I want to tour less and make more art.

Mija

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Sometimes I think that we are living in a simulation controlled by the reigns of a destructive child who often gets bored or distracted, leaving us trapped inside feedback loops for years at a time.

child think time sometimes

I am really proud of where me and Ghastly's track 'Crank It' ended up. It was our first music video and big label release. It was such a dope experience working with OWSLA on that record.

i-am me experience music

My fans are so open-minded and trust that whatever I'm doing, in whatever moment of time, is the most accurate form of expression that I have to offer them. There are no expectations - only a journey which we all share together.

moment trust journey time

I've always been into super upbeat, cute, uplifting progressions, but at the same time, I'm also a very dark person. I really like both sides, and I feel like I'm always trying to find some middle ground with music or style or anything that I do.

style music time cute

Middle and high school sucked.

high high-school middle school

I realized you can be the dopest producer technically, but if the songs don't give you emotion, it doesn't matter.

songs you emotion matter

I wasn't good at writing big banger tracks because that wasn't in my heart.

big good heart writing

I never really planned on any of this being a career; all I knew for sure was that I wanted to create, I wanted to play music, and I wanted to share music.

career never music play

I don't think that I've ever really been interested in many other things aside from music and making art in general.

things think music art

I tried for a long time to make DJ-able dance tracks that were more specific to the stuff that I was playing. Ultimately, I found I wasn't really capable of doing that. The only type of music I was able to make that really made me feel something would just come straight from my heart or straight from whatever emotions I was feeling at that time.

me music heart time

It's taken a while for me to figure out my sound. It's tough, coming from DJing, because you know how things are supposed to sound, but you also don't want to be formulaic about it.

know me you tough

I grew up really fast.

fast really up grew

I create, dress, and act however I feel in a single moment.

dress feel moment single

As humans, we are constantly learning and changing and evolving, and I think that is so beautiful.

i-think think learning beautiful

I started as a rave promoter when I was 17 years old; then I started DJing at 19.

then old started years

Music is my greatest love. It is also my first love. But I love a lot of things, including painting, drawing, writing, designing, and more.

painting drawing music love

I tend to think that every new song I make is better than the last one.

new better think song

My music is inspired by where I am and what I'm feeling at the time. Traveling and meeting new people is also incredibly inspiring to me.

i-am me music time

I love traveling.

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I love shows. I love being with fans. It keeps you inspired.

being you fans love