“El Dorado,” which features Future and DaBaby, also finds Goldn showing flashes of Bruno Mars, Chance the Rapper and Post Malone. Goldn cited some modern punk-rap reference points as influences, but also his latent familiarity with the alternative hits of his youth. “Pop-punk was a part of pop culture at the time,” he said. “You turn on ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ and you’ve got ‘In Too Deep’ by Sum 41. You’ve got games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero selling millions of copies around the world.

Source: International New York Times March 23, 2021 13:52 UTC