INTERVIEW with Kids N Cats

This week the fantastic Single of the Week is that of Kids N Cats, an Austrian trio consisting of Jeanne Nickels, Marten Kaffke and Peter Paul Aufreiter. Their debut single "Tip Tip" is really awesome so I took the time to interview them about the song, music video, upcoming projects and facial hair. Check out the interview below!

• For those of us who don't know much about Kids N Cats, describe yourself in 5 words. 
  KIDS N CATS- glow in the dark!!!
  
  
• How did you guys meet and how did you come up with your band name? 
  Wuff!
  
  
• You recently released your first single "Tip Tip" which is currently Single of the Week on the blog. What can you tell us about that? 
  It's a song that you wake up to. Go out and create!
  
  
• The music video for the track has some awesome visuals. What inspired those visuals?
  It's basically the work of Daliah Spiegel. You can check out her website, daliah-spiegel.com she's awesome!
  
  
• What was your favourite part of the video to shoot? 
  JEANNE: The best part was to create this crazy Cindy Sherman-like landscape with really ugly stuff!
  PETER PAUL: To sit down on strawberries, which was actually harder than you can imagine.
  MARTEN: All the close-ups on my face.
  
  

  

  Coloured facial hair= awesome!

  
  
• From the video, it's obvious you guys like to experiment with style, in particular facial hair. Do you think coloured facial hair could be the next big thing? 
  MARTEN: Yes, definitely 
  JEANNE: WURST
  
  
• The video gained 1000 views in one day. How did you celebrate and what would be your ultimate way of celebrating success?
  
  
  
  
• If you could have any famous movie star in one of your videos, who would it be and why? 
  PETER PAUL: James Franco. Guess he would be really fun to work with.
  MARTEN: Tom Cruise
  
  
• Which artists would you say have influenced your musical style? 
  JEANNE: French rappers of the 90s, Les Miserables etc
  MARTEN: harcore and post-punk pop etc
  PETER PAUL: DJ Kose, DJ Paypal, DJ Booth
  
  
• Have you or would you record any songs in German?
  Not yet, but we got lots of songs in French coming up.
  
  
• If you could tour with any artist, who would you choose?
  PETER PAUL: FKA Twigs
  JEANNE: Tu Fawning
  
  
• Do any of the three of you have any weird or cool obsessions/hobbies?
  Jeanne and Marten get angry when they're hungry. Peter Paul is getting angry if Jeanne and Marten are getting angry.
  
  
• Can we expect any merchandise in the future? 
  There is weird merch coming up
  
  
• What upcoming projects can we expect from Kids N Cats?
  We'll be playing lots of shows, working on fresh videos and remixes, releasing our album and... (drum roll)... A LOT M O R E!
  
  
• Lastly is there anything you'd like to say to your fans? 
  MARTEN: carpe diem
  PETER PAUL: xoxo
  JEANNE: <3
  
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  Well best of luck to Kids N Cats for all their future projects and thanks for letting me interview you guys! You can check out their single here. Also go over to Facebook and give them a like here!