Review Fix Exclusive: Krysta Youngs Talks ‘Better When You’re High’

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Krysta Youngs, who discusses her latest track, “Better When You’re High,” a collaboration with another up and coming musician, Wax.

Review Fix: What inspired this track?

Krysta Youngs: I love making music with friends.  Especially when the songs are created organically.  About six months ago I pulled up to my friend Davy Nathan’s house for a session … I was 10 minutes early (which hardly ever happens) because I like to be exactly on time or 5 min late. As I’m walking up the driveway to get to the front door I noticed that the garage door was open and Wax was inside the studio with his guitar.  So per usual, I decided to go hang out / bust his balls / write as many hooks as we could in five minutes before my session started. “Better When You’re High” was written that day.  By the time I got out of my session Wax had come up with more lyrics for the hook and it was a wrap. I love shit like that… creating with friends & writing about real stuff. I especially like doing it with Wax … but I like doing it better when he’s high no, seriously, I like him better when he’s high. 

Review Fix: What was it like to work with Wax?

Youngs: He’s hands down a musical genius.  I don’t say that lightly.  I always learn something from him and the process of writing and recording “Better When You’re High” was no different.  He vocal produced me on the hook and made sure I sang it exactly how he heard it in his head.  I have a lot of respect for him and can’t wait for what’s to come. 

Review Fix: Any fun stories?

Youngs: Sometimes we go to Palm Springs and do Palm Springy type things.  There’s this amazing place called Del Marcos Hotel.  It’s like walking straight into the 1950’s … our song would actually fit perfectly into the fantasy you’re creating in your head right now. 

Review Fix: How do you want this song to affect people?

Youngs: We want to make people smile for three minutes and seven seconds. If they put that shit on repeat they can smile all day long.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Youngs: We’re going to keep making music together, probably hit a yoga class or two and wait for the song to land in a major movie! 

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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