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Sean Kingston on Justin Bieber

Sean Kingston on Justin Bieber

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We're on the set of Sean Kingston's "Party All Night" video where an intense "Matrix" effect shot is getting set up. Sean takes a break from the fun and confetti to chat with us about his success, collabos, and partnerships with Iyaz and Justin Bieber. Hosted by Michelle Marie.

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Young Hollywood

What up, guys? It's Michelle Marie with Young Hollywood. I'm here with Sean Kingston, Young Hollywood Millionaire, once again. How you feeling?

Sean Kingston

I'm feeling good, man. You know how we do, man. Young Hollywood Millionaire. I'm excited to be here right now. Um just working, man. Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up positive, just staying busy. So, we got my new single, Party All Night. It's going to it's amazing. It's a club song. You guys it's going to be it's going to be crazy. And um, you guys heard it here first. We live and direct on the video shoot. Of course. LA secret location going down, man. Secret location.

Young Hollywood

So, Party All Night is the name of the song and you've got confetti all in your hair. Tell me more about this setup today. It's pretty intense.

Sean Kingston

You know what, at the end of the day, it's just about having a great time. So, we're going to do, you know, we're doing a lot of different stuff in the video. And the reason why the video is so cool because you have a crazy Matrix effect that that that we're doing in the video as far as like how it's going to be done. So, I'm going to be moving fast, but everybody in the video is going to be moving slow.

Young Hollywood

Oh, okay. So, I see the camera that's spinning round and round. It's a helicopter. Pretty. Is like a helicopter. It's pretty insane. Have you ever had a set up like this uh for your video? I mean, it seems like it's pretty intense.

Sean Kingston

Yeah, it is pretty intense. I never had this my first time.

Young Hollywood

Right. It's going to turn out cool. Now, um tell me more about your single and how you came up with it.

Sean Kingston

Um, it's called Party All Night, man. It's pretty self-explanatory. I was working with Star Gate. They played me the beat. The beat was amazing. I just started writing to it. That's all I always I always create most of my songs. I get I get inspired by the beat, you know what I'm saying? So.

Young Hollywood

The first time I talked to you was a while back and that was when Fire Burning was hot and you introduced me to IYAZ. IYA.

Sean Kingston

So as I get in the studio, I want to bring He's my artist from the Virgin Islands, you know what I'm saying? He's gonna be huge. IYAZ, let's go!

IYAZ

Uh-oh, here he comes. Yo, what's good, your boy IYAZ. I Y A Z, man. We going to start a new thing right now. It's going to be YHM. We Young Hollywood Millionaires. You feel me?

Young Hollywood

You've seen him blow up. I mean, your career has totally skyrocketed. How do you feel about like the success you've had since then?

Sean Kingston

I mean, it feels great, you know? IYAZ is my artist. He's signed to my record label. So, I feel It feels great for him to be doing what he's doing right now and he's getting ready to drop his album and and let's tour and just continuing, you know, the success and just doing different different things. At the end of the day, it's all about staying relevant.

Young Hollywood

Of course. Now, speaking of relevant, you just performed with Justin Bieber and Bieber is so hot right now. He's like your little bro. How did that relationship start?

Sean Kingston

I knew Bieber for about a year and a half, two years. We've been cool. He's like my little brother, you know what I'm saying? I've been looking out for him. He's a great kid and we just had that relationship. You know what I'm saying? We chill on off when we won't, you know, we've been on tour about two months now. Or when we when we you know, when we're off, we just chill and spend time at the houses and just chilling. You know, he's been to my house a few times. So, it's going to be it's going to be cool. It's going to be real cool. Yo, what's up going? This your boy Sean Kingston, twitter. com/SeanKingston, make sure you log on. You know what it is, man? We the first to say it. We got to copyright and you can't bite it. Young Hollywood Millionaires, man, it's going down. Young Hollywood, I salute y'all. You know what it is, man? Party All Night coming soon. Peace.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Michelle Marie

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Sean Kingston

    Main interviewee, artist discussing his new video and collaborations

  • IYAZ

    Artist signed to Sean Kingston's record label, mentioned as Sean's discovery

  • Justin Bieber

    Artist Sean Kingston recently performed with and considers a little brother

  • Star Gate

    Producers who played Sean Kingston the beat for 'Party All Night'

FAQ

What is the name of Sean Kingston's new single?+
Sean Kingston's new single is titled "Party All Night."
What special effect is featured in the 'Party All Night' music video?+
The 'Party All Night' music video features a 'crazy Matrix effect' where Sean Kingston moves fast while others move slow.
How does Sean Kingston typically create his songs?+
Sean Kingston gets inspired by the beat and then starts writing to it, which is how he creates most of his songs.
Who is IYAZ to Sean Kingston?+
IYAZ is an artist from the Virgin Islands signed to Sean Kingston's record label, whom Sean introduced to the interviewer previously.
What is Sean Kingston's relationship with Justin Bieber?+
Sean Kingston considers Justin Bieber like a little brother, and they have been cool for about a year and a half to two years, often chilling together on and off tour.

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