Galaxy Magazine March 2019: As It Is by galaxymag

Galaxy

★ Point North ★ Hold Close ★ Sharptooth

March 2019

★ Morgxn ★ Bryce Vine ★ Nico Muhoberac

Photo: Benjamin Langford-Biss of As It Is by Henri Isaac

Galaxy Magazine

Photo by Yising Kao

We're all stars that make up the galaxy

Welcome to our March issue and thank you for your support! We believe in authenticity and expressing our passions, and we support all types of artists. Everyone shines uniquely in their own way. We hope you enjoy our magazine! Executive Editor: Yising Kao Executive Editor: Photographers: Henri Isaac, Chelsea Photographers: Harrison, Constance Delisle, Alyssa St. Pierre, Sarah Rodriguez, Yising Kao, Lizzie Clark Writers/Contributors: Chelsea Harrison, Writers/Contributors: Bailey Gallinger, Kayla Ayala, Yising Kao, Kelsey Hyde

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Photo: Morgxn by Chelsea Harrison

Table of Contents

3 Star Spotlight: Morgxn 3 5 Concert Photos: Bryce Vine 5 6 Concert Review: As It Is in 6 Toronto 8 Artist Spotlight: Alex Persak 8 10 Artist Spotlight: Kylee 10 Cornelius 12 Interview: Nico 12 Muhoberac 17 Playlist: i want it all 17 18 18 COVER Interview: Patty Walters & Benjamin LangfordBiss of As It Is 26-40 Concert Photos: The 26-40 Great Depression Tour: As It Is, Point North, Hold Close, & Sharptooth 2

Photo: Patty Walters of As It Is by Henri Isaac

Star Spotlight: Morgxn

Article & Photos By Chelsea Harrison

Morgxn (Morgan Karr) is an indie pop star who shines brightly in the music world. Born in Nashville, the singersongwriter has a great musical background. Morgan began singing at a very young age and writing music as early as age 9. After college, he was a part of the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening, serving as an understudy. He then moved to LA to make music and released his debut album vital in May 2018, through wxnderlost/Hollywood wxnderlost/Hollywood Records. vital features his breakout single “home,” which has raked in over 8 Records. million streams on Spotify. In August 2018, Morgxn was joined by Nicholas Petricca of WALK THE MOON at Lollapalooza in Chicago to perform the song together. They ended up re-recording the song and releasing the duet in September 2018. Morgxn and Nicholas’ version of “home” is exploding on alternative radio stations nationwide! Last month, Morgxn made his debut on late night TV, performing “me without you” on Jimmy Kimmel Live and “home” with Nicholas. Morgxn has recently released a 5-track EP titled vital: blue, which is available on streaming services. It features stripped-down versions of songs from vital, including a stripped version of “home.”

Bryce Vine

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Concert Review: As It Is in Toronto

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It's a frigid day in Toronto. I just got to the venue after 5 hours of traveling that day. I arrive at Velvet Underground around 2pm, just in time for my 4pm VIP check-in. Benjamin Langford-Biss, guitarist of As It Is has just brought out coffee for the fans waiting outside in the cold. Surprisingly, not many people are waiting and don't show up until the check-in time. Once inside the venue, As It Is begin their soundcheck/Q and A session. Followed by the meet and greet, which was not rushed at all as you were allowed to take as long as you wanted to talk to the band. 6:30pm. The show begins. Point North, the newest pop-punk band in the scene take the stage. With such good stage presence and interacting with the fans in the crowd, even if you were like me and didn't listen to Point North before the show you couldn't help but not jump around and have a good time during their set. I can gladly say that I am a huge Point North fan after seeing them and will definitely attend another one of their shows in the future. Next was the more chill, but still entertaining Hold Close. With lead vocalist Braxton Smiley taking over the keyboard during a few songs. I also would recommend checking them out as they too are another amazing band I wish I listened to prior to this show. The final opener was the more loud, "scary," definitely not pop punk band Sharptooth. With lead singer Lauren telling her story and struggles she went through in life, to providing resources for audience members to look into if they needed help, to overall just wanting to make a safe place for everyone. Sharptooth wasn't my type of music, but the message they convey is so important in today's world. If you are into more heavier music, 6

