My dad didn't understand the social media stuff at first, but now he does.Īyo: Probably the Migos. I was like, we need to keep doing these videos. I knew going to college at that time wasn't the move. People were asking for pictures - I'd say no because I'm in school, and then get in trouble because they'd be crying.Īyo: It was my first year in college. 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.