I used to listen to my music on the bus. It was one of my favourite things, to look out the window and over at the Jacques Cartier Bridge and Parc Jean-Drapeau.

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When I'm playing, I play what I want, but I make sure that the crowd is going to love it at the same time. It's like a balancing act, a mix of two, a perfect circle... if you do it right.

you perfect time love

Neo-soul caught my attention more than any other sub-genre. I was really attracted by that sound. It made me do what I do musically: trying to find the same type of vibes, those nostalgic vibes.

me vibes trying attention

Deep down, you know what you want, and you should go for it.

deep down know you

I suck at video games.

suck video-games video games

I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like samba, and do it with trap drums. I like going places other people haven't gone before.

somewhere places like people

The way I picked the tracks for '99.9%' was based on the feeling of, 'Is this going to be a hit?' I wanted songs that people would immediately hear and remember.

feeling remember people way

I like that people are still trying to guess what kind of music I'm making.

like music trying people

I felt like there were two people inside me. I was trying to be somebody I was not, and I was frustrated that people didn't know who I was.

know me trying people

Really, what I'm trying to do is make soul music, but I don't even think of it as a genre. It's more of a feeling.

feeling think music soul

I don't have much of a wish list, but I'm dying to work with Erykah Badu. That's pretty much my dream collaboration.

collaboration wish dream work

I don't feel like a live set even seems super real for an electronic act like me. It's not really that entertaining. I've seen a lot of my favourite acts take it to a new level with a live band and stuff, which is amazing, but for me, a live set would be boring to watch.

live amazing feel me

You gotta be versatile, man.

gotta you man versatile

'99.9%' is the end product of years and years of me going through multiple styles and interests.

product end through me

I'm from the suburbs, really, so I actually didn't go to Montreal until I was, like, 19. I wasn't allowed to go to the city at night or really be in the scene with other producers. It was hard for my parents to understand what I was trying to do as an artist, but it didn't stop me. They eventually saw that it wasn't a joke.

city parents me night

Some people say I make hip-hop. Others see me as doing EDM. Some people might look at me as a trap artist, but I'm not really stuck to any of those.

some-people look me people

I don't think about doing new. I just do it.

new doing just think

It's pretty much about doing what you love and following your dreams. It sounds really corny, but it's so real.

dreams you your-dreams love

I'm always home, doing nothing, making beats, and watching movies.

movies nothing doing home

I'm my own stylist. Always! I don't wanna hire someone to chose what I should wear. At the same time, I do always wanna wear some crazy clothes.

clothes my-own crazy time

The producing side is always a hard thing for me. I look at Flying Lotus and see producers dropping instrumentals, and I think I should do it myself. I just try to be an artist for myself. That way, it's a lot easier.

myself look think me