definitely give Sharptooth a listen. Finally, it was time for the moment I waited months for. As It Is, my favorite band since before they were a band and my first time seeing them headline (I've only seen them on Warped and as openers in the past). As their song 'The Reaper' begins to play, the crowd gets more and more hyped up until, "I'm staring death in his eyes!" The entire time As It Is are on stage it's as if you are in a trance, you can't take your eyes off of them. From Patty's extreme microphone swings to Ronnie getting right in your face, to Ben ripping at his guitar, As It Is really are a band that has so much fun while on stage. Taking a more serious tone before 'The Question, The Answer', Patty reminds the audience of the importance of talking about mental health and how we need to break the stigma surrounding it. He also tells all of us that he wants to make this show a place where you can escape all the troubles that you suffer outside of the venue whether it is your personal life, friendship/relationship issues, anything. At an As It Is show you are welcomed, safe, and will have the time of your life. Once the show came to a close it wasn't long before Ronnie was out meeting fans, jumping the barricade just so he could get closer to us. Everyone who works on this tour, including all the bands, crew, tour managers, everyone was so nice and made the whole experience 10 times better. I recommend going to an As It Is show at least once in your life because they really do put on a show like no other. You will more than likely catch me at the next As It Is tour because I owe my life to this band and I'm so thankful for them. I cannot wait for them to come back so I can have the time of my life once again!! 7

Artist Spotlight: Alex Persak Interview by Yising Kao

Meet Alex Persak, an amazing graphic designer based in Sydney, Australia! What inspired you to start creating art? What inspired you to start creating art? When I was 12, my friend was gifted Adobe Photoshop and we spent that first afternoon making terrible edits and I instantly loved it. Growing up, I spent a lot of time on the internet and as social media started to develop, I started to expand my interest and develop my skills as a designer. Now, design is a strong passion of mine and it allows me to combine my love for music and pop culture. What are some of your goals? What are some of your goals? I’ve wanted to make merch before I even knew that was a viable job option. As music is what started this passion, it only makes sense to combine the two and so to me, I’d ideally love to be a full-time graphic designer, creating merch for musicians to help celebrate and promote their art. I have my bachelor’s degree already so I’m on my way to making that happen! A short-term goal would be to create merch for my three favorite musicians; Adore Delano, The Maine, and Waterparks. How do you explore new ways to make your artwork unique? How do you explore new ways to make your artwork unique? I’m always looking for inspiration everywhere I go. I collect scraps, take photos, and take note of everything I stumble across that I find interesting. Inspiration can come from the most mundane of places. I also consume media from as many different genres as I can to keep my pool of references vast and versatile. Ultimately, I keep my eyes open and take in the world around me because my voice and vision are unique to me and my experiences. Stay updated with Alex! Portfolio: www.alexpsd.com Twitter: @sicksaddelano Instagram: @sicksaddelano

CRYBABY CRYBABY CRYBABY is an illustration of Awsten Knight from Waterparks as part of my personal Killjoy AU. The line art and base coloring was done in Adobe Illustrator, with the final touches being done in Adobe Photoshop. I wanted to include some subtle references to Waterparks themselves and I did this by including the yellow from Double Dare, Awsten’s tooth bat, and the nod to their song “Crybaby.” This piece took a day to make from concept to execution and overall, I’m proud of how it turned out.

Patty Walters of As It Is POET POET POET is an illustration of Patty Walters from Media: Digital on sketchbook As It Is. The inspiration for this piece was Time spent: 3 weeks the character of The Poet from As It Is’ 2018 album The Great Depression. I wanted to This was inspired after seeing them in convey this character as a “savior” of sort, concert on February 1st, 2019 for my and I thought that concept lent itself well to birthday. The band has changed my life religious imagery. I wanted to follow the and I wanted to honor them for all they color scheme for the album's artwork and have done for me. only use red, teal, white, and black, as I felt like this would make it recognizable and have a visual impact.

Artist Spotlight: Kylee Cornelius Interview by Yising Kao

Meet Kylee Cornelius, an amazing graphic designer based in Atlanta, GA! What inspired you to start creating art? What inspired you to start creating art? When I was around ten, I went through a rough patch. I started by drawing doodles during church, and then advanced into realistic pieces in 7th grade. It distracted me from what was happening and helped me to overcome my emotions with creativity. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your process like when planning out a piece? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your process like when planning out a piece? Most of the time, I choose a photo or reference that speaks to me. I then start to sketch, put the lineart for about a week or so and after, begin to start the base color and shading. It usually takes up to three or four weeks, but some can take a few hours! What or who do you pull inspiration from for your artwork? What or who do you pull inspiration from for your artwork? When I do my artwork, I like to scroll through twitter and look at work by artists such as Mikey (@starboypatty) or Madi (@aureums). They inspire me to get my work done and not let the judgement tear me down.

