Jessy about Battle Of The Year 2021
First off, congrats on getting second place! It's an amazing achievement and maybe even more so because it's the special edition of BOTY. Can you tell a little bit about BOTY and what made this edition so special?
It’s the biggest crew competition in the world and as kids, we were dreaming of being on that big stage. The first time we entered Battle Of The Year we got 2nd place against Korea in 2013. This year we decided to make a comeback with the whole crew since we didn’t do many crew battles, because of COVID obviously but mainly because we put more time into performing and making our shows. What’s special about this edition was being together again after so many years and seeing how the individual skills have improved and so has our chemistry. We’re all more mature, still got that ruggedness but it’s just more controlled.
The caption on Instagram says 'we know we can do better’ and 'we'll be back with more focus'. What do you think is meant by this?
Once again we took 2nd place against Jinjo crew (Korea), who we’ve battled many times and are a very hard crew to defeat cause they are always well prepared. It looked possible on paper with the squad and routines we had. But in reality, we needed a little more time to rehearse for a battle like this. We just came off our Sweden tour, did a show on Dancing With The Stars Belgium, threw 2 events (Breakjunkies & Crashfest) and only had one week to finish up our showcase and routines for BOTY. Usually, preparation for a battle like this takes months. So yeah, we already said we wanna do it again next year and take more time to get ready.
What is your overall feeling about this weekend?
We had fun, felt ready and we enjoyed the battles, that’s what matters to us now. Our favourite moments take place when the music is on point, shout out to DJ Nobunaga for playing us some fire tunes!
Quick! Top 3 life hacks for all dancers reading this:
1. Eat well, respect your body and rest
2. Have your own game plan in battles
3. Get down to some classic breaks every now and then. Not those repetitive plastic surgery type beats