Pennsylvania-born hip-hop duo Joey Valence & Brae – identified for his or her high-octane mix of increase bap, EDM, and punk – enter a brand new period with maturity and the sensation of rising up, however by no means getting outdated, on their club-ready third album ‘HYPERYOUTH.’
Stream: ‘HYPERYOUTH’ – Joey Valence & Brae
No person’s too cool to bop. Please simply let your self go for a second and revel in your self.
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Growing up used to imply one thing. Not simply wrinkles and sagging pores and skin or feeble bones and crossword puzzles, however one thing inside – like discovering your true self.
By no means letting the occasion die although so many individuals need to see it finish. Rising up was alleged to be enjoyable and stuffed with goal however now it’s so stuffed with worry and alter that it haunts our youth.
Why can’t we be younger without end? Why can’t we really feel the beat beneath our ft and dance to it moderately than flip it off? For those who ask Joey Valence and Brae, they’d say you possibly can they usually’d be proper.
Welcome to HYPERYOUTH. It’s not simply JVB’s third album – it’s a motion; a press release about rising up, however not getting outdated. By no means shedding that spark that retains the lights on and the occasion leaping.
The Pennsylvania pair have been identified for this preferrred. Mixing increase bap with EDM and typically punk to create their distinctive model of genre-defying booty-shaking tracks. Popping out of a Penn State dorm room to raging on the Lollapalooza stage and past, their expertise is timeless, and their sound is for the hip-hop historical past books.
They launched each their debut EP Underground Sound and the breakout report Punk Ways only some months aside. The discharge of those albums put them on the map. Quickly after they have been on Ellen, going viral on TikTok, and doing reveals throughout the nation.
These early data solidified them as a bunch. Their sound was old-school with new-school attitudes – unapologetically carrying their influences on their sleeve and expertly displaying off their mad expertise.
This kinetic power didn’t cease, and in 2024 No Palms launched – their greatest drop since ‘22. The report was a mature, extra refined model of their earlier work – showcasing how far they’ve come and pushing the envelope lyrically and sonically.
Atwood Journal’s Jake Fewx hailed it as a “riot of a rap album which bursts on the seams with its one-of-a-kind character… it’s assured, snarky, and beset with a singular model of goofy enjoyable.” No Palms featured icons like Ayesha Erotica and Danny Brown, each of whom helped reinforce JVB’s spot as experimental hip-hop giants whereas additionally protecting the TikTok area buzzing.
Now they’ve returned in 2025 with HYPERYOUTH, their extremely anticipated third studio album (launched August 15th through RCA Information).
“HYPERYOUTH was born from our expertise going out to golf equipment and looking out round in astonishment that no one else shared the identical pleasure we did,” the duo share. “Fourteen songs about dance, love, expression and maturing. A membership album about rising up. Nonchalantness is lifeless. Click on play, have enjoyable, dance, cry.”
Atwood Journal sat down to debate the report and the trajectory of JVB. Learn our interview under as Joey Valence & Brae discuss in regards to the making of HYPERYOUTH, their love of sampling, the magic of dwell reveals, and why they’re on a mission to get everybody again on the dance flooring.
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A CONVERSATION WITH JOEY VALENCE & BRAE
Atwood Journal: “HYPERYOUTH” has, from my view, grow to be a motion. Lots of people are speaking about their emotions about rising up, too. What was the intention behind the thought of HYPERYOUTH? Did you anticipate it to the touch as many individuals because it has?
Joey: I imply, that was clearly the hope with it was to try this. We wished to, going into this album, discuss maturing. As a result of most of our music up till this level has been very spontaneous and really energetic and youthful. We wished to take that and type of develop up with our viewers and be like “rising up is difficult”. Then utilizing dancing as a metaphor for it, we develop up and we exit and why does no one need to dance anymore?
I really feel like that’s a sense all people has. No person desires to develop up, so we simply constructed a observe record round that feeling of not wanting to try this and the youthfulness of it.
How did you handle to seize all these emotions on the observe record?
Brae: It was enjoyable. This album we leaned into some flows and lyrical pockets that we haven’t earlier than and Joey’s manufacturing is simply insane. Each tune sounds so totally different and so wonderful. it was actually enjoyable to only attempt new issues. So individuals are going to be stunned by how the identical but totally different all the things sounds. Sonically it’s simply very properly rounded.
