You know, it's about just bringing elements together that inspire me. Im also heavily influenced by rap and current hip-hop and, you know, the current flow of things. Honestly, it's something I love to do so I'll just keep doing it.". Count his time put in with his band Myth City prior to 2016, and it's clear Scarlxrd is serious about his craft. "I always try and make my own progression," the jubilant artist maintains. That, accompanied with the abrasive sound, and just the energy of the track and just the flows I was using, it just caught on and caught fire.". I moved out before she [my mom] could kick me out. UP” which will appear on his next project, IMMXRTALISATIXN, set to drop Oct. 4. You can follow @Montreality and @Scarlxrd on Instagram. ", "It's something that I just enjoy doing so much and doing constantly. Montreality has released a new video interview with UK artist Scarlxrd. Known for combining trap music and rap metal, Scarlxrd started out as a YouTuber known as Mazzi before switching his focus to music. While the allure and mystery of the man behind the mask only added to his increasing popularity, the accessory was representative of a different time in his rap career. That is how my day goes. "So my sound is quite difficult to place I guess and that’s what inspires me the most about it," Scarlxrd tells XXL. His most successful song to date is “Heart Attack.”. All me. "Again accompanied with the visual, which we shot not far from my house in Wolverhampton," he reveals of the song's video, which currently rests at 20 million YouTube views. Yeah, this album, it's gonna be a lot more, you know, it's more abrasive in areas, but it's also a lot cleaner in areas, a lot more tidy, a lot more rapping and stuff. The track samples the car crash scene from the 2001 Tom Cruise flick Vanilla Sky and finds Scarlxrd in unadulterated screamo action. From his musical influences to life as a former YouTube personality, the 24-year-old Wolverhampton, England native opens up about his past in XXL's latest episode of Who Am I?. I just want to make music now. We just saw it, we hopped the fence, we shot that shit in 10 minutes and we dipped. Scarlxrd’s most recent release is the new song “UP. I listen to a lot of metal. So I rapped my ass off in that like double-time section towards the beginning. "I always try to make something, you know, where I'm respecting the integrity of my creative flow and where it's going. Tory Lanez Breaks Silence After Megan Shooting, Rick Ross & Tory Lanez Go At It on Social Media, Why Will Smith's G.O.A.T. "So, for me the kind of content I create is almost like finding that grey area between the two where I can make some really cool fucking hip-hop tunes but I'm screaming until my voice bleeds," he shares. And shit blew up, it was crazy.". For rap fans who aren't too familiar with his rise up hip-hop's ladder of success, Scarlxrd's music combines aggressive screaming, abrasive vocals and gasconade lyrics over bass-heavy beats. His cheery personality was showcased for the world to see when he was living the YouTuber lifestyle under the alias Mazzi Maz in 2012. UP. I looked and said, 'That ain't happening to me...' So, I was at college and I was just thinking, shit what can I do? I wake up, I make a tune, eat breakfast make a fucking tune. I guess it’s a good thing that I'm so inspired and so driven just to create music. "Heart Attack," off his 2017 album, Chaxsthexry, currently sits at a solid 34 million streams on Spotify while the accompanying video is at 59 million YouTube views and counting. I honestly sit on my ass and just make music all day. "As I develop and as I grow, my perspective just changes and I honestly feel like image and you know aesthetic and all that shit is a complete waste of my fuckin' time. The four-piece band was his early entry into the music business before he sought solo stardom on his own. 1.9m Followers, 0 Following, 16 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from (@scarlxrd) Next up, Scarlxrd will be releasing his eighth studio album, IMMXRTALISATIXN via his own imprint, Lxrd Records, distributed by Island Records, later this year. Early Scarlxrd supporters not only took notice of his screamo sound, but also the black mask he'd typically wear in his music videos. You know, I just want to make great tunes now. ", Putting sound into words is a challenge for many artists, but Scarlxrd looks to the "grey area" where hip-hop and metal meet. "And that’s what I find I enjoy about it the most when it comes to creating it. ", Progress is what he strives for with this forthcoming effort. "I’m quite prolific with releasing music," Scarlxrd discloses. I'm into my abrasive vocals. The inevitable outcome of that is hella projects, hella music. Does this boy ever shut up? But I feel like it was the first of what it was to be packaged the way it was so when that first hit the internet like they just took it and ate it and ran with it. "So the two songs I feel like that really set my career in motion, definitely 'Heart Attack' and '6 Feet,'" Scarlxrd explains. Breonna Taylor Crime Scene Aftermath, New Body Cam Footage, Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Says She's Ready to Serve, Army Football Player Brutally Headbutts Sideline Coach with Helmet On. I can just do this. I just lock myself in my room and just got down to business. And the way the song is structured and the way it just progresses, you just want to play that shit over and over and over again.