If you've ever wondered how life's experiences, family, and even food can shape an artist's musical journey, then you'll love our latest episode with the multi-talented Lukey Antonio. A classical musician who found his unique style, Luke's story is a testament to the power of creativity and the importance of always staying true to oneself. From his upbringing in a music-loving family to the Suzuki Method and the impact of his superhero series body paint, this episode invites you into Luke's world, full of melody and color.
As we navigate through the carefully curated playlist that mirrors his life, you will find yourself immersed in Luke's rich tapestry of experiences – from his fond memories of field trips with his grandmother to the thrill of his first concert. His anecdotes about food adventures and family sing-alongs are just as captivating, offering a glimpse into the man behind the music. A highlight of our chat is his transformation from classical music to his distinct style, a testament to the magic that happens when you allow music to truly speak to you.
Our episode concludes on a heartwarming note, as Luke talks about the shared love for music in his family and the beautiful song 'Foreign Words', a collaboration with his sister. We also share a sneak peek into his upcoming album and his thoughts on music platforms and staying true to his creative vision. Inspired by the wisdom of his grandmother, Luke encourages all listeners to follow their gut and intuition, resonating with our belief that creativity is a journey, not a destination. The episode promises a return of Luke with more music, and we can't wait to hear what's next. So, join us, and let's take this musical journey together.
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If you've ever wondered how life's experiences, family, and even food can shape an artist's musical journey, then you'll love our latest episode with the multi-talented Lukey Antonio. A classical musician who found his unique style, Luke's story is a testament to the power of creativity and the importance of always staying true to oneself. From his upbringing in a music-loving family to the Suzuki Method and the impact of his superhero series body paint, this episode invites you into Luke's world, full of melody and color.
As we navigate through the carefully curated playlist that mirrors his life, you will find yourself immersed in Luke's rich tapestry of experiences – from his fond memories of field trips with his grandmother to the thrill of his first concert. His anecdotes about food adventures and family sing-alongs are just as captivating, offering a glimpse into the man behind the music. A highlight of our chat is his transformation from classical music to his distinct style, a testament to the magic that happens when you allow music to truly speak to you.
Our episode concludes on a heartwarming note, as Luke talks about the shared love for music in his family and the beautiful song 'Foreign Words', a collaboration with his sister. We also share a sneak peek into his upcoming album and his thoughts on music platforms and staying true to his creative vision. Inspired by the wisdom of his grandmother, Luke encourages all listeners to follow their gut and intuition, resonating with our belief that creativity is a journey, not a destination. The episode promises a return of Luke with more music, and we can't wait to hear what's next. So, join us, and let's take this musical journey together.
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Welcome everyone to Music Junkies, a podcast about people sharing extraordinary stories about how music has impacted their lives. Welcome everyone to Music Junkies. I'm your host. Annette Smith, and our guest today grew up in a musical family. We attended musical school at the age of six, studying cello which is incredible at the age of six Phenomenal. He spent time on special effects, makeup and body painting, which I want to do. I want to do some body painting, producing some music, creating visuals, working on motion picture graphics. Interior design as you can tell by his house look at it Incredible interior design. I love the purple light. And, top it all off, I love spending time with my dog and you love spending time with your dog, ace. So please welcome Luke and Antonio to the show. Welcome.
Speaker 1:I need like a big clap coming on.
Speaker 2:That's a reverb to that.
Speaker 1:That's right, I love it. So before we get started, luke, tell me your experience putting your playlist together for me today.
Speaker 2:So I know that you I've seen people on this podcast and they're like, oh, like you have to just like do it get it over with, because if you think about it too much you can like end up down that like kind of weird rabbit hole. I've heard that. So I was putting this together and I was like I want to like touch on all the points in my life that have, like you know, meaning within these like little bit of songs on the playlist. So I was just kind of trying to like curate something that touches on all my different like sides and moods, you know, but also with like different points in my life.
Speaker 1:So I love it. So you did exactly. You did the homework right, right. I love when we can like start from a young age and kind of like work our way up, and I feel like a lot of people do that. Excuse me, I also feel like a lot of people stick into that grade or maybe not grade, but age 12 to 18, where music is such a big influence in their life. You know, with going to school, changing puberty, first boyfriend, first breakup, you know all of those things. So it's always I love asking that question because some people stick and then some people like to go hey, no, I'm 72. And this song means something to me when I was 65, you know, and I think that's like really awesome. So I'm excited to delve deep into your playlist, and yours is very it's all over the place. I love when somebody's playlist is all over the place too, because my music interest is all over the place.
Speaker 2:I know you probably looked at it and you were like, oh, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:I know and let's start with your first this will be the first time this song out of three seasons have ever been on here, so you ready for your first song, yeah.
Speaker 2:I think I know.
Speaker 1:Great smooth operator.
Speaker 2:Oh, this song reminds me of being like 10 years old and my grandma was like in the kitchen cooking and my grandpa was like playing music outside. He used to like sit in the front of our house and he would blast music for, like the whole community and my dad loved this song and like this was like the song that, like my grandpa loved my, like all of us. This was like oh, Shade was the first time that I was like I'm gay and I was in love with her. From that moment. She was my first woman crush. I mean, I don't know how to say it and I still love her. She's so sexy and she's just oh, that vibe is everything.
Speaker 1:She is very sexy, like super sexy, for sure and the song is sexy, right when you hear people sing the song, so I love that.
Speaker 2:And that bass line is oh yeah.
Speaker 1:It catches you. I think in the beginning, when people hear it, they're like oh, what song is it? And then, as soon as it kind of hits a little, bit everybody knows what it is. So bring me back your 10 and your grandparents listen to music all the time, was it everything Like you said? They were playing music for the neighborhood, so what was that like?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I don't know, growing up it was like very normal to me because we lived with my grandparents. So my parents and my grandparents, we all lived in the same house. I was homeschooled and my grandpa, every day, from like lunch till dinner, wait like through like 7 pm every day would just like have his bows outside set up and he would have like a coffee or whatever he was eating, sitting back while blasting music off his iPod on this like giant bows. That was like sitting on a table and this was just like normal like for me growing up. But like looking back at it is like no, nobody else is like doing that on the block, like we were the only ones. But I loved it, like we always had great music and I always have like so many memories like that of like you know, people passing by like just jamming to the music and it was just like you know, everybody knew him as like the guy who like had the music on Like a lot of oldies and things like that.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I love it. What's one thing that your grandparents taught you when you were growing up?