Colleen Kelly (@colliscool) Colleen Kelly Media: Digital art on sketchbook Time spent: 4 weeks Coll is basically another me, and I wanted to put that emotion into this painting. She has inspired me to be myself and not to change for other people.

Patty Walters of As It Is Media: Digital on sketchbook Time spent: 3 weeks This was inspired after seeing them in concert on February 1st, 2019 for my birthday. The band has changed my life and I wanted to honor them for all they have done for me.

Stay updated with Kylee! Twitter: @iceandmilkk Instagram: @lovelyasitis

Interview: Nico Muhoberac

Interview by Kayla Ayala & Yising Kao ★ Interview by Kayla Ayala & Yising Kao ★ Photos by Yising Kao Photos by Yising Kao

At only 15 years old, Nico is a rising artist based in Los Angeles, who writes her own songs with imaginative titles-“glitter glue,” “rolling up my rectangles,” and “melancholy déjà vu,” to name a few. Over the past year, she has gained a large audience by covering songs through YouTube and social media by her favorite bands such as As It Is, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, Twenty One Pilots, Super Whatevr, With Confidence, and Waterparks. Some instruments Nico’s proficient in playing are the ukulele, guitar and flute. Recently, Nico produced a soft cover album of The Great Depression by As It Is (which you can find on her Twitter), where she covered each song in her own acoustic and unique way, with her delicate yet powerful voice. Nico and I met through Vans Warped Tour and our favorite bands, and I genuinely believe that she’s going to achieve her goals as an artist through her talent, hard work, and passion! Stay updated with Nico! YouTube: Nico the frog dad YouTube: Twitter: Twitter: @bleedmagiic Instagram: @_wintersweather Instagram: 13

Who or what inspires you and your music? Who or what inspires you and your music? Even though my parents work in the music industry, I never really liked bands and stuff like that until I was 12 or 13, when I found Twenty One Pilots. They're inspired me start playing the ukulele, the first instrument that I was really passionate about, so I kind of went from there. Currently, my biggest inspirations are Patty Walters and Dallon Weekes. They’re such sweet guys and they manage to create meaningful lyrics and do what they want, and also Twenty One Pilots because of their passion. How would you describe your style? What’s your songwriting process like? songwriting process like? I can’t imagine writing a song that’s not completely from something I’ve experienced. Its mostly from personal experiences and ideas of being human. Sometimes things in my English class will inspire me, like a book we read; it just 14

sparks an idea and I just go from there. I try to center it around a theme. What are your biggest challenges with music? What are your biggest challenges with music? Currently, it’s learning how to use the physical equipment because I got a microphone and an interface for instruments about a year ago. I used to do my songs on Final Cut Pro and layer the harmonies one by one on there. But now that I have garage band, which is specifically for music and not video, I have a lot more options and have to learn how to use the microphone and stuff. Are you planning to use Logic? Are you planning to use Logic? Yeah, I want to eventually, but I wanted to start with garage band since its easier. With video editing, I started on my iPhone, then iMovie and once I mastered that, I moved to Final Cut Pro, so I'm hoping to do the same thing with music software.

For your cover album of The Great Depression For your cover album of The Great Depression by by As It Is, what was your recording process like? As It Is, what was your recording process like? I started many weeks before the show and I was like, “I’m going to do this and it’s going to be so good, and I'm going to spend time and work on it.” Then, I recorded the title track, “The Great Depression,” and for some reason, I just hated it and how it turned out. So, I stopped until literally Tuesday, before As It Is’ Anaheim show on Friday. Basically, what I did was set up Garage Band and I recorded the vocals and the main instrument, ‘cause I'm too lazy to put the instrument in and then sing over it. I do one take and then just put all the harmonies on it, and different instrumental parts if I want to. What I really love about garage band is that since I have an interface that can plug my ukulele directly into my computer, I can change the ukulele to sound like a heavy metal guitar if you want, so its super fun. I did all that stuff afterwards. I used the

