James Reid (proper) with Steffi Lucero of the Skatebomb Women/ARMIN P. ADINA
MANILA, Philippines — James Reid has been busy these days juggling his roles as actor, singer and now as a report producer. However as if his schedule wasn’t busy sufficient, he’s additionally doing collaborations with varied artists, like in a documentary concerning the world of curler skaters within the nation.
Reid has lately been featured alongside a gaggle of girls who’re obsessed with curler skating, and who additionally joined him for his new music.
“Day by day, every time I’m feeling down, every time there’s a problem that I really feel, like, is just too nice, I feel it applies to me on daily basis, that mindset, simply maintain strolling. Simply maintain transferring ahead, every time there’s a artistic block, simply maintain transferring ahead to no matter it’s,” Reid advised Inquirer.web on the media launch of the documentary “Rhythm and Roll” held at Kondwi in Makati Metropolis on June 17.
The documentary explores the typically ignored and infrequently misunderstood curler skating fanatics within the Philippines, and tapped the group dubbed “Skatebomb Women” to debate with Reid their tales and the struggles they encounter as hobbyists.
“As artists, actually, one in all our duties must be to provide our platform to different subcultures, distinctive points of Filipino tradition, particularly the underrepresented points, for instance, with curler skating,” Reid stated.
“And I feel these sorts of collaborations can actually assist us assume outdoors the field. You understand, strive one thing completely different, experiment, take artistic dangers. And I feel that’s what I hope different creatives, artists, some other subculture, that’s what I hope they will take away, you understand, assume outdoors the field,” he added.
Reid additionally got here out with a music to go together with the documentary, the upbeat ditty “So Fireplace” which finally was one other collaboration with the Skatebomb Women. “I wished to create one thing that was not completely different from what the ladies often skate to. In order that’s a little bit of a disco twist. I feel that was good,” he shared.
He additionally stated songs like “So Fireplace” are those he loves making, and shared that he had already imagined even earlier than about doing one thing with curler skates for his subsequent music video. So when the supply to work with the Skatebomb Women got here, he didn’t hesitate.
The women had been receptive to his inputs, Reid stated, and the producers “gave us the house to simply type of go loopy.” The artistic course of was considerably spontaneous, and planning their steps was carried out on-the-spot. “It wasn’t even within the unique plan to have [the Skatebomb Girls] sing, it was added within the final minute, so it was enjoyable and particularly not tedious,” he shared.
However in writing songs, Reid subscribes to a little bit extra structured course of. “I discover the emotion first that I’m in search of. So on this case, it was one thing that was enjoyable and simply type of free, one thing the place it makes you wish to dance, makes you wish to transfer. And as soon as I had the music that has that emotion, it simply type of flows out,” he defined.
“Rhythm and Roll” is already out is now accessible on the Vice Asia YouTube channel, as Reid teased extra initiatives coming throughout the yr.
“I feel for the following few months, positively this yr, I’ll be having some collaborations developing with artists from Singapore, South Korea, and different Southeast Asian international locations. I feel I positively wish to discover worldwide collaborations. It’s very thrilling,” he stated. EDV
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