Speaker 2:I would say specifically, my grandma had taught me that, no matter, no matter what I like see around me to follow my vision creatively, because she was very creative as well and, like I think she nurtured that in me and in all my cousins.
Speaker 2:So I she was my number one supporter. I still, um, every mother's day, I have this painting that I made for her, right before she passed, of like a butterfly landing on a flower, and it was like this, like last memory we had, where she was um, um, in a home and I was like walking her through a field of flowers and butterflies. It was just like such a picture, perfect moment, um, and she was like, oh, I wish you could do a painting of this. And she was just saying it like, you know, just being grandma, I was like, well, grandma, don't say that, because I'm gonna do it now. And so I like I just did this painting of like this specific memory that I had with her, um, where he was like landing on there, and I have it over there. So every mother's day, I'll like put a vase out or in front of the flower, just like you know, as a little mother's day thing.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I love that. How her reaction was like you know, like heart. Yeah, she's seen that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I remember showing her a bit like very close to the time that she passed and I was so happy that she got to see it. I think that's why it like means so much to me now, because I know that like she, she remembers that memory that we shared and like I got to see her remember it, so like it just it always makes me feel good when I look at that painting, like it's a very, very, very good like memory.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love that. That's a great memory, especially when your grandparents are getting older or even when your parents are getting older and you do have to go to a home and you do have to see them like that. I remember my grandpa super, like entrepreneur, very hardworking, and I just like all the things I seen him do as I was growing up. He taught me my work ethic. And then I remember later on as he was getting sick and going into home and seeing this person that I put up so high on a pedestal you know that was like 10 feet high and then seeing him just kind of deteriorate. It was like heartbreaking.
Speaker 1:But I made, I forced myself, when I think of him, to remember like rolling up these big drums of propane. You know cause? They owned a fishing resort and that's how we, like you know, ran the generator and they're like a thousand pound propane tanks and he's rolling them up a dock and that's the memory that I want to bring to not like where that is. So I love that story that you shared. That's really awesome I love that.
Speaker 2:I'm just saying that's like a really cool memory, because that's something that, like, is so specific to you and him that, like nobody else can relate to. You know what I mean, so that's yeah, it is Like I wouldn't even like rolling up propane tanks up the thing. That's kind of wild.
Speaker 1:Who does that? That's crazy.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I just remember he would do that. Well, everybody, like all the guides, would sit around and like have beers, and he was always getting ready for the guests, right. And here they're just kind of sitting around hanging out and he's like no, I got a resort to run.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and here he is with you by his side helping.
Speaker 1:Yeah, people are paying $900 a day, per day, to go fishing. I'm not. I don't have time to sit there and just hang out. Just you know money. Yeah, it's crazy. It's crazy what they teach you, or what they what you allow them to teach you.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Right, right, right Right.
Speaker 2:Right, right, right, right, right. Yeah, right, right, right, right, right.
Speaker 1:So so no good Classic.
Speaker 2:That's a classic. No, I love that. That reminds me this was like the first song I like. Picked up a base and learn base too. Oh really, yes, that baseline just got me I don't know like. I still love it, I still like such a bop and that baseline is just so good. And the animation style in the video is like oh, so cool. Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1:So talk to me a little bit about being six and going and starting like did you pick your instrument or was it picked for you?
Speaker 2:So since I started so young, like it was like picked for me and like for a while in the beginning I just didn't really like want to do it. It felt like school, you know, because it was like it was music school. So I had like homework and I would have to, like you know, practice scales and like practice orchestra music. Like it was very like school-y, like I would have school and then I would go to music school and I would do that like three, four days a week sometimes and it was just like it really felt like homework for a long time. It wasn't until, maybe like ninth grade that I started to be like, oh, I kind of like this cello, I don't know, I didn't look at it as like that In the beginning. I kind of just looked at it as like a chore and like another thing I have to do. And then, as I like started getting closer to like graduating and then realizing that the school was done, I was like, oh, this is actually like cool. So, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1:How did you find that cello when you were learning different musical instruments? Was it easy to kind of adapt to that?
Speaker 2:No, I think it took me a little while in the beginning to get it, but I did eventually like get really good with a lot of practice. But I didn't like pick it up naturally, like I don't know. I think string to instruments like some people like can just pick it up and do it, I'm not one of those people. So, like all that training and all those years of like music school really did help a lot, you know, especially like looking back now because like you want to be technical with your like music writing but you don't want to like overthink it because then you lose the creativity you know. So it's kind of like finding that like perfect balance of like what you know in your head and then what you feel and what you hear you know.
Speaker 1:How long did it take you from going obviously going to music school and playing all their music that they wanted you to play to you finally like what was the first song that you're like, oh my God, I can't wait to learn this song and, yes, I'll do this, but then I get my free time to go play this and what was that song?
Speaker 2:So I did the Suzuki method growing up on cello, so I got all the way through both five and it was like really, you know, very classically intense yeah. And I remember hearing one but I think it's in this playlist it might be the next one actually, but it's called one and it's a bi-apocalyptic, so it's just like cello quartet and I just remember like hearing that and like they're not like what's this, like this is so different. This is like really cool. It has like this kind of like all rock vibe which I really like you know, around that time I was like really into like fly leaf all, so like you know, getting into like that, like soft, like rock stuff. So I remember hearing this and I was like, oh, I want to learn this and that was kind of like one of the first. I love that.
Speaker 1:It's cool because I know a lot of people that are, you know, encouraged to go to school, learn an instrument. Their parents kind of put that on them and then you know they kind of struggle with that, but as soon as they can find some songs, just like me when I was learning how to play the drums, it was like soon as I could find the songs that I wanted to play, the instrument became funner, if that's even a word, and I wanted to do it more right.
Speaker 2:I was like yeah, cause it, like it like ignites that, like yeah, I do you know. So, yeah, I totally get that. So you're right, it's so weird because, like some people like they'll do all the schooling and all the like musical training and it just does feel like work or like they just don't have the passion for it and they could have like so much skill and talent and then just like do nothing with it or give it up cause it just doesn't speak to them, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because they looked at it as a job.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:It was something fun. And you're right, the next song is one, so let's play a little bit of that. It's actually like Metallica one Mm-hmm, which is really cool, right Cause I think a lot of people don't realize that when they look at different instruments, that they can play everything that's really out there with the instrument that they have.
Speaker 1:Yep, it's so crazy. I mean I think that's a really cool thing. I mean I think that's a really cool thing. I mean I think that's a really cool thing. I mean I think that's a really cool thing.
