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An Aftershow Interview with Vegyn
I saw Vegyn perform live for the first time in Atlanta this past Friday at Aisle 5 his first-ever show in the city. The night started right at 9 p.m., with amr* already playing as people filtered in. Loukeman followed around 10:30 p.m., warming the crowd with a diverse and moody set, including his own track “Winzzz.”
Then Vegyn took over at 11:30 p.m. and played until 1 a.m., delivering a set that felt exactly like his music: emotionally dense, unpredictable, and deeply human. All three artists played a thoughtful selection of moody club tracks, blending their own work with deep cuts and unexpected choices. Vegyn’s set moved through tracks like “A New Kind of Love” by Imogen Heap, his own “Makeshift Tourniquet”, and “Sexy Boy” from his collaborative remix project with Air, Blue Moon Safari.
He closed the night with “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals, letting the synths stretch and drone out into the space. No mic drop, no encore just a slow, glowing dissolve. Everyone kind of just knew it was over.
I stayed back near the front of the stage. The lights came on. A few people started to trickle out. Then, Vegyn reappeared, he saw me still waiting, smiled, and gestured for me to come around to the left side of the stage where he was stepping off. I greeted him eagerly and thanked him and told him he was one of my favorite artists. I asked if I could ask him a couple quick questions. At first, he thought it was some kind of official interview, but I quickly clarified:
“Nah, I’m not press or anything. I’m just a music business student, everything you say is just gonna be in this blog I am starting. The one you’re reading right now.”
He nodded, and just like that, we started talking.
Planned Questions:
Your production often feels like it’s balancing two moods at once—melancholy and levity, chaos and calm. Do you think in emotional contrasts when you build a track?
You’ve collaborated with artists like Frank Ocean and so many talented artists, who both have very specific visions. How do you maintain your creative voice when working with someone whose world is so distinct?
On emotional contrasts in his music:
When I asked if he thinks in emotional contrasts while producing — things like melancholy and joy, calm and chaos he told me something along the lines of:
“That’s the point, you know? I’m trying to get at all emotions when I’m making music.”
He didn’t seem interested in limiting a song to a single feeling. The goal, as I understood it, was emotional totality — something that holds multiple states at once.
On collaborating with distinct artists like Frank Ocean:
I asked how he maintains his own creative voice when working with someone who has such a specific vision. He responded casually, something like:
“I kinda treat it like a job. They’re constructing the idea, and I just execute it.”
There was no ego in his answer — just a clear sense that collaboration, for him, means showing up, listening, and being of service to someone else’s vision.
On the Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds album cover:
Vegyn noticed I was wearing the Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds shirt and pointed at the cover:
“That’s actually me and my dad. I took that at the Natural History Museum in London.”
He laughed, saying that it’s a kind of photo everyone probably has and that’s why he liked using it.
Extra Questions and asked from fans (shoutout Billy and Sadie)
Vegyn On the Headache album (made with with Francis Hornsby Clark):
He mentioned that Headache was made sort of as a joke. He and Francis were just messing around — pulling text from random sources like Russian poems and ballet programs, then using AI to narrate it. They chose that specfic AI voice because it sounded some posh bragdeous British dude reading some prenticoius poetry.
“We weren’t trying to make anything serious. We were just fooling around. But then people actually liked it.”
Vegyn on performing live:
He said he doesn’t really like playing live all that much, but he does it anyway. He does it beause he genuinely wants fans to have a space to meet and feel connected.
“There are moments I enjoy playing live… but mostly, it’s about bringing the (vegyn) community together.”
Catch a Vegyn DJ set soon!