laeheap

digital artist/animator | https://laeheap.carrd.co

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[ENG SUB] Nace, Kris and Jan react to ‘Šta bih ja' music video’.

📺 Watch this Joker Out Discord exclusive content on our TikTok page here.

Translation & review by members of Joker Out Subs and proofread by @flowerlotus8.

Animated image cover of Šta bih ja’ by @laeheaps

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ENG SUB: JokerOutSubs x RADIOaktivno collab: Joker Out – Šta bih ja

Audio + CC link here

We want to thank once again Boštjan Najžar from RADIOaktivno podcast (Facebook, YouTube), for collaborating with us for a third time. We’ve previously worked with him on the English subtitles for the 'Umazane misli' album presentation and 'Demoni' album presentation. Please check them out, if you haven’t seen them yet.

We’d also like to extend our sincere gratitude for the shout out during the interview! Acknowledgements of our hard work and positive comments like this keep us going, and the whole team was so pleasantly surprised! It is very much appreciated!

Credits: Transcript and translation by @kurooscoffee and an anonymous member of JokerOutSubs, proof read by IG GBoleyn123, captions by @kurooscoffee and IG valohwave.

Transcript below the cut👇

Host: Bojan from Joker Out is with me. Hi.

Bojan: Hi, hi!

New songs are slowly trickling towards completion, or not?

Bojan: Let's say 'slowly trickling', is a very good expression, yes.

So is the creative process also slower because of all your other occupations or not?

Bojan: Yeah, these concerts are a bit of a distraction, the heat outside certainly doesn't have the best effect on working before four or five in the afternoon, so the pace isn't the fastest, but I still think that it's the right one for this moment.

And if you also look at last year, would you say it was a great year?

Bojan: Yeah, that year was… Really, to say dreamlike would be an understatement, because even when we were dreaming, we couldn't have imagined that, so, truly unbelievable.

After all, 'Carpe Diem' was the most played Slovenian song?

Bojan: Yeah, yeah. It's true.

And then there's the golden record in Finland.

Bojan: Yeah, we never imagined that we'd get a golden record in Finland before we got it in Slovenia, but here you go, anything can happen.

And you have also literally taken Slovene around the world.

Bojan: We have, yes. Which is a very interesting phenomenon, that can't be fully grasped either by the locals in the places that we visit, nor by us, but it's beautiful and very magical to come to a new place every time and to hear the people, whom you actually can't differentiate, while they're in the crowd, from the Slovenian audience, in terms of singing.

The 'See You Soon' tour is also behind you. That was an actual, real, tour. How did you experience all this?

Bojan: Yeah, now we've actually experienced this, let's say, a tour as we imagined it from music documentaries and films from abroad and I have to say that it was a really good mixture of intensity and pleasure. We went into all of it, I'd say, quite maturely and professionally, so that we could make it through all the concerts healthy, and get one hundred percent out of ourselves at each location. So it'll forever be one of those very, very, very beautiful memories.

I guess it all requires quite a bit of physical fitness as well?

Bojan: Yeah, which, honestly, I'll speak for myself, I don't have, but cardio at concerts somehow meets at least the basic needs.

But it looks different on stage. You're always in good shape there, when I see the various clips online.

Bojan: Yes, exactly! I'm somewhat in shape on stage, but offstage, (laughs) unfortunately, not so much.

You've already played new songs on the tour and one of them has now become a single. It's the song 'Šta bih ja'.

Bojan: Mhm.

This time in Serbian.

Bojan: Yeah. 'Šta bih ja' was basically the first song that we did in London, when we went to make music for the third studio album and somehow, already in the rehearsal space, it suited the band the most. And the first time we played it live, it was apparently also very well… it had a very good response from the audience and we stuck to the song and we recorded it in the studio as the first one and released it as the first single, because it was kind of expected by the fans.

Considering the activities that you all have in the band, or that you have yourself, then you don't have either a house or an address?

Bojan: Unfortunately, no. (laughs)

In that case, maybe you prefer to offer or give out hotel addresses to everyone?

Bojan: Yeah, yeah. You could find a lot of hotel addresses because we've tried out plenty this year.

There's also an animated video that accompanies the song?

Bojan: Yes, the music video is… actually the work of one of our fans. On his Instagram profile, for each of our songs, he posted 15- to 20-second video animations which we always thought were, I'd say, original, different, and we decided that we wanted to do something different for this one and something that we haven't tried before, so we contacted our friend and asked him if he could make a music video. Fortunately, he responded with a positive answer, so we are very satisfied with how this came out. And again, involving the fans in our work somehow completes the picture and gives it an overall conclusion.