Speaker 2:Yep, it's so crazy.
Speaker 1:It is crazy and that's a beautiful song done by like that, like I would have never.
Speaker 2:The air rendition of it is. It's a chef's kiss, honestly. I love it so much.
Speaker 1:Tell me a little bit about what kind of person you were growing up like, from grade six to grade nine.
Speaker 2:I was, I don't know a little bit of an asshole.
Speaker 1:What do you mean? Tell me, tell me more I don't know.
Speaker 2:I mean, I kind of came into my own as I got a little older. But I think around that age I was like a little quiet. I was with a lot of the people I would meet. I was a little mean, like I don't know. I just I was a homeschooler, so I was like living in this like weird stage of life, but I wouldn't say all the time I was like that. I would also say I was very like driven musically, like that was always something I had, or like driven to like just create with my hands. I had spent a lot of time alone growing up, I think to be creative. I had I have four siblings, three brothers and one sister, so like obviously I was never really like alone but and a shit ton of cousins too. But I would definitely like value a lot of that time that I could have just like creating whatever I could. You know.
Speaker 1:Was there certain things that you love to create? Or did you just love Cause obviously you've did a lot of different things creatively Like, did you just love to go and paint, did you love just to go and design, or was it, or did they just kind of all lead to? You know, this year I'm going to love to paint, this year I'm going to love to do this.
Speaker 2:It's so weird, when it comes to like creating things, I get like it's fixated on like one type of like creativity. So like, yeah, it was very much that like when I moved in here I was like very into like home decor and like design, and then, like before that, I was into like body painting and then, before that, face painting and then like special effects. So like, I would, you know, find some avenue of like creative creativity and like use that outlet like just every day and just like do that thing. You know, and I find that like even I know this is like a music podcast but like, with all this like creativity, it really does like pull from the same like you know, vein, you know.
Speaker 1:It really does. Yeah, excuse me, so what is kind of the most interesting thing you've ever painted?
Speaker 2:on a body On a body. Well, I have some really cool stuff coming out.
Speaker 2:I want to say I would say I did this series of superheroes and so it was like like upper body like full like body paint stuff and that definitely got like me a good chunk of following. Just that. I remember like doing that and like I remember like people really like reacted to like that kind of thing. You know, cause like superheroes are like something that everybody like knows about and there's a lot of like niche superheroes that you can like introduce to like a broad group of people done well through painting. So it was just kind of like a cool way that I, like you know, was able to tie that in and I was like, oh yeah, and I still like think about that. I love like the whole body paint series I did.
Speaker 1:So did you just put an ad out and said, hey, I want to paint your body? Or you had friends.
Speaker 2:I had like a lot of friends that were like, oh, you can do me, you can do me. So you know, I would do it like that. And a lot of them I did on myself Like I would just like in a mirror, yeah, like full body, like me there with a brush Wow, that's impressive. That was yeah, I mean, yeah, I got used to after a while because it's like looking, you know, in reverse, so you kind of just like have to turn your brain off and just do what you're seeing, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:But I did it enough that I kind of it just like got to be like second nature, you know, and it was just so fun. Plus, also, I noticed like when I would do projects on myself, I could spend a lot more time because I'm patient, you know. Like I don't know, like you might not want to sit there for eight hours oh, it's a long time, right, like, and like you could be like this with your arm up while I'm painting with a cold brush, you know, yeah.
Speaker 1:And I'm ticklish under the armpit. That would be a lot.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's the worst. That's the worst when you're trying to like paint somewhere and they're like ticklish and they're like moving, and then all your lines are just like all.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then you get hard nipples too, right Like that's a lot.
Speaker 2:That's what the nipple is like I'm going to have to paint over your nipple again.
Speaker 1:You got to stop doing this stuff.
Speaker 2:That's what the nipple covers are for.
Speaker 1:I think it looks super hot if a girl has it nicely, like tastefully, and there's like a really cool decor on her body and she is topless. I remember I don't know maybe 10 years ago, that kind of started coming out and I was like that's really cool, I would like to do that for Halloween. And my husband's like are you crazy? You have a massive chest Like we would not be able to hide all of this stuff. That's going on and I'm like but I want to try it one day, one day. Oh, this is one of your songs. I'm excited. Tell me a little bit about that song. What does it mean to you? Where did it come from?
Speaker 2:So that was my first single I had ever released and I love that song so much. It's called Intuition and it kind of like the whole thing is about just like not being fearful of like the unknown and just stepping into it fully being yourself. That's pretty much like what it is to be an artist and kind of live free of that guilt or shame or whatever you feel that other people might be projecting onto you. Yeah, so like I really love like the message of it and like the delivery. I don't know like the delivery of it really speaks to me because it's like very honest and I kind of like, yeah, that was my first single I had released, so that's like one of the main things I can think of.
Speaker 1:The interesting part is how you describe the song is how, without even listening to the song, your picture of the song the album cover or the single cover is exactly how I would describe the song without listening to the song the way your pose, the way you're sitting there, the way you have the light round in the back. Honestly, it makes me feel, how you just described the song, like if I was going to go describe this to me. Yeah, 100% right. It's like, be me, be free. Yeah, I love it. I love that you actually described your song like that, because when I first saw the song, when you sent me a playlist, I'm like, oh, this is really interesting.
Speaker 1:I feel like sometimes I dissect people's playlist before they come on the show. I can usually tell if it's going to be a good show or a bad show or I'm going to have to pull stuff out of there. You know if they're 18 and it's all Britney Spears, I know what I'm kind of getting into. You know what I mean, but I really liked how you described that because it's, yeah, it's beautiful. So did you create the cover as well, did you?
Speaker 2:try to think to you.
Speaker 1:Was it a picture that you took?
Speaker 2:So that was a combination. One of the things I love to do is also motion graphics and Photoshop and editing. That's all another whole avenue we were talking about earlier. That's a whole other one. But yeah, so I had gotten the picture with green screen and then I had edited it and I had played with some of the shapes of the hair. Some of it is actually on there, but then on the eye that's edited. So it's like I don't know, like I just love like playing around with like editing and stuff like that. So, yeah, I did the full artwork for that and then I did the full audio production, mixing and mastering. Yeah, Wow.
Speaker 1:So do you like to collaborate with people when you are coming up with music, or is it something that you just really enjoy doing solo?
