Interview: Austin's Emeril Picasso Discusses His New EP, "Demons and Love"
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“2019 and 2020 created a painful atmosphere for me mentally. Fighting and battling with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts all while going through a breakup created a backdrop for “Demons and Love”. ”
Salute to you on the completion and release of your new EP "Demons and Love". What does the EP's title represent and how long did it take to complete?
2019 and 2020 created a painful atmosphere for me mentally. Fighting and battling with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts all while going through a breakup created a backdrop for “Demons and Love”.
With the lockdown in 2020, I felt like I needed to find a escape. Find a release you know? The name of the EP itself basically represent the Demons in my head that feed on the tumultuous nature of my love life. Couple that with the all the other bullshit I had running through my head and you’ll get “Demons and Love”.
Funny enough this project started back in Spring 2020 as a vague concept but it took almost a year and some change to come to fruition.
Tell us about your creative process for the development of the EP's songs, and how you decided which instrumentals of yours and 99 diamonds to write to.
So for me, creating the track list was one of the hardest steps only because I like to have my songs have deep meanings while being more or less catchy with a fire beat. I cooked probably 12 beats prior that would’ve fit the EP. From there I narrowed that number down with help from the homies from 99 diamonds and we came down to probably a handful I wanted to include.
Essentially we were looking to pick beats that could take the listener on a roller coaster both up and down through different emotions while feeling every bump. We needed a mixture of unique, hype, but yet calm. And with those specifications we made it happen. After picking the beats I just had to summarize the key points of what I wanted to express and the rest was pretty much what it is now.
Were there songs that you recorded that did not make the final track list? If so, why did they not make the cut?
No; all the songs that I recorded made the final cut. My creative process weeds out the beats before I even touch the record button. I only pen to stuff I intend to put out. So everything I wasn’t feeling was eliminated during the beat picking process.
With the EP now released, do you plan on shooting any music videos for its songs?
I really do want to. I’ve been trying to see which songs would be best fit for a music video. I intend the music video to be artistic yet minimalist. But we’ll see, my pockets got cob webs so I gotta get some bread back first. Maybe after that stimmy hit haha.
Tell us about your group 99 diamonds; who are the members and what are your goals as a musical collective?
99 diamonds was a group that was created off the bases of striving and grinding for every opportunity. You may fail once but you can have 99 more diamond opportunities for you to get what you want and be successful.
Currently we have producer/artist Isaac Bell and we have Lo Fye Da God who is a producer/artist as well. Though we’re in our own lanes with our music, we have a collaborative nature when it comes to working together and bringing in songs.
Our goals is to be heard, to be out there and live our dreams without bounds. Basically live without restrictions. That’s what we aspire to do. Lo Fye got a fire album coming soon. Isaac is working on some stuff as well. We’re just all working.
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