Far East Movement & Riff Raff on "The Illest" Music Video Set

Far East Movement & Riff Raff on "The Illest" Music Video Set
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Electropop group teams with Riff Raff for music video
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Hi. Pro Lumberg over here. I'm the boss of this zany little place we call an office. Let me take you for a little tour.
Hey guys, welcome. I think we're missing someone. I'm Kevnish. What up, Jay Spliff. I'm DJ Vermont. Verlion over there.
Hey, uh Is this, is this where the interview's at? I'm gonna need you guys to go back to work though. Thanks. This is our, this is our ass boss right here.
Yeah, but anyways, uh we the Far East Movement on set for the Illest Shoot, uh with the one and only Jody Highroller, AKA Riff Raff.
Riff Raff. Yeah. How you doing?
Good. Good. Feeling real fresh today.
So, tell me, how is it that you got connected on this project with Far East Movement?
Well, besides the fact that I'm the Illest and they're the Illest.
Besides the obvious.
Right, we just we just gravitationally pulled towards each other in an ill way and just came up with the best song of the year. We sell the best song of the year.
The attire is amazing. I absolutely love it. I got the pleasure of talking to Riff Raff a little bit before you guys came strolling in from little lunch. Riff Raff? Jody Highroller? He's probably the coolest, craziest, um, he's actually a genius.
2 + 2 = 4. 10,000 + 10,000 equals?
20,000.
Infinity times infinity equals?
A lot.
A lot. So we had infinity illness and then times multiplied divided by the subtractions of But no, he's fun, he's fun to work with. Everybody's real cool. We're excited because the people that do the show, The Office, actually gave us their set, which was really cool. Um, Dunder Mifflin, you know what I mean? I I just thought that that was amazing. This is my corner office right here. It's where I sit down and I put my feet up. These are my comfy work shoes. Slipper gang.
Where did this concept come from for this video?
Well, when we made the song, we thought about that movie The Office Space. That like badass moment where they take the copy machine out to the field. Do you remember that? And just smash it, and completely get rid of it? And that's that's kind of like the feeling that we wanted people to get from this song. We're not saying we're the illest, we just saying we feel like it. Like that's a moment where you can just feel like the illest, you know.
What's next for you?
You tell me. I don't know. I got like over 80 songs, hit songs that haven't even been put out yet. My album hasn't even came out yet with so many features. You know what I mean? So this is just a taste. The only thing you I mean, the only person I could compare me to, maybe the male version of Lady Gaga. Or maybe I'm the white Nicki Minaj. I don't know. I mean, do you see which direction I'm going? We're talking mega superstars.
Do you have different colored wigs if you're the white Nicki Minaj?
touch my hair. That's good. All right, bye.
Is there an illest dance?
Yes. Ver man. What? What? What? This is one of our uh, new employees. How you doing, baby?
Doing well. How are you?
All right, you're looking for a raise?
Always.
Me too. Okay, what's what's your all your favorite craft services? What do you have to have? We had Taco House Number One yesterday. Can you smell the
No, but I only wish that I did because I love the way that tacos smell.
We had King Taco today. So, yeah, it's all about the al pastor tacos, um, the tortas, burritos, that's just, yeah. I mean, we grew up around here and that, you know, that's like your go-to.
Okay, so word on set is you the undisputed king of what, of Vine. Is that what they say?
Uh-huh. I mean, some call me Tarzan, the way I stand on Vine.
Why are why are your videos so great?
Yeah. Hey, I don't know. Why is why is the sky blue? Why are these Versace? Why am I wearing 80,000 in jewelry? Why? Because it's just the illest. I think that's what it is.
You're asking your own questions. Why are you asking? You ask them and answer them. Excuse me, sir. Is this uh, is that your desk?
It is. It's my desk.
I'm gonna need you to uh, turn down the Jody Highroller just a little, just a tad bit. Cool, maybe just like one, two pictures. Maybe I'll just line them up in one row.
No, I'm not. I don't think so. Well, this is me hanging out. The greatest day of my life. So, when I look at this it's like I'm not at work, you know. I kind of.
Why wouldn't you want to be at work?
It's my like break from work, you know. Some people smoke or take lunch to I just look at this picture.
Yeah, we don't do breaks. You're going to need to get back to work. Thanks. A while ago, you guys ran into Dr. Dre and he just looked at you guys and said
He doesn't remember though. He won't remember. He won't remember.
Okay, have you had another run-in like that with somebody else that's just been, wow, thank you guys so much.
The president of the United States. Yeah, President Barack Obama. He chose our song, "Turn Up the Love," on his presidential playlist and then invited us to sing at the inauguration.
Wow. What was that like?
Uh, mind-blowing. We were waiting to meet him and in the line to meet the president was next to us, literally like shoulder-to-shoulder, was like Katy Perry, Usher, Smokey Robinson. Smokey Robinson was just chillin'. We're like, it's Smokey. Everybody was starstruck over Smokey. It's like, Smokey Robinson. Like, we just got to get our true fan moment on. And then right after that, we got the fan moment with the President, so.
Looking forward to this music video. What what's next in the evolution of Far East Movement?
Next, uh, we're working on our third official album with Cherry Tree. Uh, we can't wait. So this song will definitely be on the new album. We just dropped a mix tape though, so until we're done with the album, uh, you can check out Grizzly. It's a remix tape where we did all these crazy remixes. We put illest on there and we put a sneak preview to the new album on there. So it's called G R Z Z L Y. Um, that's for free download online. And uh, we'll be touring. Going to Australia and just keeping that tour going.
Pretty smile. Pretty everything. I see why you're working for these people. You own this company?
No, I do not.
You should own it. Somebody get her a sports coat. Somebody get her a sports coat. I'm keeping this mic. I'm keeping it.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Kevnish
Member of Far East Movement
- Jay Spliff
Member of Far East Movement
- DJ Vermont
Member of Far East Movement
- Verlion
Member of Far East Movement
- Far East Movement
Electropop group featured in the video
- Riff Raff
Rapper collaborating on 'The Illest' music video
- Jody Highroller
AKA Riff Raff
- Lady Gaga
Riff Raff compares himself to her
- Nicki Minaj
Riff Raff compares himself to her
- Dr. Dre
Artist Far East Movement met
- Barack Obama
President who invited Far East Movement to perform
- Katy Perry
Artist who was at the Presidential inauguration
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