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In this Music Mondays article we got the chance to sit down with the artist known as Pidge to discuss their recent work, future plans and much more in this exclusive interview.
7/24/25
Em: Hey! Just messaging to let you know i’m ready when you are
Pidge: I’m good to go!
Em: Okay sweet, how’s your day been?
Pidge: It’s been alright! Petty uneventful but solid
Em: Same here, I went to feed the homeless cats by my work with my gf this morning but nothing apart from that
Pidge: Oh awesome!
Em: Have you discovered any new artists so far this year?
Pidge: I’ve been really into 454 and Lucy Bedroque lately, both dropped incredible projects back to back
Em: I still need to tap into Lucy Bedroque. One thing I’ve been wanting to ask is if your approach towards creating music has changed in the time since releasing Pidge & Friends in 2024.
Pidge: Absolutely different this time around. I was much more deliberate and intentional this time around with regard to sonic cohesion and songwriting especially when it came to production. I also steered a bit more away from pop flavors and leaned more into the digital hardcore side of things.
Em: I’ve noticed the style shift in just the two singles you’ve released already and it has me really excited. What is the best part about working with Golder?
Pidge: We’re really close friends and we’re able to be really honest with ourselves when making stuff together. If something isn’t right, we don’t doubt our judgement and work really fast. He also mastered the whole record so he was able to make sure we were on point.
Em: That’s fantastic, a lot of your biggest inspirations are your friends, how has that continued to affect your sound going into this next project?
Pidge: It’s an interesting balance for sure. For this project I really looked more inward and my inspirations had less of an impact on the end product, save for the last track which was more of a group effort.
Em: Awesome, I’ve also been curious if you’d consider JPEGMAFIA an influence after having listened to the two singles that are out now.
Pidge: Oh absolutely. I’ve been a fan of his since I first heard Black Ben Carson, and the fact that he doesn’t pigeon hole himself into a sound is super inspiring.
Em: Cool cool, how long has this upcoming project taken to complete? What was the timeline like and did it differ from past projects at all?
Pidge: Some of these tracks are as old as 2022 and some I finished in April. I’ve pushed it back a few times since I needed to make some tweaks to the tracklist and general flow of the project, but I knew I wanted it to be more concise than something like Shock Therapy.
Em: Cool! Well I’m very excited, and this next question’s kinda for me, have you seen any good movies recently?
Pidge: Me and my buddies have been working on a movie list so we’ve been rewatching a lot of stuff from our childhood and the most fun one so far was alien vs predator. Super cheesy but such a fun time.
Em: I love that, rewatching movies from childhood is a peak pass-time. Well I know you only had 30 minutes, and that exhausted all of my main questions
Pidge: Awesome! Thanks for having me on.
Em: Of course!
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Written By Em Bishoff: x.com/emofc_
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