"Jawnino at Exit" Interview at Exit, Glasgow

HSR correspondent Eileen Tweaking Slightly chatted with Jawnino at Exit, Glasgow. It was packed, no one on their phones, etc. Half the conversation was lost to the wind/redacted, but he told HSR he was the laziest artist in the UK and put us onto other stuff too. Read below.

'Nonchalance' is a word often attached to the some of the most contrived, boring fashion people you have ever met. It was used in the RA bio to sell tickets for Jawnino at Exit, Glasgow, but I think that is an inappropriate gloss for an evident, unforced, lack of ego and artistic curiosity for the world, outside the eternal recurring mirror of our For You Page.

Anyway, we are at Exit, a nightclub space taken over by a young man with a vision. I'd spoken to a friend of mine, a professional whistler, fresh off her European tour, who gave a hint to the nightclub's lore. There are the two floors, the upper part used to be an artist studios/strip club and the lower section - which makes up the club - also used to be a strip club, except the lower strip club was dodgier.

There was a staircase going between the two named ‘pigeon world’.

'Why?' I ask.

‘It had dead pigeons in it.'

We speak in the backrooms of the club where everyone seems to be laughing about Jawnino's rangers jacket.

Jawnino: 'They're booing! Someone in here must be supporting rangers. Somebody.’

(There's lore here that's too much to go into right now.)

Jawnino: “We’ll excuse it tonight”

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Jawnino: “Som Saa in Whitechapel, it’s the best Thai food, they do a little 2-4-1 deal.”

(It's loud so we go outside on the street.)

HSR: Laziest Artist in UK right now?*

Jawnino: That's a dark one. I'm going to have to say me.
I just feel like, flow-wise and just, I’m just talking a lot. I’m not really spitting and rapping as hard as a lot of people go. I’m just talking my truth. Like, it's not really a rapping thing. And I feel like I could have more output, so I’d say me.

I mention that HSR are trying to contact Eline Vehrodia.

Jawnino: Yeah, yeah. There's another girl I think you'd tap into. She's called Angel Gray. She just released one song recently. It's called "Outside." She's who I'm fucking with right now, UK-like, female-wise. And obviously BXKS, like, that's my... that's my sister. But like, Angel Gray is tapped.

HSR: First grime record that made an impression on you?

Jawnino: **Skepta, Mike Lowery.

HSR: And then 2026 is the year of...

The Firehorse.

HSR: Firehorse?

Yeah, Firehorse. It's not just a horse, it's the Firehorse.

HSR: It's the Firehorse. What's the Firehorse?

Jawnino: It means more enjoyment, more litness. We're growing up. 2025 was a period where we enjoyed and we take it back, we enjoyed what was going on, we understand. But 2026 is where we let go, unleash, and do our thing.