Up and coming pop sensation Frankmusik danced his way into the public’s eye this year with his 80s tinged music and catchy electro beats. With his first album Complete Me debuting at number 13, the Croydon born singer speaks to Vision about his success in the last year.
Uncut said you were the next Justin Timberlake. What do you think of that comparison? Who would you compare yourself to?
I think he’s wicked, so that’s fine by me. He’s a funny guy and I like that fact that considering how successful he is he doesn’t take himself too seriously. I think if I even have a fraction of his success and I’m still myself then I’d be very happy. Who would I compare myself to? Well no one really, a lot of similarities have been made with me and La Roux and Little Boots apart from the fact I’m a man, but I think I stand separately from most kind of acts.
Who do you most admire on the music scene at the moment? Who has influenced your music?
Probably Tinchy Stryder, it’s good to see how well he’s done over the past couple of years, he’s personally involved in his music and to see him grow and be massive this year is great. Well I’m 24 now I was born in 1985 so I grew up listening to 80s music. It’s sort of what’s instilled in me; it was a very influential part of my life. So the kind of music that I make would have been influenced by my childhood. You know bands such as A HA and the Pet Shop Boys and other bands from that era.
What do you think of the recent Mercury music prize winner Speech Debelle? Is that something you’d aim for in the future?
I never make music to win prizes, all those prize winning ceremonies are not very cool. But I think it was great that they chose someone that was unknown rather than going with someone who was massive…maybe she’s not unknown but she’s not exactly big. So I think its kinda cool they did that, you know good luck to her. I mean it would have increased her record sales which is always what we really want.
Your album has been said its like a collection of greatest hits, how do you move forward from this success?
That’s just one person’s opinion, I think you’ve gotta keep these things in perspective. Cos you know I’ve been writing music for years. Like in an art exhibition you’ve got to put your best work forward, so hopefully I can do the same next year. As long as I can keep writing songs then there’ll be plenty more music to come.
You recently collaborated with V.V. Brown and Pixie Lott. Do you think that was successful? Would you do it again?
Well it was for charity so you know I had to do it really. It’s for a good cause, put all your personal feelings and opinions to one side and you get on with it. It’s something thats bigger than you, something a lot more important than you, so I’d do it many times if I got the opportunity.
Who would you do a collaboration with dead or alive?
David Bowie, he’s been a massive influence on what I do. It’d be wonderful to do just one track with him, I’d be happy at that point, I’d say job done, thanks so much.. I’m gonna go and live in the Bahamas now.
You left The London College of Fashion to concentrate on your music. Did it influence you music in anyway?
Nah, I hated London College of Fashion so if there’s any influences in there they’re very subliminal. I tried to remove myself from that situation as quickly as possible. It was too far away from where I lived, I had to be up really early in the morning which I hate doing. It was horrible.
How did you find the festivals this year? How was playing at Glastonbury?
The festivals were great, the great thing about playing at a festival is that you don’t get wet, yeah that was nice. The crowds were great. The whole thing was pretty good this year and I really enjoyed myself. Lots of good experiences, Glastonbury was awesome. I’ve actually played there twice, I supported Tinchy Stryder and then I did my own show, oh actually I did another acoustic performance, so three times. I didn’t have to sleep there, which was also great.
What’s the worst thing thats happened to you at a gig?
Oh God where do you start. Well actually I’ve just come back from Poland and we needed to have this keyboard delivered and it only turned up twenty minutes before the gig. That was a pretty intense moment, cos if we hadn’t had that keyboard we’d have been in quite a bit of trouble. Yeah that’s pretty bad. I used to have this really terrible habit of pulling my mike lead out of my microphone during a song cos I’d have been dancing around to much.
What are you working on at the moment? Are the rumours you’re writing a song for Holly Valance true?
Album two, I’m literally in the studio working on album two right now, but bout to go out on my bike and get some exercise, but before I do that I’m going to finish off a new song for my new album. We did a song but we’ve kinda gone our separate ways, due to how busy I am and how busy she is hopefully in the future we’ll be able to get some more stuff down
Up and coming pop sensation Frankmusik danced his way into the public’s eye this year with his 80s tinged music and catchy electro beats. With his first album Complete Me debuting at number 13, the Croydon born singer speaks to Vision about his success in the last year.
