“Argentina” is the title of the most recent album by the duo That Kid Is You (TKIY), which is being released week by week with a new single between June and August 2022. It was written, composed and recorded entirely in Buenos Aires with Nico Kalwill, producer of the Coco Rosie.Paul and JC – members of the American duo – are friends of the Panamanian Carlos Verón, audiovisual director and director of video clips of Demi Lovato, Eminem, Ariana Grande, among others, based in Los Angeles. Carlos fell in love with the sound of TKIY and began to do everything possible to support them in their career.
When Paul and JC first spoke with Kalwill, he offered to fly to Los Angeles and produce an album for them, to which the duo replied: “We would rather go to Argentina, it sounds much better and more fun.” Nico liked the idea, and foreigners doubled down: “We don’t want to write any songs until we get to Argentina. We want to compose absolutely everything in the studio, we believe that we will work better in that way,” they said. Nico accepted the proposal immediately and, with the consolation of knowing that he was as crazy as they were, Paul and JC booked a flight and within a few weeks they arrived in Buenos Aires.
Throughout all those days, different artists from the local scene such as Javier Zuker, Nico Sorín and Lula Bertoldi, Francisca y los Exploradores, Indios, Cirilo Fernández and Vero Gerez shared recordings, zapadas or simply went through the studio and became friends with Paul and JC.
Throughout the production, the philosophy that was imposed every day was “Don’t think, just do it. Have fun, touch.” Then many names were considered for the title of the album, which, after those unforgettable weeks lived here, they decided to simply call “Argentina”. That Kid Is You is the project of Paul Brisske, born in the suburbs of Chicago, and Juan Carlos Aviles, a.k.a. JC, a native of Panama. The two met a few years ago in Los Angeles, the city where they live and work.
Therefore, it is the project of two great friends who propose a way of doing pop and hip-hop quite fresh and unique, and that when listening to it is also familiar. “Music you remember from the future,” they say. Both write, produce, rap and sing. After years of working behind the scenes as YouTube producers for channels such as Steve-O, Full Send, The Dudesons and ZHC, with That Kid Is You they decided to move to the front of the camera and microphone to make their way into the Los Angeles music scene.
With influences ranging from Kanye West to The Flaming Lips, The Strokes and Gloria Estefan, their sound is a brazen hybrid of their tastes with a natural imprint of their own and their lifestyle. They never take themselves too seriously and their video clips somehow lead us to that childish feeling of playing outdoors or building a fort with your best friends. That child is you.
