It also pulls into the feelings of our deep sub-conscious. The video’s basically about the trials and tribulations of a deeply intimate but rocky relationship. > Why did you choose Divine to be the single? What was it about the song that made you want present it as the first flavour of your album?ĭivine was the chosen song for the music video because it reflected a certain visual vibe I really wanted to pursue. I’m glad I got to work with him on this song and hope to do many more. I admire his style and uniqueness as an artist. What is it that makes you want to work with him? > You’ve collaborated with Ty Senoj twice, most recently on je t’dore. Apparently, the fish loved this particular song. That playlist was named after a funny youtube video that I saw of a girl singing Fetty while she was crying and flushing her dead fish down the toilet. > Why did you name your Spotify playlist 'wen ur goldfish dies and it loved Fetty Wap'? I grew up listening to Classical because of my parents but my older sister saturated my environment with '90s/'oos R&B and Hip-Hop. > Your musical background is in classical music how and why did you get pulled to the urban sphere? It just felt right when I came up with it. I wanted a name that was unique and sonically pleasing to hear. > Why did you decide to trade under a moniker rather than the name your Mamma gave you? I haven’t personally experienced any resistance or negativity for the fact that I’m of Asian descent. > How accepting has the Urban community been of an artist of Asian descent? But the punk scene is also making a strong come back here as well. OVO and XO crews have really put Toronto on the map. Hip-hop/R&B scene is stronger than ever in Toronto. > On the face of it Toronto seems like a rock town, yet the likes of Drake and The Weekend hail from there. We caught up with the soul boy who recently dropped his debut album 'Mud Mask' featuring the single Divine for a quick-fire round of questions. With his debut album due to drop this August, it feels like it's only a matter of time before Sylo breaks down all barriers on his path to success.Up-and-coming Canadian urban act Sylo Nozra rolls into Dublin tomorrow night to give Whelan's a taste of urban, Toronto style. His music has been charting virally on both Spotify and Apple, amassing well over 10 million plays across all platforms. While Sylo has certainly been putting in the work over the past few years and is slowly but surely building his fan base, it feels like the world is finally starting to catch onto his magic. It’s not the specific thing you’re using as an escape it’s the urge inside of you.” The minimal yet funky production provides the perfect palette for Sylo’s signature vocals and layered harmonies. “I wanted to write about the cycles of addiction-whether that’s from substances or sex, the lines are blurred. “Ginny is really the vices of alcohol as a nickname for gin and sex and how the two are married in this story,” Sylo tells us via email. In true Sylo fashion, the track tackles a subject not often touched by the smooth sounds of rhythm and blues: addiction. He delivers yet again with his latest track, “Ginny,” premiering today here on Complex. However, Sylo has never let his pen slip up, and his songwriting skills have placed him in studios among Grammy-winning/nominated songwriters from Los Angeles to London to Toronto. We live in an era where Lil Pump said “Gucci Gang” a whopping 53 times in two minutes and damn near went number one, so it’s safe to say that artists don’t always have to prioritize their lyrical content these days. His raspy, neo-soul vocal style has drawn comparisons to D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, and on first listen you should quickly be able to see why.Īnd lastly, across every project he’s released (an average of one per year since 2015), Sylo’s stellar songwriting has continued to be his strong suit. His is of a smooth, groove-driven variety, that incorporates such wide-reaching sonic inspirations as classical (that he listened to as a child) and rock music (that he favoured as a teen). The first and most obvious is that he’s an R&B artist of Asian descent, and while there’s been a few that have risen to prominence in recent years (such as fellow Canadians like anders and Manila Grey), it’s still rare to see-especially when you grew up in a devoutly religious family like Sylo, formerly known as Sylo Nozra, did.Īnother way that Sylo goes against the grain is in his musical vibe, which isn’t the synth-leavy, trap-leaning R&B like his previously-mentioned contemporaries. Sylo, as his name suggests, is a bit of an anomaly for a number of reasons.
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