♪ When I drop it real low ♪
♪ Yeah girl I like that oh ♪
♪ You can tell that I like that oh ♪
- What's up?
I'm CHIKA and I'm here to play a game
of Song Association with Elle.
I'll be given a word and I have 10 seconds
to sing that word in a song.
Wish me luck.
I think I'm going to do pretty good at this.
My brain works so fast.
It never lags.
I don't cry.
No, this should be a breeze.
Get out of here.
But before we hop into the game,
make sure to check out my new EP "Industry Games".
It just dropped, so might as well
listen to it while your here.
Just pause this.
Go.
(vocalizing)
Got it. We here.
We here.
Feel.
♪ The way you make me feel. ♪
♪ You really turn me on. ♪
♪ You knock me off of my feet now baby. ♪
♪ Hee! ♪
♪ My lonely days are gone. ♪
♪ Lonely days are gone. ♪
You're welcome.
Into.
♪ I really like what you've done to me ♪
♪ I can't really explain it. ♪
♪ I am so ♪
♪ Into you. ♪
Stream "Can't Explain It" by CHIKA on every platform.
I collaborated with Charlie Wilson
and I sampled a or I guess interpellated a Tamia song.
The Tamia hit "So Into You".
I wrote it from a updated perspective
about a lovely young lady I was dating,
who also got to star in the video with me.
So it was really dope.
And the song's fire.
I just did an acoustics set of it.
It's one of those classics and I hope that
my version ends up being a classic too.
Down.
♪ I was wondering can you hold me down ♪
(ding)
(beatboxing)
♪ I was wondering ♪
♪ Can you hold me down ♪
Love that song.
Shout out Daniel Caesar.
I love that song because it really
describes where I'm at currently in life.
You have people who aren't necessarily
in the industry, but you're dating.
And you're just like, "I need someone to keep me grounded."
♪ You're getting on a plane ♪
♪ And traveling far away ♪
♪ You left me with a pain I carry it every day ♪
You heard it like, "You left me with the pain,
"I carry it everyday because you're not there.
"Getting on a plane, traveling far away you're always gone."
That song, even though anyone can relate to it,
it especially rings true, which I think
he did intentionally for people who do the job we do.
It's one of those.
Care.
(beatboxing)
♪ If you let me ♪
♪ Here's what I'll do ♪
♪ I'll take care of you ♪
♪ I'll take I'll take (beatboxing) ♪
I'm done. Talk.
♪ Oh, I have only dreamed these heights ♪
♪ And now they're taking me there ♪
♪ Just let them talk talk talk ♪
♪ Yeah that seems fair ♪
Shout out to my song "Songs About You" on the EP.
Listen to it now.
Pause this video, come back.
How was it?
Was it good? I know.
Circle.
(clears throat)
(giggles)
♪ No squares in ♪
♪ My circle ♪
(ding)
♪ No squares at all ♪
♪ Ain't no squares (beep) ♪
♪ Ain't no ain't no yeah yeah look ♪
♪ No squares in ♪
♪ My circle ♪
♪ No squares at all ♪
I'm a narcissist, that's my song too.
Go listen to that.
Let me know how you like it.
"No Squares" is definitely about
making sure that your team is solid.
The people who are there are there for the right reasons.
Nobody's taking advantage of you.
It's also just a flex because all the people that
I carried with me, thus far,
are still here.
And they're still rocking with me.
And I think that's the key to success.
No squares in your circle.
Get them out of there.
Heart.
(metronome ticking)
Damn I'm losing.
I'm losing.
(metronome ticking)
Heart? Wow, that's a hard one.
Can I make up a song?
(buzz)
♪ You have my heart (laughs) ♪
♪ You had it from the start ♪
♪ I think you are a piece of art ♪
♪ Please don't come around and fart ♪
♪ That's gross ♪
It's an unreleased track.
It hasn't been put out yet, but it's called "Don't Fart".
It's a quick deal breaker.
Drop.
(vocalizing)
♪ He want to see me drop it drop drop it ♪
♪ Want to pop it pop it pop it ♪
♪ Shake that (beep) on the floor ♪
♪ He love it how ♪
(hums)
♪ When I drop it real low ♪
♪ Yeah girl I like that oh ♪
♪ You can tell that I like that oh ♪
♪ Yeah girl you like that when it goes ♪
♪ boom ba-ba-boom ba-boom ba-boom boom ♪
♪ Drop it low girl drop it drop it low girl ♪
That's my favorite part.
High.
♪ I'm high I don't know what I might do ♪
♪ Holy (beep) that I think I like you ♪
♪ This ain't something I can fight through ♪
♪ And I don't want to because I want you just for me ♪
♪ Just for me ♪
♪ Tell me do I entice you ♪
♪ Keep it short just like a haiku ♪
♪ Because it ain't nothing I could write to you ♪
♪ To say I want you ♪
♪ Let me know if you want me ♪
♪ Want me ♪
♪ Girl do you ♪
My writing process varies.
When I was writing music on Instagram,
I would literally just pick a beat
sit up and just whatever came to mind,
whatever that beat inspired, I would write about that.
Nowadays, inspiration hits at any moment.
That song I sang earlier, I was writing it
when I was at a bar with my friends celebrating.
And I got drunk and I was just thinking about being
in love with something that's not yours because
I was with someone that is just ain't mine.
Immediately, I go into my little reclusive state
and pull out my phone and start typing.
And that's how it happens anytime.
I could be at home and that could happen.
I can just be immediately inspired.
Baby.
♪ Baby baby baby oh ♪
♪ Like baby baby baby no ♪
♪ And like baby ♪
Okay.
