Bryce Ross-Johnson, known by the masses as Bryce Vine,听recently connected with听香港六合彩图库资料听to听talk about his soon-to-release听album,听Carnival. Though a descendant of Hollywood fame 鈥斕鼴ryce鈥檚听mother played the troubled Dr. Eve Russell on NBC鈥檚 daytime soap opera听Passions 鈥斕the 30-year-old New York City native still had to climb the ladder like most budding artists. You may know him, not from his 2018 single 鈥淒rew Barrymore鈥, which has racked up听100 million-plus streams on Spotify and peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this past year, but from his stint on Oxygen鈥檚听The Glee Project, a singing competition series rewarding the winner a guest spot on Fox鈥檚听Glee. After getting eliminated in the first round, Bryce signed with record label Kiva House Lambroza and produced his 2014 debut EP,听Lazy Fair, featuring听songs such as听鈥淪our Patch Kids鈥 and 鈥淕uilty Pleasure.鈥 Both songs earned a combined 11 million streams. We caught up with the artist before his Valentine鈥檚 Day performance at The Shelter听in Detroit.
香港六合彩图库资料: Has your life changed since the 2017 release of your hit, 鈥淒rew Barrymore?鈥
Bryce Vine:听Man, yes, it鈥檚 very different. The success that I鈥檝e had seemed like a pipe dream. It鈥檚 very difficult to even get your foot in the door, but once you do, you are kind of prepared for this weird, surreal reality.
Why did you name your song after the actress?
She is kind of cute, cool, and badass, and has a story that is untypical. She鈥檚 been in Hollywood her whole life, but she possesses a dynamic that other people, in fairness, just don鈥檛 really have. She鈥檚 the kind of girl I talk about in my new album,听Carnival.
Has she reached out to you?
No, man, I鈥檓听kind of disappointed. Don鈥檛 get me wrong, I don鈥檛 expect her to call me. But I used her as an example in a positive way, and I feel like I would be flattered. Then it went platinum, so I know she has heard it.
Maybe, one day she will reach out.
That鈥檚 alright. As long as she doesn鈥檛 sue me.
Walking Dead鈥檚 Christian Serratos stars in your 鈥淒rew Barry鈥 music video. How did she get involved in that?
We had mutual friends. She was also my first girlfriend in high school.
Really?
We didn鈥檛 even go to the same high school. We stayed close over the years, both of us being in very similar fields and having similar struggles kept us connected. She is the exact kind of person I am talking about in听Carnival: super intelligent, hardworking, and has never took a hand out. I admire the hell out of her. I wasn鈥檛 even going to bother her when we needed a lead for the video, because I knew she was busy with听Walking Dead. So, when I called and asked her if she knew anybody in L.A. that would possibly be a lead, she was offended. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe you didn鈥檛 ask me. I鈥檒l fly out and do it for free,鈥 was her response.
Tell me more about听颁补谤苍颈惫补濒?
I don鈥檛 know if I鈥檓 allowed to tell you this, but my next single, 鈥淟a La Land,鈥 has a really dope feature from an L.A. artist. That鈥檚 all I can tell you. But then there are these love songs on the album, where I talk about how somebody can make you feel, especially when it concerns breaking up. Otherwise,听Carnival听is for my listeners who experience the monotonous and sometimes unfair norms of life. I want the soundtrack to serve as an escape from the unpredictable things that are happening in our time; one where everyone seems to be angry with each other. When I was growing up, music was my therapy, it helped me overcome the things I was going through. Some people listen to death metal, others rap music, to feel alive.
What have you learned about yourself, as an artist and person, while making听Carnival?
I鈥檝e realized in the last year that my purpose is to reach out and bring people together. I was raised to be open and accepting, and never neglect logic, understanding, empathy and the realization that everybody is different. When we start trying to group each other into categories, it becomes easier to look down upon someone. I try not to do that. As an artist, I have no interest in preaching a political stance or swaying my fans in a certain direction.
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