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Cash Cash on Their Hit "Take Me Home" & Remixing Katy Perry

Cash Cash on Their Hit "Take Me Home" & Remixing Katy Perry

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YH catches up with Alexander Makhlouf and Sam Frisch of Cash Cash at SXSW to find out all about how their hit single "Take Me Home" came about and how their philosophy on choosing songs to remix clashes with their band name! Plus, they tease a remix with a superstar singer and reveal their lightning-in-a-bottle moment!

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Young Hollywood

Lightning in a bottle. Have you had a lightning in a bottle moment in your lives?

Cash Cash

Take me home felt like that. I feel like take me home was one of those things, yeah. It came together really quickly in the studio and everything just went like smoothly like in like two, three days we had the full final song.

Young Hollywood

broken to pieces, but I need this. Yeah, I need this. You performed it here or you're going to perform it?

Cash Cash

Not yet tonight.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so I'll have to ask you tomorrow. Yes. Um but how has it been so far? I know you're just in Mexico.

Cash Cash

Good. We've been here before too, so it's always been a good time.

Young Hollywood

Well, how was let's talk Mexico, cuz I feel like it was crazier than I expected. Rewind.

Cash Cash

Yeah, Mexico was crazy. Yeah. A lot of boobies. Yeah, spring breakers going crazy. We're going crazy.

Young Hollywood

Oh, really? See how many Americans there? Oh, yeah. So not just the locals.

Cash Cash

No, it was a little bit of both and they were just going crazy. Foreign boobies, American boobies. They were It was All kinds of boobies.

Young Hollywood

They're shy boys, Cash Cash.

Cash Cash

We're dirty Jersey all the way. So won't you take me home? Won't you take me home?

Young Hollywood

Okay, so give us one good Mexico story or a good tour story from anywhere, something wild.

Cash Cash

That we can actually use. Sometimes when I go up and stand on like you know the edge, if I like try to rile them up, I get grabbed in the guapo, like.

Young Hollywood

You do? Yeah. Um Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Cash Cash

No, that's what I don't want it to happen. It's like After after dark maybe, but. But I'm trying to rile up a crowd, I'm like, everybody get your Hey.

Young Hollywood

Oh my God. Tell me any Vibe Top 40 who you'd remix right now?

Cash Cash

Oh, we're actually we're gonna remix the new Katy Perry single.

Young Hollywood

You are? Which which one?

Cash Cash

I don't think we're legal to have to say what's her next single yet. So I I don't wanna get in trouble. Don't want to get in any trouble. It's on our album, so. Yeah, it's on our album.

Young Hollywood

Are you gonna give him that mic or are you just gonna like when he talks or you just gonna

Cash Cash

He likes he likes to sing in this space. Yeah, that's right. We only remix stuff that we wanna remix. Like we get a lot of stuff sent to us from labels and they're like, remix this for like this amount of money and we're like, not worth it.

Young Hollywood

So you're not about the money.

Cash Cash

Not worth it. No. It's gotta be something that we like.

Young Hollywood

Cash Cash is not about the cash.

Cash Cash

Yeah, we are. Right in circles, here we go, with the highest tides and the lowest lows.

Young Hollywood

How does the collaborative process work between you two?

Cash Cash

Well, there is a third, and he's over there. He's my brother. I know. I know. Well, they said there was only like one mic, they wanted to leave the mic, I don't know. But uh basically we're like the Oasis brothers. So we get and we're from Jersey.

Young Hollywood

And which one are you of the two?

Cash Cash

Yeah, but I'm like I'm Liam.

Young Hollywood

Are you going to be the mediator between the two brothers here? Yeah. You're the mediator. You're the Dr. Phil.

Cash Cash

We're Cash Cash and you're watching Young Hollywood.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Alexander Makhlouf

    Member of Cash Cash, interviewed in the video

  • Sam Frisch

    Member of Cash Cash, interviewed in the video

  • Katy Perry

    Artist whose single Cash Cash is remixing

  • Jean Paul Makhlouf

    Brother and third member of Cash Cash

  • Liam

    Comparison made to Liam Gallagher of Oasis

  • Dr. Phil

    Comparison made to a mediator

FAQ

Who are the members of Cash Cash?+
The members interviewed in the video are Alexander Makhlouf and Sam Frisch; their brother Jean Paul Makhlouf is also a member.
How did Cash Cash's hit song 'Take Me Home' come about?+
The song came together very quickly in the studio, in about two to three days, feeling like a 'lightning in a bottle' moment.
Is Cash Cash remixing a song by Katy Perry?+
Yes, Cash Cash is remixing a new single from Katy Perry, though they couldn't reveal which one at the time of the interview.
What is Cash Cash's philosophy on choosing songs to remix?+
Cash Cash only remixes songs that they personally like, even if it means turning down opportunities for money, as the track has to be 'worth it' to them.
Where was Cash Cash touring recently?+
Cash Cash had recently been touring in Mexico before their appearance at SXSW.

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