{"id":2046771,"date":"2025-09-24T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2046771"},"modified":"2025-09-24T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:30:08","slug":"hip-hop-duo-joey-valence-brae-talk-new-music-and-the-quarter-life-crisis-ahead-oc-show-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hip-hop-duo-joey-valence-brae-talk-new-music-and-the-quarter-life-crisis-ahead-oc-show-orange-county-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip-hop duo Joey Valence &#038; Brae talk new music and the quarter-life crisis ahead OC show \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joey Valance &amp; Brae don\u2019t care how old you are\u2014they just want you to dance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the songs on this new album are about Joey and me going out and being the only people dancing and having a good time,\u201d Brae said during a recent Zoom interview. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to grow up, but you don\u2019t have to get stale and grouchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Growing up and enjoying everything from the celebrations to missteps is the driving theme of the Pennsylvania hip-hop duo\u2019s third album, \u201cHYPERYOUTH,\u201d released in August. The pair is currently on tour supporting their new music and will stop with a performance at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rules are simple: come ready to dance, know the music and get ready to mosh,\u201d Valence said. \u201cHave a good time and forget anything that\u2019s going on, come and experience the moment. It\u2019s a party and it\u2019s going to be a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-slideshow\" id=\"mng-gallery-e636de35badce1feea6e2b858e0a127f\"><button class=\"icon-close mng-gallery-fullscreen-close\" aria-label=\"Close fullscreen slideshow\"\/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\"><button id=\"mng-gallery-prev\" class=\"mng-gallery-prev mng-gallery-arrow\" aria-label=\"Previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mng-gallery-list draggable\">\n<div class=\"mng-gallery-track\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Joey Valence and Brae will perform at The Observatory in...\" class=\"size-article_inline\" sizes=\"(max-width: 40em) 620px,(min-width: 40em) and (max-width: 50em) 780px,(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 65em) 810px,(min-width: 65em) and (max-width: 80em) 1280px,(min-width: 80em) 1860px,1860px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCR-L-JOEYBRAE-0926-02.jpg?w=563 620w,https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCR-L-JOEYBRAE-0926-02.jpg?w=563 780w,https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCR-L-JOEYBRAE-0926-02.jpg?w=563 810w,https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCR-L-JOEYBRAE-0926-02.jpg?w=563 1280w,https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OCR-L-JOEYBRAE-0926-02.jpg?w=563 1860w\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joey Valence and Brae will perform at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Sept. 30. (Photo by Luca Venter)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<p>Joey Valence and Brae will perform at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Sept. 30. (Photo by Connor Phillips)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button id=\"mng-gallery-next\" class=\"mng-gallery-next mng-gallery-arrow\" aria-label=\"Next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/ul>\n<div class=\"caption mng-gallery-information-container\"><button class=\"caption-expand mng-gallery-caption-expand\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show caption\">Show Caption<\/button><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"current mng-gallery-current-image-number-display\">1<\/span> of <span class=\"total\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joey Valence and Brae will perform at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Sept. 30. (Photo by Luca Venter)\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\"><span>Expand<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The hip-hop ambiance that Valence and Brae emulate is a throwback to an era where fun was the genre\u2019s focus, which has become scarce over the last few decades of clout-driven rap and hip-hop. Valance and Brae\u2019s style is reminiscent of the old school party rhymes and funk hits, while mixing the new school era where drum kit beats, more complex sampling and experimentation with genres like EDM have thrived. Valence and Brae\u2019s previous albums, \u201cPUNK ANTICS\u201d and \u201cNO HANDS,\u201d carry the restless attitude of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/08\/22\/camp-flog-gnaw-2025-childish-gambino-aap-rocky-2-chainz-top-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beastie Boys<\/a> with the groovy dance numbers of Quad City DJs.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest release incorporates that same message, but the subject matter is a more self-conscious assessment of an aging metamorphosis. The opening track,\u201d HYPERYOUTH,\u201d which shares the title of the album, features a sample from the animated series \u201cAdventure Time,\u201d where the character BMO asks, \u201cDoes growing up just change your body or also your soul?\u201d then follows up with the thought, \u201cMaybe I could just stay the same,\u201d before hearing the words \u201cDance\u201d and \u201cBounce\u201d kick off the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re actively learning and growing as we make these albums, as much as we are in real life,\u201d Valence said. \u201cYou can hear it through the music, and every time we make new songs, we\u2019re like learning how to express ourselves. Everybody\u2019s just hearing us actively mature in real time and go through life, which is really cool because our audience is doing the same thing and can relate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valance said the title, \u201cHYPERYOUTH,\u201d serves as a double meaning: youth passing you by, but also refers to the internal battle between clinging to youth and fighting to preserve it. The Gen-Z duo, in their mid-20s, gained <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/joey-valence-brae-viral-tiktok-old-school-rappers-pennsylvania-hip-hop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fame in part through TikTok.