Open Space: Night Lovell | Mass Appeal

Before cutting all of his hair off, Canadian rapper Night Lovell dropped by MASS APPEAL's HQ and put us up on the music scene in his Ottawa, Ontario hometown. Toronto's lesser-known baby brother hasn't produced as many household names in hip hop quite yet, but Lovell explains that the city is still ripe with underground talents, shouting out Drexler, Cole, and his DJ Shaq, who makes beats.
Night Lovell makes beats as well, sometimes under the alias KLNV (Killanov). Back in his school, Lovell's days would be a consistent cycle of class, running track, and crafting instrumentals (he clarifies, "I'd make beats, but I didn't make music"). But after spending 2013 listening to A$AP Rocky, JAY-Z, and Travis Scott, Lovell set out to make his first song, the self-produced "Dark Light".
"I was just putting words together to make a song," the 20-year-old artist says. "There were some references there, but at that point it was just about making a song, with vocals, on my beat." The track went on to gain more than 10 million plays on Soundcloud and another 12 million views of the music video.
MASS APPEAL sat down with Night Lovell for our latest episode of "Open Space," in which he discusses reaching his milestones, staying as sober as possible, and what his studio essentials are.
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[@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS]

night lovell is completely different personality from his music, and i like that, real chill down to earth dude

[@dishierwand]

Trill Killer fr I was surprised when I watched him get interviewed 😂

[@jackdren9974]

I thought he was the type of dude to fuck shit up wherever he goes with two blunts in both of his hands.

[@shinju_09]

night lovell still too slept on

[@rogerroger2103]

SHINJU 雲 yeah, u right but for me (or maybe other fans too) its better cuz i dont wanna hear cringey fake fans singing his songs like they did with xxxtentacion after 'look at me' blew up
I know that my english isn't perfect, im not american

[@Outsiderecord]

Adam Issa exactly bro its so true

[@vukjovanovic3874]

Still, bro lol

[@ilovecody7514]

Red Teeneage Melody was super slept on. Dude should've blown up a bit more.

[@TwanAM]

Facts man that''s was a dope project

[@chacer15]

Couldn't agree more.

[@TwanAM]

chace brisby Lovell still the goat lol

[@m31hl0rd9]

ehh, concept vague was better. every track on RTM sounded the same

[@Mark-yi4be]

where i dont see it

[@vrostar]

Night Lovell is dope, i don't care what they say.

[@rvega8038]

what if they say he dope

[@524490]

Finally Lovell came outta his cave

[@1maxxs]

fire music and such a nice dude

[@drxwn5026]

Night Lovell seems like a humble person and true to himself, it's really great to see an artist like that ! It's very motivating too

[@incognitolurker6888]

Concept Vague is so good its crazy

[@TwanAM]

Night lovell is so slept on man can't wait for new stuff to come out.

[@TwanAM]

Night Lovell what there dropping a song together?

[@TwanAM]

Night Lovell oh true

[@imVampy]

GOAT. MOST OF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT LOVELL HAS DONE FOR THE UNDERGROUND

[@misakufoxx]

dxm big fax

[@nico-ek3ng]

what has he done?

[@lonelysoldier]

He was and is still a big influence for the deep rap scene.

[@rynzler2947]

Fax

[@HIGHTS]

lets go!!! This dude is so fucking chill and makes nothing but bangers! Love that he getting recognition

[@cobane9794]

Best of the underground scene rn ‍♂️

[@Pro-habits]

Night Lovell so slept on its crazy

[@fakecandle]

GOAT

[@3percentdelay]

🐐

[@KOS13-APO]

Lovell was ahead of his time when Dark Light was released 👌

[@TureiBeats]

whenever i listen to an album i only fuck wit a couple of songs but on night lovell's every song is fire. like how can you stay that consistent. he is the only artist other than X that i would pay to watch perform live.

[@brandonhager142]

Normally u pay to see any artist live

[@parannouls]

One of the Lords of the underground

[@tonikir]

how the fuck can he be so beautiful

[@mrpockets]

dark light has a mood man, he's grown so much since then but damn that still goes

[@benjamincrain915]

Jamie wasn't Jamie when she drank up all the Jameson

[@fuhkboi]

fucking love night lovell man he's so chill

[@aohoriisuziya8478]

My man fine as hell

[@lucakuhr]

his real name is Shermar Paul for anyone wondering

[@mangawexx]

i fuckin love lovell

[@ihateeverything3972]

Such a cool guy, his music is so awesome. Really talented producer and he is getting way better at rapping.

[@James3160_]

Loved Lovell since Dark Light

[@hayden1000able]

the fact that this only has 50k views shows that Night Lovell is so slept on

[@KR2EP]

Facts but I'm glad he's still kinda underrated because he's a fucking GEM

[@steamboat4853]

guy sounds way more reserved than his music makes him seem, the voice he uses on tracks is so dark

[@mr.chocolatehazelnutspread8317]

BLOOD KEEPS FLOWING

[@3percentdelay]

This is pretty old since he’s still got dreads in the VID

[@aizaddy]

THIS MAN IS A LEGEND YOOOOOOOOO

[@mustafaahmed4144]

Dude this rapper is so awesome his music just put you in the mood

[@Stern98257]

Deira city centre is the best , "still cold" is on second place

[@piracysupporter]

I love lovell so much

[@ramones7489]

Ur the first thats makes a lot of good songs keep m comming!!! Lovellllll!!!!

