[INTERVIEW] SINDOSI:22 – The Mandalorian meets Korean R&B

Concealing their true identities behind retrofuturistic Daft Punk-inspired helmets, the brother and sister combo softly billow their velour voices atop upbeat, feel good instrumental melodies. SINDOSI:22’s music incorporates everything from lo-fi pop to hip-hop, often reminiscent of a mellow Los Angeles sunset. Not much has been revealed about SINDOSI:22 outside of their home planet and English-Korean bilingual lyrical ability, keeping their traits and identity under wraps. Rather, the two characterize themselves as fluid personas who are capable of taking on any form.

SINDOSI:22 howtosurvive

Sibling duo SINDOSI:22 have released their first-ever body of work, “howtosurvive” showcasing their eclectic music style featuring a variety of genres with everything from lo-fi bedroom pop, R&B, hip-hop, and indie. The EP features 5 dynamic tracks that communicate their own message and style and introduces their sound to a wider audience.  The producing and songwriting, sibling duo consist of members No. 20 and No. 21. They are ready to continue building off the success of their debut single “domythang” . It has landed them on TIDAL’s K-Pop: Best of 2022 So Far on TIDAL and The TIDAL K-Pop 10. The key message is in the track titles themselves: Sometimes being lazy is needed for our revival, doing our own thang regardless of other’s opinions, swerving drama or negativity not because of fear but your own choice, being your own boss, and melting your day’s stress away with a drink. 

Check out our interview below!

Please introduce yourself to the readers of HypnoticAsia.

Hello readers of HypnoticAsia, we are SINDOSI:22 from a different universe. We appreciate the chance to talk about our album.

How has it been working together as siblings?

The time-frame of working together hasn’t been that long, we started to work together since the pandemic. However, it’s going well so far. We are satisfied with the contrasting keys of our vocals, similarities of interests helps to produce new tracks, and it’s easier to share opinions as siblings.

Why do you go by the names No. 20 and No. 21? Is there a significance to the numbers?

I always loved the number 21, it’s like my lucky number. It’s the date of my birthday and I believe that number has a brought charm to my life. I even believe that the quality of my life has been increasing since I turned 21. (The first girl group I loved as a kid was 2NE1, too). And same goes for my No.20, 20th is her birthday, only a day away.

You both conceal your identities with Daft Punk-inspired helmets. Why did you decide to not reveal your true identities? How did you come up with the theme for your concealment?

We come from a galaxy close to earth known as the Prism Galaxy. We are used to being underneath the helmets, just think of it as The Mandalorian meets Korean R&B.

How would you describe your music to someone who hasn’t heard it yet?

Relaxing and real. It’s our most authentic selves. We tried to record the thoughts and ideas that we had in that exact moment, we believe that is how we can be the most genuine with our music. Additionally, we feel that anyone who enjoys a good vibe will enjoy our music. While working on the album, we tried to have fun with the production. We believe the listeners will pick up the vibe of the album.

What are you trying to accomplish with your music?

We believe that taking a new perspective on an existing idea could create a new art and culture; We hope to invite new experiences through our creations and leave a mark in the music industry as well as the culture. We mostly write the lyrics based on our own experience, we hope that there could be an empathy between us and the listeners.

You are both talented in songwriting, producing and singing; how did you both get into music, and did you learn it professionally before being signed?

We appreciate the compliment. We loved music since as a kid, I believe we only skated, listen to music, watch movies, and play video games when we had free time. I also have a memory of dancing together as a kid and being happy, I think those memories are what made us who we are today. Yes, we are currently still being educated in school. Even though when we graduate, I don’t think we’ll stop learning. 

With your debut single, “domythang”, your team landed on K-Pop: Best of 2022 So Far on TIDAL and The TIDAL K-Pop 10; how did that feel?

Honestly, I did not expect our first single to be on the best K-pop article. I have pride for my music, but it was surprising to see getting more attention than I’ve expected. I appreciate all the people who care for our music as much as we do. Things like this makes us more motivated and to work on more tracks.

You’ve released a new EP ‘howtosurvive_’, tell us all about it and your title track “Swerve”. (This interview will be released after the album has been released).

SINDOSI:22: The debut EP ‘howtosurvive_____’ is a survival guide throughout life based on our experiences. The blank spot could be anything, the intention was to make the listeners to interpret the album however they like. “Swerve” was a quick freestyle at first, but we developed it to a full song as how it is now. The message that we wanted to give out was that we don’t have the tolerance for dumb s*** anymore. We do not want to fight it out or spend any emotions and time, the best way to deal with dumb people is to walk away.

Lastly, can we expect more music excitement from your duo team in the near future?

We do have more ideas to put into our productions and been making rough demos. Hopefully, we’ll release another project soon but until then checking out our remix covers could be an alternative content to enjoy while waiting. Check them out on our YouTube channel.