ukulele as the main instrument and then changed it to guitar sounds for overdubs and stuff like that. I did like, 4 songs everyday after school to try to finish it. I’m so glad it worked out and you pushed through! through! Thanks, me too! If it didn’t, I would’ve been very disappointed with myself. What are some of your goals as an artist? Do you want to eventually work with a record label? label? My mom and I have been planning to make a small label, like Dallon Weekes did with the Brobecks when he created the None You Jerks label so he could release his stuff on iTunes. It wasn’t like a real label, but it was something he went under. So, maybe I’d start with that just because I don’t want to sign too many deals. My main goal right now is just to be able to get

some sort of EP or album out and play shows. RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS Favorite holiday? Favorite holiday? Halloween. I’m like that all year round, but I get really dark. Favorite ice cream? Favorite ice cream? There’s this place near me called Jeni’s Ice Cream and there’s this flavor called Gooey Butter Cake. It’s so good. First show you traveled to for an artist/band? First show you traveled to for an artist/band? I went to Columbus, Ohio to see Twenty One Pilots 2 years ago, for their last show for their Blurry Face Tour. So, I sobbed a lot.

Last song you crowd surfed to? Last song you crowd surfed to? “Wounded World” by As It Is in Anaheim. That was stressful! It was right before all the opening bands came on stage to do that big thing. I went up and held my white flag and was sinking into the crowd, but it was so fun. Dream venue to play at? Dream venue to play at? It’s not going to be an arena or something because those are overrated. I want to play at the Troubadour so bad because everyone plays there and that was like, the first small venue I ever went to. I saw Frank Iero and the Patience 2 years ago, and I didn’t go to the pit because I was scared, but I want to play there.

Playlist: i want it all by Kelsey Hyde

★I Want It All by COIN ★Sucker by Jonas Brothers ★The Last Love Song by DREAMERS ★Glimmer by Marianas Trench ★Coffee Talk by Broadside ★Give A Damn by A Rocket To The Moon ★Had It All by Parachute ★One Magic Moment by Bad Suns ★Poster Girl by Backstreet Boys ★The Way We Were by The Summer Set ★F.U. by Little Mix ★Hoodie by Hey Violet ★Mutual by Shawn Mendes

Patty Walters & Benjamin Langford-Biss of

As It Is

Interview & Photos by Yising Kao

Signed with Fearless Records, As It Is formed in Brighton, England in 2012, consisting of vocalist Patty Walters, guitarist/vocalist Benjamin Langford-Biss, guitarist Ronnie Ish, bassist Alistair Testo, and drummer Patrick Foley. Their style is a combination of pop, punk, and alternative, and they write their own lyrics. As It Is released their first two albums with a more pop-sounding style, Never Happy, Ever After, in 2015, and Okay., in 2016, written with honest lyrics surrounding mental health and the idea that “it’s okay not to be okay.” With their newest record, The Great Depression, released in August 2018, As It Is has taken a completely different direction by transforming into a darker aesthetic through their music and fashion style. It may have been risky and they weren’t sure how fans would receive the new aesthetic, but the album was extremely successful and hit the UK’s Top 40 Official Charts. The Great Depression tells a narrative from the perspective of “The Poet,” who finds himself face-to-face with Death. Patty has said that the album is about the societal romanticization of depression and asks more questions rather than providing answers. The track list is split into four stages of grief, which are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, and Acceptance. I got to chat with Patty and Ben on their tour bus at their last U.S. show of The Great Depression Tour at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA on February 22. As It Is is a genuine and inspiring band who’s creating music with a powerful message by raising awareness about mental health, and challenging problematic behaviors and stigmas such as toxic masculinity, which is exactly what society needs right now. You guys are so genuine and always make the effort to connect with fans, whether it’s grabbing their hands while performing or coming out to meet everyone after shows. It’s the little things that can mean a lot to someone, so they're not just another face in the crowd. What do you hope fans take from your shows? Growing up, were there any bands you looked up to who treated their fans the same way you guys do? Patty: First and foremost, I want our shows to feel Patty: like home, like a family because not everybody’s home is a safe place. It was never really the expectation. It just kind of serendipitously happened along the way whether that was because of us or because of our fans. It’s just what happened and I think what’s so very interesting is that when we were growing up, it

closely knit family when you went to shows. Ben: I’d go to see bands and I would never have Ben: any expectations to meet them. One example is when I met Funeral for a Friend just at the bar, in the middle of their set. They were just so nice and it was the first time I’ve ever met anyone in a band I liked. That really stuck with me. I think when you grow from that and see bands that you love are like that, it naturally comes, and you want to do the same for your fans as you know that band did to you as a kid. People need to understand that artists are human too and they can suffer from mental illnesses. It can be easy to fake a smile sometimes just like everyone else. How did you gain the courage to open up about your mental health? open up about your mental health?

