Iceberg: I’m from North Dakota.
He’s from Brazil.
And we created something that’s going global now.
Somebody sent me it on Instagram DM.
He’s like, “Yo is this your beat?”
I got a placement with Tjay and Polo G. I was so hype.
JD: When I first heard it, I knew it was going to blow up.
I didn’t even know.
It was a surprise for me.
They dropped the video.
Not even the audio.
I think that’s God’s plan.
JD: I found Iceberg when he was uploading videos on YouTube and then was like, yo, I
gotta work with him.
He got some dope sounds.
Iceberg: We both had some stuff going for us, couple placements here and there and we’re
like, yeah, let’s link up.
We just found this sweet spot in our sound.
I’ll start something and then he’ll add just like the perfect little touches to it
and the beats always come out fire.
Iceberg: I think it was the middle of winter.
In Winter time in North Dakota, you’re locked in.
You got like 8 feet of snow outside.
It’s kind of good for one thing cause you can just lock in your room and make beats
all day.
I found this piano loop.
I added a guitar to it and some drums, and I sent it out to JD.
He did his thing on it.
JD: All the beats he send me, all the melodies he send me, I always feel it.
So I was feeling that one.
After I finished it, I was like yo, this is like a Lil Tjay type beat and Polo G type
theme.
I sent it to Mariah which is an A&R from Columbia and I sent to Lil Tjay.
Iceberg: I actually heard from his engineer that they went through like 50 beats that
day and they chose this beat.
So the first thing I started off was this piano loop.
Pitched it up a little bit.
Gave me a good feeling.
I’m like, it needs something more.
So I added this guitar on top of it.
Brought it to a whole new level.
JD: Me and him, always trying to keep the beat simple but hard at the same time.
Iceberg: The next thing I added was an 808.
JD: Then after that, he sent it to me.
The first thing I did was put the snare on it.
After the snare, I put the clap, both of them together.
And then, the hi-hat.
Iceberg: That’s where you get a lot of the bounce from.
The hi-hat, for sure.
JD: The kick is like a surprise to the beat.
Iceberg: When it comes in, it’s like a little switch up.
JD: Yeah, exactly.
JD: Then the drums sound like this.
JD: And that was it.
Like I was done with it.
Just lay it down and finish it.
Iceberg: I feel like this is gonna be the song of the summer.
It’s going crazy right now.
It’s got that summer vibe.
Anybody can vibe to this beat.
JD: That song really changed my career.
Like really changed my life.
I just got a record deal.
Things going up from here.
It’s a blessing.
Iceberg: My mom has Sirius XM in her car and whenever it plays, she sends me a picture.
It’s the dopest feeling ever.