Uncle Waffles is excited to take part in the spread of ampiano music in the US, and her Coachella performance is doing exactly that. The singer shares how ampiano music is growing globally, how she felt headlining the Brooklyn Mirage, her preference of Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce and more!
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00:00I would bring back Beyonce.
00:02Okay!
00:03Definitely.
00:04Another homecoming would be absolutely amazing.
00:05I mean, a little Cowboy Carter version, too?
00:07Right!
00:08Come on!
00:09Bringing the cello vibes with my girl, Uncle Waffles.
00:11What's going on, boo?
00:12Hey!
00:14We're happy to have you here, but you've got to start by saying,
00:16you know, for the people out there that don't know you,
00:18how did you come up with the name?
00:20How did we get there?
00:21Um, so I'm Uncle Waffles.
00:23There isn't really a cool backstory.
00:25My friends came up with it in high school,
00:27and it just kind of carried on.
00:29So, where I am currently, it was never meant to be Uncle Waffles.
00:32Oh!
00:33It was just meant to be Waffles.
00:34But my manager decided that Uncle Waffles made me more unique,
00:36so here we are.
00:38Listen, my name is Tetris Girl, so I understand.
00:40It also was a high school nickname.
00:42Really?
00:43So, it just happens, and then here we are.
00:44Then here you are, 25, and you're like, yeah.
00:47I love it.
00:48Well, you're playing one of the hottest parties at Coachella.
00:51I've got to say, I've been having myself a good time at Revolve,
00:53so how do you feel to be heading out there?
00:54I am so excited.
00:56I'm so excited to be bringing the sound to the world, you know?
00:59I know a lot of people there probably won't know what Amapiano is,
01:02but I'm excited to be their first experience of it.
01:04I hope everyone loves it after they get to see me, you know?
01:07I mean, like, what can people expect from your set?
01:09Authentic Amapiano, but also dance.
01:11I think people haven't seen the dance element of piano on big stages,
01:15so hopefully now they get to experience it more through me, you know?
01:19Yeah, I love that.
01:20I mean, you'll be being one of the first Amapiano artists ever to hit the Coachella stage.
01:24Like, how do you feel about Tyler, even, and, like, how the sound has, like, really blown up?
01:29It's unreal.
01:30It's so amazing to know that from just a small video,
01:34people wanted to get to experience me, you know, holistically,
01:37to get to see me do big stages, it's been amazing.
01:40Seeing Tyler do Coachella now, also getting to curate a better experience, I'm so excited.
01:45I feel like it just continues to open more doors for more people,
01:48because I feel like, you know, we are the dance capital of the world, so...
01:51Hello!
01:52I think people need to get to experience it.
01:56Well, of course, people are out at Coachella vibing with the music, but also the fashion.
02:00I mean, you're looking good today.
02:01So what can I expect from you to bring to the desert, style-wise?
02:05So I'm luckily going to get styled by revolving forward.
02:08So I'm going to be putting on some, you know, some revolve, some forward, you know?
02:12I'm getting to get styled, so I'm so excited about that.
02:15But then, you know, then I'm going to come with my little...
02:18You'll see, you'll see.
02:19Just a little something?
02:20Just a little something.
02:21Okay, can't wait.
02:22And I mean, you've been even slaying stages in like the UK,
02:25so how is the difference in audiences when you're traveling from a country like there
02:28to being out in Palm Springs?
02:29Okay, so the UK is way more familiar with Amapiano,
02:33so the audience definitely understands the music better, they know what to do better.
02:36Interesting.
02:37Yes, you know, it's been really relevant there since 2020, since lockdown.
02:42Wow.
02:43They really absorbed the culture.
02:44In the U.S., we're still breaking in,
02:46so a lot of people are still trying to get accustomed to this BPM.
02:49Is it fast? Is it slow? How do I move to it, you know?
02:52Everyone moves at a certain beat, and not everyone can catch that beat.
02:55You do got to find the beat. You got to catch it.
02:58Yes, so definitely there's a huge consumption issue, but otherwise,
03:03I feel like you guys are willing to learn.
03:05Like, every time I come here, people will not know who I am,
03:08but everyone's going to be like, okay, okay.
03:10You know, you're breaking the boundaries.
03:11Yeah.
03:12That's what you're doing.
03:13The first time I did Doolab, nobody knew who I was,
03:17but everyone was dancing, and I think that's the one thing that I really appreciated about that,
03:21is that everyone still wants to hear, you know?