Speaker 2:As far as songwriting, yes, I have like two main collaborators, but I don't know like I definitely want to be more open to like collaborations with other people. I think I just get so like I don't know, like in my head sometimes maybe the word is or you know, like I have a vision for something and I'm always scared to like you know what, if you work with somebody and the vision doesn't like connect, and then I wouldn't know how to, I don't know.
Speaker 1:And then you're like. I didn't really like that, but thanks for your time Right, and I don't want to like, beat me. No, it's hard to set boundaries right off the bat. It's like, hey, let's come, let's hang out, let's play together. And then you're like, oh man, I don't know how we're going to make this work. That was fun. No, hey, that was awesome.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it's like there's also like that whole learning curve, like when it comes to, you know, collaborating with other artists, you know so collective taste of music.
Speaker 1:What was your very first concert you went to.
Speaker 2:I didn't go to a concert until I was about 13. And it was casting crowns.
Speaker 1:Oh wow, Interesting.
Speaker 2:It was like a Christian band. Yeah, that was like my first one and I had a really great experience there. Like it was really cool. I knew like all the songs because you know I grew up like listening to them, so it was just like bop after bop and I loved it. It was great. Yeah, it's such a cool vibe.
Speaker 1:And what about now, Now that you're older, now you get to pick and choose what you want to go to what has been like a concert or a show that you've seen. That's really stuck out for you.
Speaker 2:I had a friend that just went to Renaissance this week oh, wow, cool, oh, beyonce, and I was like, oh, that's like right now the one I wish I could go to. Like it's all the videos and clips on TikTok they like send me and I'm like, yo, this would be so cool to go to, that's like the main one right now that I would really love to go to. Bye, you know, are you a big Beyonce fan? Yeah, I've been around for a minute.
Speaker 1:I've been here a while Love the Beyonce right, Right who doesn't. Say next song Kiss my lips, hold my hand, tell me you love me, wonderful girl. This brings me back to my dad, because he was a 50s guy.
Speaker 2:That whole do-out vibe. I love it. The background stacks and everything are so good. Yeah, this song reminds me of. We did a tribute for my grandpa's 80th birthday and we did a whole set Me, my cousins, my siblings. We put together this whole set where we all did different oldies and stuff like that and this was the one I chose and this definitely has such a special place for me. It reminds me of my grandma got up and she was slow dancing with him. It was so cute and this was their wedding song, so it was kind of. Obviously I wasn't there for that, but it was nice to bring them back to that time, even though I didn't connect with that same memory, but I was creating a new memory with them in that moment. It was really cool. Yeah, that is really cool. That's kind of what it reminds me of.
Speaker 1:My husband's grandparents' anniversary was probably 10 years ago and his mom talked us into doing one of their songs and it was called Whispering Pines. I don't know if you've ever heard of it.
Speaker 2:If I heard a clip of it. I probably would, You're going to have to be a lot of it. It was a lot.
Speaker 1:I've never heard of it before and my husband plays guitar. But other than that, our kids aren't musical at all. And Tyler's mom isn't musical and his dad plays the fiddle and guitar. My kids, you know Just two.
Speaker 2:Two.
Speaker 1:How old is it? It's my daughter's birthday today. Oh, happy birthday, 26 and 28. Oh, wow, yeah, I know it's crazy, it's crazy. So we sang this song, whispering Pines, at the Fairmont Hotel to them, which I felt completely ridiculous doing it. But now I look back years later and it's like I'm so glad we did. That's such a great memory that we have of them because they're both not here anymore and it was super awkward and weird when we were doing it. We're doing all these wind things and like, oh, it was. Oh, we did not practice, so it was a lot, but they enjoyed it.
Speaker 2:And I think we had a light show in the back and flags. It was bad.
Speaker 1:It was bad, but that's all right. What do you do? The things you do for your family, right? That's all that matters. So how would your friends?
Speaker 2:describe you, luke, I think they would say I'm a very good listener, very good person to be around. I kind of am very laid back and chill. I'm not the spotlight type. I kind of like to be more in the background. That's kind of just like how my personality is and I'm super just laid back. So I would definitely say they would say something along those lines.
Speaker 1:We always hope they're going to say all those things, and they usually do right, which is a good thing.
Speaker 2:I don't know what they would say I'm scared. I'd be scared to ask.
Speaker 1:So do you find yourself a risk taker? Are you adventurous when you go somewhere? Do you like to eat weird things or try new things? Are you that type of person at all?
Speaker 2:When it comes to food, yes, I will try anything once food-wise, I would try anything once. But yeah, and I've had some crazy things On the list is like crocodile. I don't really want to try that. But yes, I would definitely say I'm a risk taker when it comes to food. When it comes to adventuring out hiking, I do like to hike, but I'm directly challenged, so that doesn't go over well. That doesn't go over well.
Speaker 1:What are some interesting things that you have ate?
Speaker 2:I would say I've had these quill eggs. That were really good. I've had a lot of ramen stuff that they put in the ramen that is very different, like the roots and things like that Cautung benne, which is like the pork shoulder. Yeah, what else besides? Oh, I had crickets, fried crickets and they were salted, and then the worms. So the crickets and worms. I've had those. That's probably maybe the weirdest, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I have had crocodile before because I don't know, and it's good right.
Speaker 2:It tastes like chicken. Ok, yeah, I literally I hear everybody say that I'm like, yeah, I'll try it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so there was a place and I think it was even in the States called Pounders Pounders. It's like you would just go and get your rice and then you would pick all the meat and vegetables that you wanted. They would cook it, you'd pick your spices, all of that kind of stuff, and they would have exotic food that you could add into there. So I tried crocodile once and it was good. It was literally just like chicken.
Speaker 2:So it was pretty good. I had frog too. I don't know if that's weird, but I don't think so. Not that weird.
Speaker 1:Do you remember the first CD that you bought with your own money?
Speaker 2:The first CD I bought, I think, was the fly leaf one, Memento Mori. So yeah, I remember. I think that's like my first memory I have of me buying my own CD.
Speaker 1:And I had some experience where you're like, ok, I'm going to go do this, I know exactly where it is. I'm walking into the store.
Speaker 2:Now I remember, yeah, I knew exactly what the cover looked like and I was like I want this one. There was a Deluxe version, so I wanted the Deluxe and the first place I had went didn't have it. I forget where it was. I think I was looking in Blockbuster and they had a section there of CDs and they had the regular one. But I really wanted the Deluxe and so we ended up going to, I think, walmart and they had it there and I was like, oh my god. So yeah, I remember that was like yeah, and I still listen to that album every now that it brings back those really good first memories of that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I wish I could get back all the tapes and CDs and LPs that I had, especially all the mixed CDs that we used to make and mixed tapes that we used to make growing up, just to find because I found some old ones. My husband was getting a new vehicle. We found an old cassette thing in there and I was going through all of them and it's so funny how many times you put the same kind of songs on there but you're just adding some new ones but you keep the same four or five on there and I remember I was downloading them all and I was like, oh my god, this song is on here like 50 hundred times.