I feel, to reply your query a bit bit higher, every tune sounds prefer it could possibly be from a unique album is an efficient strategy to describe it. There’s a style for everybody. It’s actually an appetizer sampler of an album by means of songs that tickle the ear in particular methods for certain.
The tune “Occasion’s Over” particularly. I really feel like that tune does weave out and in of feelings very well. How did it really feel within the studio crafting that tune and was that the intention to maneuver round between feelings?
Joey: Yeah, that was truthfully the primary tune that I despatched Brae to begin to consider the context of the album. However I feel that’s the intention. Particularly with my verse, you possibly can hear the intent of speaking as a youthful child after which straying again just like the sh*t is definitely actual. And so it’s the battle you hear inside that of attempting to develop up however then not eager to.
So, you possibly can hear that loads after which the music because it progresses will get dirtier and also you hear extra emotion and the vocals and all the things. That’s truthfully totally the purpose of that tune. As a result of we’re speaking in regards to the occasion being over, but it surely actually isn’t. It’s an uplifting tune on the finish of the day to be like, you already know what, typically it’s time to maneuver on, however we are able to keep the identical.
There is a lyric in that tune: “My life’s a three-leaf clover, however I suppose the occasion’s over.” What does that imply to you?
Brae: That was me and I f*ed that up utterly, however we left it in. I forgot that the arduous to search out clover is the four-leaf one, however I really I feel it’s form of humorous wanting again now. After I’ve mentioned it and we each talked about it, we have been like, “Wait, is a three-leaf one the uncommon one or is it four-leaf?”
However that’s form of the juxtaposition, double entendre of that bar really in and of itself. As a result of our life is getting so loopy and all these blessings are taking place to us that we really feel fortunate and blessed to be right here. However on the identical time we’re simply these children from the center of Pennsylvania. We by no means really feel well-known or particular so I feel that bar is form of humorous being like a traditional f*ing three-leaf clover.
So, the album has loads of samples. What’s your course of with discovering a pattern, and what’s your favourite pattern on the album?
Joey: I’m so impressed by sample-based music. It’s a really misplaced artwork, particularly in an age the place no one desires to pay to clear samples they usually’re simply attempting to remake all the things to allow them to take 100% of the reduce of the tune and I’m like, ‘I don’t even care, I simply need to make artwork.’ So, in the case of sampling, I’m simply so impressed by, Daft Punk and Skrillex the place they’re simply doing all this multi-layered sampling and all the things and it’s simply what I’d like to do extra with manufacturing.
However anyway, my favourite might be the truth that we have been in a position to pattern “Bangering” by Skrillex. It’s actually simply so cool that we obtained that cleared as a result of that’s clearly a tune that obtained me into music. However the technique of discovering a pattern is no matter appears cool. We’re blessed to have this web site referred to as Tracklib. For those who don’t know what it’s
Brae: We spent hours on Tracklib. I’ve been on Web page 99 Infinity on tracklib.
Joey: Truthfully that is the primary time the place we have been type of informed like go loopy with sampling and we’re simply listening to songs that we like after which hopefully type of get it down the road.
Brae: My favourite pattern on the album is on “Must Cry,” the Bobby Caldwell tune “Cry.” That’s so loopy, it’s precisely the kind of hip-hop that I used to take heed to and I wished a tune that sounded precisely like that and Joey f*ing killed that tune. So, that’s positively my favourite pattern on the album.
Do you may have any samples that possibly you actually wished however did not clear or simply did not match for this report?
Joey: Sure. Truthfully, in “HYPERYOUTH,” we have been attempting to clear a Jay-Z pattern on it, which might have been wonderful as a result of that tune was purposely alleged to be a mixture of all of our favourite issues and with the ability to hopefully easy them.
There was an unreleased observe that we did with an M83 “Midnight Metropolis” pattern. I want we may have cleared. However truthfully up till about two days in the past, there’s a string of Journey Time BMO samples on it and we thought we weren’t going to have the ability to clear it and now we’re getting informed that we are able to and we’re going to be the primary folks have that ever had official Journey Time of their music.
BMO form of narrates the album in a method. Are you an enormous Journey Time fan?
Joey: Yeah, I’m. I f*ing love Journey Time. Particularly that episode is so surrounded with the thought of rising up however wanting to remain youthful and I simply assume BMO’s quotes in it, each time I watch that episode, it simply completely type of describes the sensation of being scared to develop up and never change when all the things round you is altering. So, I feel I do use BMO as a narrator loads on this album to type of painting that feeling. And I’m glad we have been in a position to pattern it. It’s so cool.