Patty: I'm not even certain that it was courage. It Patty: was a very unfortunate breaking point and more tangible than anything. I internalized all of my struggles throughout 2015 and a fair portion of 2016, before I broke down and started therapy, and was open and honest with my bandmates, my family, and my friends. It’s one of these things where we never intended to be ambassadors for mental health. It just fell into our laps in a way and we’ve always expressed ourselves through lyrics. It has always been the cathartic and therapeutic thing for me. It takes your thoughts and puts them onto paper, so they're not really in your body as much anymore. So, I don’t know if it was necessarily courage. It was just a state of necessity. Ben: Yeah, it just kind of happened. As time went Ben: on, just the stories that we’d been hearing from fans, and the things people talked to us about have become so much more honest over the past few records. It wasn’t like a purposeful thing, like going in like warriors, but when you're presented with that platform and suddenly, you realize you can do something good with it, then that’s what we do. A lot of people have a platform and don’t use it and that’s fine, but I think we’d be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn’t take the full opportunity of what we could potentially do. It’s incredible how you use your platform to spread mental health awareness and challenge stigmas. You're really helping evolve the music industry for the better. The Great Depression industry for the better. The Great Depression has has a completely different style than your past albums, so what was your process like experimenting with new sounds through production? How did your songwriting process compare to your last albums? Do you usually write poetry first and turn it into lyrics? write poetry first and turn it into lyrics? Ben: I kind of write tropes with no intended Ben: 20

sense of melody and Patty picks out the good bits, and makes it pretty. Patty hears the melody and I kind of just spit the words out. Patty: I guess it’s a combination of conscious and Patty: natural evolution of our sound and genre. You can definitely tell in hindsight on Okay. that we were experimenting with elements that were “poppier” and darker. From Never Happy, Ever After, poppier was like “Pretty Little Distance” and “Still Remembering” and “Until I Return.” Darker was “No Way Out,” “Soap” and “Austen,” which are all just kind of clumped together. We just enjoyed the more aggressive sounds on and off stage, and I think a lot of people gravitated towards the aggression and

the angst, and the dissatisfaction, be that because of the mental health-related sentiments or because it was 2017, and the world was really fucked up in 2017. It could be a combination of both, to be honest. So, it made sense for us because we were also dissatisfied with the state of the world in 2017. Politically, societally, but equally, we wanted to reconstruct the way in which bands in the scene portray mental health, depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide, and we didn’t want to glorify or romanticize or glamorize those topics. Ben: Being dissatisfied in that context, we were Ben: also dissatisfied with our own band at the time, so we took a completely fresh approach to everything, doing it like we’ve never done before. Some bands just talk about mental health, but they don’t actually act upon it, so I really appreciate what you guys are doing. what you guys are doing. Patty: Thank you! Patty: You guys partnered with nonprofit organizations like A Voice For The Innocent, (which helps victims of rape and sexual abuse share their stories and find help anonymously through resources) for this tour and Hope For The Day for Vans Warped Tour (a proactive suicide prevention organization that provides mental health education). How did you come about finding these organizations and deciding that you wanted to combine them with your music? It’s very unique. your music? It’s very unique. Patty: We became aware of A Voice For The Patty: Innocent as an organization and as people on Warped Tour of last year. Ben: I reckon we probably did the same for Ben: Hope For The Day, but on 2015 Warped. Patty: Yeah, which I think in itself is a testament Patty: to Kevin Lyman opening the door to some nonprofits for great causes, food donations, and

blood donations. So, we became aware of so many of these nonprofits within our scene and just wanted to work with them. It’s also an extension of Okay. in the sense that with that record, we encouraged everyone listening to understand that it’s okay to not be okay, and to speak out unashamedly and unafraid. With The Great Depression, with the sentiment that nobody’s listening, we wanted to open the door for people who are listening, like nonprofits, because as much as we can listen and empathize, we’re not trained professionals. We can only do our best that we’ve learned along the way and more often than not, that’s not enough. So, with Hope For The Day, A Voice For 21

