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Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

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Singer/songwriter shows off his graphic design skills by designing a new logo for YH

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Young Hollywood

You're such a well diverse artist.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Like, across all platforms, dude's a DJ, singer, rapper, you probably played an instrument too.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

I do, yeah, I play not, not well, I don't wanna say that.

Young Hollywood

Your hair game is like Tony's like on point. I'm in love with you.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

I mean, all I, all I really wanted is to leave this interview and have Tony say that he has a man-crush on me just like he has one on Jon Bellion. So.

Young Hollywood

I'm already, yeah. When he comes in, we'll be talking only about you for an hour.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

Oh, that'd be great. But this is awesome, because I adore uh, graphics artists. Graphics artists.

Young Hollywood

You're a graphic artist too? Or you know,

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

I, uh, man, I used to, I used to, so it's funny, I used to do websites for people. This is again, like odd jobs. I would just like do anything that I was capable of. So, websites or graphic design or logos or whatever it was and I would just whip 'em up in like Photoshop or whatever. Now I've got my friend Max who does all that stuff for me.

Young Hollywood

So with that being said, we need a Young Hollywood logo. Oh, wow. Okay. So, I wanna see Nash is gonna give his uh Young Hollywood logo. Oh, it's my favorite color. We knew that. Yeah. I love that. I love that. There's a calendar on the back, we can map out my next mom. Let's let's, let's get let's. Sleeve over tour. Sleeve over tour. Sleeve over tour. Um, Cool. Young Hollywood. Young Hollywood. You know, just quick, didn't have to be something long. Do you guys wanna go like, like we could drop the O. We could just go like Young Hollywood on some on some rapping. Let's do it. Okay, cool. Let's try it. Oh, wow. So if I was all right. Oh. This isn't gonna be very good, you guys.

Young Hollywood

It's alright.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

This is terrible. I have to start over. I have to start over. Okay. This is gonna be bad. This is the process of making a logo everybody here. This is terrible. I'm gonna throw the O in there. I'm gonna go you. I'm just gonna write your name out. Yeah. Like that. Got it. And then, ooh, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna tuck the Hollywood. Oh. Inside. of the G. Love that. I like that. And then I think you guys need some stars. I think we need some stars going on here. These are one of the only things that I'm good at drawing guys. And it's it's a, it's just a rope memorization. Sometimes you do a little one like that just to shake it up a little bit just to confuse 'em, you know what I mean? Sometimes you hit 'em with a big one like that. You never know. You never know. And then you know what I'm gonna do right here is I'm just gonna do a little. Stars. We're gonna get this trademark right afterwards. Just like that. Hollywood, such a funny word. Oh, yeah. Oh. Have you ever seen the old Hollywood sign where it had the land on it still? Uh-huh. Used to say Hollywoodland, it was a real estate company for you children out there that are listening to this. He's from LA, so he knows. Yes. He knows what's up. Let's show the audience. Let's show them what's going on. Yeah. Oh yeah, this is my, this is my masterpiece guys. This is graphic design right here 101. Okay? This is not called Pleytone. This is the real, yes. There we go. Now it's on the screen. We know it. There we go. It's four years of college right here. Four years of college right, well three and a half technically. I was a fast learner.

Young Hollywood

Where'd you guys go to school?

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

USC.

Young Hollywood

Me too. Oh, we're on. Oh my god. On. Bite on. Never went to a football game.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

Not me. I did. I was there when they allowed alcohol in the stadium.

Young Hollywood

Wow. You were there for what? Like the crazy years?

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

I'm I'm very old. I have a Reggie Bush jersey, but I don't have, I'd never got to go to a game. That's epic. Dude. That's very epic. You should look into handwriting like the way you wrote your G must mean something about your personality. We're gonna keep this for real.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

It means that I've only written G's like this now for the last like two years of my life cuz my signature is literally that. So,

Young Hollywood

That's great. I love that.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

Yeah, so that's like where that came from. We'll keep that on there too. Don't erase.

Young Hollywood

Cool. Yeah, don't erase that. Let's do a couple questions out there. So, Nash fans. Okay. Let's see here. I got a lot so I'm skimming. Let me see. Let's check these out. Yeah, yeah. So we have people texting. them to us from afar. Oh I love this. Oh, see, so they're asking. Okay, I'll do that one. What's my favorite song to perform?

