The Warped Tour 2025 Interviews – Huddy
Photo by Vivian Ortega of So Finch Photography
The Warped Tour 2025 Interviews – Huddy
The Vans Warped Tour has returned, playing two epic sold out shows at the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California! Highwire Daze was there to cover this historic concert, doing interviews and photo shoots throughout the massive event. We caught up with the amazing Huddy backstage to discuss his very time playing Vans Warped Tour, his current single Vendetta, 38 million Spotify plays on his song All That I Hate About You, memories of Hype House, and a whole lot more! Read on….
We are here at Warped Tour with Huddy. First of all, how did your set go today and what were some of the highlights?
Our set was incredible today. I think the highlights for me were the dudes rocking out, because usually it’s mainly the girls and I’m like, “Cmon guys, have some fun.” Dudes were rocking out today. I saw a guy just fighting through the crowd – he just kept going in and out. And so, it was really fun. The energy was great, and getting to play new music was really great for me – because the reaction to all of it was pretty good.
Have you ever been to Warped Tour before or is this your first time?
This is my first time going to Warped Tour because that last one was when I was in middle school – and I couldn’t pay to go to concerts by myself. My parents didn’t want to take me. This is the first one where I’m old enough to attend – also I’m performing and viewing it – so I’m doing both at the same time. And it’s a huge accomplishment for me. I’ve seen videos from people who have posted from Warped Tour for such a long time – so it’s awesome to be here.
Photo by Jack Lue
How has the Summer School Tour been going so far and what have been some of the highlights?
Summer School Tour’s been going great. The highlight for me has been the friendship connections I’ve made with everyone on the tour. Everyone’s been really talkative and fun. We have a great lineup of musicians playing this tour, so it’s been great to watch everyone perform. And the crowds have been awesome as well. I feel like I’ve gotten to connect with the crowd every night. I’ve went out to the merch table every night to meet everyone – took some photos and have had some cool conversations with everyone. Very impactful.
You played a new song today called Fragile. Tell me about the inspiration behind that song.
I think the inspiration behind Fragile really narrows it down to feeling like my whole life, I’ve had to push down my emotions instead of talking to them with people. I think the more I realize like, you’re never going to really understand your emotions, or you might ignore them and let them bottle up inside of you. If you’re letting yourself do that instead of talking about it frequently, you might just explode at some point. And so, I think it’s important for both men and women to be talking about their feelings, and so that’s what it kind of boils down to. Just admitting my feelings and that I’m fragile, but I’m human. And if I’m going through a tough time, don’t be scared. It’s kind of like the human process of life.
The latest song Vendetta. Tell me the inspiration behind that one.
Vendetta is truly an inspiration about going through a tough time where everyone is kind of fits you inside of a box, or they’re trying to tell you what to do or take advantage of you. And just saying no at all of that and just taking back all your power and saying, “No, this is who I am.” Just showing that through song form is something that was so powerful for me – and I really wanted to do it. And I didn’t really quite realize how much I needed to do that until I wrote the song – and it made me realize a lot of feelings that I had.
Photo by Vivian Ortega of So Finch Photography
Your song All That I Hate About You has 38 million listens on Spotify! What does a number like that mean to you?
I mean, it’s hard to wrap my head around that. It’s a lot of people! I can’t even imagine what a million people look like in a room. It’s really a surreal feeling to have so many people know the words to that song. It really has been such an impactful moment in my life. It’s going to be a song that I take with me for the rest of my life. I love playing it – it’s so fun to sing – and it’s got a great story behind it as well.
Working with Travis Barker – what was that like?
It was really interesting because Travis is a man of few words. He’s simple – and he’s really smart and effective. He constantly thinking of what to do when working on a record – and he just goes in there and he does it – and he then he’s like “Cool. Do you like that? I want to try one more.” And then he does a completely different thing that’s also perfect. And then he’s just like, “Let me do one more” – and he does a completely different idea – and it’s so perfect. He’ll get out of the studio and go, “You guys can choose one of those. Whatever you like.” It’s just kind of mind blowing because he knows what he’s doing. He’s good! It’s crazy!
How To Lose A Popularity Contest – you are also acting. Tell me about that.
It was really cool for me, because I feel like I haven’t taken a big swing like that in a really long time – where I just stepped out of my comfort zone. I always wanted to act and know what it was like to act. And the best way to do that was to do something I was really familiar with. And I grew up watching Romcoms with my sisters every week of my life. So, it felt very natural for me – but it also took a lot of hard work, and it was a big test to test the limits of what I could do and where I could go with my career. And I feel like acting takes on this similar arc that music does, where you’re conveying an emotion – whether it’s on a screen or in song. And in the same way that you have melody in music, you have this word play of constant emotion where go up and you go down – and you try to find the right ways of saying the things you are trying to say so it comes across well on screen. There’s something that’s so smart about it that people don’t understand – so it’s similar to music in a way.
Photo by Jack Lue
Looking back on Hype House, what do you think of it now in retrospect? A lot of that actually happened through the pandemic.
Most of Hype House happened through the pandemic – for me at least. It was such a crazy time to be alive. It was perfect for the moment – especially during Covid, to be surrounded by a lot of people that you’re friends with – that you could hang out with and do whatever. But I had always wanted to switch my paces to being a musician – and so when I did that, I was really nervous to take that step, because it meant that I had to be letting go of Hype House. So, it was really a tough choice for me to make at that time.
Do you have any messages for your fans who are reading this right now?
I would say go to more shows. Listen to a random artist today that you haven’t listened to – or a random song by one of your favorite artists that you haven’t listened to. Stay positive. Talk to your friends about the things you are going through and the things that you feel and what you’re passionate about. And that’s how you’re going to find your people.
(Interview by Ken Morton)
More Huddy photos from Vans Warped Tour Long Beach by Jack Lue – click here!
