Purple World EP:28 @surgebck talks “World Is Blu”, Moving from Brazil, Consistency, Performing, + more

Welcome to Do Over Don’t!!! Go buy merch! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok @dooverdont Book a session: Make sure to follow @surgetnt on IG Hosted/Editied by: @theknowledgedon Shot by: @1ryan_ Checkout Surge : Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:54 Recent drops, dropping a lot of music not holding it 2:14 Making “2 Blu”, going back and forth from LA, Surges workflow, not writing ever besides his first song 4:28 Growing up in New Hampshire, moving from Brazil, culture shock of moving 6:46 The pandemic help Surge focus on music and find himself, taking music more serious, showing the hood and the ugly, relating to people 9:11 Finding what direction to go with the music, not being ashamed to put his life into his music, finding his sound thru “Revenge” EP 10:49 Keeping up with music tends, his sound evolving 12:10 Musical influences growing up, not allowed to listen to rap when he came to America 14:54 Dropping out of highschool, teachers getting physical in Brazil, mistakes being lessons 17:00 Being inconsistent is Surges only regret 17:25 Putting together his first EP, engineering himself, relationships with producers 19:45 Putting together “World Is Blu” 20:33 Taking advantage of tiktok but not messing with the censorship, not falling into the social media BS, keeping it casual, appreciating the fans for staying during hiatus 23:35 Dropping back to back projects “2Blu” & “Back2It” recording all of the songs in LA, Surges endeavors outside of music 25:22 Letting videographers do their thing on music videos, liking run & guns more than cinematic videos, keeping it casual once again, relationship with DarkSight, NGFT Media 27:47 Surges upcoming music, his formula to dropping music 28:38 Favorite people to work with, wanting to build up his own name before collaborating with people 30:15 Performing, meeting people backstage, first performance not going great 32:58 How Surge has fun, partying doesn’t slow his workflow down 34:15 Making 10 songs a week, loosing his vault multiple times 36:20 Getting love out of state and at home, thoughts on the Mass scene, not paying attention to other people staying in his lane 38:26 How Surge markets, blog pages posting his stuff without him submitting it 39:90 Being a perfectionist, letting the flaws make it, staying away from industry BS, music he’s currently listening to 44:28 Surges advice to artists just getting stared 46:28 Shoutouts, outro, upcoming work