<\/a> They offer a unique perspective on the quarter-life crisis as a generational group grappling with adulthood and hyper-aware that youth inevitably fades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not that old just yet,\u201d Brae said. \u201cWe still have some light left in us, but things are just changing for Joey and me, too. We\u2019re always on the road, barely ever home and just on a grind. Every day, we wake up and do things to push JVB forward. We\u2019re growing up a lot in a business sense, but also growing up just as humans. Stuff goes on, and things happen. You get older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their music, stage presence, and vibe serve as a counter-culture to a generation that has never known a world without the internet and social media, where personalities can be performatively edited and curated. The antidote for their peers is simple: be your most authentic self, free from what others think, and proudly bust a move as if nobody is watching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe attract similar fans to us,\u201d Valence said. \u201cOur audience is non-performative; nobody is there to look or act cooler than anybody else. They know that they can come see us and not feel a pressure to do anything besides be themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valence and Brae also share a chemistry with their fans, who tend to come out in loud, colorful jumpsuits and outfits that echo the fashion sense of 1980s and 1990s hip-hop. Their music, like that of their predecessors, delivers rhymes full of modern cultural references from the Xbox video game console in \u201cPARTY\u2019S OVER,\u201d to the iconic NBA power forward <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/tag\/lebron-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> in \u201cLIVE RIGHT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duo has also collaborated with several different artists, including IDK, Danny Brown, and on their new album, TiaCorine, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2022\/01\/18\/11-years-after-viral-hit-friday-singer-rebecca-black-has-new-music-and-sold-out-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebecca Black<\/a> and JPEGMAFIA make an appearance. Black is featured on the song \u201cSEE U DANCE,\u201d which sounds like a mid-2000s club anthem with Timbaland influences. Black\u2019s rapturous and heedless vocals add a layer of pop that gives the song that throwback feel of the club hits from the aughts, led by strong female harmonies and choruses.<\/p>\n<p>Brae said that he and Valance have felt like there\u2019s a newly sparked renaissance happening in live music. People are going out and fully immersing themselves in the performance by dancing and letting themselves get loose. It\u2019s on par with the club taking center stage from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenterprise.com\/2025\/04\/13\/coachella-2025-charli-xcx-brings-brat-energy-and-club-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charli XCX\u2019s \u201cBrat\u201d<\/a> to the more recent release of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/08\/22\/camp-flog-gnaw-2025-childish-gambino-aap-rocky-2-chainz-top-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler, the Creator\u2019s<\/a> \u201cFREAKS\u201d off of his new \u201cDON\u2019T TAP THE GLASS\u201d LP, where he sings, \u201cIf you ain\u2019t gonna dance, get the f\u2014 out of the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to welcoming fans to dance and have a good time, the fundamental message from Valence and Brae is to enjoy the process even if it comes with all the other emotions associated with growing pains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also wanted people to know that it\u2019s okay to grieve, cry and be sad because that\u2019s a part of being human and growing up,\u201d Valence said. \u201cA lot of what we talk about on this album is about the different feelings you have while growing up, whether it\u2019s love, loss or battling your friends that are doing different things than you and losing people in your life in every sort of sense. Ultimately, it\u2019s a celebration of youth in general. We\u2019re all doing this together, so enjoy what you have and experience life just as it throws itself at you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Joey Valence &amp; Brae<\/h4>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> The Observatory, 3503 S Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets:<\/strong> $25 at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/joey-valence-brae-hyperyouth-world-tour-santa-ana-california-09-30-2025\/event\/090062E7A9841D32?_gl=1*cw9vjp*_ga*NjAyNTU5Mzk5LjE3NTg1NzI1NTE.*_ga_C1T806G4DF*czE3NTg1NzI1NTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTg1NzI1NTIkajYwJGwwJGgw*_ga_H1KKSGW33X*czE3NTg1NzI1NTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTg1NzI1NTIkajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ocregister.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Valance &amp; Brae don\u2019t care how old you are\u2014they just want you to dance. \u201cA lot of the songs on this new album are about Joey and me going out and being the only people dancing and having a good time,\u201d Brae said during a recent Zoom interview. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to grow up, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2046772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[22691,344422,309766,355037,22482],"class_list":["post-2046771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-california","tag-music-concerts","tag-orange-county","tag-santa-ana","tag-things-to-do"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hip-hop-duo-Joey-Valence-Brae-talk-new-music-and.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}