Hot Dog

Skinny Hendrix

If food is fuel for our bodies, perhaps music is fuel for our brains. Maybe the emotional stimulation of listening to a Mozart symphony or a Migos banger can be as fulfilling to the mind as a plate of spaghetti is to the stomach. But what would it take to combine these two sensations? What would it require to put together food and music like a mighty sandwich?

Thankfully, an incredible genius has decided to do just that. He lives in Miami, and his name is Skinny Hendrix.

Pittsburgh native Brady Jacob is aware that his alter ego making music about food might be a tad ironic. But he’s adamant that he's chosen the right subject matter.

“It’s such a universal language, like everyone thinks about food all the time,” he says. “People are always thinking about food, talking about food, connecting with other people over food. So it’s like, why can’t your music also be about food?"

That’s exactly what his EP Food Music is all about. Goofy electronic tracks swap the drops and party vocals for quirky beats and lyrics about hot dogs, wasabi, and Buffalo wings. The cover art shows a group of menacing edibles that look like they’ve been ripped straight out of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Jacob doesn’t want it to be taken too seriously. In fact, he’d prefer quite the opposite.