("Mine" by Bazzi)
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Okay ♪
- My name is Bazzi, I'm 20 years old,
I was born in New York City,
I was raised in Detroit, Michigan.
♪ You so precious when you smile ♪
Creating, producing, songwriting
is my passion and my life.
♪ Drive you wild ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Very, very early in my life
I knew I wanted to be a musician.
I was six and my dad brought home my first guitar
and I played the absolute life out of it.
♪ Let you know you're mine ♪
(audience cheering)
Used to put on records like Foo Fighters and Green Day
and Guns N' Roses and I would sit in front of speakers
and just close my eyes
and imagine myself being in these stadiums.
♪ Even if forever's tonight ♪
♪ Just lay with me ♪
♪ Waste this night away with me ♪
♪ You're mine ♪
First song I ever wrote, I was literally like six or seven.
It was like a direct rip of Green Day, Good Riddance
and I had a guitar teacher at the time
and he yelled at me, he's like,
'That's Green Day, Good Riddance.'
He's like, 'You copied that.'
I'm like, later in my life I'm like I was seven,
who says that to a seven year old but fair enough.
♪ Girl anything I could do just to make you feel alright ♪
Lyrically and melodically,
Drake was definitely a big influence of mine.
Drake was the first time I turned an artist on
and it was like I feel that, you know, that's how I feel,
and I think that really inspired me
and I think that really pushed me into category
of wanting to be really truthful and vulnerable in my music
so people can connect with me
in the same way I did with him.
("Beautiful" by Bazzi)
♪ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful angel ♪
Beautiful was a freestyle actually.
It's funny, I actually made Beautiful being like
I just wanna make something to post on Instagram like
I don't care, I'm just gonna throw something up today and
I went to the studio
and I freestyled Beautiful in like an hour and a half
and I threw it up and people were like,
'Put that song up, like that's gonna change your life.'
♪ Amazing ♪
♪ But nothing can compare to when you're naked ♪
That was the definite start of me understanding my sonics
and who I am and I think it helped me realize
to care a little bit less, have a little more fun.
♪ You're the one for me, I need to face it ♪
♪ Started when we were younger ♪
I think the connection in my live show that's so special
is really through the words.
I think that the production and the melodies
is the structure that holds it
but the magic is in what I'm saying.
I think it's like when you're talking about
these in-depth really personal real songs
that I poured so much real emotion in
then you have a crowd of thousands of people
singing those words back to you,
it's a different experience.
♪ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful angel ♪
♪ Love your imperfections every angle ♪
What comes first in every single song I make is
it's inspiration and I take that super seriously.
I need to be inspired and energized by something
and that could be anything from heartbreak to love
to a real circumstance
to something I wanna speak on for my generation,
it all starts with excitement and inspiration
and once I have that the process is usually pretty quick.
♪ Let me taste it ♪
♪ You came a little closer, now you're shaking ♪
I'm more driven then I've ever been to go harder,
to dig deeper, you know.
The little bit of success I've had
has definitely inspired me and shown me what a platform
and what a power it can be to give people something real
and special and I just wanna continue doing that.
♪ Tomorrow comes and goes before you know ♪
♪ So I just had to let you know ♪
(audience cheering and applauding)