Cuco on 'Lava Lamp', Genre Bending & Maturing His Sound | THAT NEW NEW | MTV News

Gaby Wilson sat down with Cuco to talk about his music, career, how he got started, and more. This is ‘That New New’ – an MTV News series that takes a deeper look at up-and-coming artists.

:25 - How Cuco got his start in music.
1:15 - Ditching school to produce and pursue music.
3:32 - Cuco's musical inspirations
4:50 - How Lava Lamp came to be.
5:56 - Sunnyside origin story and maturing his sound
7:19 - Cuco on playing Coachella
8:30 - New music and a music video for Sunnyside

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[drillgirl]

when she said she was gettin obsessed he was like 'what?? really" lol until she said '...with your music' lol boy was gettin a lil excited.. u can see it in his face.. it shows

[EzFoMeh]

MY BOY CUCO ON MTV!!!! HOPE YOU GET BIGGER MA BOI

[kaimny]

stop attacking my bb for saying "like" he's hispanic and from california get over it damn

[MiguelGarcia-hght]

Damn, cuco I would have started singing "lo que siento" to her when she said she was obsessed with you lol

[melisaestrada]

Awe his face when she said shes obsessed😍

[dogman]

If you're mexican (or Hispanic in general) you know how many times you will say the word "like" when you're talking

[angelineaguilar]

Aw he’s excited or nervous how cute♥️♥️

[Bianca-lhjq]

CUCO OHhh MYYYY HOLY MOLY PROUD PROUD PROUD

[trippyhippy]

Like..like... Like... Ily cuco... Like... Like..

He says like alot

[ralphiesarch]

Ahhh I'm totally taking a deep dive into these Cuco interviews!!! Sooo in love!

[scotty]

keep making beautiful music man 🤘🏽 so happy you’re making all these come ups!!

[nayelihernandez]

HES GOING TO COACHELLA OH MY GOSHZ BXNSKAKAA

[amiracontreras]

cuco fitting the word like into every sentence he says for 10 minutes straight

[chuby]

I was like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like

[prisxo]

this makes me so happy this is his year !

[Bianca-lhjq]

HOLY SHIT THIS CAME OUT ON MY BIRTHDAY HOW AM I BARELY SEEING THIS

[delicioustacos]

Take a shot everytime he says "like"