TAKE THE SECOND FOR A QUICK
SHOUTOUT.
WHAT'S UP PAULIE BOY.
MUSICIAN, LAWYER AND COUSIN OF
MINE FROM THE EAST SIDE.
HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.
IT IS THAT TIME OF THE WEEK
WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT SOMEONE IN
THE LOCAL MUSIC COMMUNITY.
TODAY MIKEY INTRODUCES US TO
TRISHNALEI, A HE GO REGGAE
ARTIST WITH A BRIGHT
PERSONALITY.
TODAY I'M TALKING ABOUT LOCAL
REGGAE ARTIST TRISHNALEI WHO IS
STANDING BY WITH ALL OF HER
SWAG.
GOOD MORNING, TRISHNALEI.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIS?
I'M DOING AWESOME.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M DOING GREAT.
I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY, I LOVE
YOUR SWAG, YOUR HAIR, EVERYTHING
ABOUT YOU JUST SCREAMS POP STAR.
I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO ALL OF OUR
"LIVING 808" VIEWERS OUT THERE.
TELL US HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND WHAT KIND
OF PROJECTS HAVE YOU DONE SO
FAR?
OKAY.
SO MY NAME IS TRISHNALEI.
I'M ACTUALLY FROM MAKAKILO,
KAPOLEI, BUT I CURRENTLY LIVE IN
KAILUA.
I STARTED DOING MUSIC AT THE AGE
OF 15 SO I WANT TO SAY NOW
THAT'S ABOUT 14 YEARS.
I'M 29.
AND I'VE BEEN WRITING MUSIC
SINCE THEN, AND FINALLY I WAS
ABLE TO GAIN THE COURAGE TO
I'M GOING TO JUST RELEASE MY OWN
MUSIC UNDER MY OWN VOICE BECAUSE
I ACTUALLY HAVE MUSIC OUT UNDER
OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M A SONGWRITER.
SO I WAS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW,
INSTEAD OF HAVING EVERYBODY SING
MY MUSIC, WHY DON'T I TRY AND DO
IT FOR MYSELF.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT CAME
FROM WITH THIS NEW SINGLE I
HAVE.
YOU DID SAY THAT YOU WERE
SONG WRITING FOR A LOT OF LOCAL
ARTISTS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE YOUR
INFLUENCES IN THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY?
I KNOW THIS IS A LOADED QUESTION
AND THIS IS KIND OF A HARD
QUESTION FOR ALL OF OUR ARTISTS
TO ANSWER BUT I WANT TO KNOW,
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR
INSPIRATION FROM?
WHERE DO YOU PULL A LOT OF
INFLUENCES FROM?
THE MAINLAND?
IS IT LOCAL ARTISTS?
A LOT OF MY INFLUENCE WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE IN THE
INDUSTRY.
LIKE A COUPLE, KAPENA.
I'M HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY DIANA
KING.
SHE'S BEEN FOLLOWING ME FOR SOME
TIME.
WE'VE BECOME PRETTY GOOD
FRIENDS.
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL SHE'S IN
HAWAI'I.
MY BIGGEST INSPIRATION.
LITTLE DO YOU KNOW H I'M NOT
AN ARTIST BUT I WAS SO
INFLUENCED AND INSPIRED BY YOUR
SONG THAT I HAD TO RECREATE YOUR
ALBUM COVER.
I LOVE IT!
I CAN'T BLOW A BUBBLE SO I
HAD TO BLOW A BALLOON AND JUST
PUT IT UP THERE.
GIRL, I EVEN -- I THOUGHT YOU
WERE GOING TO WEAR YOUR PINK
HAIR.
I'VE GOT THIS.
I WANTED TO TWIN WITH YOU.
I RECREATED YOUR ALBUM COVER FOR
LOVER OF MINE.
TELL EVERYBODY WHAT IS THE
INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR SONG
LOVER OF MINE.
WHAT IS THE DETAIL?
THIS REALLY IS ABOUT MY LOVE
OF MINE.
HE WROTE THE SONG ORIGINALLY AS
WOMAN OF MINE, AND I GIFTED IT
TO HIM A FEW YEARS AGO FOR THE
ANNIVERSARY.
THAT'S SO CUTE AND THERE'S
STORY TO IT.
I WAS PLAYING IT FOR ALL OF MY
FRIENDS OUT THERE.
WE GET IT, YOU'RE GOING TO
BUT BEFORE I LET YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE THIS TRADITION ON "LIVING
808" WHERE WE ASK OUR ARTISTS IF
THEY COULD SING A LITTLE SNIPPET
OF THEIR SINGLE SO DO YOU THINK
YOU COULD DO IT FOR ALL OF OUR
OF COURSE.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KEEP
UP WITH ALL OF YOUR MUSIC AND
GIGS, WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOU ON
SOCIAL MEDIA?
ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK, YOU
CAN FOLLOW ME AT TRISHNALEI AT
INSTAGRAM, YOU CAN FIND ME ON I
KEEP ON TROTTING.
PERFECT.
HERE TO MAKE HER "LIVING 808"
DEBUT, WE HAVE SINGING LOVER OF
MINE, TRISHNALEI.
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