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Switched on Popis runningNewcomers, a three-part series of interviews with breakout artists.
This week, Reanna Cruzs interview with Jhayco.
Its like having a big closet with any punch in of clothes.
you might read excerpts from the conversation below.
For the full interview, check out the latest episode ofSwitched on Pop.
Before you were Jhayco, you were a songwriter for artists like Zion y Lennox and Tito El Bambino.
When did you begin to write music?When I was 11.
Music was my cartoons when I was young.
It was myPower Rangers.
Then it would just be easy to imitate it.
It was like a calling, something I knew from a past life.
From there, I started writing.
Then at 14, I started producing.
I was just writing what I heard from artists that inspired me.
I used to love Don Omar.
I used to just copy what he used to say.
My whole flow is like thanks to him.
How do you choose who to work with?I have two ways of looking at things.
I look from an artist point, and then I look at it as a fan.
Am I gonna be able to listen to this album and know whats gonna happen?
Do I wanna know whats gonna happen?
Do I want to hear him with the same artist?
Maybe if it is good enough, but usually no.
I want to hear him with somebody new.
Skrillex is somebody I love.
Hes, like, a genius.
I feel like a lot of artists dont really approach music from a fan perspective.No, not at all.
Because I feel like artists are so caught up in being the artists.
You mentioned your collaboration with Peso Pluma, Ex-Special.
How did it come together?I go to Mexico a lot.
When I was doing my album I stayed there and really got to tap into the culture.
Not just listening from playlists.
I got to be there.
Thats what I did with this song.
How do you write melodies?
Do you sit down and go for it?
Do you try them out in the shower?I dont write too much in the studio.
I feel like the studio is an office.
Its like going to school.
I like when I can feel like Im having fun.
Im at the beach, or at my house, or in the car.
It comes out natural because Im feeling good.
You cant write something if you dont feel good.
Theres only so many people who have a talent with melodies.
Most people just have talent with beats.
I was super young.
I was starting to know the world, starting to know fame.
And across these three years Ive settled more into who I am.
This project is what my perspective of a rock star is in my world.
