Defined #002: Leven Kali (Interview)

One of R&B’s most exciting talents @levenkali joins me to dissect his new Low Tide project and discuss his Palm Studios crew, his band The Moon, and plenty more in this interview. Subscribe to Stay Cool: http://bit.ly/staycoolytsub Play this in the background while watching: http://bit.ly/backgroundbeats Discover Leven Kali: ▶ https://www.instagram.com/levenkali Discover @staycoolfam: ▶ https://www.instagram.com/staycoolfam ▶ https://www.twitter.com/staycoolfam Discover seangran: https://www.instagram.com/seangran https://www.twitter.com/seangran_ Timestamps 0:13 Intro and being in London 0:47 Music he grew up on 2:16 Getting into making music 3:03 How he learned different instruments and being able to use them rather than just play 3:29 Growing up in Santa Monica and its effect on his sound 4:07 How a chance meeting got him signed to Interscope 5:56 How it feels to have Low Tide out 6:59 The inspiration behind Low Tide and High Tide, his next project 8:32 How High Tide will sound 9:31 Why he brought back and refreshed Cassandra from his 2017 singles for Low Tide 10:38 The unreleased Southside Outro for Cassandra 11:04 How “Do U Wrong” came together and inspiration from French Montana 12:19 His Palm Studios crew and bringing more visuals 13:19 How the Bossa Nova inspired “My Offer” came together (and how to say Leven) 14:35 How “Sumwrong” and “Nunwrong” are connected 16:04 Linking up with MXXWLL for “1 on 1” 17:31 How the breakdown in “Yours” came together 19:15 Remixing Mahalia’s “Do Not Disturb” 20:03 Why he adds all of his talents when remixing songs 20:02 His family/band The Moon 21:33 Palm Studios and what they’re dropping soon 22:43 Three tracks that define Leven Kali 26:28 Featuring on “Flex” off Playboi Carti’s self-titled tape 27:27 How working with / being sampled by Drake, Playboi Carti & Snoh Aalegra inspired him 28:44 The legendary Ricky Rouse (Dr. Dre, Chaka Khan, George Clinton) featuring on the album 30:24 His songwriting process and taking his time with it 31:00 Plans for the next 12 months