VMAs 2023: Sean Bankhead

Rolling Stone

Sean Bankhead talks with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon at the 2023 VMAs

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00:00 Alright, I am here with Sean Bankhead and Sean, this is a huge moment for me.

00:03 This is huge.

00:04 Oh, for you.

00:05 This is huge for me to be talking to you.

00:07 Oh my gosh, please.

00:09 So, obviously, I need to talk about Oh My Mama.

00:13 Let's just get into it.

00:14 Oh my gosh, please.

00:15 All the Easter eggs that you put into that.

00:17 Thank you, first of all.

00:18 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:19 Let's talk about Katy Banz.

00:20 Let's talk about the Hilltoe.

00:21 Like, what was the creative process between you, Aja, Victoria to get all of these Easter

00:27 eggs and put them in for us?

00:28 Well, shout out to Victoria and Aja, my assistant.

00:30 I mean, I think we knew that we wanted to celebrate and highlight black culture, black

00:35 viral moments, and I grew up in that culture.

00:38 I grew up in Atlanta, so I know where a lot of the viral dances came from and where they

00:41 were born, and I was doing those dances myself.

00:44 So, it was kind of easy for me.

00:45 I just was having a blast, feeling like I was in high school again.

00:48 You know, just doing the Hilltoe and the Chicken Head and the Mono and, you know, the Whoop

00:52 Rico and just a lot of dances that I had fun doing when I was, you know, dancing in high

00:56 school.

00:57 I was reading the comments and people were really appreciative that you called it the

01:00 Mono.

01:01 You were like, "They really know."

01:02 That's the Mono.

01:03 This is the Mono.

01:04 This is the Chicken Head.

01:06 There is a difference.

01:07 Okay, I don't think they heard y'all.

01:09 Let them know really quickly.

01:10 What is the main difference and how do you showcase that?

01:14 I think the Mono's a little tighter, like this.

01:16 Like this is the Mono and the Chicken Head, you kind of, it's more St. Louis.

01:19 You kind of like, I don't know.

01:20 I could be wrong, but it's how I feel in my spirit.

01:23 That's what I say.

01:24 I love the way your face changed when you did that Chicken Head.

01:27 Exactly.

01:28 It's gotta be in your face.

01:29 That's the difference.

01:30 That's the difference right there.

01:31 Yeah.

01:32 And then you also did the Bongo's music video.

01:33 I did what I did.

01:34 And we're premiering the performance tonight at the VMAs, which I gotta run in there so

01:37 we can get set up, but yeah.

01:39 Okay, and I saw you were posting about the poses because you said, "I love the behind

01:44 the scenes."

01:45 Yes, yes.

01:46 And I saw you and your team were doing the damn thing on that jungle gym.

01:50 It hurt, but, you know, beauty is pain, right?

01:53 I love being able to do stuff that's outside the box.

01:55 Actually, the inspiration for that was Britney Spears' Madonna, Me Against the Music.

02:01 So there's a scene where they're sliding with the bedpost, and I was like, "Oh, that's a

02:03 really dope idea."

02:05 And then our incredible set designer, his name is Spencer, built this structure, and

02:09 I was like, "Huh, I could have fun with that."

02:11 And that's what we did.

02:12 And y'all definitely did.

02:14 Well, I can't wait for this performance.

02:15 I'm going to be hooting and hollering.

02:17 Yes, please.

02:18 Scream.

02:19 Can't wait.

02:20 Bongo's.

02:21 Bong.

02:22 (swoosh)

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