![]() I had to get out of public school because I’d get stalked and distracted. What’s it like being in school while your career is taking off? He was like, ‘We gotta make an official Reverse song.’ He gave us confidence to record. He had the beat playing and switched it up right in front of us. ![]() He knew that we were big dancers on the internet, so he asked us, “Would y’all like to do music? It don’t hurt to try.” At the time, “Broccoli” by Lil Yachty and D.R.A.M. We met him in the studio and instantly started vibing. Then you recorded “In Reverse” as a theme song for the dance last year.Īyo: Yeah, that was with Jazze. I did the Nae Nae and just reversed it, like, “Bro, this is gonna look cold on camera.” Nobody caught on until I did it to Lil Yachty‘s song “One Night.” That’s when it blew up. I think we got paid like $40 to dance to this dude’s song. I made The Reverse way before we blew up, our first time ever doing a promo, dancing to somebody’s song. Teo: I could do almost any dance move in reverse, but to other people it’s real difficult. Is it difficult to do a dance sequence backwards? Teo, you started The Reverse - the idea of doing dance moves in reverse. ![]() Then we just taught ourselves with a lot of practicing. It was perfect timing.ĭo you have formal training in dance or did you teach yourself?Īyo: We watched so many people growing up - Usher, Kida, Skitzo, Matt Chad - and all of the old-school and new dance movies like Breakin’ and Step Up. What’s the deal with the masks you two are always seen wearing?Īyo: We started off as dancers in music videos for Usher’s “No Limit” and Chris Brown’s “Party.” When we were dancing without the masks, we got comments like, “Y’all facial expressions are funny.” So when I saw a model wearing a Bathing Ape mask on Instagram, I ordered two. I feel like mainstream rappers are starting to pick up and understand that social media culture. If you have a song and turn it into a challenge, a lot of kids will want to compete. How much has the “Rolex challenge” dance craze helped the song?Īyo: We know social media. Teo: After that, I was like, “Bro, we have to make a song about a Rolex.” I recorded “Rollie Rollie Rollie with a dab of ranch” on an Auto-Tune app, then we went to the studio and figured it all out. I sent pictures to our manager, and he texted, “Get out of the store now.” But we really wanted them! What inspired you to write a song about expensive watches?Īyo: We went to the mall and saw Rolexes in different colors and faces. The brothers spoke with Billboard about their dance roots, the inspiration behind the hit and to explain the deal with their ever-present masks. Manual measurement, please allow slight errors in size.Now, Ayo & Teo have made their Hot 100 debut with the track “Rolex” (it sits high at No. Your guests involved in the party ambient quickly. ![]() Using black bear mouth masks as photo booth props, cosplay propsĪnd taking funny pictures, these party fluorescent masks canĬreate a cheerful and joyful atmosphere for your party and make Showy accessories to their dressing and bringing an unforgettable Our novelty anime masks for teens are lovely gifts for kids andĪdults on Christmas, Halloween, birthday and daily life, adding
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![]() ![]() However, with go, it’s the complete reverse. For example, in League of Legends, the moment you engage an opponent, there will be a clear outcome of whether your play was a good or bad one (i.e., you kill your opponent, your opponent harasses you more than you anticipated and you have lower health, you overextend and get ganked by the enemy jungler, etc.). Everything is now now now! And in the case of most entertainment, such as video games, the results of what you do can usually be seen within a few minutes or even seconds. To be honest, I think a lot of this has to do with the culture that we are living in today. And as time has gone on, I felt more and more like my ability to play go deteriorated as each move became more rushed and every failure to gain easily recognizable profit (i.e., a large dead group in your moyo) only resulted in dismay and frustration with the game. One of the things I’ve been dealing with lately is the narrow sightedness at seeing the fruits of my efforts as soon as possible. Worked on Life and Death Problems 1 - Basics by Robert Jasiek. ![]() Worked on Graded Go Problems for Dan Players - Volume One: 300 Life-and-Death Problems.They still cause me some anxiety before I play, but I’m hoping that it goes away after some time.įinally, best of luck to my friend Nate, Yuki, and anyone else who will be attending the New Jersey Open Go Tournament at Princeton! I’m looking forward to hearing about your games and how the tournament goes. In terms of the game itself, I am still working on a more disciplined life and death training along with trying to play more games. The Weekly Go Wednesday article could probably have used some polishing, but hopefully I’ll have that ironed out as time goes on. If anything, it was more about simply being disciplined and just taking some time out of my day (that I might have used for some other unproductive activity) to write what’s on my mind. As some of you might have noticed, there was a post for each day this week! The cool part about that is that it didn’t take too much effort on my part to push out the content. Overall though, this week has been a good week in terms of building up sustainable change and habits. I do think that I would like to eventually return to a very detailed weekly update, but I’ve yet to figure out a way to do that in a sustainable fashion, so hopefully you’ll bear with me until then. At one point its as incredibly detailed as to what I was doing, and then got general, and then back to a bit more specific again. I am currently in the process of purchasing a kaya table goban - a very exciting prospect.Can you believe that this post represents a full year of my Friday Go Forward posts? As I glance through some of my earlier ones, I have to say that it’s interesting to see how the series has changed over time. I am going through a very reputable dealer Kuroki Goishi, from whom I have bought stones and bowls in the past, and I was very happy with the quality of the product and the service. The question now is whether to buy a Hyuga Kaya board or a Hon-kaya board. I was recommended a beautiful Hon-kaya board 7cm thick made from one piece. My questions is, is there a difference in quality between the famous Hyuga Kaya and Hon-kaya? Any insight would be most appreciated. Honkaya means genuine kaya as opposed to shinkaya which is actually spruce wood. Kaya trees have the botanical name Torreya Nucifera. Hyuga is the old name for what is now Miyazaki prefecture and hyuga kaya refers to kaya from that region. Connoisseurs of Japanese go equipment think that the hyuga kaya boards have superior color and grain texture, though of course these qualities vary from board to board and may be found in genuine kaya boards from other regions. The choice of a goban should probably be based on the characteristics of the grain as opposed to the specific area of harvest.īesides color and grain texture, kaya go boards are appreciated for their uchiaji, the physical experience of playing stones on the board, which is supposed to be better than that of other commonly used woods. Most importantly, look for a very even, straight grain on the top of the board, so as not to distract from play. Look for fine, thin growth rings and a reddish color. Red colored kaya has more natural oils in it, and is denser. Kaya grows in other areas of Kyushu, and elsewhere in Japan. ![]() |