After releasing the infectious single “OOGAHDAM!” together, Australia’s What So Not (Chris Emerson) and rising artist Diablo (Sebastian Baldeon) are taking their collaboration to the next level by sharing the Justin Frick-directed music video, in which they’re judging a colorful array of contestants at a dance audition.
The video is dedicated to their friend Jacob Tyler Thureson (professionally known as Hella Sketchy) who makes a cameo and sadly passed away late in June.
Their first collaborative single “OOGAHDAM!” was birthed from a 4 am home studio session – ventures into a [way] “uptempo jump up” anthem and is already a hit at the summer festival circuit.
“For me, 2019 is about being free and spontaneous,” says Chris Emerson, the Australian artist, producer, and DJ aka What So Not. “It’s getting back to: This feels right for this moment. Let’s put it out in the world now.” It’s a big change for the artist who last year made his biggest, boldest statement yet with the release of Not All the Beautiful Things and continues with this single, “OOGAHDAM!” made with producer/DJ Diablo. Emerging from the South Florida grunge-rap scene, the 23-year-old prodigy Diablo cultivates a sound that combines hip-hop, punk, trash-metal, and EDM. This young phenom has already collaborated with legends such as Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, Lil Xan, Kodak Black, and Wifisfuneral. Producing and co-writing Lil Pump’s “Boss” has put Diablo in the center of a revolution, one that The New York Times has called “the most vital and disruptive new movement in hip-hop, thanks to rebellious music, volcanic energy and occasional acts of malevolence.”
WHAT SO NOT upcoming tour dates:
Sat 8.10 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – FREE show – #WSNSurfTour
Sun 8.11 – Cocoa Beach, FL – FREE show – #WSNSurfTour
Wed 8.14 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Peabody’s #WSNSurfTour
Thu 8.15 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes #WSNSurfTour
Sat 8.17 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall #WSNSurfTour
Sun 8.18 – Montauk, NY @ The Surf Lodge #WSNSurfTour
Sat 8.24 – London, UK @ SW4
Sun 8.25 – Nashville, TN @ Deep Tropics Festival
Sat 9.7 – Chatou, FR @ Elektric Park
Sat 9.21 – Lansing, MI @ Prime Music Festival
Fri 9.27 – San Marcos, TX @ The Marc
at 9.28 – New Orleans, LA @ Free Water Block Party
Thu 10.10 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Rounders
Fri 10.11 – Columbia, SC @ The Senate
Sat 10.12 – Atlanta, GA @ Believe
Fri 12.6 – Suva, Fiji @ Your Paradise
