I like him. Good guy.
Yo, guys, it's Virgil. -This is Martin Garrix.
And this is our Vice Back & Forth.
He's an athlete. I'm not an athlete.
I make music and I party.
I think we are very blessed and privileged and I think you have the passion.
The passion is key. -Yes.
I think the connection is our passion for what we do.
I think sometimes you see those videos of you
when you're standing there with so many people watching.
All on your music, that feeling must be sick.
He's going to DJ. Back to back.
"Would you be a good football player?"
I used to play growing up. -Which position?
Right back.
But I was not good.
They would let me take a penalty if we were five points ahead.
You were picked last in the team? -Yes.
If it comes down to a very crucial moment in a match
you don't want to have me behind the ball.
I'm always nervous.
The moment I'm on stage, it turns into adrenaline
but before, I'm always like, I should not fuck this up.
Watch your language.
To be fair, I'm not nervous. I'm excited.
You're standing in the tunnel, you play at home, everyone's cheering
and just like, 'come on, let's go, we go.'
No nerves? Nerves. -A little bit.
I listen to every type of genre.
For every type of mood that I'm in, I listen to something else.
It's interesting that you get inspiration from different genres.
Maybe everyone would expect
that you just listen to the same genre, where your music is.
I don't listen to electronic music, really. -Really?
I listen to it when I prepare for my shows or when I'm in the studio, making it.
But I don't want to get too inspired or too distracted by what others are doing.
I'd much rather go in with a fresh mindset
fresh ears, inspired by completely other genres.
That's why I like a lot of different genres.
What's the name?
Fire to the Rain...Adele.
Set Fire to the Rain.
I'm not going to sing it, sorry.
Adele has bangers.
You sing it? -We sing it a lot at home.
I got now, recently, the JBL karaoke speakers.
Like, the little karaoke... Such a good thing.
So it's chaos in the house and everyone is singing and dancing and the music is loud.
Shoutout to Adele.
'Heitje voor karwijtje'.
You go to your neighbours or people on your street and ask them:
Hey, do you need your garden to be cleaned?
That's not a proper job, though.
What was your first job? He's laughing at mine.
Well, I did this as well. It's something when you're young.
You just ring the bell next door. That's how it is.
But my first proper job was being a dishwasher.
You're on the bottom of the tree, so you have to sort of work your way up.
It made me who I am today, as well.
The food. -Great weather.
No, for me, my family is based in the Netherlands
and my childhood friends, the people I grew up with.
I would say sometimes the food, whether it is your mum cooking for you or...
Bitterballen [typical Dutch fried snack].
I'm professional, so I can't eat those things, but...
But, yeah, definitely not the weather.
But the weather is not better where we live.
I can sleep anywhere at any moment.
I can sleep in a nightclub next to the speaker.
Wow, that's a problem.
I feel like I'm doing the complete opposite to what Virgil is doing.
I love sleeping as well, to be fair. -Is that your secret?
Two-hour naps in the afternoon or before games, you know
that's very nice. Let's keep it that way.
No, playing football is my hobby
but sleeping is definitely close to being a hobby.
I was going to say: Yes, sleeping is definitely one of my hobbies.
I don't have my driver's licence.
You don't have a driver's licence? -No, I think the world's a safer place
if I don't drive.
I had driving lessons, but I realised that I'm...
Why are you scratching your head there?
I have hyper focus but I also get super quickly distracted.
So I'll be like, Oh... I see a bird fly by...
With music, I'm fine. In the studio, I'm fine.
But I think it's better if I'm not behind the steering wheel.
I was listening to the songs you mentioned. I think you'd be a great DJ
because you know how to set a vibe and I think that's the most crucial thing.
You read the crowd. You read the people.
When you perform I'm going to come one day and stand next to you.
I want to have that feeling as well, then. -Let's go.