS" Interview
☆ By Muskaan Grewal ☆
EMULATING HIS SIGNATURE FEEL GOOD ENERGY - Still Woozy is at it again with an upbeat, smooth track. “BS”, the new single from the ever so groovy Still Woozy, follows the same vein as his previous releases. Tiptoeing the line between hopeful and brooding, mixing to create the introspective tone of most of singer/songwriter Sven Gamsky’s songs. The lyrics, like most of Gamsky’s, focus on his state of mind but keep up the sanguine vibe through the lines in the chorus. He talks about wanting to throw away his thoughts, focusing on the person in front of him until everything else fades out; paired with the rich instrumentals in the background, this gives the song the musing, nonchalant air of prior releases.
This mirrors the music video, which has surreal shots of Gamsky being transported around a city on his bike, while the viewer is transported inside his head. We see brown eyes staring at us through a haze of clouds and then drop down into a view of his brain, where a mini Gamsky takes a mallet and hits his brain, making it explode before we fly out of Gamsky’s head and back into full view of the singer himself, where we continue for the rest of the video.
“BS” follows Still Woozy’s previous release this year “Window”, both serving as a peek into what’s to come next. The Luna Collective had the privilege of attending a virtual press conference hosting by 1824 to lear all things “BS”. Get lost in “BS” and read below to learn more about the track, Tik Tok and more.
1824: How does [your fiancee's] art inspire your music?
GAMSKY: She inspires my art, but I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily her art, it’s more like she puts art into every little thing she does...She just makes her whole life into art and I feel like that has inspired me more than anything else.
1824: You’ve mentioned a lot how reading and books have inspired your older songs, so we wanted to know if there was a particular book that helped you through a specific phase in your life or a particular character that you resonate really well with?
GAMSKY: I really like Dostoevsky and he has a book called The Brothers Karamazov. It’s a book about three brothers and I’m one of three brothers and I think that’s maybe why I resonate with it. But the brothers are meant to embody different personality traits. There’s this person who goes with the flow and is at peace and is one of the spiritual aspects of life and I think I’ve just tried to resonate with that person, who has spoken to me the most about how I’m trying to live my life. Not in an overtly spiritual way, but being more in touch with my emotions and my impact.
1824: Somehow, with even the sore and sad subjects, you do end up making your listeners feel better by the ends of your songs. How do you think that aspect of your music is reflective of your own character and personality?
GAMSKY: For me, music is a coping mechanism and I definitely have emotional stuff I’m working through. My goal is to create more of a safe space and to get a little break from yourself or whatever you need. I more have it created so it can help me first and if I know it can provide some level of a buffer, I know it can do the same for other people.
1824: What’s the ultimate way to experience a Still Woozy song?
GAMSKY: I don’t know if there is an ultimate way but the way that I produce it, it’s kind of a headphone experience. I mix in these tiny little noises in the right ear and if you’re on headphones, you’ll be able to hear that more than if you’re listening on your phone or something else. So I’d put on headphones and go for a walk. But I always test all my mixes in the car, it has to sound good in the car, always.
1824: I saw that you and your fiancee were dancing to Savage by Megan Thee Stallion, like the Tik Tok dance so I wanted to know if you or you and your partner have mastered any more dances this year.
GAMSKY: We have not; I wish we had but that shit is hard. That took us like a day and a half to do like ten seconds. And still, there was like twenty takes that we didn’t use! But I love that stuff, it’s so much fun and I love dancing. And one of my goals is, I want to do a music video where I’m doing a full-length choreography and I don’t look like an idiot, that’s my goal. And I think it’s possible! That’s what we’re shooting for.
1824: What are the highs and lows of being solo compared to being in a band?
GAMSKY: The highs are just being able to have total control and have an idea and execute it and not have anybody be like, oh do this, do this. When I’m working and I feel like I’m onto something, I can just go and get in the zone with nothing distracting me. The lows are just being a self-critical person and dealing with my own mental stuff and getting stuck on things and not having people to bounce it off of. So, my partner has to do a lot of the heavy lifting to help me move on and really get me to a spot where I can be objective again.
1824: What’s the most memorable gig you’ve ever played and what happened?
GAMSKY: There’s been so many crazy shows but when you said that, one show popped into my head and it was playing The Fonda in Los Angeles and crowd surfing on an inflatable rubber ducky. That was so fun, it was crazy! It was just such good energy, I love kind of rambunctious shit like that and it just really stood out to me.
1824: Do you think that the energy of the crowd brings out a different side of you as a performer?
GAMSKY: Yeah definitely. Like the crazier the crowd gets, the crazier I’ll get. That’s what I love about shows, the best shows are the ones that have no separation between you and the crowd. Like if it was up to me, I’d been in the crowd the whole time, just moshing.
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