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Pink Sweat$ Freestyles a Song For The YH Studio

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We're feeling major chill vibes and pink power in the Young Hollywood Studio when R&B singer/songwriter Pink Sweat$ stops by, complete with pink jumpsuit and matching bandana, and we stan a pink icon. The artist discusses what makes his unique brand of music stand out from other musicians in the game, and how his first two EPs were entirely self-produced on his MacBook Pro, proving his philosophy that the art and the message of the music is what really counts. He also shares with us the story behind his stage name and aesthetic, plus, in the spirit of a tradition that was born during his first tour, he makes up a song on the spot in honor of the YH Studio!

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Young Hollywood

Alright guys, we are here with a legend in the making.

Young Hollywood

Pink Sweats is in the building.

Young Hollywood

Bro, I am so excited you are here.

Young Hollywood

It's an honor and pleasure.

Young Hollywood

The music you're making, it's, it's one of a kind.

Young Hollywood

It's different than what the rest of R&B is doing.

Young Hollywood

How would you describe your sound?

Pink Sweat

Fresh.

Pink Sweat

It's new.

Pink Sweat

It's fresh.

Young Hollywood

What makes it different, though?

Pink Sweat

It's one instrument makes it a lot different.

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Because you're not, you're not using like bass and and drums, right?

Young Hollywood

Like you're doing different.

Young Hollywood

You're using like a lot of strings.

Pink Sweat

Yeah, mostly.

Pink Sweat

Yeah, pretty much just single guitar and rocking out that way.

Pink Sweat

But also, I think it's just my approach.

Pink Sweat

I make whatever kind of music I wanna make.

Pink Sweat

People happen to say it's R&B.

Pink Sweat

That's what makes it feel different, too.

Pink Sweat

Because it's like, yo, let's check out this R&B and it's like this this is different if this is R&B.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so what like how would you classify your music then?

Pink Sweat

Just good music.

Pink Sweat

I was just, yeah, I was just talking with Ne-Yo the other day and I was saying to him, low-key like he's just a great artist.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Pink Sweat

Like he's not an R&B artist.

Pink Sweat

He's like artist, Ne-Yo.

Pink Sweat

And that's what I hope to be.

Young Hollywood

Is that how you want to be like perceived as well?

Pink Sweat

Yeah, for sure.

Pink Sweat

Hopefully.

Pink Sweat

But I understand it takes time.

Pink Sweat

You have to prove to people essentially that like you're not just this one thing.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

People try to box you in and stuff.

Pink Sweat

Yeah, that's natural, though.

Pink Sweat

I'm not upset about it.

Young Hollywood

So you, you do make great music.

Young Hollywood

Classic music, I think.

Pink Sweat

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

I heard, though, that your your first two albums or EPs, Volume One, Volume Two, you created on a MacBook Pro.

Pink Sweat

Because I wanted to show people that you don't have to have a million dollars to make a project to make a million dollars.

Young Hollywood

You're in the studio right now, though, right?

Pink Sweat

No, cuz I'm producing my album live now.

Pink Sweat

Like my actual LP album, I'm like playing drum like, I can't do that.

Young Hollywood

Gotcha.

Young Hollywood

In the same So you're doing like all the instrumentation as well.

Pink Sweat

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

On this new project.

Pink Sweat

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

One thing I love about like artists that are coming up working on that 2012 MacBook Pro in a in a BV, like in a closet recording is like there's something raw and authentic to it, you know what I mean?

Young Hollywood

Does that has that crossed your mind like when you're in the studio right now?

Pink Sweat

Yeah, for sure.

Pink Sweat

It's like, dang.

Pink Sweat

But, you know, that's why I make the Volume Series.

Pink Sweat

So it's like after the album, I'll do a Volume Three and then I just keep doing the volumes forever.

Pink Sweat

I just like enjoy music and I want to do it as long as it's fun and it's makes me happy.

Young Hollywood

You just finished your first tour.

Pink Sweat

Yeah, it was amazing.

Young Hollywood

I was there at the Roxy.

Pink Sweat

Oh, that's crazy.

Young Hollywood

It was super dope.

Young Hollywood

You do a great job of just commanding the show, the crowd and all that.

Young Hollywood

You do this awesome thing where you pull up a fan and like you create a song on the spot.

Young Hollywood

How did that come about?

Young Hollywood

And is that like how you create music just in general?

Pink Sweat

I just do it in my life.

Pink Sweat

I've like point pick out a part of my life, like it's a relationship or a situation that happened.

Pink Sweat

I'm like, all right, cool.

Pink Sweat

I'm write about that.

Pink Sweat

It's pretty simple.

Young Hollywood

I don't wanna put you on the spot like feel free to decline if you want to.

Young Hollywood

But do you think you could do like a little a little something in the from the studio to something?

Pink Sweat

I was riding around all day, hoping that at some point I would say, I'm with young Hollywood in Hollywood.

Pink Sweat

Hey, hey!

Young Hollywood

Love it, man, love it.

Young Hollywood

I have to talk about your name, Pink Sweats.

Young Hollywood

Everyone, everyone knows the story like you're in the studio, Cameron called you Pink Sweats.

Young Hollywood

But I want to know like what made you want to like ride with it and then put it on like as a full aesthetic, right?

Young Hollywood

Like you live this every single day now.

Pink Sweat

You actually, I'll tell you, you save time on your life.

Pink Sweat

If I walk in a store, I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go and get something pink.

