Gus Dapperton

I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one point, I came across Gus Dapperton in the back of my head when I was making music. ”

I go back to things that are nostalgic for me - Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Britney Spears, Stevie Wonder. ”

I spend a lot of money on shoes and barely any on clothes. ”

A lot of artists have a super-specific musical hero they definitely try to hone in on. I'm basically inspired by everyone. I don't have one particular artist who I'm super-obsessed with. ”

I love the bowl cut. I had it when I was younger, and I decided to go back to it. It seems to fit me. ”

I would say that my music is surreal, it's inspired by dreams, and it's inspired by heartbreak. ”

Every new experience will trigger melodies in my head. ”

I went to school for audio engineering, and I was around a lot of sound engineers over the summers in New York, so I'm pretty comfortable in engineering my own stuff. ”

I went through this kind of existential crisis. I was going through a breakup; I tore my ACL and my meniscus and had to have surgery, so I was out of school for a few months. Then my computer crashed, which was, like, my whole life. So when I came out of it, I started making music that, I think, was the most true to me. ”

For me, I have trouble working with people just because I sort of have trust issues when it comes to creative endeavors. ”