“Do You Know?” is a track so nice they recorded it twice
Tanner Agpoon and Bloom Allen. // photo courtesy the artists
Bloom Allen’s 2023 ended on one hell of a high note, with the release of Paris Williams’ “Sunsets & Solariums” video, as well as his collaboration with Tanner Agpoon on the track “Do You Know,” with the latter happening twice.
Basically, Allen liked the work he did with longtime friend Agpoon so much “and loved all the stuff in it so I wanted to do my own version.” That’s a good-ass song, right there, so we had to know more. Therefor, in the week between Christmas and New Year’s, we reached out to both Bloom Allen and Tanner Agpoon to see just what makes this (these?) song(s) so special.
The Pitch: How’d the two of you come to make music together?
Tanner Agpoon: I met Bloom in high school and he originally was my go to graphic designer for cover art. As we became closer homies, he started making music with us and quickly secured the spot as the guy to go to when you needed a hook for a song.
Why haven’t you released stuff together until now?
Tanner: We have put a handful of songs out over the years, but most have been scrubbed from the internet. I hope to bring a couple of them back out in the future.
Bloom Allen: We have so much stuff that’ll probably never come out, I definitely have a real problem doing that but Tanner helps force me to release stuff.
What’s the story behind this song and what made you want to make a Bloom’s Version?
Tanner: I made the original version of this track in my studio out in LA while I was live on TikTok. I’m pretty sure I saved the full 3-hour video of the thing being made. I produced and wrote it all in that span. In the following days, I reached out to Mr. Allen for some of his delightful art and sent him a few old photos to work with. The man worked his magic and then hit me up a few days later asking if he could try doing a rendition of the song. Of course I said yes because the guy is a true wizard.
Maybe a day or two later, he got work on it and then within a few hours of telling me he started it he had finished it and sent over a bounce. I was blown away. After a few listens, I was almost angry at how good it was. He sent me the stems and I mixed and mastered it. Shake and bake, baby!
Bloom: We got the idea from Dijon. We both love his stuff. He did a version of a Wet song called “Larabar.” I fell in love with the idea of making my own versions of my friends songs. Like imagining what I would try and add if I was there with them.
Do you have plans to put out more stuff together?
Tanner: I hope to create and release many more tracks with Bloom. I adore his mind when it comes to music. I’m afraid of it outside the studio, though. A maniac in the body of a lumberjack.
Bloom: We’ve been making stuff for so long that it’s become more fun than actually trying to make something which I love. I think we used to really try and lock into music making mode but now we just like to sit around and show each other stuff, then we usually go get food or a beer somewhere lol. This was our first attempt at making tunes remote and I kinda liked it but it made me miss doing it together a little. Tanner is way more of a maniac. He’s like a rapping salamander with a good haircut.
Where do you each see yourselves headed in 2024?
Tanner: With this new year approaching, I’m simultaneously taking my music more seriously while unclenching my (imaginary) grasp on it. I’m going to slowly unload the vault of projects that have accumulated over the past three or so years while I work on this more abstract idea for a project I recently had. I’m at a stage in my life where I just want to have fun making tunes and allow what happens to happen.
Bloom: Yeah we actually talked about it when Tanner was in town last. I think we used to put so much more pressure into putting stuff out. Now we just want to share the stuff we thought was cool. This year is all about making stuff, putting it out, dancing, cooking, maybe an ep, drinking water. Me and Tanner might even shave our heads and dye them matching colors.
