The Sweet and Dangerous Sounds of Hadee.

The Sweet and Dangerous Sounds of Hadee.

Hadee. presents auditory art that is sweet, dangerous, and absolutely timeless.  Songs such as Rearview and Coffin take you on an adventure filled with passion and intrigue.  With the imagination of David Bowie and the soundscapes of such alternative greats at The Cure and Depeche Mode, Hadee. brings it all into the ultra-modern day, and the results are thrilling to behold.  Hadee. recently performed at Los Globos and will be revisiting the Sunset Strip, this time for We Found New Music at Hotel Ziggy on August 27th!  Highwire Daze recently caught up with Hadee. to discuss his music, influences, horror movies, donuts, and more!

We’re here with Hadee. Where are you based out of, and what is your local music scene like there?
The band’s originally from Miami, Florida, and the music scene there, if you’ve never been, you’ve got to go. Thriving music scene in Miami, Florida, A bunch of different bands. We’ve got a hardcore scene, we’ve got the great indie scene and, of course, we’ve got the great Latin music scene in Miami. We came out of the indie wave, like post COVID era. There was a big resurgence of bands coming out, and that’s when we started playing live.

How did your show at Los Globos go last night and what were some of the highlights for you?
The highlights was seeing a couple good friends come out for the show, yourself included, and the venue was sick. The crew who hosted the show were amazing. Everything went really well. I had a good time. Hung out there for a little bit after the show, and then went over to Rainbow Room and a couple other places to grab a drink.

For everyone who missed you, what could one expect from a live Hadee show?
My main thing, I just want people to have a good time. So if they’re having a good time, if you’re having a good time, I’m having a good time. Definitely a lot of energy, a lot of sweat, and a lot of movement. That’s what we aim for.

Have you played with other bands that maybe I haven’t seen that are listed, like any bigger bands?
Yeah, we open up for Mayday Parade, Boys Like Girls. We open up for Traitors, Vision Video, Drab Majesty, Lø Spirit, and a few others.

That’s all across the spectrum there.
That’s the good thing about our vibe is, we can jump into the goth vibe, but then also post-punk type vibe too, if need be. I don’t like to keep necessarily a tab on the genre or anything, so it’s whatever. Just each song is a little different. That’s what I aim for.

Let’s talk about a few of your songs. Heaven and Hell, tell me about that song and the inspiration behind it.
Yeah, absolutely. Pretty straightforward with that one. It’s the feeling of being stuck between a rock and a hard place and not necessarily knowing which way to go – but kind of still going through it and embracing that feeling, that uncertainty. Also, that was part of a larger project called Purgatory, so that’s going to be what we tease with the next couple releases.

Coffin. Tell me a little about that one.
Coffin is a fun one. That was our last released one. It has a little like pre-instrumental thing for it called Funeral. So when you check it out, it’s going to go from Funeral to Coffin and that’s also part of the same project, the Purgatory project. So that song is about also embracing uncertainty, but knowing something is not the best for you, but still going for it because you want it at the end. Sometimes what you want isn’t always necessarily aligned with what you need, but sometimes you just want it. So there we go.

Rearview. Tell me about that one.
Rearview is basically looking back. Specifically, that was about a relationship and looking back on it being… looking at a specific moment in life in the rear-view mirror. So that really is just about self-reflection really, to sum up in one word.

Maybe select one that I don’t have on here and give me the inspiration.
Released I would say like Poison Ivy.  That’s a fun one to play live. That was our third single that we released. We did a music video for that one too, down in Miami. That song actually stems from a toxic relationship. So, it’s one of those classic type tropes, but in the moment, everything feels fun. You’re going headfirst into something that doesn’t necessarily… you know it’s going to end not the greatest, but you’re going for it anyways.

Why do all the good songs stem from toxic relationships?
Yeah. What is with that? We got to just get healthy.

Yeah, that’s true. But no one wants happy songs anyways.
No one can relate to them. I think people relate to sad songs a lot more. It’s more of a universal understanding.

If you could open for any band or artist now, or from the past, who would it be and why?
Oh, dude. I would love to open for Bowie. That’d be insane. T-Rex, I’d love to open for Marc Bolan. That’d be crazy. The Cure would be sick. Prince, all the classics, really. Those guys are amazing. The first two bands I really, really got into were Metallica – the And Justice for All album. U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Then Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust. So that would be sick. I’d love to actually open for Midnight Oil in their prime, that’d be sick.

My next question is a David Bowie question. If you were invited to appear on a David Bowie tribute album and you could do any song from Bowie’s catalog, what song would you do and why?
I would definitely go for like a Life on Mars, but aside from that, I would probably do Cat People. That’s a good song. I love that song. Such a good song. Would love to do like my own spin on that. I’m going to go with that one. There’s so many good songs, man. His collaboration with Trent Reznor was insane. I’d probably do I’m Afraid of Americans. That’d be sick too.

I’m Afraid of Americans? That song is so timely too. You should put that in your set now.
It is. Straight up. We should do a cover of that. Yeah. That song has grown to speak more true in our present times, absolutely.

What is your favorite horror movie of all time and why?
Oh, man. That is a great question. I have to think about this. This is hard. The last good horror movie I saw was Rec, a zombie quarantine type movie where all these people are quarantined in this hotel and there’s a virus outbreak within that hotel, and then it’s all filmed on a camera. You ever see Cloverfield?

No, I haven’t seen.
Oh, dude. You got to check out Cloverfield. But you know what I’m talking about. The first Cloverfield is all filmed on like a handheld camera. It’s like that kind of vibe. Really, really cool. So go check that out if you haven’t. Aside from that, some other ones. So hard, bro. The Hand. It’s like this possessed mannequin hand that you can grab and pretty much shit just goes south when you grab it.

Mine is the first Hellraiser.
Dude, see, Hellraiser is so good. I love Hellraiser. Don’t get me wrong, I love Hellraiser because they’re all good, I’ll say. The practical effects on that shit is crazy. The whole concept behind it is so good.  And I think it’s one of those movies that are very, very timeless. It could be a Saturday morning or a Tuesday afternoon, and I can watch Hellraiser and actually enjoy the movie. It never really gets old. So I’ll take that. That was a good suggestion. I’ll go for that. That was a good one.

Onto the next question, from horror movies to the goofiest question that I ever asked people. If your music was a donut, what kind would it be and why?
Oh, man. These are good questions. Dark chocolate. Probably I’ll throw some Cap’n Crunch on there and we’ll put the Bavarian cream in the middle. There we go. That’s a good donut. That’s a heart attack in a donut.

Your music, a heart attack in a donut…
Essentially. Yeah. I want you to feel something good. Sweet, bad, dangerous, whatever. As long as it feels good.

Are you involved with any other bands or projects right now?
No. This is my main project right now.

What’s up next for you?
Next, we have our next single coming out in about a month, and it’s going to be released with a music video as well. Then we’re going to be playing LA on August 27th, so if you didn’t catch us last night, be sure to catch us on August 27th at Hotel Ziggy.

Do you have any messages for people who are reading this in the magazine right now? Anything you’d like to say?
Appreciate you listening, and I hope to see you guys soon.

(Interview by Ken Morton – Photos by Erica Vincent)

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