If you happen to catch Vanilla Ice, born Robert Matthew Van Winkle, at house in Florida on a sunny afternoon, don’t be shocked if he’s “simply sitting out right here by the pool, marinating,” blasting Okay-pop at full quantity as a result of his youngest daughter, Priscilla, is asking the photographs with their speaker system.
“She controls the dial and the whole lot. So after I’m within the automobile, I’ve to show the whole lot method up, louder than I even wish to hearken to it,” he laughs. “And I’m from the ’90s.”
It’s a humorous admission from the rapper who soundtracked a era with songs like “Ice Ice Child” and “Ninja Rap.” Lately, Van Winkle is each reliving his personal musical glory days and leaping headfirst into a brand new style, due to his new gig as a mentor on the nostalgia-filled actuality competitors present KPopped, out now on Apple TV+.
The present is all about East meets West, mashing up iconic hits with high-voltage choreography and large personalities. Van Winkle says he is struck by simply how a lot the Okay-pop scene reminds him of his MTV-era heyday.
Vanilla Ice talks to Yahoo concerning the new actuality present KPopped and his ’90s nostalgia. (Photograph illustration: Yahoo Information; picture: Paul Archuleta/Getty Photographs)
“That is gonna be probably the most entertaining factor on TV, not simply in your six-year-old and my seven-year-old, however for [adults] too. As a result of we are able to keep in mind all of the greatness of life earlier than computer systems ruined the world, you realize? And the youngsters are gonna sit there and luxuriate in it with us. We’re gonna go, ‘I keep in mind that.’ And so they’re gonna go, ‘Effectively, I really like this.”
It’s a full circle second for the ’90s hitmaker, who’s all in on Okay-pop’s mission to unfold “extra tradition to the world.” However shifting the needle ahead means borrowing slightly magic from the previous, and that’s the place the true energy of nostalgia is available in.
“It’s type of been misplaced for some time — so let’s convey it again with the ’90s,” he says.
KPopped could also be about marrying the previous with the brand new, however for Van Winkle, the style is a throwback to what he calls “the final of the nice many years.” Because the self-described “oldest teenager on the town,” he nonetheless hasn’t let a number of the period’s beloved fads go. A lot so, in reality, Yahoo Lists requested him what he wished he might revive from that point in his life, when he had his ragtop down so his hair might blow.
Z. Cavaricci pants
Vanilla Ice is in search of a pair of Z. Cavarricis. (Photograph illustration: Yahoo Information; picture: A GoGo Classic/Etsy)
Z. Cavariccis want to come back again. I can not discover a pair in my dimension anymore and I would purchase all of them day.
The style
Vanilla Ice within the ’90s. (Photograph illustration: Yahoo Information; picture: Robin Platzer/Getty Photographs)
I miss all these zigzag hairdos. Effectively, it is type of coming again! Quite a lot of stuff is coming again. All of the strains I used to place in my hair. Do you keep in mind that? I shaved my eyebrows. There have been so many loopy issues.
The fanny pack is again, and the ’90s are in full impact. It is all gonna come again and I like it.
5.0 Mustang
Vanilla Ice poses along with his 5.0 Mustang. (Photograph illustration: Yahoo Information; picture: Vanilla Ice/Fb)
I would like the ragtop down so my hair can blow. That automobile is probably the most epic there’s.
Blockbuster
The Blockbuster video emblem. (Photograph illustration: Yahoo Information; picture: Blockbuster)
Oh my God, I would return to Blockbuster. It was a lot greater than going there and simply getting a film. It was about getting out of the home. Finding out the again of the [movie] cowl simply to see if it was a superb one. A bag of popcorn. It was about simply getting up and out of the home, to come back again with one thing and actually sit down and watch it.
Cassettes
A cassette tape. (Photograph illustration: Yahoo Information; picture: Getty Photographs)
The cassette deck remains to be the best. I lived throughout that era and I am honored to be there for that. The endurance it takes to rewind and discover that one tune — it creates endurance. These youngsters right now, I do not suppose they may deal with the cassette.
I discovered my previous assortment [of cassette tapes] in a field of building gear. I discovered the whole lot. Nothing is as worthwhile as these tapes. Once I popped [the box] open, it was just like the Holy Grail. I don’t care if I had the Hope Diamond in there, it might by no means be as worthwhile as these tapes! I had [my] studio classes, every kind of stuff. I’ve cassettes and a cassette participant. A set of previous jam containers, truly.
I can at all times gravitate to the old-school [songs] as a result of it simply places me again in that point. You already know, Bruno Mars is nice. I really like him. However, hey, [artists today] all are attempting to make it sound prefer it did again within the analog days, you realize? I feel AI is gonna even make it worse. I really like that previous classic analog sound and simply reminiscences of highschool.
