Today we’d like to introduce you to Jupiluxe.
Hi Jupiluxe, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I’ve always felt a connection to creation, there’s videos of me as a baby dancing up on my moms bed with a microphone in my hand, just putting on play performances pretending to be a musician, but as a kid and as I got older I became so much more shy. I’ve always been creative, but I was more interested in the drawing and painting side of things because it allowed me to remain in my introversion. I’ve always wanted to express more of myself, I would write songs but I’d never show anyone. I even tried taking theatre in school to fix my shyness, but it wasn’t really until the pandemic that I finally was like, okay, I’ve been making music to myself and posting it privately, I might as well take a risk and let myself be known in this way if it’s meant to happen. And sure enough, when I took that risk it started to pay off in small ways. I didn’t blow up overnight or anything, but the little bits of feedback and reward for putting myself out there would just keep inspiring me just enough to keep doing the challenging thing of opening myself and my creations up to others. I found a pocket of the internet that made the kind of music I enjoy, I built with that community, I’ve made some amazing friendships, and learned a lot through that. I’ve been very fortunate in the support and love I’ve received, and even with any hate, which is impossible to avoid on the internet, just learning to stand on my own as an artist and be comfortable being perceived has been a very gradual thing. I’ve been making music under this name for about 5 years now and slowly but steadily built up my listener base, which is reaching new heights continually.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I wouldn’t say the road to where I’m at has been smooth, even if it’s been something I’m committed to regardless of difficulty. It’s never been hard to make music, but sometimes the things that go along with that are a struggle. Being in public, appearing online, being at the mercy of what someone you’ve never met might choose to say about you that day. I find difficulties in public appearances, in doing live shows, if not just because I am a perfectionist and want to make sure anyone who meets or sees me is having their expectations met, but also just in the sense that I feel a great amount of anxiety in being perceived. I want to be known, but what comes with that is easier some days than others, and I tend to be very hard on myself. I want to do everything right, and be the objective best I can be, but there is no objective best past a certain scale, you can never please everyone.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am an independent music artist from Houston, Texas. I make underground southern rap, as well as occasionally more experimental genre songs, or whatever I am inspired to make. I think I’m most known for the southern rap, phonk type stuff as I started making music when that sound was having another revival. I’d say I’m most proud of my dedication, and my volume of output. I don’t expect to be perfect, but I intend to explore and always be learning. I want that to be something people can see and feel along with me, and hopefully even be inspired by that. I’d say that is also what sets me apart, the independent grind and commitment to doing as much as I can as an individual.
Is there anyone you’d like to thank or give credit to?
When it comes to where I’m at in my career, I’d have to give a lot of credit to the folks who listen to my music. I’ve been blessed in being able to find an audience with music that has been very instrumental in exposing me to new listeners. I get messages constantly from new people who are finding my music, and those people often tell me they’re showing everyone they know my stuff as well. I think there’s something really magical in that, in finding a new artist and thinking you found something so special that you want to tell other people about it. It’s the purest form of exposure, that true interest that others want to share. To me, that’s the best type of marketing, that word of mouth, there is no higher form. I am very grateful to anyone who listens to my music, but especially so to anyone who thinks they’ve found something worth sharing.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jupiluxe/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jupiluxe/
- Twitter: https://x.com/Jupiluxe
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/jupiluxe
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/JUPILUXE
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Dn9y4gZ1Rhd9xu4po5zfh
