As A Band They Have Been Globetrotting And Are Speaking To Me From Sweden On The Way To Paris, Where They Will Without Doubt Be Playing For A Crowd Of Western European Fans Who Know The Words To All Of Their Songs.
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If you hear nationwide radio stations, chances are you’ve heard the tune “Tonight, Tonight” by Hot Chelle Rae.
“Just do not stop, let’s keep the beat pumpin’ / Keep the rough up, let’s drop the beat down / It’s my party, dance if I want to / We will be able to get mad, let it all out” the words go. A jovial song for a band that has needed to work diligently for the previous 6 years.
“I’d say that our parents instilled a large amount of grit into us from a young age,” Ryan Follese, lead frontman of the band, says in response to how they’ve managed to keep going for 6 years.
“Our family has a powerful work ethic,” he adds, “My parents are both musicians. So we know the deal. We are individuals who set targets and that helps.”
His pa is singer songwriter Keith Follese, who is renowned for his work with country music legends like Religion Hill, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride.
Their backbone has paid off. Designated for an American Music Award (which they have afterwards won), Hot Chelle Rae has finally arrived. “I can’t honestly tell you what being nominated feels like,” Follese says. “We’re still processing it.
“To be in a class with such great artists truly makes us feel just like we’re part of the industry,” he adds.
As a band they’ve been globetrotting and are chatting to me from Sweden on the way to Paris, where they will doubtless be playing for a bunch of EU fans who know the words to all of their songs.
“I can’t honestly say that I ever thought that I’d be sitting in Sweden talking with a journalist in South Africa,” he is saying in response to whether or not they thought they’d ever have fans in South Africa.
“It’s actually flattering and humbling. We have an amazing team and that’s why this works out so well. And our label works as hard as we do.”
Their goals include selling 1,000,000 albums and turning into a fully-fledged arena band.
The past year has been vital on the band’s time line and evolution.
“Everyone’s gotten better,” Follese says. “In the year all the feelings feel intensified. We’re away from home rather a lot. The parties have become better. Everything is just more intensified.”
Funny what a little success will do. So what is the craziest party they’ve been to? “I must say the “I Like it Like That” music promo is one of the madder parties we created,” Follese says.
The promo video was shot the day they were given their hands on the 1st copy of their approaching album, Whatever.
“We started drinking and partying,” Follese says. “And our manager brought out a camera and it’s fundamentally us murdering two bottles of Grey Goose. It’s a big defining moment for us.”
Keeping the momentum going is always one of the trickiest things for a new band. “We just released the new single ‘I Like it Like That’. We have the imminent album. And basically everything on it is merely a journey in our lives and the ride we’ve been on.”
“Absolutely,” he responds to a question about whether they’d tour SA “One of my chums was born in SA. Apparently, the ladies are truly beautiful.”
Watch out women!
With a gruelling tour schedule and heaps of travelling, “we spend a lot of our sparetime with family,” he is saying, “And watching flicks and hockey. We chill.”
This year has been particularly travel-heavy with the band spending as little as two or three days out of every three months at home. The travelling does not appear to affect his long-term relationship though.
“She’s not on tour with me. We’ve been together so long though, that she knows what’s up. We both know that this is larger than us now.”
The band cites some of music’s greats as their influences. Queen and The Beatles are among them and are right up there with their mom and pop. “They’re our number one supporters,” Follese isn’t shy to confess.
The Follese brothers are not the only members with ties in the entertainment sector. Lead guitarist Nash Overstreet is from a performing family and his bro Chord is one of the new leads on the Glee block. “Chord’s parallel career path has been so cool to see,” Follese asserts, “Being on Glee for us would show that we’ve actually made it. It’d be the meaning of full circle”, writes tagza.com.
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