Brooklyn punk trio likerealproper tell us about the new video for “Jean,” their tribute to a friend who died in ICE custody in 2017. “There’s no such thing as one type of American, there’s no such thing as an illegal immigrant.”
What was the acclimation like moving from Kansas City to New York?
I didn’t feel ready to talk about it for our second record, which is right around the time it happened, and with [Covid] lockdown, it really felt like the world was ending. [But] it would be a disservice to not write about this topic and my friend and what he went through and how many messed-up things are still happening at once and how we can have time to focus on all of them.He was the textbook definition of an everyman. He was a drummer, he was really great at that. He spoke three languages.
He always wanted to learn. And back then, when I was just a shithead 20-year old that wanted to party, it really shifted the trajectory of my life to be like, “Partying is cool, it’s fun, but I could also take a day to learn a skill, or I could practice my instrument, or I can try to learn Spanish because I’m Afro-Latino.” He was the person in the group that everyone was just like, “Oh, there’s an issue? I bet Jean knows how to solve it.”No, I was too intimidated. He was too good.
Jean’s family is in the video as well. Were they eager to be a part of it, or was it something that they needed convincing to do?
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