.Bazzi stopped by the PopShop podcast to chat about his SoulSearching mixtape
Fast forward to the present, and the artist and songwriter has earned more than 2 billion on-demand streams for his catalog of songs in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music., which dropped on Aug. 9 . The effort includes his latest Hot 100 hit, “Paradise.”
felt a little bit more commercial, you know what I'm saying? So, I wanted to do that so people would look at the entire project rather than look for a couple of star tracks that are singles or whatever. I wanted people to really hear my story and listen to it like that.” To Bazzi, mixtapes in general feel more “home grown,” as if the artist is saying, “This is the root. This is the dirt and existence of where I am, where I came from.
“Definitely the hard way,” he says. “I mean, it's crazy. You're taught to consume, to consume. And you chase this American dream of being wealthy. I talk about it a lot on this project. It was important to me to start spreading the message that that has nothing to do with your internal happiness.
Also in the interview, the Pop Shop team discusses with Bazzi how his music straddles and blends multiple genres – including pop, R&B and hip-hop, and if he sees himself as a certain kind of artist making a certain genre of music? Or does he see himself as just an artist making music and wherever it fits, it fits?
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