03:23Yeah.
03:24Everyone's still like...
03:25And Doolab is such a vibe, too.
03:26Yeah.
03:27You catch all the Coachella vibes.
03:28Let's say you are pro.
03:30And you're a Coachella pro girl, but you've also been breaking boundaries in other ways.
03:34Brooklyn Mirage, you were the first black artist to headline,
03:37so how does it feel like to break through that wall?
03:39Okay, a lot happened that day.
03:40I was very scared to take on such a number of people, especially in America,
03:43because we are still emerging, so the sound still just has its small communities.
03:47I was very scared to take on such a big venue and an iconic venue for DJs.
03:50You know, some things are things that define your DJ career, and that was one of the things.
03:55If you do well at the Mirage.
03:57You were like, okay.
03:58So I was so, so scared.
04:00That that day, the whole day, it said it was going to rain.
04:04There was going to be a whole storm.
04:05Oh no.
04:06I prayed we were going to cancel the show.
04:09Oh God.
04:10Yes, we were canceling the show.
04:11It was raining, but people came out and I filled it up.
04:14And to do that as a young black woman, also the first one in the genre, was so amazing.
04:19I know that now, next time I go, I can do even better.
04:22Hey, you're like, listen, book me again.
04:25Yeah, yeah.
04:26Now before I get you out of here, you want to play a couple Coachella games with me?
04:29Okay, sure.
04:30All right, the first one is real simple.
04:31Okay.
04:32It's name your Coachella headliner.
04:33So if you were playing Coachella, who's Friday night, who's Saturday night, and who's on Sunday?
04:37Okay.
04:38Friday, judging from last time, Friday was very busy.
04:41So you need people who are going to be super hyped and super good.
04:45I would bring back Beyonce.
04:47Okay.
04:48Definitely.
04:49Another homecoming would be absolutely amazing.
04:50I mean, a little Cowboy Carter version too?
04:52All right.
04:53Come on.
04:54All right, I see you there.
04:55Beyonce.
04:56I do.
04:57Honestly, I would do Usher as well.
04:58Ooh.
04:59Yes.
05:00Yes.
05:01I do Usher.
05:02Yeah, because he's never done Coachella, I don't think.
05:03So that would be real.
05:04Okay.
05:05The theatrics.
05:06I need how many?
05:08I need three.
05:09Yeah.
05:10Sunday night.
05:11Now, you've had a big weekend so far.
05:12Beyonce, Usher, who's going to bring the closing night?
05:15Wow.
05:16Me.
05:17Yes.
05:18Uncle Waffles.
05:19Main stage.
05:20Yes.
05:21Yes.
05:22Give me a chance.
05:23I have ideas.
05:24Yes.
05:25Goals.
05:2625.
05:27Yes.
05:28Let's do it.
05:29Let's do it.
05:30One thing you know, since you're a Coachella pro, is that one of the worst things Coachella
05:31does to us is book our favorite artists at the same time.
05:33Yes.
05:34And you're trying to figure out whose stage you're going to be at, who you're going to
05:36run and see.
05:37Yes.
05:38So let's see if you had to pick out of these two artists, who you're going to run to.
05:40Yeah.
05:41Bad Bunny or Carol G?
05:42Oh, that's a tough one.
05:45Okay.
05:46Carol G.
05:47I'm a girl's girl.
05:48And she's amazing.
05:49She is.
05:50She's absolutely amazing.
05:51Yes.
05:52Kendrick Lamar or Tyler the Creator?
05:53Kendrick.
05:54I would love to see Kendrick.
05:56I love Tyler's whole thing right now, but I'd still love to see Kendrick.
06:00Okay.
06:01And lastly, we're going to go way back to some legends.
06:03Prince or MJ?
06:05Girl.
06:06I would have to go home.
06:07Again, you're like, you're calling the Uber.
06:08You have the Uber stand.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Or maybe, you know, I have to just run.
06:11Back and forth.
06:12Yes.
06:13That's what I'm saying.
06:14Sometimes that's what you have to do.
06:15Yes.
06:16Hit a couple songs.
06:17Okay.
06:18Yes.
06:19Do a little dodge.
06:20Yes.
06:21Well, I can't wait to see you out of Revolve.
06:24Have so much fun at the festival.
06:26All right.
06:27Let's get started.
06:29We'll see you next time.
06:31Bye.
06:32Good.
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