Saweetie+P-lo revised

Hey guys, welcome back to the Bring the Bay Back Podcast, episode 2. Today I want to talk about two people who I thought were definitely striving and doing really well for the Bay. These are P-Lo and Saweetie. So these are two Filipino-American artists who have come from the Bay Area and I think they're definitely pushing boundaries for what it means to be an Asian pop star, but also what it means to be an artist from the West as well. These people, what they're doing is they're creating a new sound that we're not really seeing in other places. We basically, I definitely want to talk about these guys because of the 49ers, I thought we were going to win and this podcast would have been so much better if they did. We lost, but that's okay because together we can recover and maybe P-Lo and Saweetie can help us like heal from that what happened, right? But these guys are the ones who made the song Do It For The Bay. You probably heard it on TikTok or wherever. It went viral on social media. I think these guys are definitely showing what it means to be a young artist, or not even a young artist, just an artist who is just like breaking out and kind of going viral right now. And these people are definitely, Saweetie and P-Lo are definitely people who that's happening to them. Let's play the 49ers song and see what people have to say. Alright, so what did you guys think about that? There was a very repetitive chorus, but it's honestly a really fun beat. Definitely like a head-nodding you can, it's not hard to get behind and I think that's really exactly what the intention of the song was because obviously it's a 49ers song, so if it's going to be like, you know, singing the lyrics in a stadium, you want to have it easy to sing. But you know, I talked to some people about the song. Let's hear what they said. So first up, I wanted to show Braden James. He is a sophomore and he had an interesting take on P-Lo and Saweetie. No, I hate it. Wait, why do you not like it? I don't know. It's annoying. It was annoying? Yeah. Okay. Now that you heard Braden's perspective, let's hear another perspective. Here we have Chloe. Okay, what do you think about the song? I really liked the song. I really enjoyed it, listening to it, and so did my friends. Okay, so I think that both people who I interviewed had a unique and interesting perspective. They both had really valid points. Now, I think what we should do is talk about Saweetie. Who is she, right? Her real name is Diamante Harper, and she was born in Santa Clara in 1993, right? So she's actually older than a lot of people think, as a Filipino Chinese American, right? And she actually attended University of Southern California. She did not know she was going to go into art. She actually got a major in communications. I think it was, but actually what happened was, in 2017, she went viral. One of her songs, Icy Girl, and this led to getting signed by Max Goose, who signed people like Beyonce. So what she did is, she actually is a product of somebody who got really viral off the song, and I think it's pretty interesting to hear, because I always hear about how that is not good for the artist, because it pigeonholes them. But in this case, Saweetie, she's actually kind of breaking out, because it's hard to be a rapper as a woman. So she's actually able to use, like, getting viral as a way to get signed by bigger labels, and kind of put a name for herself, which I thought was pretty cool. Now, here's a song that made it all happen. Alright, that's a really fun song. It's definitely a TikTok-y song. You can hear the really great emphasis on the beat. I think it's really good. Now, this song is able to kick-start her into her music career, because she's somebody who was not really known as much, and this basically allowed her to actually have a foot in the door when you're talking about music, and it also allowed her to do crazy things, like what she did in 2018, right? So this is only one year after getting viral. She goes to the Super Bowl, and it's featured in a beauty commercial by Rihanna. This is kind of big, because it means that Saweetie, she's able to, if you are a new musician, it's not easy for you to get exposed like that, and she was able to do that, and by Rihanna, which is, like, amazing. Which shows that, you know, she's able to, as, like, a Filipino-American, break these stereotypes, and she's really kind of working for it, and I thought that was really cool. But yeah, after she, you know, she's on the Super Bowl ad, a few months later, she drops her newest album, High Maintenance, right? This is a new album, and basically, this album is kind of showing everybody what she can do, because remember, she did get famous in 2017. So this album is very important for her, because it shows who she is as an artist. Does she want to stay in being the same thing? Does she want to keep doing the same thing she is doing, and maybe get pigeonholed, but, you know, she'd get money for it, and it'd be easier? Or does she want to maybe make her own, make her own, like, new sound, and that's, you know, ensure that her depth, but it would be harder to get loyal followers because of that, right? Because now you're kind of switching up on your fan base. So this is a very important album for her, and let's hear a song from it called Good Good. Yes, my team. Okay, that song is, I like that, right? It's a, it's a fun song, right? I think that the only, the thing is, is she's able to show that now she's not just doing songs that are relying on beats, right? She's able to make songs that are different, you know? These are less hype, these are, you know, deeper, and I thought that was really cool. So what she's done is she's in, you know, in like a little over a year, she's able to not only go viral, but also show the world that she has multiple different sounds, you know, in her. That's something