Speaker 2:Right, it's like I keep skipping it. But if you skip too much it messes up the CD. That's right. I love it.
Speaker 1:OK, next song.
Speaker 2:Oh, those guys all look like Jimi Hendrix back in the I mean, oh my god, no, this song reminds me of going to music school, riding the four train in New York, and I would have, like my, my, I had an MP3 iPod, so it was like the one that was just like a long break and I had like a little screen on it and you have to like double tap it to skip and triple tap to go back, and for a good minute this was like one of the songs I had like playing on repeat. So I'd just be like walking down the subways, just buy them to that. I'm like just living my New York fantasy. I don't know.
Speaker 1:What do you love most about New York?
Speaker 2:You could do whatever and nobody really like notices. It's super. You could look so crazy and it's normal. Yeah, oh, it's like so easy to just like you know, do you?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think that's good. And then you come, you come to a small town or something like that and they're like whoa, what's happening? Yeah.
Speaker 1:But you can learn so much from just being that it teaches you to be, I don't see, aggressive it's not the right word, but just like a like abrupt and blunt, and let's to the right, which I think it's a good thing to be in a sense right. You can do it in a kind manner where people don't take offense, and I just find in the world that we live in right now, it's, it's all over the place, like I don't even know what's even happening, Sometimes hard to do, that you know, with the way things are.
Speaker 2:So I totally agree with that, you know. But I would definitely say, like you know, that did teach me, you know that it's good to like have your opinion because you don't want to, like, you know, let people step on you or you don't want to let like other people's opinions like reflect onto you if that's not how you really feel. So you know, just say what you want to say, you know, like that's right.
Speaker 1:So tell me about. Are you in a relationship right now? Are you single?
Speaker 2:So I have a boyfriend. We've been together for five years. So, yeah, we live here and I love it with our dog Ace. He's a sheep, but he knew the pain in the ass.
Speaker 1:She's like he knew. What is that?
Speaker 2:You want to see him? Yeah, yeah, go grab him.
Speaker 1:You have to cut out all these coughing for sure, because I've been coughing a lot. It's excited. Oh my God, Look at you. Hi Ace, Hi buddy.
Speaker 2:I'm disturbing his peace.
Speaker 1:So let's talk about your first of all. Would you trade your dog for a million bucks?
Speaker 2:Um, maybe 1.5.
Speaker 1:There's certain days. There are certain days, yeah real. Usually my dog is like laying in the studio with me, but he's downstairs right now, so it's nice that usually he does, and then he gets all excited and he's rolling around. I have a Kina Corso master, so he's big and so he's like all out of control when I come in here. So I have to like lock it up, or I have to like stick them over in the corner of the studio and just tell them to like stop, don't move.
Speaker 1:And then this usually doesn't do that. Okay, so, boyfriend, five years prior to that, how was the dating scene?
Speaker 2:Um, I wasn't really like to like I was really looking for anything before him. It kind of just like happened. But before that it was, you know, just like you know a couple of like you know hookups here and there. I'm like I wasn't really looking for you know any of that, but it kind of just happened, you know. And then five years later, here we are.
Speaker 1:So how did you guys meet?
Speaker 2:Um. We met on Grindr online like a dating app oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:And then we were like I don't know, like those never work out those type of, so was your expectation meeting on Grindr just to go hookup? Be done with it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think at first, and then, like we ended up really liking each other like right away, and so we were like let's just like go slow and then like make this a real thing. And we did and, yeah, it worked out.
Speaker 1:That's awesome. What do you love most about him?
Speaker 2:He understands me. I think I'm very complicated and I'm very particular, especially when it comes to dating. I feel like I'm a little like to myself sometimes and he's kind of good at like getting through that wall without you know, making me feel defensive.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so is he more outgoing and you're more laid back.
Speaker 2:I would say so, yeah, yeah, I would definitely say that's like the, the dynamic, yeah.
Speaker 1:I love that you said that, because the reason why I love my husband so much is that he because I am wild, right, so I've always found any relationship that I have been in They've never really been able to keep up or always feel like they can't handle it. Or I have to team myself down a little bit just for I'm not like overpowering, because I am very direct and I am to the point and I am to say it how it is, and I love him so much because he just allows me to be exactly who I need to be. And that is so refreshing when I sit there and I see my girlfriends and they're in these relationships where I'm like I've never had to be like this way with my girlfriends and this way with my friends.
Speaker 2:Yeah, which is so nice, you know, it's like refreshing and it makes it makes the whole like aspect of dating in general just feel like less cumbersome or less like stress, stressful, yeah, like all of that kind of just goes away when you have like that type of thing in your partner. Yeah, so yeah.
Speaker 1:What is, like your favorite thing for you guys to do together?
Speaker 2:Um, hmm, I would. I don't know. We play a lot of Mario Kart. Oh, I love Mario Kart, yeah, no, we're always like going hard on Mario Kart. Um and drives. We'll just go on like night drives or like you know, just like blast music and just listen to music and drive. I love that. And he drives. I'm the, I'm the passenger princess.
Speaker 1:That means you're in charge of the music, though. Right? Yep, that's right. That's how I like it Yep. Alright, next song. That's one of your amazing songs, but you've collaborated with somebody, correct?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so that's actually my sister, oh yeah, so that's like such a special song. We had worked on so many projects before releasing this one and like we just wanted like something that was really special. You know, and this song kind of like. My friend played the the little guitar sample in the beginning and he was like you know, like whatever you want to do with this, just like do something and let me know what you do. So I was sitting with it for like a month and I had just like did a little arrangement, I like added some strings and like cello on it and I was like it's cute and I was like I'm gonna play it, I'm gonna play it, I'm gonna play it.
Speaker 2:And then one day we're in the studio and I like my sister's like do you have like anything untouched that like I could just like hear? You know she's always like nosy into like what my you know projects are that she doesn't know about. So like there's just this little one, like I don't really like know what to do with it. The guitar is cute but you know, not speaking to me, but like she's like turn on the mic so that she starts writing and we pretty much recorded her whole, all her vocals, that like one of those days, and then I mixed it, and then I put my vocals on like that same week and then mastered it and it was done in like a week and a half, two weeks.
