We had the good fortune of connecting with Kid Astronaut and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kid, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
My journey to becoming an artist was really more of an intuitive thing. I’ve always loved music and been drawn to creating in some ways. Kid Astronaut became the perfect vehicle for that because the brand and name and idea gave me something to strive towards as well as give me some direction with what I wanted to create and say.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Man to be honest a lot goes in to trusting yourself and your art. You lose a lot of the people who you thought were on your side and team and there are guaranteed to be a lot of lonely moments – not to be too sad though, the loneliness can be a perfect vehicle for self discovery and self improvement. Using that time to grow your craft to a space where you’re undeniable was, for me, a way to turn any negatives I was facing into positives for myself and about myself and not trying to get back at others. Just gotta do the work.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
In Denver my favorite breakfast spot at the moment is Four Friends Kitchen in Stapleton – or for something quicker I’d suggest a breakfast burrito from Santiago’s.

Lunch vibes, I love vegan/vegetarian meals sometimes so City O City, Chipotle which started in Colorado or Illegal Pete’s are frequent spots.

For dinner/late night vibes I love Gyroz (the colfax location across from The Fillmore) or Redeemer Pizza for a late slice.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I’d love to give a quick shoutout to Owen Trujillo from the band 2MX2.

Not only is his story of being from Mexico and making a name for himself all the way in Denver inspiring but he also puts a ton of time and energy into growing his band and brand so just gotta shout him out.

Website: http://linktr.ee/kidastronavt

Instagram: @kidastronavt

Twitter: @kidastronavt

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kidastronaut

Image Credits
Jordan Altergott, Lucky Jayded

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