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

On this tour, it's gonna be a song called I Love You So Much. I L Y S M. And uh, we're gonna do it in a new way that's really cool and really personal and we're gonna kinda rearrange how we do it and I'm excited about it. But it's my it's it's out of songs that are out, my probably my top three if not like number two or number one favorite song. Tied with Home that's out of mine that I've written. So.

Young Hollywood

That's my new fave. Yeah. Thank you, man. Oh, thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks to Elizabeth Morris for asking. Yeah. Great last name. Sorry, my my screen's crashed.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

No, that's totally fine. How do I stay so down to Earth? is a good one. Like I said, man,

Young Hollywood

Wait, hold on. That was my mom that asked that question. Really? Yeah, Elizabeth Morris is my mother. Victoria Spellman. Okay, thanks mom. I love that.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

How do you stay so down to Earth? I just I I meditate and I take time to myself and I go for long drives with no destination in particular, or if there is a destination, I make sure I don't have to be there by a certain time. So, I'll hit someone and be like, I'll be there at like later. And they're like, for sure. And like I just keep a social circle of people that are cool with me being weird like that. And I just drive and and oh and another thing too is lately I've been trying not that you have to take this in your own life. But I've been um not listening to anything by force. So like I feel like previously a lot of the times I would get in the car and feel like, oh I have to listen to something. And now I get in the car and I just kinda I just kinda like play nothing. And then I might I might think of a new song that's a melody and I'll voice note it. But if I think of a song that I already know then I selectively listen to that song because you can now with all these awesome streaming services. And then silence again. And it's been really cleansing for my brain I think, to not have all these things going on in it. So I don't know if that'll work for you guys but it's the theory I've created.

Young Hollywood

Silence is very important.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

Silence is important. Um. For sure. Okay, cool. One more. My favorite What's your favorite part about writing and producing songs? My Thank you, Jade Waiszfloch for that one. Great. My favorite part about writing and producing songs is the uh is is kinda just the getting it off my chest part of it. So like when I have a feeling or a thought or an emotion, I put it down in a record so that it's out of me. And then when people resonate that with that like I said earlier it feels really great. And that's that's my favorite part of it is one the getting it off my chest and then two having people hear it and and say, hey I understand this. Even if it's one other person or it's I it never comes out and my dad says it or one of my best friends says it. Like that does the job for me because it makes me feel like I was able to say something that you connected with and made you feel better about something and it made me feel better too. And that's my favorite part about writing and producing songs.

Young Hollywood

Nice. You're an awesome guy, dude. Yeah, really cool.

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Tony, what do you think? Is it nap time?

Gnash's Graphic Design Masterpiece

It's nap. I like that. Yeah, I like that. We're gonna take a nap here, Young Hollywood Cruise. We'll see you on the nap, what is it? The sleeve it called? Sleeve over tour? Sleepy. Getting sleepy. Sleepy. See ya there. Go home. Bye.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jon Bellion

    Artist Tony has a 'man-crush' on

  • Max

    Gnash's friend who does design work for him

  • Elizabeth Morris

    Fan who asked a question, also Gnash's mother

  • Victoria Spellman

    Gnash's mother's full name, asking a question

  • Jade Waiszfloch

    Fan who asked a question

  • Reggie Bush

    USC football player mentioned for his jersey

FAQ

What is Gnash's favorite song to perform on tour?+
Gnash's favorite song to perform on tour is "I Love You So Much" (ILYSM), which he considers one of his top three favorite songs he's written, tied with "Home."
How does Gnash stay down to earth?+
Gnash stays down to earth by meditating, taking time for himself, and going for long drives with no particular destination or time constraints. He also practices not listening to music by force, embracing silence instead.
What is Gnash's favorite part about writing and producing songs?+
Gnash's favorite part about writing and producing songs is getting feelings and emotions off his chest and then having people resonate with the music, making him feel connected to others.
Did Gnash have graphic design experience before creating the YH logo?+
Yes, Gnash used to create websites, graphic designs, and logos for people using Photoshop as odd jobs, though he now has a friend who handles that work for him.
What does the 'Hollywoodland' sign refer to?+
The 'Hollywoodland' sign was the original Hollywood sign, which was an advertisement for a real estate company.
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