that not a lot of people can say, and I like it. And after this, she did something that a lot of people would not do, but yeah. So what she does is she creates a record label called Icy, right? This is her brand, and I appreciate it, but it's very hard to do, but she does it anyway, and that's, I feel like, the theme with her. She's kind of breaking stereotypes, and here, as like, she's like one of the first, I think, Filipino-American women in rap to do this, because it's just not really heard of as much, especially for women to bring the power to them as much. So we can see she's, she's actually changing the game here, because before, when people would not really, like, she has a really great sound, and she knows that, and she knows that she's not going to get pigeon holes just because she's a girl. She's going to kind of push through. So this is why I thought that was like a really smart or interesting move, but yeah. Okay, now I'm going to be interviewing the sophomore, Jiho Park. What do you think about Serena? I think she's a very respectable artist in the Spotify genre, yeah. Right, so as you can see after those interviews, you can understand that she's actually pretty respectable, right? A lot of people who know her respect her, and they think that she's a great artist. But now, who are we talking about next? We're talking about P-Lo. P-Lo, his real name, Paulo Rodriguez, was born in Pino, California, in 1991. He's just like Saweetie, he's also a Filipino-American, who, but he was introduced to lots of different types of music at a young age, right? This is really important, because he eventually becomes a producer, and his songs are a little bit different than the average American song, and that's, this helps him kind of have a more mature music taste before he's super old, and that, that can really help you, especially if you're trying to make songs to be a producer, because your whole life is songs, right? And basically what he does is, Kanye, he actually gets inspired by Kanye's, at the time, new album, The College Dropouts. Now, even though Kanye has come under recent fire right now, back then, he wasn't as bad. I think understanding an artist's inspiration can help you a lot with understanding why they create the songs they do, and if you can hear, in that Kanye sounds, twang, right? And that's a big part of Pino's, you know, style. He has, he did it to the X extent, it's a very Bay Area thing, he puts his own spin on it, and I think it's really fun. So, basically, inspired by Kanye's album, right? He joined something called the HBK gang, or it's like a, just a pop star group called Heartbreaking Kids Gang, and this is founded by Masu, Chief Skipper, and Pino, yeah? So, this is where he would first start making songs, right? And here's, here's, like, one of the songs he made. I'ma get in and go crazy. I'ma get in and go crazy. I'ma get in and go crazy. I'ma get in and go crazy. Crazy, go crazy, go crazy. Crazy, go crazy, go crazy. Crazy, go crazy, go crazy. Crazy, go crazy, go crazy. If you die, bitch, when and where's the leaflet track dropped, and I'ma cop him. My scene's killer, you know I'ma sound proper, and I don't believe every shit niggas be jokin'. Okay, um, this is very similar songs to, um, people who are like Sobex IVE, right? Like we heard before. Um, you can, you can hear it, right? Uh, it's very young, and I thought it was very interesting. He's a producer there, right? Um, basically, this helps him a lot. I think having these groups gives you connections, and just like how Saweetie was able to get in the door through going viral, uh, Pino's able to do it through going, getting in a rap group, right? And here, that's what he's able to do, and it eventually leads to him being a producer for somebody great, uh, like Wizkid, right? If you don't know Wizkid, um, he's not as famous in America as he is, like, in other places, but, uh, you probably do know one song he's featured on with Drake called One Dance, so I'm gonna play it for you, so you understand this is the person he produced for. That's definitely a song you probably know. Basically, Pino's able to reach somebody who is super high in the industry, right? He's able to meet somebody who was on One Dance, and One Dance is like a crazy popular song, right? If you don't know One Dance, that's pretty crazy. I would say just listen to it, man. I, I don't know what to tell you, but, so now Pino's able to, from this, he's able to develop his own style, right? And his own style is, it's, I, I would say it's good, but it means there's a lot of, he uses a lot of barrier twangs, right? That's what barrier is known for, that twangy bass, and also, but he's also able to use, you know, smart producer moves like he did with Wizkid, and he understands what it means to be on a feature and how to do that well, like his time in the HBK gig. So now, we can see that he's really, he's ready to make good songs, and here's a song that I think you might like about him. Okay, did you like that song? Um, well, I interviewed some people and asked them. All right, and let's see what the Colmont student Lachlan Murphy thought about the song. Um, I thought the song was very professional, and it sounded really good, and I, I liked it a lot, yeah. Did you agree with Lachlan's take? Hmm, well, thank you guys for listening to my podcast. Um, a little disclaimer, I just want you guys to know that our podcast does not represent the views of Colmont, Scott Scoop, the Scott editors, or me. Um, these pieces of art are purely what the songwriters chose, and while, and they often use metaphors, so I hope you guys know that, again, the creation, in the creation of this podcast, nobody, uh, who made this has the same views as the people mentioned, or even subjects in the song that were mentioned in this podcast. Thank you so much for hearing me out. All right, bye, hope to see you again soon.