“Did we say anything bad?”
Even their invention of drug names is backed by a rock-solid linguistic and cultural defense.
“I wouldn’t just do all this stuff just for fun,” says Moglai Bap.
Kneecap.Sarah Ellis
“I think it’s very important for a language to evolve in that manner.
It’s gonna evolve into a language of the city.
Drugs and youth culture is something young people talk about.
Kneecap in the film ‘Kneecap’.Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
So there should be these words in Irish.”
MO CHARA:It’s great.
It’s a bottomless pit of money.
Kneecap.Sarah Ellis
We’re f—in' $550 a night in this hotel.
Absolutely rinsed the minibar on Sony’s card.
MOGLAI BAP:Yeah, we get a room each.
It’s really fancy.
MO CHARA:We wank in peace.
How is hanging around film people different from hanging around music people?
MO CHARA:[Actors are] a lot more insecure.
MOGLAI BAP:[laughs] Yeah.
MO CHARA:They’re a lot more touchy-feely.
The actors are all a bit grabby.
DJ PROVAI:They like you, son.
MOGLAI BAP:[chuckles] Yeah, there was a comment someone made… What was it again?
“I was watching theKneecapmovie, and I thought, ‘These actors are really good rappers.'”
When it’s actually that these rappers are very good actors.
So it happens quite often that people don’t know who the f— we are.
And they’re still kind of surprised that we’re a real band after the film.
MO CHARA:I forget sometimes.
MO CHARA:Or their first album.
MOGLAI BAP:We never really thought the music would make it out of Ireland.
We didn’t really care that much about it because we were just doing something we loved.
But now we’re seeing…
Most people there don’t speak Korean.
People just listen to the beats and the music.
They’re just there for a good time and f—ing let loose.
MOGLAI BAP:Before they join the army, against their will.
In England, most people speak one language, if you’re a white English person.
It all just pops up in my Spotify.
I don’t know what I’m listening to.
MO CHARA:Sure, we get death threats from both sides.
MO CHARA:They’re the wee goofballs in the film.
But they’re renowned for being a bit more serious.
DJ PROVAI:They’re a lot more serious in real life.
MOGLAI BAP:Well, that’s the thing about goofy people.
They act serious because deep down they’re actually stupid.
So I think that’s kinda what we were touching on.
TheKneecapfilm’s gonna go global.
MOGLAI BAP:But yeah, at the start we had a lot of backlash from both sides.
We were talking about drugs.
They’re all getting their c–ks wet.
I mean, it’s all out there anyway.
So why not have it in Irish?
Fine Artis out June 14.Kneecaphits theaters Aug. 2.
Watch the new trailer for it above.