Brae: Yeah, it’s additionally so sick as a result of the BMO samples form of pop up in three or 4 of the tracks on the album. And it’s form of a callback to A Tribe Known as Quest Midnight Marauders how there’s a relentless form of narration from that voice recorder girl’s voice so I identical to that shit that form of follows and calls again and offers ode to outdated hip-hop ‘trigger it’s simply it’s so dope.
In your report No Palms, the deluxe model particularly, you mentioned that “Pineapple Fried Rice” is probably the most underrated observe. Is there a tune on HYPERYOUTH that you don’t want to be missed?
Joey: Truthfully, all them. I actually hope the one we simply launched, “LIVE RIGHT” correctly will get to shine– that’s such an excellent tune. I actually hope “Must Cry,” that tune is so good – I hope that will get to shine, and I hope that the final tune on the album, “Disco Tomorrow,” I hope that will get a shine. Each observe is simply in its personal method so good.
Brae: Yeah, each tune has its personal factor. The final tune, “Disco Tomorrow,” is nearly like a storytelling of JVB and each of our verses are actually lengthy in that tune and I like the verses and the lyrics and what we’ve to say on that one after which “Give It To Me” is simply probably the most uncooked in-your-face punch someone hip-hop songs. I hope the hardcore increase bap hip-hop followers f*ok with that one.
After which “IS THIS LOVE” is our first tune that form of leans into our actually softer voices and tones and talks about emotions and love and relationships and that’s tremendous f*ing dope. So each tune I can’t wait for everyone to listen to actually. We’re so excited.
I feel that “Is This Love” and some of the opposite songs, they do form of contribute to that maturity that you simply have been speaking about on this report. Was it form of arduous to dive into extra of your emotions with them?
Brae: It was straightforward as a result of we’ve by no means talked about it.
Joey: Yeah, it’s nearly getting more durable to put in writing simply the enjoyable stuff as a result of we’re child boys who’ve emotions, you already know. However I’ve at all times made that form of music in my very own time and we each have feelings. So, it’s simply straightforward when you get a unique subject to put in writing about apart from partying.
So, these songs simply got here so quick, however I feel particularly with me, particularly on a number of the extra open tracks, it’s arduous for me to speak about feelings candidly. Particularly with the present state of our music. So, it was a bit little bit of a problem to speak about issues in a method that will genuinely join with an viewers and brazenly about it. So, in some factors of it, it was a bit bit difficult, however total it’s loads simpler to be sincere than you assume as a result of there’s simply no strain.
How do you’re feeling your viewers goes to reply to these varieties of songs?
Brae: I imply initially, we’re so grateful for our fan base. Everybody that rocks with JVB, they’re so accepting of latest sounds and new noises from us. We discovered that our fan base could be very mendable to what we do. So, particularly with “LIVE RIGHT,” it hasn’t been out for that lengthy however the response to it to date has been loopy. As a result of they’re so excited to listen to a unique aspect of what we usually do.
And we’re grateful and blessed that we obtained widespread from the loopy, mosh hip-hop stuff, however the truth that we’re in a position to put out a observe that feels like “LIVE RIGHT” That’s simply sonically sounds so totally different than “Punk Ways” or “Double Leap” or what have you ever. The truth that our followers like this and are like “that is the best tune, I like it a lot.” Like “you guys are my favourite artists” blah blah blah. It’s inspiring and it retains us going for certain. So, I feel everybody’s going to benefit from the album with all of the totally different sounds.
How do you’re feeling figuring out that so many individuals, are studying about increase bap and old-fashioned music usually out of your group?
Brae: Dude, it makes me so pleased as a result of I bear in mind as a youthful child particularly as a result of it was more durable at our age as a result of Spotify actually wasn’t popping but after we have been 12, 13 years outdated. So, music discovery was so cave man. It was simply YouTube.
All I used to be doing was, you’d discover one tune after which pray that one thing else got here up after that and you already know you’re studying stuff from your folks and what have you ever, but it surely’s humorous if you learn the feedback. These 13, 14-year-old children are asking “what are extra artists that sound like this?” They usually haven’t any clue that total world discography of stuff like Tribe Known as Quest and Gang Starr and Wu-Tang exists. So, I really feel honored that we’re in a position to put a technology of youngsters on the kind of music they by no means knew existed.
