{"id":614687,"date":"2024-03-28T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/its-superfan-honest\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T18:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:17:11","slug":"its-superfan-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-superfan-honest\/","title":{"rendered":"#It\u2019s Superfan, honest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240aa5b831e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-superfan-honest\/#The_fast-rising_songwriter_discusses_finding_his_voice_on_the_pathway_to_his_new_album_Tow_Truck_Jesus\" >The fast-rising songwriter discusses finding his voice on the pathway to his new album Tow Truck Jesus.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_fast-rising_songwriter_discusses_finding_his_voice_on_the_pathway_to_his_new_album_Tow_Truck_Jesus\"><\/span>The fast-rising songwriter discusses finding his voice on the pathway to his new album <i>Tow Truck Jesus<\/i>.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260926\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Superfan_by_Adam_Alonzo_tt6jir\/superfan-kali-tow-truck-jesus-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"It\u2019s Superfan, honest\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Adam Alonzo<br \/>\n        \/<\/p>\n<p>      Press<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260651\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>The Opener is The FADER&#8217;s short-form profile <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of casual conversations with exciting new artists.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260647\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Kali Flanagan works at a record shop in Los Angeles where, at the moment, he\u2019s being yelled at by his boss. Employees taking phone interviews with music publications on the clock, it turns out, is frowned upon. That\u2019s how Kali spends his days, splitting his time between impending indie rock stardom as Superfan and a day job \u2014  even an opening slot for the Strokes and Weyes Blood this past summer at Red Rocks doesn\u2019t get you off the hook for a shift. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Superfan laughs it off \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m just taking my break!\u201d \u2014 and slips away. His music is similarly defined by a refusal to compromise on his vision. It renders the music vibrant and alive, and the danceable moments more im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te and evocative, prime for audiences to claim as their own. Personal truths are sown seamlessly into laidback bass grooves. Voice cracks are endearingly preserved in final mixes, a subtle act of authenticity. And on multiple occasions, blunt lyrics have caught the irritated attention of exes.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260653\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sewn Up and Handsome\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yCgg2n2EVsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('260653');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260648\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Superfan quickly earned the adoration of teenage Los Angeles with 2020\u2019s breakout single \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BfIRCI5xZqo\">Back to the Start<\/a>\u201d and his subsequent EP, <i>Circles<\/i>, in 2021. Performing for and amongst his peers, the relationship was symbiotic: \u201cI was playing a lot of shows in high school, and I would play the material that I was working on as I was writing it. It helped me to just be positively motivated and not get in my own head, and that&#8217;s a big thing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            Still recording under his real name, KALI, Superfan released his second EP in 2022, <i>Maltman and Effie<\/i>, a record that showed a leveled-up lyrical maturity and production experimentation veering from alt to psychedelic, remained true to Superfan-form as an ode to everything synth and the tumult of young love and coming of age. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260927\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Superfan - 75 Germany (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wjf5JclKNeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260649\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            With his new album <i>Tow Truck Jesus<\/i> out on June 28 \u2014\u00a0announcing today alongside a new single, &#8220;75 Germany&#8221; \u2014 Superfan feels beholden more than ever to the idea of music as a personal catharsis. Writing the project during a year of immense personal change, he remembers \u201cone of the biggest things just being liking the sound of your own voice, and feeling represented by your physical body. Just being able to be yourself instead of being challenged by that on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Though he&#8217;s always considered himself honest \u2014 it\u2019s \u201ca really obvious trait of mine, which I think shows in my music as well\u201d \u2014 Superfan admits that this next album will mean putting himself out there in a bigger way.    <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cMy relationship with the music I\u2019m about to release is very different from my relationship with the work I\u2019ve previously released. And I think one of the biggest changes is that I actually like myself as a person now\u2026 I&#8217;m nervous, but I&#8217;m also so secure with the quality of the work.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260652\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Lila Dubois<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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