Producer & songwriter AViT has grown as both a musician and as a person over the past few years, and they aren’t afraid to let their music reflect that. From the viral track “twitterloser” to their most recent confessional single “my savior”, AViT is a musician capable of creating genre bending music that covers darker themes and brings light to difficult truths. Currently preparing for the release of their second album “Lines of Death”, I got to talk with AViT via email about all of the exciting things going on in their career.
Brigid: How did you get started in music?
AViT: So I was into metal and rock a lot in middle school and I was the singer for some bands, including a death metal band at that time! The AViT project specifically started as me producing lo-fi, which is really funny considering what I make now.
Brigid: You produce a lot of your own music, what’s your creative process like?
AViT: Honestly I take a lot of time to think of what to say. A lot of my song’s themes come from personal experiences, and then I try to write the lyrics so that they’re personal but also relatable to other people.
Brigid: Where do you draw inspiration from? What artists inspire you?
AViT: A lot of my vocal inspiration comes from post-hardcore and metalcore bands. Richard Rogers of the band, Secrets, is the whole reason my voice is the way it is. Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens are also good shouts.
In terms of inspirations for my music currently: Porter Robinson, Oli XL, my good friends Reserv, Kaiden and Orchid. I also listen to a lot of J-Rock and J-Pop.
Non-musical inspirations include Neon Genesis Evangelion, Garden of Sinners, Nier: Automata, and Demon’s Souls.
Brigid: Can you tell me a bit about your latest track “my savior”? What inspired it?
AViT: So the whole inspiration behind the lyrics of “my savior” came from my perspective on my late stage heavy use and addiction of percocets. It’s basically portraying a fucked up view on how dependent I became on them to the point where I viewed them as “my savior.” The synthetic production elements added to this metaphor, including the rock part at the end, as every aspect of the addiction (and it being a “savior”) felt artificial.
Brigid: You released an album last year, what was it like to create a full body of work?
AViT: Honestly it was really stressful. I feel like it’s a big challenge to make a full project where everything more or less has to be able to gel together. But once it’s finished, it’s so satisfying to listen back to and share.
Brigid: You are releasing a new album in August, how do you feel this album compares to your last? What can we expect from this next record?
AViT: This new album is honestly my best work, and I’m not just saying that to hype it up. I’m genuinely proud of every track that’s on the album currently, and I feel a deep connection with each one. I feel like my first album was influenced by a lot of external factors and actors that hindered me from realizing my full creative vision, whereas this album is completely, 100% me. I do a lot of the production on this album too, which further adds to it being a more direct extension of my individual creativity.
Brigid: You’re creating music that’s more personal to you now, do you feel like this upcoming album is more genuine than your last in terms of the songwriting?
AViT: Absolutely. I get into the nitty-gritty of all the weaknesses in my personal life, spotlighting them in each track. I hold nothing back in terms of lyrical content.
Brigid: Any other exciting future plans beyond the album release? Do you have plans to tour?
AViT: Hopefully I get to do some cool visual stuff for the album like music videos. Maybe I’ll be in a couple states here and there this year. No plans to tour currently; mostly because I have no idea how to do one, and I haven’t been booked for many shows. I’d love to set a small tour up, though, for sure.
Listen to “my savior” here!