Pink Sweat

It's

Young Hollywood

That's what I'm thinking like how It's like literally, they don't have anything pink.

Pink Sweat

I just leave.

Young Hollywood

That's the quickest decision you ever made in your life.

Pink Sweat

True, but like is there a lot, but which makes it harder, right?

Young Hollywood

Because like a lot of things, I feel like a lot of stores don't have a lot of pink things.

Pink Sweat

No, it's not hard.

Pink Sweat

I mean, you'd be surprised.

Pink Sweat

Now people just give me pink stuff.

Pink Sweat

So it's a lot way easier.

Young Hollywood

I feel so bad.

Young Hollywood

I was I was at the store looking for something cool to buy you.

Young Hollywood

Now that you said it.

Pink Sweat

It's not hard.

Young Hollywood

I couldn't find anything cool enough though.

Pink Sweat

No.

Pink Sweat

Yeah, shout out to Super for this uh dope jumpsuit.

Young Hollywood

Dude, your your whole outfit right now is swag.

Young Hollywood

I was actually looking for that.

Young Hollywood

The bandana.

Pink Sweat

Yeah, shout out to my guitarist.

Pink Sweat

She was gonna try to wear it, but she's like, nah, this is not me.

Pink Sweat

I was like, thank you.

Young Hollywood

Lastly, you have a second part of the tour coming up.

Young Hollywood

You have a new album.

Young Hollywood

How would you describe like this new era of your music, like working in the studio and all that.

Pink Sweat

It's like even more fresh.

Pink Sweat

It's like when Febreze come out with a new scent.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Pink Sweat

That's how I'm feeling.

Pink Sweat

Like with that LP when it's done, you're like, dang, like how does he how how?

Young Hollywood

I feel like a lot of artists rely on the beats.

Pink Sweat

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

In your music it's different in that like your vocals definitely carry the song.

Pink Sweat

That's one thing you learn.

Pink Sweat

It's easy to make people get hyped.

Pink Sweat

It's hard to make people quiet.

Pink Sweat

It's easy to go, turn up, turn up, turn up.

Pink Sweat

It's hard to make people go And not get annoyed and start talking to someone else.

Pink Sweat

You put a knocking beat on, people move.

Pink Sweat

You don't even got to say nothing.

Pink Sweat

You could go to a You could think about it.

Pink Sweat

You go to clubs and they just play music.

Pink Sweat

The art side of it is like challenge.

Pink Sweat

You know, don't always give a listener what you think they want to hear.

Pink Sweat

Sometimes you need to give people what you might feel that they need.

Pink Sweat

It's like vegetables.

Pink Sweat

It's like you can't only eat chips and And in and out and all that, right?

Young Hollywood

And in and out.

Pink Sweat

Even though I love that.

Pink Sweat

You got to eat a carrot here and there.

Young Hollywood

I wish I could.

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

One last thing, okay?

Young Hollywood

What kind of impact do you want your music to have?

Pink Sweat

I want people to be like, dang, like, oh, you on the Pink Sweats vibe.

Pink Sweat

You know how like The Migos came in and they just destroyed like they killed so hard with like their new flow.

Pink Sweat

Like they introduced something to the rap game that wasn't there.

Pink Sweat

And then everybody was like, oh, that's The Migos flow.

Pink Sweat

Like with Drake, like the certain vibe.

Pink Sweat

I want people to be like that's the Pink Sweats vibe.

Pink Sweat

You know what I'm saying?

Young Hollywood

All right, there we go.

Young Hollywood

That was Pink Sweats.

Young Hollywood

Go check out his music.

Young Hollywood

He's putting out classics.

Young Hollywood

Check him out.

Young Hollywood

Pink Sweats with a dollar sign.

Young Hollywood

Peace.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Pink Sweat$

    The interviewed artist and subject of the video

  • Ne-Yo

    Artist mentioned by Pink Sweat$ as a great artist beyond genre labels

  • Cameron

    Credited by Pink Sweat$ for giving him his stage name

  • Super

    Designer credited for Pink Sweat$'s jumpsuit

  • The Migos

    Musical group mentioned as an example of artists creating a unique flow/vibe

  • Drake

    Artist mentioned as an example of someone with a distinctive vibe

FAQ

How does Pink Sweat$ describe his music?+
Pink Sweat$ describes his music as "fresh" and "good music." He aims to be perceived as a great artist rather than strictly an R&B artist, even though many classify his sound as R&B.
How did Pink Sweat$ produce his first two EPs?+
Pink Sweat$ produced his first two EPs, 'Volume One' and 'Volume Two,' entirely on a MacBook Pro. He did this to demonstrate that a large budget isn't necessary to create a successful project.
What is the origin of Pink Sweat$'s stage name and aesthetic?+
Pink Sweat$ explains that his stage name came from someone named Cameron. He decided to embrace the pink aesthetic fully, making it his signature style and simplifying his shopping choices.
What impact does Pink Sweat$ want his music to have?+
Pink Sweat$ hopes his music will create a unique, recognizable sound he calls 'the Pink Sweat$ vibe,' similar to how artists like The Migos or Drake created their own distinct flows and vibes that others recognize.
What makes Pink Sweat$'s music different from other R&B?+
Pink Sweat$ believes his music stands out because it often features only one instrument, typically a single guitar, and he approaches music-making by creating whatever he wants, rather than strictly adhering to genre conventions.
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