Speaker 1:Wow.
Speaker 2:So it was like really fast and everything in it was, you know, samples that were played in and then like the vocal stacks were all like saying in and the string, so it was like very raw, which was nice, but as like such a great like Fall vibe to it, which I really like.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it does so. Is your sister inspiring to be an artist as well?
Speaker 2:Yeah, she definitely is. She's, like me, has a lot of other avenues of creativity. Like one of them she's like very into like dancing. She's very good at it, but like dancing and choreography and stuff like that. So I could definitely see that she would be, you know, with her music having that, like, you know, those elements of choreography and dance in it which could be really you know, which are really cool.
Speaker 1:So so are your other two brothers musically talented as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so well, three, my I'm the second oldest. So my older brother, he plays piano, drums and he does vocals. And then my third oldest brother plays guitar. My younger brother's actually like in New York like doing his Broadway you know, living his Broadway life and so he's like a very into like singing as well and he plays violin. And then my sister plays. Well, she did play violin when she was younger and I'm pretty sure she still could if you picked one up now, and then vocals, obviously.
Speaker 1:Wow, that's like expensive.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Right, your parents were dishing out some serious.
Speaker 2:Oh my god, all those classes. And you guys are all different ages and you're probably going to all different times and right, yeah, with that was a whole other thing like coordinating our like class times, you know. So we could like go together, and sometimes it doesn't work out that way, so we got to go separate. People have to get dropped off and picked up, like it was always like just so crazy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and they probably went to like 50 million concerts.
Speaker 2:Yeah, recyles, recyles.
Speaker 1:Recyles, where you're just like oh my god, here's another one You're doing so well.
Speaker 2:It's like you're sitting there and you're just like constantly nodding off Five hours Right, and then people start clapping and that's what wakes you up, you know? Oh, so relatable.
Speaker 1:I love it. So do you have any pet peeves, things that drive you absolutely crazy?
Speaker 2:As far as like little things that I don't know, I I'm kind of the type of person that you know like everything has like its place, you know. So like put things back. You know like definitely that, and so I think that's why, like Nate is a good partner for me too, because, like he's that same way, so we never have, like you know, mess or like unwanted, like unnecessary things. So that's not something that I really think about now, because, like we you know we're both on the same page with that. But I think if I was like with somebody else that wasn't like that, I would go crazy.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So were you always open about your sexuality, like did you? Was that something that your family was fully aware of? There was no. You know, a lot of people are nervous about talking about that or I don't think come clean because that's so ridiculous, but like it does feel like people you know are scared to tell their parents or scared to tell their friends. Did you experience the same feeling?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I definitely, like did experience that because, like I grew up, you know, evangelical Christian and then it was like a very like old school denomination. So they know it was like not okay and like for a while like it was very hard and like I think now, like my parents relationship with me is like much, much better, you know, because of all those years of work. But you know, when I did come out initially it didn't go over well, you know, and it's just like I don't know sometimes like it feels unfair. You know because, like other people don't have to do that, who are straight, like it doesn't, like it's not, like a choice really is or isn't, like it's who you are, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, was it like were you prolonging it?
Speaker 2:Definitely. It didn't happen till I was maybe like 21 22. I'm 26 now, so Wow, wow.
Speaker 1:Just like super new to be able to share that with them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and they're like spraying over your boyfriend and you know you would think people would click in Like I, you know it's. It's interesting. I always love to hear those stories because, like, I have a really good girlfriend who is gay as well and we were talking a little bit the other day just about how she was so scared to come out to her dad like mostly to her dad, it wasn't her mom, like. When she came out to her mom, her mom was like obvious, but Right. She was so worried about her dad.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean you. I think even now, like it's not a point where I can like really bring my boyfriend around them, which is okay, like it's just it is. It's one of those things.
Speaker 1:Yeah, over time, like, do you feel, like it's you?
Speaker 2:never know. Yeah, like honestly, I'm okay if not, like I am here happy and like I'm very, like I'm living a great life and like I feel blessed and I feel like, you know, having that wouldn't really make me happier. Yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:So Is he a musician at all as well?
Speaker 2:No, he has no musical. He's not a musical person. He played, he did play trumpet.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's good.
Speaker 2:He played trumpet in high school. I don't think he could play now, but and then he, like he loves to sing in the car too. So you know I love that, but yeah, he's not really like a musical, you know.
Speaker 1:Do you? Does he ask you to play for him.
Speaker 2:No, not really, I think, because he knows me and I'm not like I don't like being asked to do that kind of thing. I don't know. Like I'm very, I'll just do it and then he'll just be around and just vibe in, which is how I like it. I don't, especially when it comes to doing music live and stuff like that. I just kind of like to do it and I'm not really looking for the oh my god, you're so good. You know what I mean Like the praise from it, which is why I like the way he is when I am doing that.
Speaker 1:That's good. I love him. My husband plays for me. I love it. You ask him I do. Well, he just randomly does it. But I love when I'm like if we're in the car somewhere, you know, like the other day Pearl Jam came on Breathe and I'm like, oh baby, you need to learn this song. So I love the fact that I can like drop these little nuggets and then like three days later he'll be like, oh hey. So I love that that aspect of it. Right, and he's got like a list of any song he just kind of puts in there. So I like that he does that because, like he's going in. That makes me feel like he's listening Right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:And that's a big point, a big part of being in a relationship.
Speaker 2:No, you want to be heard.
Speaker 1:That's right. Next song, let's hear this one. It's a dreamland. I've never heard this song before. It's very interesting.
Speaker 2:It's very dreamy, if you didn't get that from the title. No, yeah, this one definitely brings back this very specific memory of the first place I was living. It was like a unit where it was like half a basement, half not so, like there was like windows, but they were like low to the ground and it was like a 1200 square foot apartment. It was like very big and I was paying at the time like 700 a month, which is crazy thinking about it now.
Speaker 2:And I had this one room in the back that was like my art room, and so I had like, when I first started to do all my paintings, I would like do one at a time and then hang it on the wall. I do a second one, hang it next to it, you know. And I kept going until the whole room was just full of my paintings, and so that was like a project I had worked on for like six, seven, eight months and so, and so I got this video when this song came out of me like getting a video of the full room, and so when I hear this song, it always just like reminds me of like that feeling of all, like I just did this whole room like all these paintings, you know, I was every day just dedicated to getting it done. And like I did it and it was just such a like cool, you know, accomplishing feeling.
