In the thirtieth episode of the Hidden Driveway Show, I had the honor of interviewing Diversify, a producer and "creative visionary" from California who's dealt with a lot of scrutiny over the years! The ethicality of his art has been put to question as well as accusations of him botting his streams, and some wonder if there's even a person behind the Diversify brand at all. In this very exclusive interview on Hidden Driveway I set out to answer these questions today, hope you enjoy!
ARTIST'S SOCIALS
https://www.instagram.com/itsdiversify/https://www.youtube.com/@Diversify/videos
HIDDEN DRIVEWAY SOCIALS
https://twitter.com/hiddendriveway_
https://www.instagram.com/hiddendriveway_/
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07YUuoKvKv9J97PEyCDPTp?si=f0dbc4ded45a4586
https://soundcloud.com/aamufr/sets/hidden-driveway
AAMU'S SOCIALS
https://twitter.com/aamufr
https://www.instagram.com/aamufr/
https://soundcloud.com/aamufr
SHOUTOUT TO ENTROPYSERVICE TOO FOR MAKING THE THUMBNAIL
https://twitter.com/nalverobot
https://www.instagram.com/restlesslp/
https://soundcloud.com/therealentropyservice
Introduction - 0:00Releasing THE FAME 2 - 0:35“The Fans” - 0:55Using AI for his cover art and making his music with premade loops - 2:49Is there artistic value behind Diversify’s music? - 5:37Diversify’s thoughts on using AI art - 6:58Shifting his branding from random stock images to corgis - 9:13GI (feat. For You) - 9:54Peach Nectar - 11:08What does Diversify classify as “good art”? - 11:36Real Kripps and YNR Nervy - 13:34Licensing features from bigger artists like Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, and more - 15:47Diversify’s favorite things about working with Susanne Davis and Harper Minta - 18:42Diversify’s favorite licensed feature - 21:41Diversify’s favorite current artists - 22:32Could 10 billion chickens defeat 4 tanks? - 23:45Favorite memories from quarantine - 26:07The process for making The Legend of Diversify - 30:49Using AI art for financial reasons, hesitancy to try paying artists for original work - 34:31Explaining the meaning behind SAYONARA and feeling nostalgic for high school - 36:00His friends IRL are aware of what he does - 40:32Being approached by record labels - 41:59Intense game of rock paper scissors - 43:19Thoughts on bloated albums - 45:30THE FAME 2 releases mid-interview - 48:32Diversify’s relationship advice - 50:29Diversify learns that LBM is still up despite thinking it was taken down - 53:34Using multiple distributors for his music - 54:32Diversify’s dream collabs - 54:57Being one of the top 14k artists in the United States - 57:14Responding to claims about botting his music and creating it with AI - 59:06Thoughts on creating a more authentic and “real” image going forwards - 1:02:39What’s Diversify’s end goal? - 1:03:53Being inspired by Kripparian - 1:06:02thejourney2016 - 1:07:24Shoutouts - 1:08:42Outro - 1:12:10
the tone is definitely very different in this interview compared to previous ones given who the guest is, but i had fun doing this and im glad we were able to debunk a lot of common misconceptions surrounding diversify
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