[@uberleet01]

best artist. Night lovell - Teenage Cutie

[@uberleet01]

just listened to riot ballad new favorite song lol dont know were the fuck that came from

[@flp.felipe]

underrated video

[@solidusswords]

this dude is fire. slept on by many

[@TureiBeats]

been my fav rapper since day one

[@MinePrincessTV]

I remember hugging him :((((

[@abcnews388]

this interview reminds me of when people in the 90's would record themselves on vhs talking about them selves to try and get a boyfriend or girlfriend.

[@keulevontaube7917]

Night Lovell is the best man ever. Most calm rapper I know.

[@jhdz.x5004]

Keule von Taube isaiah rashad chill af too

[@denimbones]

Most relatable rapper for me tbh

[@anakinburns4545]

Lovell's so heat n so dope he's putting ottawa on

[@byesinge]

Lovell so slept on he gonna blow up soon

[@FHthe1]

MXSSY lets hope he doesnt go mainstream...hope he finds just as much success and fame and money as mainstream rappers too...if he goes mainstream: songs lose meaning,everyone bandwagons and overplays him, and his style starts to change into every other rapper.

[@byesinge]

FH 24 yeah I agree

[@feelinsmiles5589]

Night + XXXtentacion. i'd personally pay over $400 for that album

[@NoahComfort]

FINALLY LETS GOO. 🖤🖤

[@fredosantana5455]

Finally Lovell gets some love

[@goodnightmediaintl]

Vancouver representing right here man fr shouts out

[@venitokash5082]

Night Lovell on the fucking rise🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Danielitoox_]

Night Lovell

[@krakeee]

I love Lovell

[@greystateofmind.]

KLNV

[@Dillonisgone]

order satori simmer down, cuz

[@thedivorceforce1005]

order satori that actually is lovell

[@thedivorceforce1005]

order satori yes ‘buddy’, it is

[@HawksNestYT]

order satori yes he is lmao he said it

[@Psosa601]

HOLY SHIT... LMAO, NOT THE KLVN (as in raider klan) KLNV is his older producer name

[@Illuminatigirl]

Night Lovell is talented and hot hot hot

[@ChampeeMusic]

When that collab with Carnage coming out though 😭😭😭😭😭

[@ConnerVain]

Kosmo Music u know carnage flowed him on Instagram

[@vrbsn]

Lmfao playing fucking maplestory. Cracked me up

[@murdekai8302]

R.I.P. dreads

[@jgoodrich06]

Kids so talented can't wait for 2018 #nightlovell has that heat coming... 😈

[@jasontellez705]

2:02 ' if there's a presentation, I'm skipping class ' that's me im hella shy & I get red & sweaty ..😐

[@masonhall8496]

Bruh it's so weird to hear him normally talk for the first time

[@akashlama2875]

🐐

[@partnah2887]

oh shit my boi on mass appeal!

[@siranton14]

i like this guy

[@toxetos29]

Been slept on too long and he’s right about being on video games a lot every time I log into PS4 he’s online playing fifa or some shit lol

[@tylerpastore601]

Yo! I didn't know you've worked with blank body! Such a dope producer

[@jeremy790]

BRO fuckin finally!!!

[@gergelykiss5006]

Night lovell x travis scott dream duo pls

[@ConnerVain]

My nigga shermar been talented , running track and making beats. BTW he's fast asf on that field🔥🏃🏃⚡⚡

[@Teddvelvet]

i need to get some instrumentals to this dude

[@jadyn5689]

i just wanna say rip lil peep.

[@LordShvttle]

JADYN gtfo

[@mik3049]

Lovell played La Tale? Holy shit

[@peso6887]

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@CalistaLove143]

Lovell is super slept on. He shows that there is talent in other places aside from Toronto.

[@snakewhisperer2010]

This is cool don't see a ton of stuff like this from lovell.

[@helenrobertson45321]

His voooooooiiiiiiiccccceeeee 😻😻😻😻💦💦💦💦

[@OniPutItOn]

nigga fast af

[@Truth4Lyf]

Always thought Canadas capital was either Toronto or Vancouver

[@c_real]

*FKN REAL*

[@FlippyFloppy33]

yooknowamean

[@ceeduda]

Fuck what other people say
NIGHT LOVELL FOR XXL 2K18

[@lil_kingj8226]

i would love to see him live but he doesn´t come to europe :(

[@skiin]

2:02

[@green_eggs_and_s4m]

SHOUTOUT WAVY DREX

[@alexdeleon5172]

Chanks Daddy 🤣

[@Elderunlimited9]

This nigga named dropped Runescape, I fucks with him 100x more now haha

[@leadaplug]

he's so fine

[@flazeysrevenge]

smh i did not know he was this fine

[@awwoctobrr]

rip dreads

[@lilhaiasi9220]

Ottawa rep

[@damjanjoveski2803]

NEEDS MORE RECOGNITION FFS

[@AcrownFitforAcat]

You knowahmeen

[@lowfivelou]

I wanna be lovell's friend

[@fooska1834]

Rip lil peep

[@solace1]

klnv the og

[@Nitroh-]

shoutout to the trickshotting community =) he said in his no jumper he notices people using his songs in cod edits and he knows what faze is

[@yungvinnii]

belly’s from ottawa

[@SweezyProductions]

613 REPRESENT!!!!!

[@juanjos.a6666]

Algun héroe lo puede traducir al español?

[@elijahshorette5034]

Like

[@frank1313]

This was uploaded on the day lil peep died :(