Name: Blimes & Gab on How a Fist Fight Brought Them Together, Boning Fans, Going Viral & More
Uploaded: 2022-10-11T22:52:00+00:00
Duration: 1 h 12 min 48 s
Description: Lush brings Blimes Brixton and GAB, accompanied by Gina, for an hilarious interview, where the girls talk about how they met, started their group, gearing up to go on tour with Atmosphere and much mor

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Lush brings Blimes Brixton and GAB, accompanied by Gina, for an hilarious interview, where the girls talk about how they met, started their group, gearing up to go on tour with Atmosphere and much more!

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00:00 Intro
0:45 Lush recalls how long he’s known Blimes, says she was lit out the gate
5:33 GAB gives her side of the story on how they got together, some girl hit their car, Blimes chased her down
13:20 BAG ends up ____ the girl up after she got Blimes in the head
14:36 Obviously it brought them closer but still no hint at becoming a possible group
15:30 Blimes came back to Seattle and linked for a couple hours, and recorded the song "Come Correct", shot the video few weeks later, held on to it for a few and dropped it randomly
17:23 The video did 8M view in 2 days on FB
18:10 When the viral video dropped, they instantly became a group
21:07 Keeping a side hustle even when you go viral
23:39 As an artist, you might not make money at first, you have to be business savvy and have a fire personality
25:45 Music open doors but ultimately, Gab might not rap forever
30:10 2019, the girls were on their way up, signed a deal with Sony, playing at festivals, then covid hit, stopped everything, now Blimes is babysitting
32:23 “Tiktok killed the streets” either you Tiktok or you're out
34:35 The demand from labels were overwhelming
40:16 The pandemic really messed it up for the girls, dropped an album right before lockdown, tour canceled, it affected everything
41:55 Humble and genuine relationship with Method Man
45:55 The many times the girls almost quit
49:03 Sharing about the downside of their journey as well to their fans, it's also important, always remembering why they do music when fans say it saved their lives
57:50 Both girls ____ a fan before, GAB ended up ____ the dude up
1:01:08 Blimes brought a couple girls back to the hotel on the last tour, one of them turned into a full blown relationship
1:02:39 Some of GAB family members were in the street game
1:06:24 How their cities, San Fransisco and Seattle got gentrified and how it affected their creativity and lives
1:10:30 Currently on tour with Atmosphere