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ā 9bills (@9bills) October 29, 2020
Following his success from competing on The Voice Kids UK; releasing his songs āStruggleā and āGrindinā, as well as the drop of his recent track titled āLetter To Borisā in which he sent for the UK priminster, 14 year old music prodigy Amos Tha Kid (@amosthakid), caught up with one of our writers ā Amanda (professionally known as kingawritings/amandaadagreat) to answer 9 questions for 9 bills! (available to watch on IGTV)
KAW (Amanda/kingawritings): Hi Amos!
ATK (Amos Tha Kid): Yo, Yo, what are you saying?
KAW: How are you?
ATK: Iām good, how are you?
KAW: Iām good, itās really nice to have you join us today for this interview. How has your day been?
ATK: Itās been good, howās yours been?
KAW: Mines been quite productive.
So, obviously weāre tuning in to do 9 questions with 9 bills⦠is this one of the first interviews youāve done since⦠(The Voice)
ATK: Nahā¦itās not still!
Q1) KAW: Alright, Iām gonna start off by asking about your experience on The Voice Kids and what that was likeā¦how did you feel when two of the judges turned around?
ATK: Umm how did I feel? Like, when I was actually performing in the first blind auditionsā¦I didnāt know how I felt cause all I was trying to do was deliver and I didnāt even clock when the first judge turned around until like after ā and I was just like oh rah!
KAW: Nah I hear youā¦do you feel like you made the right decision in terms of the kind of judge you went with?
ATK: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, WILL.I.AM, because heās a rapper too.
KAW: I noticed the progress youāve made since the blind auditions where you performed AJ Traceyās Ladbroke Grove, and the transition from then to the semi-finals: would you say that your time competing on the voice helped you to evolve as an artist?
ATK: Yeahā¦it helped with my stage presence. I feel like I never used to perform in front of crowds until the voice, so it helped with stage presence and you need that as an artist when youāre performing and stuff innit.
KAW: Nah definitely, you could tell that your confidence grew from the blind auditions through to the time when you performed on the semi-finals so.
ATK: Yeah
KAW: Hear you! Recentlyā¦and this is very relevant to whatās going on right now.
ATK: Yeah.
Q2) KAW: Recently, you released a song titled letter to Boris. Considering how different it is to āstruggleā and āgrindingā, as a listener Iām interested to know what influenced your decision to put that out there.
ATK: Letter To Borisā¦I felt that a lot of people needed to realise that the UK arenāt innocent because there are a lot of things in the UK that happened that people donāt look on, so I made the song.
KAW: Yeah I mean the fact that weāve had public figures step in to sort out the situation with the Tories voting against children getting school meals, and you know some of the messages you put out in the song they were quite powerful in a wayā¦for someone your age youāre quite up to speed with whatās going on in politics.
ATK: *chuckles*
Q3) KAW: Opinions on conscious rap are quite varied, because the concept of music mixing with politics doesnāt appeal to everyone. But regardless of that, would you say itās a genre that youāre looking to tap into more ā and if so, why/or why not?
ATK: Yeah⦠Iāll be doing more of those kinda raps because it makes people think about things and you want people to think ⦠and these things that are happening, you can put into these rapsā¦you know what Iām saying? It makes people think about the stuff thatās going on ā and like, yeah.
Q4) KAW: Nah, definitely. I feel like itās the⦠importance in the message that comes with conscious rap that doesnāt (appeal to a wide audience) ā because itās something we hear on the news every day, so hearing it in music might put people off the idea of music for that very reason, so I get you.
Do you have an idea of any other sounds/genres that youāre looking to incorporate into your future songs?
ATK: Yeahā¦drill.
KAW: Drill? *surprised*
ATK: Yeah, I did it for the semi-finals.
KAW: Oh yeahā¦I saw the performance butā¦what draws you to drill?
ATK: Oh, well Itās just like ā I just like the beats, you know what Iām saying? and I havenāt shown a lot of what I can do on drill, so yeah.
KAW: Itās definitely an acquired taste. Itās not a genre that I listen to a lot, but when I do listen to – I feel it ā so I get you.
ATK: Yeah.
Q5) KAW: Have you already set any targets that youāre trying to achieve as you progress through your journey with music?
ATK: Um, well, thereās a lot of things innit because first of all you want to be successful so you can help your family out ā thatās one thing you wanna do and like ā I talk about it in my raps because Iām tryingā¦help people and help my family, and I do that through rapping.
KAW: So youād say that family is a big motivation for you?
ATK: Yeah, yeah.
KAW: anyone in particular? Like a parent or a sibling?
ATK: Just everyone in my family innit.
KAW: *agreeing* Just everyone. Thatās really lovely.
Q6) So you basically kinda answered this next question, but I was even going to ask whatās the response in relation to support from your friends and family, been like?
ATK: Yeah…since like the voice and everything
KAW: Everyoneās bigging you up?
ATK: Yeah yeah yeah.
KAW: Nah, thatās what we like to hear! Thereās a lot of fresh talent coming onto the scene, you included and itāll just be really interesting to see how you guys are gonna step in and bring something new to it.
Q7) KAW: Could you name an artistās music who you really resonate with, and feel inspired by?
ATK: there are a lot people and a lot of artists; I would say though Stormzy, Dave ā Theyāre hard like.
KAW: *smiling/nodding* good choice, good choice.
ATK: Yeah,
*laughs*
The things that they rap about ā thatās what Iām trying to do as well. You wanna make people thinkā¦
KAW: Deffo no, 100%…you mentioned Stormzy and Dave as two of your choices ā theyāre quite big names. Are there any songs in particular that you really, feel? (attachment to)
ATK: Have you heard Dave, āBlackā?
KAW: *smiling*
Yeah of course, everyone knows that one come on.
ATK: Yeah, and⦠Stormzy, āSuperherosā.
KAW: āSuperherosā yeah. I like, Audacity ā Iād say itās probably one of my favourite ones.
ATK: Yeah, the one with Headie.
Q8) KAW: who would you want to collaborate with further down the line and why?
ATK: I would say, Dave; Stormzyā¦because of the things they rap about, I can sort of relate to what they say, and yeah.
Q9) KAW: So Stormzy, Dave. Cool.
Oh, and finallyā¦before you go, what can we expect from your next release and from you as an artist as you keep continuing on in your journey?
ATK: You can expect more music and a lot of new things coming aswell (not only music)ā¦obviously I canāt talk too much about it but ā yeah *laughs*
KAW: No, thaāt totally fine. thank you so much for joining us today on 9bills!
ATK: Appreciate you.
KAW: This is gonna go up as an interview on the actual blog ā so look out for that, and Iām looking forward to seeing more of you on the scene.
ATK: yeah yeah, yeah, thank you!
KAW: Cool take care Amos *smiles and waves*
ATK: Alright, bye.
KAW: Bye!
Connect With Amos:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/amosthakid
Twitter: www.twitter.com/amosthakid
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsYVFf23E_uWlUgBIEEXJ6A
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