“Emery had recently done some interviews where he described his time on his Netflix show as ‘euphorically detrimental,’ they explained. “It was a running joke for a while because that phrase kept coming up a lot.”
“So, about 15 minutes prior to performing [and announcing the title] on the Today Show, we said ‘what about Euphoric?’ and it kind of just worked.”
FIYM also chatted about the sound of the EP and how it’s shaping their upcoming music.
“It has a more mature sound than what fans are used to,” the band said. “We changed it up a lot with ‘Rabbit Hole’ and we think that those are the types of vibes you’ll get with the EP. A lot more influence from other genres like R&B. We grew up and you can hear that in the story telling.”
The guys – Ricky Garcia, Emery Kelly and Liam Attridge – opened up while appearing on The Zach Sang Show, and not everyone was completely on board.
While Emery and Ricky said they were fans of the band, and they liked how they can sing, rap, and dance, Liam wasn’t fully a fan of them being a “boy band.”
“I don’t count BTS – I do agree they are a boy band but at the same time, they belong in a different genre on their own because I feel like there still needs to be a European or American boy band at the top and BTS can just live on their own, they’re BTS,” Liam said. “I can’t get behind it, I don’t understand what they’re saying. I think it’s sick, the rapping is cool I think the whole dancing, it’s sick visuals but I can’t go to a concert and not understand a word I’m listening to.”
“Them speaking Korean is so cool and people like it and it’s awesome because it’s something different but my point was that another boy band who probably sings in American [English] has to exist alongside them and that’s what I was saying,” he continued. “They’re their own genre, they’re redefining what it means to be famous because no one has become globally successful singing a language that probably 90% of the world doesn’t know. We were at the American Music Awards and they’re singing and the girls [fans] are singing in Korean and it’s cool.”
“I don’t think the world is ready to have multi-language radio. That’s where I’m sort of at.”
Who else remembers that Disney Channel pilot about vampires that Forever In Your Mind was going to star in?
Called Forever Boys, the guys — Ricky Garcia, Emery Kelly and Liam Attridge — were set to star in the show as three brothers, who were bitten by a vampire during their debut concert in 1957.
Walt Disney Records dropped the playlist on Spotify to help fans celebrate the season.
Now you can jam out to Demi‘s “Let It Go,” Olivia‘s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” and Sabrina‘s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” all in one place.
