Last night, The FADER stopped by the show, “i feel ya: SCAD + Andre 3000 Benjamin”, in Miami where forty-seven jumpsuits Andre 3000 created for Outkast’s 20th anniversary tour are now on display in Miami.
Musician Nicolas Jaar spoke with Andre for The FADER about the jumpsuit project, where he spoke candidly about his most recent tour as Outkast. Read the full interview now here.
Excerpts from the interview below:
On his jumpsuits:
“I didn’t start the tour like, Yeah, I’m gonna do all of these suits. My first Coachella show, which was a horrible show, I wore something like [my outfit right now]. I didn’t know what to wear on stage, so it was my overalls…Honestly, just, you knowI didn’t wanna do the tour. We hadn’t performed in 10 years. It was old songs. I’m like, How am I gonna present these songs? I don’t have nothing new to say. So I was like, maybe I can start saying new stuff while doing these old songs. It became a theme where I was more excited about this than the actual show. This is fun, running out in these.”
On the “SOLD” tag he wore on tour:
“I felt weird about going out on stage and doing it again. I felt like people would be like, ‘Y’all are doing all these festivals, y’all are just doing it for money,’ And I felt like a sell-out, honestly. So I was like, if I’m in on the joke, I’ll feel cool about it. It was a decision. I’m 39, I got a 17-year-old kid, and I gotta support certain things. And my partner Big Boi is like, ‘This is a great thing for all of us.’ So I felt like there was a certain sell-out in a way, because I didn’t wanna do it. I knew I was doing it for a reason. So maybe if I’m telling people, ‘I am selling out,’ then it’s not as bad as pretending. It’s being honest about it like, ‘Shit, I did these songs when I was 17 and I’m out here pedaling them now.’ But it’s the honest thing, that’s what it is.”
