How Offset drew inspiration from Michael Jackson as Migos member went solo

A: I’m very excited, man. I’m ready to get out there in front of the people. And do what I do best. Put a lot of thought and creativity into this. So I’m super-excited, man.

Q: Tell me about sort of the show you’ve got planned. The tour teaser trailer shows some choreography being worked on, but what will you present?

A: I’m coming with a live band and a more intimate feel where people can hear me actually live singing songs. I got choreo. I got four dancers that are very experienced. I’m gonna be hanging from the roof until they tell me I can’t no more. And I’m having hits.

Q: It took a couple of years to make this record. How did it come together and what were your goals with it?

A: As I was putting this one together, I was just thinking to come up with a new sound. So that’s why it took me two years. I wanted to develop a new me, a new version of me that it could be presented as just me. I wanted to see what was going on in the music scene and pay attention to that. So I can see what’s going on and what’s not going on anymore.

I also work with different producers so that I can create a new sound for myself, so I didn’t sound like before. Because I’ve been in this for a long time. So I just wanted to create a new identity as Offset, man, so I can have a storyline people could fall in love with and relate to.

Q: What’s different now as Offset, the solo artist, versus the sound that you had as part of Migos?

A: A little bit more edgy, a little bit more artistic, more creative, more planned out. As far as the music, always inspired from day one with my group, can’t (disrespect) that. But it’s just more developed. And also challenging myself to make different records, like ‘Worth It.’ instead of me just making a whole lot of club bangers I wanted to make different vibes for different crowds. Win over the women crowd, and also to keep my core base.

The process of everything was just a beautiful process of digging deep and having personal time and your own thought process to see your plan out, and to see what you gonna put together. I like the freedom of doing everything myself.

Q: I want to ask you about a couple of specific songs on the album I particularly like. ‘Blame It On Set,’ when that’s played live, the crowd’s going to go wild singing the chorus.

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