Uncut said you were the next Justin Timberlake. What do you think of that comparison? Who would you compare yourself to?
I think he’s wicked, so that’s fine by me. He’s a funny guy and I like that fact that considering how successful he is he doesn’t take himself too seriously. I think if I even have a fraction of his success and I’m still myself then I’d be very happy. Who would I compare myself to? Well no one really, a lot of similarities have been made with me and La Roux and Little Boots apart from the fact I’m a man, but I think I stand separately from most kind of acts.
Who do you most admire on the music scene at the moment? Who has influenced your music?
Probably Tinchy Stryder, it’s good to see how well he’s done over the past couple of years, he’s personally involved in his music and to see him grow and be massive this year is great. Well I’m 24 now I was born in 1985 so I grew up listening to 80s music. It’s sort of what’s instilled in me; it was a very influential part of my life. So the kind of music that I make would have been influenced by my childhood. You know bands such as A HA and the Pet Shop Boys and other bands from that era.
What do you think of the recent Mercury music prize winner Speech Debelle? Is that something you’d aim for in the future?
I never make music to win prizes, all those prize winning ceremonies are not very cool. But I think it was great that they chose someone that was unknown rather than going with someone who was massive…maybe she’s not unknown but she’s not exactly big. So I think its kinda cool they did that, you know good luck to her. I mean it would have increased her record sales which is always what we really want.
Your album has been said its like a collection of greatest hits, how do you move forward from this success?
That’s just one person’s opinion, I think you’ve gotta keep these things in perspective. Cos you know I’ve been writing music for years. Like in an art exhibition you’ve got to put your best work forward, so hopefully I can do the same next year. As long as I can keep writing songs then there’ll be plenty more music to come.
You recently collaborated with V.V. Brown and Pixie Lott. Do you think that was successful? Would you do it again?
Well it was for charity so you know I had to do it really. It’s for a good cause, put all your personal feelings and opinions to one side and you get on with it. It’s something thats bigger than you, something a lot more important than you, so I’d do it many times if I got the opportunity.
Who would you do a collaboration with dead or alive?
David Bowie, he’s been a massive influence on what I do. It’d be wonderful to do just one track with him, I’d be happy at that point, I’d say job done, thanks so much.. I’m gonna go and live in the Bahamas now.
You left The London College of Fashion to concentrate on your music. Did it influence you music in anyway?
Nah, I hated London College of Fashion so if there’s any influences in there they’re very subliminal. I tried to remove myself from that situation as quickly as possible. It was too far away from where I lived, I had to be up really early in the morning which I hate doing. It was horrible.
How did you find the festivals this year? How was playing at Glastonbury?
The festivals were great, the great thing about playing at a festival is that you don’t get wet, yeah that was nice. The crowds were great. The whole thing was pretty good this year and I really enjoyed myself. Lots of good experiences, Glastonbury was awesome. I’ve actually played there twice, I supported Tinchy Stryder and then I did my own show, oh actually I did another acoustic performance, so three times. I didn’t have to sleep there, which was also great.
What’s the worst thing thats happened to you at a gig?
Oh God where do you start. Well actually I’ve just come back from Poland and we needed to have this keyboard delivered and it only turned up twenty minutes before the gig. That was a pretty intense moment, cos if we hadn’t had that keyboard we’d have been in quite a bit of trouble. Yeah that’s pretty bad. I used to have this really terrible habit of pulling my mike lead out of my microphone during a song cos I’d have been dancing around to much.
What are you working on at the moment? Are the rumours you’re writing a song for Holly Valance true?
Album two, I’m literally in the studio working on album two right now, but bout to go out on my bike and get some exercise, but before I do that I’m going to finish off a new song for my new album. We did a song but we’ve kinda gone our separate ways, due to how busy I am and how busy she is hopefully in the future we’ll be able to get some more stuff down