Artist Spotlight

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH UP AND COMING SUPERSTAR OPTIK

Hello Optik, Thanks for coming to Honk Magazine to talk about your career.

Tell us a little more about when you first got into music?

When I first got seriously into writing rap music I was 14 years old and going to high school in Fort Collins, CO. A friend of mine asked me to rap battle him and I was more than down to try it out. When he destroyed me and I was unable to defend myself, I realized that I knew I had it in me and I just needed to practice and hone in on it. Throughout the year I wrote so much that I didn’t even pay attention in class.

If you could describe your sound/style in one word, what would it be and why?

Abstract. I would choose this word because I feel that every one of my songs touches on abstract concepts and ideas.

What would you say to any aspiring recording artists who look up to your work?

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Neurolapse opens up buried feelings into a rebellious release “Fvck These Feelings”

Neurolapse channel released feelings that had been held inside for too long with “Fvck These Feelings.” That emotional urgency also translates into the writing process itself, with some of the lyrics coming in the early hours of the morning and insisting on being put down. From there, it was developed into a track that turns personal emotional pressure into a collective experience for listeners.

What is interesting about the song is the tension between the emotional base it draws on and the freedom it seeks to create. The song is born of the difficulty of releasing painful feelings, but its effect is anything but restrained. The band wants the song to make listeners dance, shout along, and let go of the emotions they have been carrying. This gives “Fvck These Feelings” an intuitive quality, turning frustration and emotional exhaustion into an opportunity to let go.

Something is refreshing about the song’s directness. Instead of bottling up feelings and keeping them a secret, “Fvck These Feelings” celebrates the messy process of letting them out. It gives people a chance to identify what they’ve been holding on to, and a place to let it out. Neurolapse takes a tough internal experience and turns it into something energetic, expressive, and communal. This is a track designed not simply to be heard, but to be felt and released through movement.

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KUILL unveils a testimony from the pain of memory on latest release “Last Night”

KUILL‘s latest release, “Last Night” is a very human approach to memory. It is about those moments we only realize were important after they are already gone. This song is not about a specific event, but about growing up, about time passing and about people and places we once assumed would always be there. Its emotional core is born of the painful realization that a final moment rarely announces itself as it unfolds.

“Last Night” is subtle yet cinematic, letting KUILL’s signature voice do the heavy lifting in telling the story. His restrained vocal delivery creates space for the listener to bring his own memories. Its shimmering world can be the last evening before leaving home, a family holiday, or a carefree summer with childhood friends. The result is intimate, yet it doesn’t constrain the listener’s interpretation.

The artwork accompanying the piece enhances that feeling with broken reflections of KUILL, placing him between past and present. It’s the essence of the song: memories tend to fade with time and become less about the details of what happened and more about how those times made us feel. “Last Night” takes that quiet sadness and lets you sit with it.

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