You mentioned earlier, Bojan, that you're preparing a new album, when can we expect it?

Bojan: You can expect it, let's say, by the end of October at the latest, I hope, and if not, certainly by the end of the year.

Will you be switching between languages on the album as well, Serbian, Slovenian, English?

Bojan: Absolutely, yeah. All three languages. will be present on the album.

When will there be a song from you in Finnish? Considering the fact that you did pretty well with Finnish?

Bojan: Oh! It's not in the plans as of yet, but I'd say that if things continue developing the way they are at the moment, something like that could happen very quickly, yes.

Because Käärijä's latest single is also a collab, or rather, a 'featuring', if I remember correctly. It was released not long ago.

Bojan: Yeah, yeah, yeah! He recorded the latest collab with Joost Klein, a Dutch musician, so, I don't know, well, maybe, like I'm saying, there may be some kind of a collaboration, or even an independent Finnish project in the future.

We'll say more when the album comes out, so we don't break the tradition.

Bojan: Right

By the way, the two interviews that we've done (T/N: 'Umazane misli' & 'Demoni' album presentations), have already been translated into English by a team that also works for you, or rather supports you.

Bojan: That's right, JokerOutSubs, who diligently review the materials about us on a daily basis, as they come out, and translate them into English and many other languages, so one huge huge hello to them, and a big thank you.

As I said, the song 'Šta bih ja' is now released. When is 'Bluza' coming?

Bojan: 'Bluza' is coming in the near future, but to be completely honest, I have no idea when we're planning to release it.

But now, on the air, we'll hear the recent one, 'Šta bih ja'. Bojan, šta bih ja radio? ('Bojan, what would I do?')

Bojan: Šta bih ja u ovoj crnoj noći bez tebe radio? ('What would I do in this black night without you?')

ŠTA BIH JA

Everyone: We are Joker Out!

Bojan: And you're listening to RADIOaktivno.

[laeheaps]

having trouble accepting myself these days

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welcome back joker out polaroid series

[laeheaps]

Hi! First of all, big congratulations on Šta bih ja! Not just on getting the gig but also for doing such an amazing job! You should be very proud of yourself <3

Can I ask a question? When I read that Kris co-designed the single cover, I assumed that he had put together your pictures into the collage. Is that true? Or did he help out in any other way during the process?

Congratulations again! Can't wait to see what more you do in the future <3

Hi! Yes, Kris put together the collage, added all the effects and stuff on the cover art :) all my contributions to that were frames from the animation! Also, I wasn't even aware of this until I saw his post about it, haha.

[laeheaps]

hello baby boos, pookies and dopamin donuts enthusiasts! 🍩

it’s been a week since šta bih ja release and i was lucky enough to be an animator that created the music video. i wanted to showcase some of my favorite frames from the animation and also thank everyone who was supporting my animation journey from the start! and of course, big thank you to Joker Out for choosing me for this and Kris for being the coolest co-designer i could dream of 😁

creating my first short carpe diem animation as a practice i never thought it’s gonna take me where i am now, it’s such a surreal feeling. the amount of nice comments, people supporting me, coming up to me on gigs and congratulating, i am still in disbelief. i love you all so much and i am so so thankful 🥹🩷 stream šta bih ja and stream the music video, we all worked really hard on this!

[leopardom]

‼️šbj cover art‼️

via openstage

edit: the art for the cover is made by @laeheaps ✨

[darkcreamz95]

EVERYONE GET ON OPENSTAGE RIGHT NOW

ALSO big congrats to @laeheaps for making the gorgeous art for it still screaming crying

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Demoni poster inspired by my demoni animation (if you haven’t seen it yet it’s on my instagram @laeheap in pinned!)

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bojan admit it you wore this just so i have to draw you again

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my take on equestria girls rarity redesign 💎

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soooo bojan wore make up today and made a very cute face

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bubble bath if you even care

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today i learned 22nd of march is international seal day!

happy seal day to our favorite seal dads 🦭🩷💚

[littelestvic]

He's Mexican now

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something about saving horses

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Hello hello :)) I come bearing an offering 4 the head of ✨the Bojan girlys/gn society (Tm)✨

*🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁*

SUMMER THEMED! MOODBOARD OF OUR DARLING GOLDEN RETRIEVER~CODED LIL SINGER!! X))

(Moodboard delivery service has been lacking when it comes 2 Bojan centric packages soo I COULDN’T NOT MAKE ONE 4 HIM N GIVE IT 2 MY FAVE BOJAN GIRLY/gn AFTER ALL 💗💗💖💖💞💞💓💓)

OH I LOVE THIS SM,,, I love the colors, what do you say about me drawing something inspired by this moodboard? 👀👀