From music, skating to talking to an operation system; Young Jasper is one of the few artists I have personally had the opportunity to hangout and shoot a music video and just grow up with in my teen years to my adult. I stopped by Jasper crib to do a quick photoshoot and pick his brain about his career/life and his newly released single LoveSick.
All right, back with another interview, I'm with?
Que onda, Young Jasper, That's the name Young Jasper, you already know.
Where you from?
South side, Chicago, You know what I'm saying? Not really brick city, but definitely Brick City.
Describe your style of music to us.
I want to say like, uh, I don't want to say like, be/cliche and say it's different and shit like that, but it's definitely is its own vibe. Outside of the South Side of Chicago, outside of Chicago. It's just like own world, for sure. It's just it's completely different from anything you heard in Chicago from, like, what's going on right now.
What got you into music?
Um, shit. I've always been an artist, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's just that's that's just in the culture. And, um, you know what I'm saying? Around the time I grew up, you know, it was just. It was just kind of like, perfect. You know, I started, like, super early, so.
Is there a certain artist who’d impacted your career?
Definitely. Um, Wiz Khalifa, ASAP Rocky. Um, that was like my main two. That was like the two that really influenced me, for sure.
What's your favorite city you've traveled to so far?
Um, I'm gonna say Paris and Amsterdam. Paris and Amsterdam is like my two favorite places. Two. The two places I can hide out in the world. It's definitely Paris and Amsterdam.
If you were in any of those two cities right now, what meal would you go get?
In the morning in Paris. Definitely a coffee and some croissants. Maybe, uh, maybe, um, I don't know, some eggs or something. And then the Amsterdam steak and eggs.
You spent time a bit ago with Comethazine. Can you kind of tell us about that experience with him traveling around?
It was it was like, um, it was like, you know, your average fucking rockstar tour. It was like a whole bunch of fucking around and bullshitting and making money, and you know what I'm saying? Just like doing shows and yelling at people. Yeah, it was great.
Thats dope how do you feel about the current style of music right now?
Um, You know, I think it's, I think music is definitely in a great place right now, but, uh, currently what's being pushed is, you know, it's not so great, but that's okay. You know what I'm saying? I don't mean that bad music is like, you know what I'm saying? The forefront is going to take over for long. You know, good music will have its place and it will come back. But, you know.
If you could live in any era of music between the past couple of decades, which one would you live in?
It's a hard it's a hard battle between the 70s and the 90s. Yeah.
All right, so you got a new single out called LoveSick, Can you explain that one to us?
Lovesick is definitely a song that that you can interpret however you want to. And I want people to make it as personal as possible. And for me, I know you can just hear it in the music. You can hear it in the song. You know, if you really want to hear what it was for me. But I definitely want people to take it very personal for them.
Who inspired you to make this song?
Menticide, This song I made called Menticide inspired me to make LoveSick.
All right. You dropped two albums back to back in 2022.
Gabos 1 and 2. Yeah. Damn, bro, I shit those, like. Okay, so Gabos 1. Um, I think Gabos 1 or was it Gabos 2? I don't know, it might have been on tour on both of them, actually. But yeah, those are kind of like my favorite tapes I got, um, I got, um, tatted on my neck and shit like that, and, uh, yeah, I made some really good music in that time. Those are my favorite tastes because of the time that I was making it in, like, those are the most fun times, like, ever. Like in life.
What does Gabos mean to you?
It means game ain't based on sympathy. So you know that speaks for itself. Game ain't based on sympathy. I don't really I don't really sympathize for shit. So like, you know, I don't really expect people to do it for me, vice versa.
Then the following year after that, you dropped all your Scooba EP.
Yeah, yeah. That shit. Um, that was just like, you know, that was just like some quick, some quick, uh, preppy boy shit that I was on. Some preppy boy disrespectful Chicago nigga type vibe.
What's next for you as an artist? What type of projects you got coming up?
Right now, I got a project in the works that's actually about to come out within the next month or so, but right now we're pushing lovesick, and it's definitely all about Love Sick within these next couple of months, because this is a really big song and it's a really like it's a really important song for everybody to hear. And as far as what's coming after that, expect a lot of videos. Expect to be introduced into a world.
What are some creative things you do outside of music that kind of give you that boost and that creativity?
Um, I fucking, like, talk to computers. I code. Um, I fucking play with computers. I read and fucking write on them all day. Um, I fucking like, what else do I do? I skateboard. Um. Play guitar. I've been learning guitar for the past, like, almost two years. So. Yeah, I've been, like, getting really, really good, spending a lot of time on my guitar and shit and, um, learning about a lot of music and paying attention to a lot of rock stars and shit, getting a lot of inspiration from them. And, um, yeah, that's kind of just where my whole drive been that lately.
If you could perform a set at any concert right now, what concert would you want to perform at?
Uh. Any concert. It'll probably be, um. It'll probably be, like, rolling loud. Um, we, like, maybe, like, rolling loud or any, you know, anything that's just got a big headliner. To be honest.
Would be that first song you want to perform on your set.
I would love for lovesick to blow up right now, and that'd be my first song I come out to. Boom! Hit that bitch and go crazy.
The other year you did a collab with Joe FreshGoods and Vans. We seen you modeling in a little fit. Explain how that whole collaboration came together.
Um, that was some shit. That was some shit my manager put together. And then, um. Yeah, we just we just rocked from there. Um, he got me into it with Joe Freshgoods and shit. So he made that connection, and then. Yeah, it was just up from then on. Bro said he wanted me to, you know, be in the be in the shoot for the for his new drop. And it we just made that happen.
Word. What are some creative tackle? I'm that one more time. What are something creative you want to tackle or accomplish this year?
Um, I definitely don't want to be cliche and say money, but money. Um, money. More music. Like better music. I don't even care to make a fucking thousand songs. I want to make really fucking solid songs that, you know, like that introduces people to my life now because it's different than, you know, everything that I've derived, like when I was younger and shit.
Last but not least, what is your message to the youth that wants to get into the music but might be hesitating?
I must say, don't listen to me, do your own research. That's what the fuck I'm gonna say. And I'm gonna say also, don't listen to anybody the fuck else. Do your own research, and then. Yeah, you will see if it's for you or not.
Any any last things you want to say?
Love sick is out now on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Google. It's pretty much anywhere you can ask Siri. You can fucking ask Alexa. You can ask shit, anybody? They find it.
Thank you for reading, to listen to New Single LoveSick and more music from Young Jasper Click Here. More photos from our shoot posted down.
