HOTEL PARadisio We met the mysterious artist hiding under the nickname of 'Hotel Paradisio'. Indeed, this young artist who remains very secretive about the person he is and also his private life, agreed to grant us this interview where he answeredwith a great sincerity. The one who reach nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube and often described as a master of 'Cloud Rap' in France, tells us about his projects, his debut in music and especially what inspires him. Under this desire of remains lowkey we discovered - above all - a passionate and conquering young man who decided to dedicate his life to the thing he loves the most in the world: Music. Where did you get the nickname for Paradisio Hotel? At the start, I was looking for a pseudonym, and I wanted something original that came out of the common language. I liked the idea of taking the name of a place instead of a first name or character. 'Hotel Paradisio' came naturally to me. When I started the music I was talking about a lot of travel in my songs and I thought it was good for me. Can you describe yourself and your music to an English audience who wants to know you?
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I'm a rapper, that's for sure, but otherwise I do not really know how people perceive me. (laughts). I make the music for the dreamer that pushes to travel. Introspection and reflection also are close to my heart in my songs. In truth, I tried to change the idea of myself with my last EP, where I made songs with more rhythmic parts. I'm often described as a chill rapper who makes sweet music and I wanted to prove that I'm not just that. It's true that we often talk about you as a rapper from the Cloud Rap. Is that a picture you want to change? Yes, in a way. But the problem is that people like to categorize others and put them in a box. It's always the same chorus - they associate you with a musical genre as well as others artists. For example, at the beginning I was very much associated with Ash Kidd because we had made a piece together called 'REV', now things have changed because my world evolves constantly, although in particular on Amityville, my last project. Since Ash Kidd, you've never done any featuring. Is that a wish for you? In real I would love, but for the moment I have never met anyone with whom I had a good feeling to do a feature. But I'm not opposed to that idea.
