Yung Kai is back at Genius to discuss his hit single, “blue.” The ballad, produced by Yung Kai himself, beautifully captures the essence of young love. On today’s episode of VERIFIED, the newcomer deep dives into the inspiration behind the song, not using the word blue in the song despite the name, gaining traction and more!
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00:00This is literally like my dream.
00:01I'm living the dream right now.
00:02I used to like watch Genius with my friends
00:04in high school, bro.
00:05I just watched like that one Lil Tecca interview
00:07and got no straps, no.
00:09I was like, we can't like watch that every day.
00:12There was probably some point where I was like,
00:13bro guys, I'm gonna be on Genius one day.
00:15Watch this.
00:15And they're like, nah.
00:17But here I am, bro.
00:26So Blue is inspired by the C-drama I watch.
00:29It's called, When I Fly Towards You.
00:31I watched it on Discord with this girl
00:33that I was really crushing on.
00:34We watched like the whole thing together.
00:35Best experience, bro.
00:36Like I had so much fun.
00:37It was just like the C-drama and this girl
00:39and I put it together.
00:40And I put all my emotions into this
00:42and then Blue came out.
00:44What verse one is about is love at first sight.
00:46Morning eyes is like, I wanna wake up with you.
00:48You know, I wanna see your eyes in the morning.
00:50Like they're like stars, bro.
00:51I could walk you by.
00:52I could tell without a thought.
00:53It's just like, literally I can take a glance at her
00:55and I'll just be like, she's the one.
00:57She's my future.
01:13I tried to put my true feelings, you know,
01:16my true emotions into it.
01:17I tried to think of the C-drama.
01:18I tried to think like of some scenes
01:19that I was like, oh my God.
01:21Like I felt like I was about to cry or something, you know.
01:23Those scenes, I just thought about what I felt
01:25when I was watching that scene and I translated it.
01:43You're falling in love.
01:45I'll nap under my skies with you.
01:49I think I'll picture us, you with the waves.
01:52The ocean's colors on your face.
01:56Originally, actually, verse two was the chorus.
01:59I sent it to some people and they were like,
02:00eh, it's not bad.
02:01I was like, okay, you know what?
02:02They're not feeling it.
02:03So I just kind of push it down
02:05and then I just muted it, left it for later.
02:07And then I just kept freestyling
02:08for like literally like an hour or two, right?
02:11It's just straight, just the chorus, repeat the chorus.
02:13And then just keep freestyling, think of melodies.
02:15And then suddenly I just started like,
02:16da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
02:20I was like, oh my God, it's pretty good.
02:21And then I recorded it.
02:22I was like, it's not bad.
02:24And I sent it to my friends and they were like,
02:25ah, what the fuck?
02:27Like, it's so good.
02:28And that's what I knew.
02:29I was like, ah, this is the one.
02:30I'll leave my heart with your air.
02:34So let me fly with you.
02:38Will you be forever with me?
02:46In the chorus, I mentioned like waves, ocean,
02:50moonlight skies, leave my heart with your air.
02:53You know, it's kind of like blue skies.
02:54There's a lot of elements of blue,
02:55but I didn't actually say blue.
02:57And I feel like people that listen to my song,
02:59they'll be like, right, that's blue.
03:01Like that sounds like blue.
03:03My love will always stay by you.
03:09I'll keep it safe, so don't you worry a thing.
03:14I'll tell you I love you more.
03:17Verse two kind of sounds like a bridge, actually.
03:19It's like big, loud chorus and suddenly just dip.
03:22I feel like just if there's drums in a song,
03:24it's just like, there's momentum.
03:25Drums, I feel like brings a lot to the song.
03:27Just taking the drums out is like, it has a nice effect.
03:30It's stuck with you forever,
03:33so promise you won't let it go.
03:36I'll trust the universe will always bring me to you.
03:45The last line of verse two, it kind of comes from a TikTok.
03:48It's just like a picture, right?
03:49It was these two birds.
03:50I think it was something like,
03:51do you think we're best friends in other worlds too,
03:53or other universes too?
03:54And then the other bird was like, huh, I don't know.
03:56And then you scroll, right?
03:57It's like a bunch of different panels
04:00of different art styles.
04:01The same two birds, same two positions.
04:02It's like, do you think we're best friends
04:03in other universes?
04:04Oh yeah, yeah, you know?
04:05And then I was like, damn, that hits, bro.
04:10I really like listening to Juice WRLD, X, Loteca.
04:13Yeah, I was just so inspired.
04:14I tried to make music like them, but it just didn't work.
04:16I posted some songs on SoundCloud that didn't do that good.
04:19I started making beats a lot.
04:21That also didn't really work.
04:23But the thing is, my mind was always set on,
04:25I wanted to do music for sure.
04:27I tried to experiment with stuff,
04:29making different kinds of genres.
04:30I started going to guitar classes,
04:32and I started singing on TikTok.
04:33Literally like the first video that I put up,
04:36I remember I was expecting like,
04:37damn, it would be crazy if I got like 500 views.
04:39But it got like 30K.
04:41I think I was singing like a Bebe Doobie song.
04:42It got like 30K views.
04:43I was like, oh my God, dude, that's crazy.
04:45So I just, during my gap year,
04:46I just posted one cover like every day.
04:49Like every single day.
04:49That's how I kind of gained like a following, I guess.
04:51And then people just liked it.
04:53And I was like, maybe this is my direction.
04:55Wait, did Lisa sit here?
04:56Yeah.
04:56In this chair?
04:57I'm pretty sure.
05:00Yeah.