♪ When I was 13, I had my first love ♪
♪ There was nobody that compared to my baby ♪
♪ Can't nobody came between us that could ever come above ♪
♪ She had me going crazy ♪
♪ Oh I was starstruck ♪
♪ She had my heart ♪
(mumbles)
♪ Don't need no Starbucks ♪
♪ She made my heart pound ♪
♪ It skip a beat when I see her on the street ♪
♪ And at school on the playground ♪
♪ But I really want to see her on the weekend ♪
My thing is, you're 13.
On the weekend?
Do you're homework.
Trying to see me on the weekend?
We are children.
Get out of here Luda.
♪ I know you love me ♪
(laughs)
♪ I know you care ♪
♪ Just shout whenever ♪
♪ And I'll be there ♪
♪ You are my life ♪
♪ You are my heart ♪
♪ And we will never ever ever be apart ♪
Your first love at 13...
The messages we send.
Disgusting.
I talk about a lot of social and political issues
because you're entire existence is made political.
I think it's just important to spread
certain messages and open people's eyes
up to what we should be caring about.
And that doesn't always have to be about us.
It can be about someone else's experience
that we should care about.
If I'm ever able to uplift certain voices
that need that space via music.
That's something that I genuinely plan on
doing every opportunity I get.
Hurt.
♪ Yes I know ♪
♪ sometimes I hurt you ♪
♪ Sometimes you hurt me too ♪
♪ Makes me go mad ♪
♪ Every time you hear this music ♪
♪ Take that pain and use it use it for you ♪
That song helped me get over a lot of things.
It's called "Won't Live Here" by Daniel Caesar.
Just the words of it.
I like that part specifically, which is so funny (mumbles)
because it's talking about turning your pain
into something positive, like constructive.
Process your (beep) and then help someone out.
Use that pain for something.
Games.
(chuckles)
♪ (beep) being playing industry games yeah ♪
♪ Rapping but they not in love with it ♪
♪ Think it's a shame yeah ♪
♪ I'm about to pop on some other (beep) ♪
♪ Think it's a game ♪
♪ They don't control where I land ♪
♪ Royal flush (beep) the cards in my hand ♪
♪ I'm trying to stack all these M's yeah ♪
♪ All of my idols is friends yeah ♪
♪ Came to the fight with some Timbs yeah ♪
♪ Will I let up it depends yeah ♪
♪ Been through the struggle ♪
♪ I don't run from trouble ♪
♪ No breakin' I just want the bands ♪
♪ Won't be defeated I'm hella conceited ♪
♪ I run on that beat like a Benz ♪
"Industry Games" out now.
Go listen to it, please.
I have to pay rent.
That song, I wrote it when I first got out to LA.
I was supposed to be out there for two weeks,
and this is probably week one and a half
because I saw so much in the industry that was
complete opposite of who I am.
And knowing that I was entering into it,
I was just like, "I'm not about to do that.
"I not going to play these games with nobody, for what?"
I started writing about how I see people conform
and play the game and become ultimately, a statistic.
Something to relate back to and
be like, "That's how we do it."
And if we ever need an example of
not doing what's usually supposed to be done,
then you got me now.
I'm not playing
With nobody.
Money.
♪ I'm making it in the rain or shine ♪
♪ All about my money ♪
♪ Don't waste my time ♪
♪ Ain't nobody going to bring me down ♪
♪ Anybody out there believe in something ♪
♪ I'm on an elevator ♪
♪ I'm on to something greater ♪
♪ Ain't nobody going to take my crown ♪
♪ Aye aye aye ♪
That's from my song "Crown".
(mumbles) just a soft throw.
I can say at a certain point I was
more so writing about things I wanted.
And I still do that, but it was
more so dreams and aspiration.
I sang "Crown" earlier and that's the song I wrote
when I was 19 that's coming out when I'm going to be 23.
You can see how my writing's style now
and my music has changed so much
because I write about my current experiences.
With the like I live, it's so weird and unorthodox.
So I have to find some kind of catharsis
and I put it into my music.
And it's my overall sound, even with this project.
It's my story, my every day life and how I feel about it.
Stay.
Shout out to Mac Miller.
♪ Will ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Stay ♪
(ding)
♪ just a little while babe ♪
♪ Just a little while ♪
♪ Will ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Stay ♪
♪ Just a little while babe ♪
♪ Just a little while ♪
♪ Yeah hold up wait a (beep) second ♪
♪ Wait a second ♪
♪ I know you stressing ♪
♪ You don't got to keep me guessing ♪
Mac Miller is the number one artist
that I have wanted to collaborate with the past few years.
I don't really look up to very many artists at all.
His music is what my soul sounds like.
It's very hard to stumble across
artists who genuinely make you feel something.
Sadly, he passed, he left us before I could.
But I just did a tribute or did tribute to him.
They sent it to his mom and she told me it moved her
and that she really felt it and is grateful that I did it.
So I feel like I have a little tiny piece
of him right there just because of that.
Lie.
♪ Just going to stand there and hear me cry ♪
♪ But that's alright because I love the way you lie ♪
(ding)
♪ I love the way you lie ♪
♪ I can't tell you what it really is ♪
♪ I can only tell you what if feels like ♪
♪ When right now it's a steel pipe in my windpipe ♪
Oh, wait, is it steel knife?
Okay, well we're done.
We did it.
I will give myself a 70 out of 100.
A solid C plus because I was innovative.
Thank you for watching me play Song Association with Elle.
Do not forget to like and subscribe.
And also, check out my new EP on every stream platform.
Listen to it.
Again, I have bills.