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Magic! Perform Live & Pick Their Spirit Animals

Magic! Perform Live & Pick Their Spirit Animals

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The multi-genre band plays "Red Dress" and "Rude" & discusses their album 'Primary Colours'

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Magic

Hey, what's going on? We're Magic. Here hanging out at Young Hollywood and we just like to share a new song off our new album Primary Colors. This is called "Red Dress."

Magic

Yeah, I'm on. She's got on everything, every little thing inside her closet. And she knows it's getting late.

Young Hollywood

Hey everyone. I'm Molly Argu and this is Young Hollywood. I'm hanging out with the guys of Magic who just gave an amazing performance.

Magic

Hello Molly, how's it going?

Young Hollywood

Thank you. That was so cool. You even threw Pony in there. A little cover.

Magic

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah, yeah. Slipped it in there.

Young Hollywood

Well, your album Primary Colors is out now and it's on Spotify. I saw.

Magic

Yeah. That's right.

Young Hollywood

Tell me about the process of making this album. Do you have any highlights?

Magic

There's 10 songs on this album, but there was like 50 to 70 songs actually made, you know? Lots of work went into uh picking these songs specifically. And we had been touring, you know, so we made this album mainly on the road, in hotel rooms, playing backstage, on tour buses. So there's kind of uh the whole world is in this album.

Young Hollywood

And you're kind of touching on it, but I know you've all been very influenced by the Police and Bob Marley.

Magic

Yes.

Young Hollywood

But is there anything

Magic

No one else. Just those two.

Magic

Saturday morning, jumped out of bed and put on my best suit. Got in my car, raced like a jet all the way to you. Knocked on your door with heart in my hand. to ask you a question.

Young Hollywood

Is there anything specific about your sound that's surprised you as you guys have grown as a group that you're like, "Oh man!"

Magic

It's so yeah, like our our album has all the styles, I feel. It's really weird. When people ask us like, "What what is the genre of your album?" It's actually really hard to explain to be honest. I know we started with reggae with Rude being a very uh reggae sounding song, but we have a song called "I Need You" which really sounds like the Beatles. And then we have another song that sounds like Brazilian music, which is called "Have it All." So, I'm always surprised at how the four of us can just come up with We can do all the genres of music. We we should be a band in Vegas just covering all the bands. You know what I'm saying? Like

Magic

I got to find a way to take it up. I got a lot of love growing strong when I see you in your red dress on.

Young Hollywood

We're kind of digressing from the music here to get to know your personalities a bit. If you had to choose a spirit animal, who or what would it be?

Magic

Oh man. Wow. Let's do each one. For me

Young Hollywood

For you first.

Magic

For me I I I I think uh I am very I'm pretty free spirited myself. So, I would say uh a bird. Probably a bird, yeah. Just like a little hummingbird. And I'm out.

Young Hollywood

That's a cute spirit animal. It's a hummingbird.

Magic

There's a hummingbird. Actually, I like elephants. You you put that in there. They move slow. They hang out and bathe themselves. And they eat peanuts and they remember everything. Yeah. That's me.

Young Hollywood

Alex, do you have one?

Magic

I have a fetus in my backyard.

Magic

It's funny 'cause I think I was going to say a whale, which sounds really funny. But I like how peacefully they move. So I was thinking the same kind of thing, like a nice just something peaceful, nothing nothing hectic, you know what I mean?

Magic

I'm changing mine to sloth.

Magic

Humming sloth.

Magic

No. I'm not.

Young Hollywood

What do you think's been the coolest moment of your career as a group thus far?

Magic

Um, I'd probably say either either singing Rude in Times Square was kind of crazy in front of a million people.

Magic

I would say this moment right here. With you.

Magic

This moment right here. This moment.

Young Hollywood

I love it. Well, and I was saying earlier with Rude, it's like the one song that no matter when you hear it, you're singing it like at least the rest of the day, if not the rest of the week.

Magic

That's the idea.

Magic

Saturday morning, jumped out of bed and put on my best suit. Got in my car, raced like a jet. All the way to you.

Magic

That's what you want as a as a songwriter, obviously, to write a song that people can remember. And uh we're so fortunate that song really stuck and it actually became like a cultural phenomenon. Like people were making T-shirts and response videos where the dad, you know, the dad wrote a song about writing to the singer Nazreen. And it's just kind of funny. It kind of created this huge wave, which is really weird, but it's cool.

Young Hollywood

If your music could change one thing about the world, what would you want it to be?

Magic

I think it's already starting to do it, you know? It's starting to just people just it's just giving you like a moment of relaxation. And you know, because we fuse the reggae in a lot of our songs, it's just making people just forget a second. There's a lot of really dark things going on right now, but you don't have to live in that darkness. And good music allows you to escape it. And and I think a lot of our fans and people are like, "Man, your album just like gets me away for a second." And and that's the point. That's what we do. We're entertainers. We're here to entertain you for you to have fun and to enjoy our company, you know? And our and our musical gifts that we've been given.

