Blending beatboxing, rapping, DJing, and production into one electrifying package, HerShe’s sets are raw, high-energy rides through bass, hip-hop, and experimental soundscapes. As she wraps up the tour with Deatbeats, she shares the stage with the iconic duo Zeds Dead, opening for their Red Rocks set night two. In this interview, we dive into the journey, the energy, and the unshakable vibe that is HerShe.
You’re on Hypnovizion, you’re on Wakaan, you’re also on Deadbeats – all very different labels and your sound has found it its way on all these labels. How did you find your “sound” and how would you describe it?
“I started out doing the clubs back when I was like 17 and at like 14 doing private events and weddings, so my range for genres and sound is super big. Being on HypnoVizion, Deadbeats, Wakaan and more labels to come, my voice really is what kind of sets it apart. One thing that I’ll include is my beatbox samples, so there’s some sounds… like in the track with HypnoVizion that was a little more weird and techy and freaky. The one I had with Deadbeats is more fun and break-beaty. I just really like good music, like quality music and as a performer, you’re going to get HerShe. You’re going to get vocals, you’re going to get fun, you’re going to get energy – so what’s my sound? Hot sh*t.
I’m a Gemini, so I have a bit of duality kind of going on and when I do my sets. I start a certain way and end a different way. I like to start with ass-shaking, like we’re getting down and like we’re popping p*ssy and then towards the end of the set I like to go really hard and gritty. I love the Lyny sound. I just really like a good blend of ass-shaking to head bang. I’m just horny for head banging!”
You’ve been beatboxing and DJing since you were young. How do you think the EDM community and the beatboxing community relate to one another or even compare?
“They relate because there’s just a sh*t ton of nerds. I’m not a wook, like I don’t like my fingernails that dirty, but I’m really into the sounds. I’m a big geek, I love sound design whether it comes from your mouth or from Serum.
When it comes to EDM community, it’s a lot more established. I think beatboxing is just very young and there’s a lot of young kids, a lot of young boys and it’s very worldwide, so there’s a big divide in issues when it comes to just normal things. The EDM Community is a little more – at least for dubstep and American dubstep – centralized.
When it comes to the love of the game and the love of sound & music, there is nothing like just connecting with a crowd in either the beatbox community or the EDM community. It’s all about just loving your friends and loving what you do.
I think battle communities are dying. I think that people (not in a bad way) are just realizing that they want to be artists and they want to be on their own making music – whether people go the TikTok route, the acapella route or the EDM route. Beatboxing is growing, but the community as we knew it as the ‘battle scene’ is dying.”
This is not only your first Red Rocks set, but your first time at Red Rocks! What do you hope people take away from your Red Rocks set?
“That HerShe is a bad b*tch. I’m here to make you move, make you groove and have a good f*cking time! I love what the f*ck I do and I’m just going to keep making hits baby. I got “Hit Maker” coming out very soon, I’m very excited. I got a lot more goodies too.
I’ve always wanted to be just dope – like for myself and also like my peers. I really just really like honing in on my craft and working on the skills and just trying to be as knowledgeable as I can.
If you want to take anything away from my set, just know I love this sh*t. I love what I do so much. I’ve been DJing since I was 14 years (I’m 29!) and I’ve been beatboxing since I was 11. “
Your new track Hit Maker comes out July 16th. Can you share with us what went into making this track?
“It’s actually an homage to my old beatbox song that I performed at the World Beatbox Championships in 2018 in Berlin, Germany. That song was ‘Hittem with the Jersey’. I needed something as a transition track going back into DJing because I wanted it to go a lot smoother. So when I’m done, I have my CDJ queued up to ‘Hit Maker’ and the first thing that comes on is, ‘hit, hit, hit’. So I go through and beatbox and [beatboxes into Hit Maker].
People love it, they lose their f**king minds. It’s a really good time! But yeah, it was an homage and I wanted something that would transition well.”
If you had to pass the aux to four or five people who would it be and why?
“Right now, who I’m inspired from at this very moment is Lyny. Hamdi for sure. Moody Good, I want to hear that sh*t ASAP. Give me Skepta, that’s a wild card but not a wild card. Peekaboo for sure. I wouldn’t say Wreckno because I know all his sh*t, but if this is if I had to say what I was inspired by lately.
I actually did that last year with Hamdi – we were both staying at Honeycomb‘s house and when we were on the way at EDC Las Vegas, we were stuck in traffic for like an hour and he was like, ‘Do you wanna hear some sh*t.’ And I was like I was like, ‘Holy f*ck!'”
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