How did you first form?
Om-Yim: I was inspired by Room 39 [famous Thai cover band on YouTube who are now a mainstream recording act]. I love their style. I watched them over and over and decided I wanted to do this sort of thing, too. So, I started looking for someone to sing for me. One night, about two years ago, I noticed that Peach had posted a clip of her singing to Facebook so I asked her to join me. I planned to play piano but we only had one camcorder and it turned out the sound quality was pretty bad. So, I switched to playing guitar which matched her voice better, anyway.

What makes you different from other cover bands on YouTube?
Om-yim: We try to entertain audiences as much as we can. We don’t want to be musicians who play it cool all the time. Our clips tend to show a relaxing atmosphere, like they’re actually an informal jam session.
Peach: Our clips are fresh and real. We don’t try to act like we are serious musicians. I think this makes our audience happy, this sense of intimacy.

Do you receive many negative comments?
Om-yim: Yes, but it’s simple—you can’t please everyone. But even criticism can be good. If we didn’t receive it, we might get carried away with ourselves. It helps us remember that we haven’t made it yet. We have to improve. It keeps us grounded.

Do you think YouTube now acts as a shortcut for new artists?
Om-yim: It is. But it doesn’t always work. We encountered obstacles. We talked to a record label, but it turned out that they weren’t being honest with us and they broke the deal we had made. It was so bad. We were so disappointed and thought that we may have to give up our dream of being musicians. But we still had our fans. It helped us look back at the reason we started doing this. It gave us the strength to continue to chase our dream. And here we are.

How does it feel to maybe have your own songs covered now?
Om-yim: We’re happy, for sure. I felt a lot of pressure at first. Would people like our songs? Or would they only like our covers of other people? But it’s good. We really have our own voice now.

What’s your biggest dream?
Pete: I love to sing. But I do have another dream. I want to open a hotel because I love to travel and I love languages. It would be great if I could be a singer and start up a business that I like.
Om-yim: I want to have a two-story house so I can open a restaurant and have a home studio.