ways a chance of being with a
label that tries to change you in
different ways, which we have
experienced and don’t want to
do. We want to do it ourselves
and make sure that our image
is locked in tight - that’s what
I think is most important for a
lot of young artists growing up
in the industry. A lot of people
look at it as being a bad time in
the music industry, but we actu-
ally think it’s great for young art-
ists that are trying to put their
vision across.
What do you see as your vision
and image?
Nalani - We want to rule the
world! Actually, we sort of want
to restore the word “pop music.”
Right now, people automatically
dismiss the word “pop” because
it’s so fluffy nowadays. But there
was a time when pop music had
strong songwriting and songs
talked about things more than
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who they are dating or dancing
or the crazy stuff that’s distorted
now. We want to bring back the
old version of pop music.
Sarina - We’re huge fans of
old soul music and funk music
as well. So, we like to put our
genre into soul-infused pop
rock. That’s kind of where we
see our music. It’s putting a little
of that old school flair into to-
day’s world - you see a lot of that
in Bruno Mars. But songwriting
is where it’s ultimately at.
Speaking of songwriting, your
last release was more story-
based songs than your first one.
I know you’ve been in the studio
recently, what can people ex-
pect with your next record?
Sarina - We always say that
each time we go to record a new
package - every single presen-
tation and every song is differ-
ent and we like to keep it that
way. We don’t like listening to
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