The Day, A Voice For The Innocent, and other organizations, it was important that we were just not talking the talk, but we were walking the walk and really taking a stand and creating loud action. Do you have any upcoming projects that you can talk about? Patty: Very excitingly, we are releasing four EPs Patty: this year. We have reimagined the entire record in numerous genres and on March 1st, the Denial EP comes out. Ben: We have four EPs for each stage of the Ben: record, with three songs on each one. Patty: It was something we were passionate about Patty: obviously, but it was also a way of, before moving onto the next really ambitious project, expanding upon and still being present in the world of The Great Depression. I think it’s something we were guilty of in writing The Great Depression. We started writing it before Okay. was even released, so when Okay. was this very sentimental, present, personal record for everyone, we were busy being creatively invested in this new world and all these characters, and we didn’t get to live it at the exact moment as everybody, and we didn’t want to repeat that. We wanted to be present with everybody and it was just an exciting way of doing that. Ben: Yeah, I'm excited to do the different Ben: interpretations because we’ve only ever really done a couple of acoustic versions of songs. We’ve never really done anything like this and it’s not an acoustic album, by any means. It’s completely reimagined. I mean, no song’s really the same stylistically but the thing I find most interested with reimagined things like this, is when you hear a song done so differently and sounding so differently, I always find completely different interpretations of the lyrics. When I 22

listen to different versions of songs, I hear or understand different things from it, just because of how different it sounds, so I'm quite excited for that, a completely new interpretation of The Great Depression. That sounds amazing! I’ve never really heard of any bands who have done something like that. It’s like a completely different style, like how you guys made the Jukebox version of Hey Rachel guys made the Jukebox version of Hey Rachel.. Patty: Yeah, that’s a really great way to consider Patty: it. Every song is vastly different. RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS Favorite coffee shop in the England?

Ben: I think my favorite coffee is Twin Pines. Its an Ben: independent coffee shop. Patty: Brighton has got some really amazing coffee Patty: shops. Trading Posts is my favorite café, but their coffee isn’t my favorite. Small Batch has some really good coffee. If you got a dog, what breed would it be? If you got a dog, what breed would it be? Patty: I love Chow Chows. I don’t know if I’d Patty: necessarily get one, but they’re my favorite breed. But they're huge and they shed, and they have too much energy for me. Ben: I love Lurchers. No one really seems to know Ben: what they are, but they’re like Greyhounds, but not as muscle-y and they don’t need to run as much.

They literally get about thirty minutes of energy in the day and they're lazy for the rest of the day, so that would work perfectly for me. They just have really funny faces and big noses like me. Are they like, tall and skinny? Are they like, tall and skinny? Yeah, you know how people look like their dogs? I think it’s narcissism in dog owning for me. Favorite song to perform on this tour? Favorite song to perform on this tour? Patty: I think “The Wounded World” has been my Patty: favorite on this tour. Or “The Reaper.” The start and the end. Ben: Probably “The Two Tongues.” That one’s Ben: really fun. I’ve actually recently started enjoyed playing “The Truth I’ll Never Tell.”

That’s one of my favorites. That’s one of my favorites. Patty: Yeah, I definitely have the most fun Patty: playing that one. Ben: Yeah, I’ve really come around to that one. Ben: What have you guys crowdsurfed to before? What have you guys crowdsurfed to before? Ben: Patty and I used to go and tear up Slam Ben: Dunk Festival, way back in the day as fans. What cartoon character best represents you? What cartoon character best represents you? Patty: SpongeBob. Patty: Ben: You're the blue one from The Powerpuff Ben: Girls. Patty: Bubbles. I was going to say, vocally, Patty: SpongeBob is probably quite similar to how I sound and sing. But Bubbles is actually like me. Ben: I feel like I'm an antagonist in a cartoon, Ben: maybe Mojo Jojo. Patty: Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. Patty: Ben: Yeah, that’s a great show. Ben: Thank you for the interview! Thank you for the interview! Patty: Thank you, that was fun! We’re really Patty: excited for everyone to hear the reimagined EPs.

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