HyeBrand with Sona Oganesyan - Serj Tankian of System of a Down
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Objective: HyeBrand with Sona Oganesyan aims to intensify the dialogue about the development and branding of Armenia through talking to prominent figures who have had influence and interesting ideas on the subject.
Intro: Just before the Velvet Revolution in Armenia, I created a show where my guests and I could hang out and have a casual conversation about the development and branding of Armenia. I felt there are so many great aspects we simply aren’t taking enough advantage of in order to increase tourism and investments so I wanted to start a dialogue. The idea was to speak to different prominent figures that have put Armenia in the headlines internationally and/or have contributed to the branding of the country through their own accomplishments. By having politicians, athletes, musicians, artists, scientists, etc.. all give their own take on the subject, we will be exposed to different and interesting perspectives.
If only my 14 year old self knew one day I’d be sitting with Serj Tankian of System of a Down, in his home studio, shooting an episode for my own show!
Finally publishing the FULL INTERVIEW from last year. It took longer than we hoped because 2020 has been kinda crazy in case you hadn’t noticed ;)
Serj was my ideal guest for HyeBrand because the concept of the show is to speak to prominent figures who have put Armenia in the headlines internationally and have had influence on branding the country - Serj Tankian and System of a Down were the first to put Armenia on the map for a lot of young people of our generation. Before they became a Grammy Award winning group, no one in my high school had ever heard of Armenia. When students would ask me where I’m from, the reaction to my response was always, “Romanian? Albanian? Armeniaaan…what’s that?!”
System of a Down changed stereotypes, influenced our culture, revolutionized Rock music all over the world, and educated the world about the Armenian Genocide.
In this interview we discuss how they became so successful, what made Armenia’s revolution so unique from his perspective, his take on Venezuela, what we can do to enhance the cultural revolution in Armenia, what assets could Armenia be taking more advantage of, will System of a Down record another album, to my HUUUUUGE surprise how Serj didn’t start playing music until he was in college and is entirely self-taught, and so much more....
I find Serj to be so honest, interesting, and engaging that we decided not to edit anything out, and publish this in its entirety for you guys, including some behind the scenes clips!
Executive Producer: Sona Oganesyan
Guest: Serj Tankian
Post-Production: Karen Kocharyan
Post-production sound: Levon Navasardyan
Music: Serj Simonyan (Serjo)
Logo: Vahan Stepanyan
Special thanks: Lusine Grigoryan, Angela Salib, Blake Helling, Sarkis Berberyan - Розваги
Fantastic job Sona, you brought out the best in Serj. Really enjoyed this.
the amount of love I have for this guy .. I swear there are no words to describe it, I would never watch an HOUR long interview for anyone in the world except for Serj, I watched and listened to every single word he said .. he's a self taught genius !!
I also admire Serj very much. Just want to say that you are missing out on alot of of valueable Interviews if you restrict yourself that much.
"Its the passion that drives skill and the skill developes over time."
thank you Serj, just what I needed to hear. Great interview
I liked how diverse the interview was and how many subjects you've touched upon. Great job!
Loved the interview, Sona & Serj Greeetings from ROMANIA ^_^. SOAD or at least Serj please come to Romania for a concert, once in your lifetime. Take care!
Apreq bravo grate interview ! Proud of you Serj!!!!!! History will remember you not only as one of the best musicians of our generation, Armenians and Armenian history books will highlight your name next to the greatest who’ve done everything in their power to help build today’s new and ankax Armenia 🇦🇲
We don't want SOD talking about politics.. we want them singing about politics
well done, great interview.
Thank you Serj !! South America is not a vacuum for the USA..
May the spirit that moves through all things bless you.
Lmao the story of Serj's dad getting flashed
Yesssssss I've been waiting for this!! I could listen to you guys talk for hours!! Love this!!!
Good work Sona, some great insight.
Thank you, guys! Truly enjoined spending an hour with you. Best of luck to you. Awesome topics. I'll be looking for part II, hope soon.
You Rock!
Love and Peace
Great interview!
She looks amazing
This language mix in the end is amazing, they appears like they even not mind when they interchanging them :)
Awesome interview, great job Sona jan!
@vinnie 🤘🏻🤘🏻🎤🎤💖
she is gorgeous
"mhh" "yeah "
this is a pretty dope interview 👏👏🔥❤
I feel like we're going through strange tides right now, as a society. I don't think we ever needed a System of a Down album as we need right now. I really hope this guys can figure things out.
Ty for the interview, Sona. It was a pleasure to watch it!
More please!!!
@Anna 🤘🏻🤘🏻🎤🎤💖
Salut a tous les Français fan de SOAD et de serj 👋😉
et les francophones aussi :P :)
@@genie7072 bien évidemment
Sona you are beautiful
Me too
she looks incredible, it's crazy. im just stunned. The pretty and thoughtful combination is way too powerful
40:30 is what we came for.
44:44
hey umm when was this filmed..?
Sometime last year, according to the description.
@@featheryfemme why thank you
They talked about September being the following month, so presumably August 2019.
Well, I hope you believe me at this point. I love you, DAD and pretty lady. Whoever you are, Auntie.
Serj ♥️
Its a shame they dont come to Greece anymore after what happened in 98'...Greece would love them here..Still my favorite band though
What happened in 98 in Greece??