Speaker 1:Yeah, do you have to be inspired, or does something hit you where you're like I got to go paint. I don't know what it is, I got to go paint. Or is that the type of painter you are? Or do you like to just go, I'm going to go paint, sit there and just kind of figure out what you're going to go paint?
Speaker 2:I go through different stages of how I like approach it. One of the ones that you would probably like is I would be very inspired by like vocalists and artists and, like they would you know, I would follow them on Instagram and they would like release this really like cool picture and I'd be like, ooh, this, like in my style of painting, like taking these elements would be a really cool painting. You know, like taking different things, I see, and like just mushing them together to create like this whole new vibe. So, like that was like something that I know is unique, that I enjoyed doing. You know, like hearing the different music and then, while I was painting it, I would like listen to their albums and stuff like that. So it was just like getting into like their energy while I do it.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, Are you a colorful painter? Like lots of color or abstract.
Speaker 2:I would definitely say I do a lot of colors, of very bold stuff, but not like you know. I like my palettes. You know I won't do every color, like sometimes, sometimes, but I'll try to stick to. You know a couple and like find good combinations that like look really like stunning together and do it like that, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I like that. So tell me a little bit about what's kind of coming up in your world over the, you know, call it in the next six months, do you have another single coming out? Or I know you talked a little bit about the body painting where, like, what is kind of coming up for for Luke over the next six months?
Speaker 2:So on the 18th of this month I'm releasing an album called Perluphoria, so it's next, yet next Monday. So I'm really excited about that. I had worked on that. Like the full range of the project went across like four years, you know, because there was like a lot of different components the motion graphics, the you know the mixing and mastery, the visuals so that was like a four year project. But I'm really happy because there was a lot of people that got their hands on the project and it's a really cool vibe. It's. I think, yeah, you should definitely check it out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I will.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I will.
Speaker 1:Is it just music that's kind of coming out right now? Are you, you know, do you sell your paintings, do you do anything like that?
Speaker 2:So, right now it's just the music, and I'm going to do like these little like album release boxes, oh. So yeah, it's like all custom made like little boxes, and I'm only going to do like a certain amount of them and then maybe I'll like raffle half of them off and then, like you know, give the other half away to like friends and family. So that's kind of what I have come up, because I want to have like something physical along with the album, and then there's also like music videos to go along with it and a bunch of like lyric videos and visualizers and things.
Speaker 1:So let me know when you do that, because then I can get one and I can put it in the studio, which I love. I have the studio full of, you know, people's pictures and their albums and you know, one day I'll have the like this massive studio just full of this kind of stuff, which will be like super awesome and get me excited about it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so this is the box, so you can see it. Oh cool. And then it's like my artist name.
Speaker 1:Oh wow, yeah, that's really cool, and I love purple. Purple is one of my favorite colors.
Speaker 2:Same. Oh yeah, the box has like I'm going to put like a vinyl in it and like a t-shirt and stickers.
Speaker 1:That's cool, I feel like more creative nowadays because we don't get that, we just go to Spotify or iTunes. And it was funny. We were at a friend's house the other day and we were sitting around the fire and of course we're you know, hey, play this song, play this song. And Blaine just refuses to have Spotify, even though his wife pays for Spotify, just refuses. So he would rather go and like buy the music, which I think is silly, but hey, each their own. So we're trying to get him to find this song and he could not find it. It was not on Apple. So he was like buying all the songs. That kind of sounded like what we were telling him to do. And then Leah and like 30.2.0 seconds, found the song on Spotify. And then that, just like, he was like oh God, you guys. And I was like, dude, you have Spotify, your wife is paying for it. Like don't go buy this song, you just bought 14 songs, it's not even the right song.
Speaker 2:That is rich people behavior.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's silly, you don't need to be right. It's okay. You could use somebody else's Spotify. You're going to be all right. Right, it's crazy.
Speaker 2:What is going on against the app? Yeah, that's all it is it's personal? Second to last song.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, so you have some Billy here. When I was older, you know, I never really have listened to a lot of Billy at all.
Speaker 2:Honestly, that song is so good and I'll tell you why. That was from a movie soundtrack and I remember the first time I heard it like being blown away by the mixing of it, because you know how usually the bass will sit in, like the lower frequencies, from like 20 to, like you know, 120. Yeah, this bass sits in 400 and it's up. The bass is very high up and I was like how is that possible? Because like her voice is sitting around there and it like mindfucked me for the longest time, because I would like look at it in like Ableton with the frequency charts and I would like try to dissect it. And I was like how is this bass so high up? And it just it sounds so cool and that was the first time I read it, like ever heard a bass like that.
Speaker 1:So she sings with her brother, doesn't she? Or?
Speaker 2:yeah, Phineas.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but an interesting, an interesting story. I haven't really spent a lot of time listening to their music, but what was I watching? I was watching David Letterman on I don't know if it's on Amazon, but he's interviewing some celebrities, like he interviewed Ryan Reynolds. He's like super retired, but he went and interviewed somebody and these two were in the studio when he was interviewing I can't remember who is interviewing and they were like super young, right, and he just came in and he's like this is Billy, their brother and sister. And they were like and he just like right, like sing, like how most people would do it. Hey, just sing for me.
Speaker 2:Show me how great you are. Animal of the opera.
Speaker 1:So do it, you know, and like, at first I was like, oh, that's kind of like jerkish to do. But on the flip side it's like hey, if you want to make it in this business, doesn't matter who walks in the room. If they tell you to sing and you want to be a singer, you better sing.
Speaker 1:And they were, it wasn't like they were like combative about it. They just like busted it out and I was like wow, like that's good, Like you guys are going to go somewhere for sure, Because I feel like if you're not ready, you're not going to. You got to be able to perform like that and that's what it sucks People take advantage of that. But on the flip side, what if?
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:Dre is there and you're just like. We don't even know who that is, because you're not in that realm. And somebody tells you and he's like over here and you busted out and he's the one that takes your career to the second level.
Speaker 2:You know right, and being able to do that gets more ears on your music quicker. So you can you know, get in front of more people to hear your sound, to find your audience. No, that's right.
Speaker 1:So what do you feel like has been? You know, I want to say during COVID, but during COVID, what has been a challenge for you as an artist in this industry?
