His sound led the direction for our vision 4 or 5 years ago when we first started listening to him. I don't think it's a negative thing, it's a positive thing where everyone has someone that they're motivated and inspired by. Krish: The Weeknd, because people always give us comparisons to that. 4 or 5 years ago, that's when people said “this is a really cool R&B sound, you guys should keep doing it.” That's how it started. Maybe freshman or sophomore year of college is when we started creating our first songs. Krish: We started getting into it, the idea of us creating music.
After kids told us we were good at singing, they said “You guys need to start making music.” Age 17 or 18, end of high school beginning of college, we started getting into it. We started singing the songs around school.
We never got trained vocally but we started listening to The Weeknd, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, all these artists from middle school onwards. Īkash: We always played musical instruments growing up around 6 or 7: saxophone, drums, violin, guitar, piano, a bunch. We're just trying to balance everything in life. We have a start-up as well, so the Silicon Valley vibe. We're in the Bay right now, we balance our time between music and real estate. We have content ready for the next year I would say.Īkash: We're from the South Bay, so Saratoga if you’re familiar. We have a bunch of unreleased videos ready to go so we’re trying to keep dropping. It's been good, we’ve been creating a lot of music. For whatever major events or if there's a packed weekend, we’d go and go to a bunch of things. I know there's not too much going on there. How have you guys been since the last time I saw you?Īkash: We've been going back and forth to LA whenever possible. Read below as we discuss their roots in the Bay Area, biggest influences, the meaning behind their name, how they linked with Wiz Khalifa initially, new single “Naughty or Nice,” shooting the visual with Wiz, performing the record in Las Vegas, the independent grind, studio essentials, unreleased collabs, and being full-time real estate agents. Fast forward to today, they release their newest single titled “Naughty or Nice” featuring the Taylor Gang CEO himself, even performing the record in Las Vegas with Wiz by their side on stage.įlaunt caught up with THEMXXNLIGHT via Zoom, who revealed they were in good spirits working on real estate, which takes up a bulk of their time. With both creatives having played basketball and studied engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, it was during college when the Bay Area natives decided to release a few original songs of their own. Most notably known for their standout collaborations with Wiz Khalifa, even appearing 3 different times on his critically-acclaimed Rolling Papers 2 mixtape, THE MXXNLIGHT prove their talents as a recording artist in their own right. Comprised of twin brothers Akash and Krish Chandani, the Indian-American musical duo puts their all into the music, building a fanbase worldwide with their unique sound, look, and brand. THEMXXNLIGHT are here to take over the music industry, one hit record at a time.