@@annamolly6903 I just found a Reddit post about it. www.reddit.com/r/systemofadown/comments/932ty6/ever_wondered_why_system_of_a_down_snobs_greece/
Basically, they were opening for Slayer and the audience started throwing bottles, trash, and stuff that could injure the band. But Serj says there are no hard feelings towards it but I don't think any of the other memebers have said anything about it.
Where's the daron interview?
That would be cool too!
One is Melissa Simon's older brother
Looks at her cup, looks at the console, opens his eyes... Gets her cup
they had to beg him to do Mezmerize- Hypnotize.
55:21 I'm glad that Serj could admit some advantages of the Soviet period.
Serj,
I am from Venezuela. I had to leave my home country because I was prosecuted by the Maduro government. More than 4.5 million people have left the country. Venezuela is unlivable. Food is a treasure, water is rationed to 15 minutes a day in the capital and other states sometimes dont have water for a week or more. Power is also rationed. Venezuela is one of the countries with most oil reserve in the world, and yet there is gas shortage. Chavez was in power for 14 years and Maduro for 7 years now. Democracy has been destroyed. My people tried to raise their voice and protest for 2 years in a row and thousands of thousands of students were killed. There's no HUMAN RIGHTS in my country. The opposition leader is not a saint either. My people don't have guns. All the guns are controlled by paramilitary groups that are paid by the government. Prison system is corrupt. The army is full of Cubans. All of these have been proofed. What I hate the most is that left wing people always cover left wing government and do not critize the bad. You tried to say something about Maduro and you retreated. People are dying from starvation. 25,000 people die every year due to crime!!!! Do you think this is logical for one of the country with most oil reserve in the world? Yet, you continue to "support" Maduro. My people have tried it all and that's why we support an intervation because we are desperate. WE CANNOT GET RID OF THE GOVERNMENT. Maduro and his people are drug dealers. They acocomplished what Pablo Escobar wanted to accomplish but never could which is to have a government position. Diosdado Cabello (Maduro's second) is the leader of a cartel. This has been proofed before...... What is your solution here? 21 years of the same GOVERNMENT. Do you call this democracy or autocracy?
yes
Maduro is a Dictator and he tarnished the name of Socialism
I think what Serj is saying is that USA should not interfere in other countries businesses, specially by unilaterally confiscating all financial means and strangling the whole economy of a country already struggling only to make all the things you describe even worse.
And let's not forget that the USA administration does not give a rats ass over other's democracies, plutocracies or dictatorships. It's all about what they think they can get for the big corporations.
Maybe you weren’t listening to what Serj was saying. He said he was against Trump’s sanctions, the same style Reagan and Bush had used before which usually end up hurting the normal joe and causing all the food and power shortages.
Maybe Serj should have advocated boycotting and freezing the Azeri assets in the US, since that country is a living, breathing tyranny.
Yes as far as I know. She's not one of Melissa Simon 's or Lindsey Sierra friends
How can I drink this coffee?
I MEAN DUER. DON'T YOU SEE THE END ON THE BUIKDING? I'M ENVY
Sona, can you please help me?
Darla kristin
U know
He just dont want to do a new album with SOAD.
He looks like Cat Stevens .
Everyone did. And tinker bells wings exploded. She was in a titanium chamber
Ask Darla about the sniff film of m e in 2008 where I pulled the trigger on my hea d.
It seems theres no more reason for system of a down to make other songs because armenia seems to be a better place
Armenia might be, but America, where they live, is clearly not. They don't speak about only Armenian issues, they speak about anything and everything.
your comment actually aged badly , they released 2 songs because armenia was not in a good place, it was under attack by azerbaiyan
So, the answer is “no,” there will be no seeing eye-to-eye artistically within the band.
Great interview, you're so beautiful, btw!
S.O.S.
I would not know what to say except there's murder for hire in the family when I was 4.
Lindsey Pablo wove a mermaids purse of a whale shark into my hair.
Chem haskanum
Or alizea
Maybe, just maybe, Serj should realize that Venezualas people know better than him the issues of their own country... We constantly receive venezualans refugees here, and believe - the so called american "imperialism" would be a blessing in that country right now.
He said he was against the US sanctions that hit the people at the core, more than affecting the government of Madura who is flush with cash.
I will never get out of this without some sort of husband or partner to protect me. There's no way.
Հայերեն գոնե խոսացեք)
Цой на аве?)
Env
Do all armenian women look like Kardashians?
هو عربي
She got electrocuted too. Everyone did. It was raining.
love this guy and music has always been amazing, but it is funny he doesnt agree with our US government but is happy to take the stimulis money
The U.S. should also make accepting stimulus money contingent on being able to spell words correctly. Since according to you, receiving government money entails being sheepishly agreeable with our government’s foreign policy.
In 35 and I'm definitely a women. Ya kniw?
I KEEP TAKING BULLETS. I GET TRAFFICKED. I GET KIDNAPPED. I GET HARVESTED.
Scar tissue that I wish you saw..
wish he would just make new music.
Darla Renee PADLO arenz GAFFORD KRISTEN
Or maybe I'm just choop-ed liver in a c hop suey mushy pork
It's not pretty
She looks like one of those kartrashians who make Armenians look bad
@michele 🤘🏻🤘🏻🎤🎤💖