Brockhampton Break Down The Confusion And 'Not Really Knowing' What Inspired 'Sugar'

From their humble origins on internet forums to their current status on towering billboards in Times Square, Brockhampton have routinely been more than a crowd. The boy musical group is a symbol of spontaneity, brotherhood, along with a success story unlike any other. As MTV's PUSH artists of the initial month of a new decade, they're as organic and unprocessed a crowd as you'll find in the music industry. And with five studio albums released in the range of just two years, it's clear that Brockhampton are just starting and that they have so much more to say.


One of the highlights of their introspective, cathartic fifth LP, 2019's Ginger, is "Sugar," a number of confusion, love, slow heartbreak, and sweet memories. The initial chorus — "Spending all my nights alone, waiting for you to call me / You're the only one I want by my side Whenever I fall asleep" — kickstarts the vertigo-inducing ride that takes you through a crash course of different feelings. Although though it could feel engineered that way, frontman Kevin Abstract told MTV it came from a place of uncertainty.


"For me, it's alright to not really know what you're doing. It's alright to not have it figured out in terms of relationships and love and stuff like that," he mentioned, surrounded by Matt Champion, Merlyn Wood, Dom McLennon, and Bearface. "I feel like it's nice to have a song that sort of speaks to that feeling of not really knowing what's up. That's my takeaway every time we perform it onstage."


Elsewhere in their discussion, the five Brockhampton guys spoken about the making of "St. Percy," a fierce blast of emceeing that sounds like an alarm ringing off into the night up until your ears grow accustomed to the startling sound. They recorded it because they discovered that they did not have "enough rap songs" any time as soon as they were making Ginger.


Abstract dug a little into his own verse on the tune and discussed about how spirits influenced his delivery – two well known rap ones, particularly. Some days I just desire to capture a specific mood and spirit," he mentioned. "I wanted to capture the spirit of Lil Wayne and New Orleans and Master P. That's why I mentioned 'Young Nola,' because I was thinking about Lil Wayne."


Take a look at Brockhampton's one-of-a-kind performances of "Sugar" and "St. Percy," then get to know them in the extended interview above.