Watsky

Released: March 12, 2013

[KID]
Yeah, I've been doing that
I've been doing that ever since I was in kindergarten
I've been doing that for a long long long long, long long long long long long time

[WATSKY]
(laughs)
Oh, when did it actually get really bad though?

[KID]
I was turning the age I am right now

[WATSKY]
Which is how old?

[KID]
Eight

[WATSKY]
Eight is a good year, eight is maybe the finest year

[KID]
The only thing is that
The only problem with that is that you're getting closer to being ten
That's the real problem

[WATSKY]
You don't wanna turn ten?

[KID]
I mean, I mean, that's the only problem with it
I mean you're like, you're being closer to ten every time you change in age
And when you're close to ten

[WATSKY]
It's all over

[KID]
Yeah, you might not like the things you used to like, right?

[WATSKY]
I actually had probably the exact same fear when I was about to turn ten
But I'm gonna let you know right now you shouldn't worry
Because being ten is-is super rad
But the thing that would always make me feel better
Is my mom and dad would sit me down and do funny voices
And they would tell me a story and it would all go away

A successful slam poet turned rapper, Watsky first gained attention through ‘Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry,’ and a later burst of viral success for his fast rapping. At every turn, Watsky has refused to be pigeonholed, following up his speed rap success with 2013 LP Cardboard Castles, an eccentric ode to creativity, and 2014’s Anderson. Paak-produced All You Can Do. After a hiatus to work on new material, Watsky pivots again, this time to prose, returning simultaneously with the essay collection How To Ruin Everything, published by Plume/Penguin-Random House, of which Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda writes, “funny, subversive […] you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition.” How To Ruin Everything debuted in the New York Times best-selling list. In total, he has created five studio albums and two live albums. Watsky released his fifth album, x INFINITY August 2016, describing it as his most ambitious project yet. Most recently, in January of 2019, he released a short album called Complaint.

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