We spoke to giveon about quitting his day jobs to become a full-time artist, how his wide range of influences shaped him musically and which female R&B singer he would do an EP with today. ✨
As a new class of R&B artists continues to prosper in 2020, one rookie is outperforming the competition with his shrewd pen game. Long Beach native Giveon has distinguished himself with his plumed vocals, gutsy outlook on romance, and untapped potential as an A-list songwriter.
You previously worked at Bubba Gump, and wore a shrimp costume before your career took off. When did that epiphany of wanting to pursue music happen? Yeah, it kind of just reassured me on the power of belief. So I'm kind of like,"Yo. I should just write something crazy -- like a crazy goal -- and maybe it'll happen." Like,"I want to go to the moon," or some sh-t, and just maybe, just 'cause I wrote it down, it'll happen. I'm so driven by that and I'm also driven by hard work, but I don't just put it out in the universe and sit there.
You said in a previous interview that you used to write short stories and that kind of transitioned into you writing songs. Do you feel that kind of process or background gives you an upper hand in comparison to a lot of artists? Exactly. I was just going to say that. I feel like"Heartbreak Anniversary" or"Like I Want You" because I feel like both have so much depth to them and they have a lot of stuff that wasn't told in the story."Heartbreak Anniversary" just talks about the break-up. It doesn't talk about what led to the break-up. Or I would really think"Favorite Mistake' too. That I think would be the best one because there's so many angles you can go to with that.
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