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Karmin's ACAPELLA Music Video Shoot!

Karmin's ACAPELLA Music Video Shoot!

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Young Hollywood is behind the scenes of the music video for Karmin's single "Acapella", and we catch up with the dynamic duo themselves, Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, to get the scoop on the colorful visual concept and what to expect from their next album -- find out their secret weapon to achieving the sound they were looking for! Hosted by Audrey Cleo

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, Audrey Cleo here, hanging out behind the scenes on the set of Carmen's new music video. Oh yeah. Hey, can I match this? Used to be a baby, used to be a lady. You thought you were a perfect lover. All the harmony went falling out of key, so now you got to find another. Hey, look who I found.

Amy

Hey.

Young Hollywood

Hey, what did you find?

Amy

Hi. I'm Amy.

Young Hollywood

I got to say I'm super impressed by your moves.

Amy

Are you serious?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, I am. Like the little like

Amy

You must not be familiar with good moves.

Young Hollywood

Oh, no. I mean, I know good moves. Like the whole like drive like the drive your car. That's That's that's what I call it. You know the going shopping, pick it up, put it high up, pick it up. Uh the your desk, the head clipper, yeah. Head clipper. You know what I'm saying? You're going in and out. You're looking very green. I like it.

Amy

Thank you. I like it.

Young Hollywood

Can we get a little like model pose, like, yes. There you go. Work it. Work it. Work it. Now, these are mom jeans. They're sexy mom jeans from American Apparel. They're really great. They're actually really comfortable too. But it gets a little strange when they get this high. This, I mean, you make them look good. So you're

Amy

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

You're working it. How awesome is this? You guys have got the backup dancers going. The colorful outfits. You've got the bling. You've got the the bread chain.

Nick

Oh yeah, we're it's going all out for this music video. You have everything. So many new things about this. And I think my hair is different too. And I think the sound is is evolved a little bit for Carmen. So we decided to put all of our chips in for this for this video.

Young Hollywood

Now, Amy was telling me in this new album, you'll actually be singing. His voice is really incredible, so I can't wait for everyone to hear.

Nick

This is interesting. I will actually be singing with my mouth this time, unlike the last album where I'm just kidding. Yeah, I'm going to be There is a lot more of me on the whole album. It's way more of kind of a duo feel. There's still a lot of rapping. And another thing is that I know Nick did a lot of production on this album. So you're going to get a little bit more technically a little bit more Carmen than last time. It's definitely a little bit more a lot more dangerous sounding.

Young Hollywood

Dangerous. How so?

Nick

Kind of everybody knows us for Brokenhearted, which we wrote and we love, but it's definitely a little bit it's way less safe than that. You can hear a lot of that from the first single, which is Acapella.

Young Hollywood

How much of it is actually acapella?

Nick

The weird thing about it is it's all ro No, I'm kidding. It is It is 90% human voices, I think, was what we calculated in our laboratory. Um

Young Hollywood

In your mouth problem?

Nick

Yes. About 10% of it is, you know, 808s and and kick drums and and snares. And the other funny thing about it was a lot of it was done on iPhones. Really? For some reason, the microphone was so crunchy. It was like the perfect sound we needed. So we imported a bunch of stuff from our iPhones.

Young Hollywood

Have you guys ever done that before?

Nick

Uh, yes. Okay. As you know, you know, we started on YouTube, so we were working on a program called GarageBand, which is free on every Mac. I mean, it's real basic stuff, but sometimes that's the best.

Young Hollywood

Speaking of YouTube, where it all started, right? Became a YouTube sensation. And now fast forward, you got backup dancers.

Nick

Yeah, no, it's it's it doesn't really make any sense. It's just kind of kind of boggles the mind. You can literally, I mean, like you're saying, literally three years ago or even two years ago, we were doing absolutely nothing. I was working at a boxing club in Boston. I think there were a few days in the past where we would wake up and be like, is this really happening? Like, this is our job right now? Um, but we're just we're starting to feel really comfortable. And I think that's an exciting point for us and shout out to the fans. Thank you for your support. Yeah. They're the reason that we we're here. So we're now we're sort of like, let's do something amazing. To all the all the Carmen fans, all the Carmenites, uh, we love you guys. You guys are the reason why we're here and um, we can't wait for you to see the video. So much love.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Amy Heidemann

    Member of Karmin, interviewed

  • Nick Noonan

    Member of Karmin, interviewed

  • Audrey Cleo

    Host of the segment

FAQ

Who is interviewed in Karmin's 'Acapella' music video behind the scenes?+
Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan of Karmin are interviewed by Young Hollywood host Audrey Cleo.
What is unique about the sound of Karmin's song 'Acapella'?+
Karmin stated that 90% of 'Acapella' consists of human voices, with only about 10% being instruments like 808s, kick drums, and snares.
How was Karmin's 'Acapella' song recorded?+
A lot of the song's vocals were recorded on iPhones because the microphone provided a unique 'crunchy' sound they needed.
How has Karmin's sound evolved for their new album?+
Nick Noonan indicated the new album is 'way less safe' than their previous work and described it as 'a lot more dangerous sounding'.
Where did Karmin get their start in music?+
Karmin started on YouTube, creating music with GarageBand, before becoming a 'YouTube sensation'.

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