- [LXX] So then I went—
But then I went to the training camp.
And I was like, “Oh, this was a bad idea.”
This was a bad idea.
- [Saul] Oh what have I got myself into? - [LXX] This is the worst decision I made.
I just remember going—
I shave my head and I'm like, “I’m ready to do this.
I’m ready to get away from everything."
And then I just opened my eyes and then I hear the bell…
And then people like—
All the sergeants yelling at me.
I’m like, “Oh my God… I'm in the army. What did I do?”
- [Saul] It sounds like a music video.
- [LXX] Yeah. I screwed up.
- [Sam] The military…
Was a decision that you made?
- [LXX] Yeah so after HIGH4…
He was just giving us a bogus shows and like…
Our labels gave us bogus shows and bogus deals and stuff…
And then our contract was ending and then I was like,
“You know what… I'm just going to dip.”
So… I didn’t—
I was an American citizen, but then I didn't have a visa to work here.
So then I had to register for Korean citizenship.
So I'm a dual citizen and then they said like,
“Oh you got to drop your American.”
And I’m like, “No no no. No, I'm not.”
But like, “Oh if you want to do that—
If you want to keep both of them. You have to go to the army.”
So then I got like stuck with having to go to the army.
So I had to push that back till HIGH4 was over.
And then it got to the point where,
“Alright, let's do some new stuff.”
That's when the bogus deals came in.
And I’m like, “You know what…
I’m done. I’m gonna go to the army. Peace out.”
I went to the army…
And then I regretted every minute of it…
But I did learn a lot.
- [Saul] And it’s good to get it over with.
- [LXX] Yeah. That’s pretty much what I want to.
I was like, “You know what,
I have to deal with it one way or the other so…
Might as well get it over with.
- [Dave] You wanted to stay in Korea?
- [LXX] Yeah… And another reason was like…
At that time, like I was just overwhelmed like…
I got to a point where like I just know too many people.
I have too many friends.
And like the internet and like social media and
just everything was like overwhelming for me at one time.
And like it was just like…
Breaking, tearing me down.
I’m like, “Yo I can't keep up with everything.
There’s too many people I got to meet.
And there’s too many people contacting me.
So I just like ghosted everybody.
Switched my number.
And I just left to the army without a word.
Just telling a couple of friends.
- [Sam] So it was almost like an escape for you.
- [LXX] Yeah. Pretty much.
I just needed to run away from the world pretty much.
- [Sam] Other people go to a temple stay.
- [Dave] I always feel that dude.
- [Saul] Like you want to escape?
- [Sam] Go to the army. - [Dave] I do do it.
I disappear a lot.
- [Dave] Don’t you guys ever see me just dip? - [LXX] In that case we’re similar.
- [Saul] Yeah. It hurts. - [Dave] Sorry dude. I just dip.
- [LXX] You just want to go MIA for a minute.
- [Dave] People just keep—
Everyone just wants to do something with you.
- [LXX] Yeah.
I appreciate the love but at the same time,
like sometimes I need time to breathe.
‘Cause I was just like running for like years.
But then I went to the training camp.
And I was like, “Oh, this was a bad idea.”
This was a bad idea.
- [Saul] Oh what have I got myself into? - [LXX] This is the worst decision I made.
I just remember going—
I shaved my head and I'm like, “I’m ready to do this.
I’m ready to get away from everything.”
And then I just opened my eyes and then I hear the bell…
And then people like—
All the sergeants yelling at me.
I’m like, “Oh my God… I’m in the army. What did I do?”
- [Saul] It sounds like a music video.
- [LXX] Yeah. I screwed up.
- [Sam] You just joined the regular…
- [Sam] Army? - [LXX] Yeah.
- [Saul] And how old were you then again?
- [LXX] I was… 28.
- [Sam] Ohh… 28.
That is kind of long in the tooth in the army.
Especially when you got’ve commanding officers who are 19.
- [Saul] And they’re talking **** to you.
- [Sam] They’re barking at you in informality.
- [Saul] Yeah. They’re allowed to.
- [LXX] I didn’t know that. - [Sam] ‘Cause you’re the commanding officer.
- [LXX] I did not know that.
They looked like they're 10 years older than me.
And then after the training was over…
I found out they’re like 21. I was like, “Excuse me?”
You made me do like 50 pushups.
You rolled me around in dirt. Are you kidding me?
- [Saul] And you’re 19?
- [Sam] Yeah it’s kind of— It’s a bit of…
You have the hierarchical system here by Stone Age...
Is so strong in Korea, but then once you go into the military…
Age goes out the window.
- [Sam] It’s all about rank. - [LXX] It’s by rank.
- [Saul] Yeah. That’s what I’ve heard.
- [Sam] So kids straight out of high school…
Are ranking officer over—
You’d be a 30 year old guy… joining the military.
- [Saul] How do these like young kids move up so high though?
- [Sam] Well no because it’s…
- [LXX] It’s very fast. It’s very fast.
- [Sam] It’s like a two year window.
So you’re going from a private…
Up to I don't even know the term.
- [LXX] You can go up to four ranks.
- [Saul] These aren’t like life long…
- [Sam] No no no no. They’re not professional.
- [Saul] Kids who are planning to be professionals.
- [Dave] Noo. - [Saul] Ahh.