You’ve gotten some main co-signs from like JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown, Pendulum. How does it really feel to have that in your discography?
Joey: Truthfully, going into this these have been the folks we regarded as much as when making music and it’s so cool to see it type of come full circle and have precise tracks with them and be accepted by the identical group that we’re part of. They paved a method particularly for different hip-hop. So it’s actually cool once more to be accepted by that group they usually’re simply legends and it’s that they only completely kill the tracks they do with us.
So, it’s actually wonderful. I can’t say anything than that but it surely’s so cool that we’re in a position to meet these folks and grow to be pals with them and make music with our pals.
Do you may have any options that you simply hope to have afterward in your profession?
Brae: Yeah, all people. We need to work with all of the people who we take pleasure in. I don’t know. Yeah, we do that on a regular basis.
Joey: Our dream is Tyler. That will be improbable. Tyler and Skrillex. I’d love Skrillex to work with Yeah. Skrillex And if Daft Punk ever makes a comeback we higher on that observe
Joey posted that photograph of the inspirations for the album. And Igor was on the record however Chromakopia has the same vibe of realizing your getting older. Do you’re feeling like despite the fact that it got here out a bit later, do you’re feeling like Chromakopia form of influenced you a bit bit?
Joey: I feel truthfully out of all of Tyler’s albums They actually all in their very own method impressed it. I may have put Cherry Bomb, I may have put Flower Boy, I may have put Chromakopia, I may have put even Wolf and stuff like that. I simply assume his type It was primarily from a manufacturing stand level the place I used to be taking loads of inspiration from that stuff. [Igor] in all probability my favourite Tyler album. In order that’s why I put it on there, however I simply love the songwriting and that stuff and the soiled synths and all the things like that was actually an enormous inspiration.
However particularly with this new album, like he’s type of explaining to folks the identical message that we’re going for with this report and what we’ve been going for for fairly a while. It’s why don’t folks need to dance anymore? And it’s so cool to see that album come out and other people have that thought of their head proper earlier than our album comes out as a result of it’s type of paving a method for our album to have the identical in the same lane, so it’s actually thrilling.
Your dwell reveals, completely insane. Have you ever at all times had this pure chemistry on stage or was it a studying curve going by means of the motions?
Brae: We form of simply obtained thrown into performing truthfully. We didn’t have a selection. We form of simply jumped on the market and began doing what we do, and it’s just about been the identical since a pair years in the past.
Joey: Yeah, we’re naturally simply idiots and we prefer to make fools of ourselves so being on stage we have been simply performing for ourselves and we’re silly and like to try this so, it simply got here so naturally. There’s no nerves if you’re on stage.

You’ve gotten tour guidelines, too. What made you’re feeling prefer it was vital to push such an emphasis on dancing and moshing and being within the second at your reveals?
Joey: I imply, it’s actually there’s not loads of reveals we do the place folks aren’t dancing, but it surely was extra simply type of pointed at a common viewers for music and new potential followers coming to this present. This album is so targeted round being your self on the dance flooring and like I mentioned, we simply use dancing as an enormous metaphor all through this album and it’s a membership album.
So we’re like, “For those who come right here, you higher be dancing.” Why after we exit to golf equipment, after we exit to issues like that, folks simply aren’t dancing. I’m like, guys, what are we doing? Take pleasure in your self, please. Like we’re too cool to bop… No person’s too cool to bop. Please simply let your self go for a second and revel in your self. And that’s the message that we need to give with this album. That’s why we made the tour guidelines. We simply need folks to return, be within the second and able to dance.
Total, what would you like folks to be left with once they end the album? After that first pay attention, what are they alleged to really feel?
Joey: That is the most effective album of all time. I’m going to run it again 10 occasions.
Brae: We hold getting requested this query and I hold attempting to give you an excellent reply for it. However I hold defaulting to I simply hope that one tune means one thing to someone. “I like that line that he says” or “oh my god the synths on this one tune I like how like floaty they’re.” Simply take a bit of it with you and simply hold enjoying that sh*t. And simply f*ing dance to it man. There’s so many good songs on it.
Joey: Hope that folks type of of hear it and listen to what we’re saying, take a bit out of it like Brae mentioned they usually simply study to be extra accepting of themselves and modifications round them. That’s actually what we’re attempting to say. Be okay and issues are going to be superb. All of us change, all of us develop up. It’s not that scary. Exit and have enjoyable.
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