Speaker 2:I'm one of those artists that was born in COVID. So, like my first releases, I didn't really start doing original music till the pandemic because I didn't have the time. And then, when everything was shut down, I was like I kind of knew how to use like Ableton a little bit at that point, but I was like I had never done anything original, you know, just messing around with like little covers and like things here and there, but not really taking it seriously. And that was kind of like the first time I really like started to dive in and be like okay, now I need to like learn everything I can about this so I can like produce something good. So I was definitely like oh, artists born from COVID.
Speaker 1:And I think people could take it one or the other way. You would see lots of artists or probably. Just like you know, this, this podcast was, you know, developed during COVID right, so it's cool that people have taken advantage of that instead of having such hard, drawn, dreary light of it. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I was like very when I was going to church I was like very involved in like the worship team and like leading worship and stuff like that. So like that was the first kind of time I really got to like see what my performance chops are. And right away I remember like, since I had like the classical training, I kind of knew more or less like what you know sounds good and what doesn't you know. So like taking that in when I started, like I got some really really great reactions and I what that taught me is that I do have like the chops and the ability to do whatever I execute with the practice and the discipline that I have. So that was definitely a good thing. But also sometimes I think about like other people who did get to have all these Experiences prior with performance and you know you really get to like build yourself up and like, yeah, you know, do all that like the heavy work really you know. So I think that's like still something I want to like you know, get get into.
Speaker 1:But and I feel like it has to go back there. I think it's really cool that kovat created this kind of zoom world and everything has kind of moved to the internet and I think that's. You know, there's a time and a place and I think that's awesome and we can do this right, you don't have to fly here, I don't have to fly there. I love all that aspect of it.
Speaker 1:But the part that I we still need this connection and there is no possible way that I am ever gonna go pay three, four, five hundred dollars to go see, you know, metallica Online on a show you know what I mean. Like there still has to be that concept where so many people, I feel, are really kind of going to the internet world, where it's like this is music, this feeds people's souls. You need to be here to feed my soul. Like it's cool that I can see you on the internet, but I want to Experience you live. I want to, I want to like connect to you that way, and I hope that it doesn't, because it just feels like it's getting farther and farther away.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, I definitely that's like something. It's so funny you said that because everything you were just saying is something that I've been like thinking about so heavily, you know, and like One of the things I'm really like excited about is, like on my birthday, I'm gonna do this like loft party thing and I'm gonna have like a bunch of people like invited to the party and it's gonna be like a Live performance. So that's gonna be a whole like what you were saying. It's like you don't only get to like hear the music and see the videos, but you get to like feel like that live emotion of what I'm actually Trying to tell you. Yeah, you know. So, yeah, that's, I don't know. I'm really excited.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's true, because you could go put out a song tomorrow and Not perform it for anybody, but you just go release it on Spotify and now all you're seeing is how many people downloaded your song, whether it's a lot of people or a little bit of people. Your whole Thought process behind that song If there's not an, if there's only six downloads could totally make you spiral and take you out of the end. But if you were in a room and you're performing to those six people that showed up or whatever, and you see that they're in them and you can, generally you, you know you can feel that, right, it's hard to fake like it's for me, it's hard to fake. If I like a song, I'm like, yeah, that's awesome, right, like you'll be able to tell you're like, okay, they're not even going to the beat there, you know something's off you just know, right you're like okay they're not feeling that.
Speaker 1:But if you feel that in a room, I think it gives you better energy to keep going, more self-worth than the stupid Hundred people that downloaded your song, that you, for all you know it could have just popped up and they just downloaded it to get. Yeah, you have no clue. The bots are back.
Speaker 2:The bots are back.
Speaker 1:The bots are back. All right, luke, we're on your last song, you ready ready so. Another one of your songs, and it's face-to-face so I wanted.
Speaker 2:That song was like a, very much inspired off, like the, so the lyrics I don't know. There's a lot I want to say about this song.
Speaker 2:The lyrics are um, I'm as real as you have your faces fake. So what I wanted to do there is like bump the auto, tune out a hundred, so it sounds real, like fake, so it's like it's kind of like a ironic thing. Yeah, so I love, I love the way that that kind of all works out. But also it's also about, like you know, toxic relationships and how they can like Destroy you, because you think you're like getting somewhere with the person and it's like sometimes it's two steps forward, one step back, because they're not always the same person. You know, they have different sides of them Too faced, you know.
Speaker 1:So yeah, and I like your cover. Right who is in there with you doing that picture?
Speaker 2:That was me.
Speaker 1:Oh, so it's just both of them. Yeah, oh cool.
Speaker 2:That's. I edited that too, so yeah, that was fun.
Speaker 1:I like it. It's fun, it's super fun.
Speaker 2:And the um. The original purples in the mask and the shirt were not the same, so I had to like offset them to make them like perfect, because I was like see this looks, this looks shitty. I was like my ocd personality coming out coming out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, perfectionist. Yeah that's right. So before I let you go, obviously, um, tell us where we can find you. Where can we find your music? Obviously, we know Spotify and all of that, but where can we stalk you on Instagram, tick tock, twit, like. What social media platforms are? What's your names on there?
Speaker 2:So the main one I would say is Instagram, and it's luky antonio. I have a link there where you can get my music at, um, apple music or Spotify. Um, all my music videos for the upcoming album are only going to be available on apple music, so I'm gonna probably post them on my instagram too so people can see. But, um, definitely apple music. And then, yeah, um, I don't have anything on tick tock right now because tick tock is, uh, it's, I don't know. I have a little hard time With fitting in how to like put my type of content on there. So I don't know, maybe one day I'll figure that out, maybe not, we'll see.
Speaker 1:It's all over, like each single platform is like you just write words. Hear you dance very like it's too much.
Speaker 2:I'm like, uh, it's too much.
Speaker 1:It is too much I have a hard time caring.
Speaker 1:Well, thank you so much, luk, for joining us on music junkies today. I so appreciate your time. Thanks for sharing all your stories, being real, open, honest. Diving into your playlist was so much fun. We will get everybody to like, subscribe, download, find you, stalk you everything you need to do, what we need to do to go and promote you. Um, I'm excited about having you back on the show. Right, we didn't get through your whole playlist. I know that we're going to be able to add it and maybe do it in a few months, which would be awesome, but before I let you go, I would love you to leave us some words of wisdom.
Speaker 2:Um, I'm definitely gonna leave you the words of wisdom that my grandma left me, but which I really think about a lot, and it's just as far as your creativity goes. Just Do what you feel is right, follow your gut and follow your intuition, because, at the end of the day, that's like what you have to lead you in this world.
Speaker 1:So yeah, it's very true, very true. Thank you again. So much luk.
Speaker 2:Thank you.