RAMBOISTALKING ON PRESENTING, FASHION AND THE FUTURE

India Wickremerante

3 mins

Black man sat on a bench wearing orange jacket blue trousers and white shoes
Readers might know Ramboistalking for his prolific record of interviews across the UK music scene, or they might be more familiar with his high-energy, man-on-the-street content. But when 14stroke16 sat down with him on a cloudy Sunday afternoon, we weren’t greeted by the man with the mic, but by a composed type – deliberate with his words, and holding a quick, understated wit. Not nearly the loudest person in the room, Rambo explained to me, laughing, that “Ramboistalking doesn’t really talk that much. When the camera’s on, I just– not turn it on, but just, amplify it.”
This shines through in his work. Whilst he provides an energised and engaging presence to his interviews, Rambo listens far more than he speaks and this could be why, regardless of whether he’s interviewing a capital-P Personality or a stranger on the street, he has a remarkable ability to set those around him at ease. He explains that he’s drawn to the interview dynamic by “the idea of getting people out of their shells and having a flowing conversation… I take pride in being able to get that out of people.” Building an unavoidable rapport with those around him by sheer force of personality, he understands this as something that’s always been a part of him, and credits to growing up in North London: “It’s very multicultural so I’m around a lot of people. Now I’m interviewing, there’s kind of the common ground of being from London mixed in with that.” While the role seems to come naturally to him, Rambo didn’t set out with an ambition for content creation. Like so many young people at the time, he began his creative journey in lockdown, and explains that, “I was consuming a lot of content; a lot of podcasts, a lot of interviews and, just sitting there, just watching it, enjoying it – it made me think, ‘You know what? I could do this.’” Finding himself in more and more musical environments as a result of his friend’s own creative journey, Rambo took the opportunity to use the settings and people around him; “started doing videos here and there, interviews for certain people, and one part after another, now I’m here.” The unshakeable positivity of his content makes Rambo’s rise to success somewhat unsurprising, and he admits that “it’s gone well because, like, people like me. Whether it’s off camera or on camera, they like me.” Having made several appearances at London Fashion Week, Rambo tells us that he’s excited to break into new spaces:
“I’m not in a rush, you know? And I really do appreciate being, like, a figure within the music industry, even if it’s still on the upcoming, like, I’m recognised for that and I still love that. But definitely, would love to venture out and be in other spaces.”
When we ask him where he sees it all going, Rambo says he hopes to maintain “the same thing but just bigger and better.” It’s difficult to imagine a world where this wouldn’t be the case. Rambo’s content is marked by a contagious optimism that the streets of London just can’t resist, and offers the internet a project in human connection that it is long over-due. In his own words, Ramboistalking is “well-versed to talk to anyone because, at the end of the day, like, everyone’s just a person.”
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