- Hey, what's up you guys?
Chelsea Briggs here with Billboard
and I am joined by Juice Wrld.
- Hey guys, what's up?
- How's it going?
- I'm good no complaints, how about you?
- I'm doing really well.
I'm excited for you, we're on the set
of your Billboard cover shoot, right now.
It's been a crazy 2018 for you,
obviously it's flooded over to 2019.
What's been like the biggest challenge
for you maybe through this process?
- A lot of people that you know
get in the position that I'm at,
change up, become fake, become phony, become paranoid.
Just a lot of things that,
you know that come with it.
And the way that I cope with it,
like I'm still the same person.
- Yeah!
- I'm still like the same down to earth person.
I still like the same stuff.
I still play the same video games.
(Chelsea laughing)
Like everything.
- I'm super excited you're releasing
your sophomore album, A Deathrace for Love,
coming up here soon.
What can you tell your fans about it?
What can we expect for this album?
- I kind of got the idea
from one of the songs on the project,
called Alfine..
and the Rider,
song's called Rider.
Twisted Metal was one of
my favorite games coming up.
- Oh, cool.
- It's like a Death Race game, and I thought I'll
just incorporate Twisted Metal...
and like...
Death Race to like...
hanging onto a relationship,
or doing what you have to do to maintain a relationship,
or going through hell.
To fix something that's a--
to get somebody back, it's just.
Pretty much what it consists of.
But the album is a...
it's a little bit of everything.
It's not just rap, it's not just rock.
It's not just jazz or alterna--
it's like a little bit of everything.
- You were telling me a little bit about,
you know, just how you've struggled
with anxiety over the years.
Do you feel you touch on that
a little bit in this album?
- Yeah I do touch on it, I do.
That's something I've let a lot of people neglect.
Which is completely and utterly wrong.
And me speaking from...
an African-American man,
I know that this stuff is neglected.
Like our community.
You know, you tell your Mommy, or Daddy,
or Auntie or whoever that you feel
like you got anxiety, if like you got depression,
you feel like you got ADD or whatever.
They all look at you like you're crazy.
But you ain't got that go, get out of here like.
Are you going to tell me
I don't got something, you know?
That's not how it should be,
but that's how it is
and that needs to change.
Then hopefully I'm one of those people that can bring-
- Yeah!
- That change or at least start a chain reaction
for somebody else to come and do it after me.
- That's awesome.
I commend you for doing that, putting that out there.
Is it- Do you feel like it's a therapy for you?
To sing about something like anxiety
that affects you so deeply.
- Yeah, for sure.
Just me and my thoughts out there
and it me like I can pour my soul out
on the beats...
is like me venting.
And that's funny you say
that 'cause I've literally said it before.
That my music is like my therapy sessions
but there's no confidentiality.
I put it out there for people
to receive...
re-evaluate...
and learn, can grab my hand and walk with me
through whatever they may be going through.
You know?
(Soft jingly music)