Magic

And I knocked on your door with heart in my hand. To ask you a question. 'Cause I know that you're an old fashioned man. Yeah. Yeah. Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life? Say yes. Say yes. 'Cause I need to know. You said, "I'll never get your blessing till the day I die." Love you, my friend. But the answer is no.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so I have a game here. And I have a few quick questions.

Magic

Sure.

Young Hollywood

So, if you guys could point to the member that embodies that question. Right. Then it'll be really fun. Okay. Okay. So the first question is, who has the longest morning ritual?

Magic

Of course.

Magic

Um.

Magic

Really? I don't

Magic

I'd of course it is you. I mean, I know.

Magic

Of course. Why?

Magic

I honestly would say him. Because you guys don't get up at decent hour.

Magic

Oh, yeah, that's that's true.

Magic

I say Ben actually gets up and works out.

Magic

Well, that's a good point.

Magic

Marcus is always late. That's why.

Magic

I mean, I know I'm not trying to put the blame, but you are.

Magic

Let me get in here.

Young Hollywood

This might tie into it. What about the person who's the biggest night owl?

Magic

We're going to put it on this guy.

Magic

I've been I've been selected as

Magic

Anything that's extreme is Mark.

Young Hollywood

What about the biggest troublemaker?

Magic

Um, I'm not pointing in the same direction because I have a glitch. It's just

Magic

What's trouble? What's trouble? Come on. Come on. No. I'm

Magic

Not troublemakers. This is actually my chair.

Magic

I'll take that.

Magic

What do you gotta be sorry? Don't you know human. Why you gotta be so rude? Yeah. I'm going to marry you anyway. Rude.

Young Hollywood

What about who's the biggest flirt?

Magic

Cuz I'm a flirt.

Magic

We're all flirts.

Magic

Case. Don't call me.

Magic

Yeah, okay. But yeah, it's definitely that guy right there. You know what it is with the whole flirting thing? I just fall in love with everybody. Guys, girls, everybody's just like, I'm just like really happy to like that we're getting these opportunities. So it's like, and everybody's being so nice and so lovely. And it's like, and you're just like, "Are we friends now? We're friends." It's just happened. And so I I I guess I become a little flirtatious.

Magic

There you go.

Magic

Nothing wrong with that.

Young Hollywood

Who's the best dancer?

Magic

Nah, he's the best dancer.

Magic

I think I'm the only one who can actually.

Young Hollywood

Actually, you were dancing. You were dancing during the performance. I saw that.

Magic

Look at that. I actually danced. Um, I used to I was a ballroom dancer in high school. This is very weird stuff. And then I was So, like, one, two, three, four. Yeah. Like I could like do the waltz and like weird stuff like that. Um, because there was a girl that we were friends with and I and I liked her and she was like, "Do you want to come to this dance class with me on a Sunday?" And I'm like, "Absolutely." And I learned how to like salsa, rumba, waltz, tango, everything when I was a teenager. And the rest is history and now you're the best dancer.

Magic

The rest is history. And now I'm the best dancer out of people who cannot dance. This is fantastic. I'm really good.

Young Hollywood

Well, you guys are amazing. Thank you so much for being here.

Magic

Yeah. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

That was such a great performance. So.

Magic

Thank you. Thanks for having us.

Magic

Why you got to be so so rude? Yeah. Fill me. Yeah.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Molly Argu

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • The Police

    Musical influence on Magic!

  • Bob Marley

    Musical influence on Magic!

  • The Beatles

    Referenced for sound of 'I Need You'

  • Nazreen

    Singer referenced in response videos to 'Rude'

  • Mark

    Identified as the biggest night owl and 'anything extreme'

  • Ben

    Identified as someone who works out in the morning

  • Marcus

    Identified as always late

FAQ

What songs did Magic! perform?+
Magic! performed "Red Dress" and "Rude" during their appearance at Young Hollywood.
What is the name of Magic!'s album discussed in the interview?+
The album discussed by Magic! is titled 'Primary Colours'.
Where was the album 'Primary Colours' created?+
The album 'Primary Colours' was mainly made on the road, in hotel rooms, backstage, and on tour buses while the band was touring.
What musical genres influence Magic!'s sound?+
Magic! is influenced by reggae, The Police, and Bob Marley, and their album includes songs that sound like The Beatles and Brazilian music.
What does Magic! hope their music changes about the world?+
Magic! hopes their music offers a moment of relaxation and allows people to escape from dark things, providing fun and enjoyment.
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