Bladee Rates Nettspend, Lightning Strikes, and Superheroes

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Bladee visits Pitchfork to weigh in on whether Nettspend, Black Kray, The Sopranos, cooking, tunnels, producer tags, superheroes and more are underrated or overrated.

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00:00I had that lightning strike me. I'm scared of lightning now, actually.

00:05Yeah.

00:12Underrated.

00:13You know, somebody gotta play the clown. You gotta respect it.

00:21Underrated. I like it.

00:23There's so many funny producer tags. I like when everyone's spamming them now, too.

00:28I think the producers deserve more credit, you know?

00:31So they should put their tags on the beats, you know?

00:35People are always ripping the producers off. They make, like, half the song.

00:44Overrated, probably. You can't, like, hold on to the memories too much.

00:48I think you gotta live in the moment.

00:53Underrated, probably.

00:55I like the concept and, yeah.

00:59Yeah, the camera slashing is fun.

01:01Maybe because I never had the paparazzi experience, so that's why it's underrated for me.

01:07So you would want it?

01:08I want it, yeah.

01:15Underrated, probably.

01:17I have a lot of boredom, and I think it's important for a creative process.

01:23A way to start thinking and get into your mind and find out what you gotta do next.

01:31Because I need to, like, have these long periods of boredom to push me into wanting to do something.

01:37So, underrated, yeah.

01:43Underrated, I think I would put them in the same category.

01:46Like, it's just, like, the mythical trolls is, like, an older version.

01:52But the spirit lives on, and the internet trolls.

01:57So, I think it's gotta be for some reason.

02:00And, you know, it pushes people.

02:04You gotta check yourself, and if you're bothered by being troll, like, why does this bother me?

02:11That's how I try to see it.

02:13Like, and I look into myself and try to, like, gain something from it.

02:21Oh, they're probably underrated.

02:22Yeah.

02:23Because people are still using their flows.

02:25They did a lot of, like, foundation for a lot of music that's popular now.

02:32And they're, like, all the old stuff still hits.

02:35And, uh, Juicy J, Project Pad, like, yeah, underrated.

02:40At one point, like, we were really into, like, the Memphis, like, the evil stuff.

02:45Like, Tommy Wright and, like, all that stuff.

02:48But it was, like, a short period.

02:50It was, like, kind of before I found Gucci Mane and stuff like that.

02:53But, uh, yeah, I was into that at one point, for sure.

02:57Underrated.

02:58Tunnels are cool.

02:59Stockholm has a lot of tunnels under it.

03:01We usually go down in tunnels all the time.

03:03It's this, like, abandoned train track by our school.

03:06We used to hang out.

03:07The big hospital on the southern island is, like, pretty close to the school.

03:12So they had these secret tunnels that, like, if it was a war, you could, like, get to the hospital.

03:17And we climbing down, like, urban exploring and stuff.

03:20I was really into that.

03:21Like, that used to be all I was thinking about, like, getting into the tunnels.

03:26I dream about the tunnels and, like, how the cave smells.

03:32Underrated.

03:33I try to dress formal sometimes.

03:36But, uh, I still, like, I don't know, I need to, like, figure out how, like, to wear the right suits and the shirts that fit me.

03:47Because, like, I just feel like I'm, like, dressing up.

03:50Some people look so effortless and you actually look, like, respectable.

03:55I feel like, uh, I haven't managed to do that really.

03:58Maybe it's my hair or something.

04:00But, um, yeah.

04:03I like people that dress formal.

04:06I try to do it when I'm, like, going out or go to a restaurant or something.

04:09So people, like, don't look at me crazy, you know.

04:12But then I just look even stranger when I'm wearing the formal clothes.

04:17So, I'm trying.

04:18I like it.

04:19I like, like, the Brioni stuff and, like, all the Loro Piano, like, the Italian stuff.

04:24Yeah.

04:29It's fairly rated.

04:31Yeah, yeah.

04:32I had that lightning strike me.

04:34I'm scared of lightning now, actually.

04:36Yeah.

04:37I'm, like, scared.

04:40Yeah, I want to go inside, like, but it's pretty embarrassing.

04:43But it felt weird.

04:45I don't know how I imagine, like, a seizure.

04:47Like, your body's, like, tingling and...

04:50But I wasn't directly hit.

04:51It hit, like, the water next to the pool and it was raining or something.

04:55So it's, like, it just, like, came into my body.

04:58But, like, I had a lot of experience with being electrocuted.

05:03Like, when I was a kid, I put, like, a key into a lightning socket.

05:09I got stuck with the key and the thing because my body, like, froze up.

05:13And I was, like, getting electrocuted.

05:18Hmm.

05:19Yeah, probably underrated.

05:21I like statues.

05:23I like what they represent.

05:25And, like, I like that they used to...

05:28I mean, they still do it.

05:29Like, if you're, like, legendary enough, you get a statue in your city and stuff.

05:33I like that concept.

05:38Oh, underrated.

05:40He's just a good saint.

05:43And I relate a lot to his battle with the dragon and achieving the sainthood.

05:49Right now, I'm trying to embody the legend and become a better person

05:54and slaying the darkness.

05:57And so I'm just into that legend.

06:00I don't know, something just speaks to me.

06:05He's fairly rated.

06:07Yeah.

06:08I think he's so young, he's coming up.

06:10Everyone will fuck with Netsband.

06:16Cooking's underrated.

06:17I can cook.

06:18But I don't do it so much.

06:20So, that's...

06:21Therefore, it's underrated.

06:23It's really nice when you, like, cook for yourself and you take some time, you know?

06:30Put some love into the cooking.

06:32I think, you know, that's a nice, beautiful thing to do.

06:36Yeah.

06:41Yeah, I love Sopranos.

06:42It's fair rating.

06:44People would like, it's a legendary show, you know?

06:47Yeah, it's not underrated.

06:48I like Tony, of course.

06:50Christopher.

06:55Overrated.

06:56Tight suits and flying around.

06:59I don't think they need the suits.

07:02I like the Green Goblin.

07:03It's pretty sick.

07:04He's underrated for sure.

07:05I feel like he's, like, one of the best still.

07:06He came on the...

07:07I think it was Lin's first US tour.

07:08Him and Goth Money opened for Jonathan for a few of the shows.

07:10That's the first time we met.

07:11Interviews?

07:12Overrated probably.

07:13Yeah.

07:14Because people always say, like, I don't do interviews.

07:15But I think I've done a lot of interviews.

07:16And then I was thinking, like, at one point I was like, I should have just never done any

07:17interviews ever.

07:18But once you cross the line of doing one interview, then you've got to, like, keep, like, keep

07:23the same.

07:24And then I was thinking, like, at one point I was like, I should have just never done any

07:42interviews ever.

07:43But once you cross the line of doing one interview, then you've got to, like, keep trying to explain

07:48yourself and fix what you, like, what people misunderstood in the first one.

07:52So I was trapped in the system of interviews.

07:55You've got to commit, like, do it or not do it.

07:58But, yeah, probably overrated.

08:00You don't need to do interviews, you know.

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