Hazey Eyes is a young producer with the motivation to change the world with his music. He has paved his own lane in music over the past few years. From dropping 2 EP's to producing "Flare Guns" for Quinn XCII, he is on his way to greatness. With the release of his new single "Scars" featuring Yoke Lore, I had to dive into his story and the music. The single comes along with a passionate music video featuring Erin Kellyman who also appeared in Solo: A Star Wars Story. After chatting with Hazey Eyes, I learned a lot about his upbringing, producing "Flare Guns" for Quinn XCII and the creation of "Scars."
Ben: Let's start with a flashback to your childhood! What were you like growing up?
Hazey Eyes: Honestly, I was always into music growing up. I started playing the piano when I was in 1st or 2nd grade and then violin shortly after. I also took upright bass and guitar lessons for a while. I remember my parents put me into lessons and had to push me to practice at first, but as I got into high school I would be coming home and playing or writing every day. Other than music, I played some sports but was never too good. I liked to skateboard a lot, but that dwindled when the music picked up.
Ben: I'm a huge fan of Quinn XCII's music and when I saw you produced Flare Guns, I was hyped! Can you talk about the process of creating this track with him and Chelsea Cutler?
Hazey Eyes: I put out my first project through a Youtube channel called Mr. Suicide Sheep and one of their larger artists Illenium was making a remix album. Quinn was featured on the song "With You" that I was asked to remix. He must have heard it and actually messaged me on Twitter and asked me to make the beat for Flare Guns. Without hesitation, I said yes and he sent me the acapella. The vocals weren't completely done yet but I made the beat and sent it back to him. After that, he and Chelsea finished it up and it came out like 9 months later.
Ben: You just released your single "Scars" featuring Yoke Lore. What was it like creating this song?
Hazey Eyes: It was created over three different sessions in New York. In the first one, we went through some demos I had and wrote a majority of the bigger concept music and lyric ideas. During the second session, we refined some of the lyrics and crafted it how we wanted to. For the final session, Yoke Lore did all of the vocals and it he killed it!
The video for "Scars" is raw, passionate, and real. It was directed by Simon Dymond and it was put together so well. The video aligns with the music video perfectly to say the least. Hazey Eye's production with Yoke Lore's vocals takes the video to the next level. This song and video make me very excited for what is to come for Hazey Eyes.
