TWIST hangs with Varsity Fanclub!

TWIST caught up with Varsity Fanclub when the guys (Jayk, Drew, David, Bobby and Thomas) stopped by our offices recently! First, VFC serenaded us with two (!) performances. They totes had us swooning! The guys sang the first single from their debut album (out October 28!) "Future Love" (above!) and then "Picture Perfect" (after the jump!). These guys melted our hearts with their voices and personalities! Check out our Q&A with the guys after the jump!

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TWIST: So tell us about the new album!

Jayk: It comes out October 28. It's self-titled. The single is out right now called, "Future Love," you can get it on iTunes for a dollar. And Ryan Tedder from One Republic actually wrote that. Drew wrote a few songs on the album. We all co-wrote a few songs, too.

TWIST: What are your favorite songs from the album?
Jayk: "Future Love." When you listen to the song for the first time you don't quite grasp what we're talking about and then you realize, "Oh, that's what they're talking about."
Thomas: I like "Lost and Found" a lot. It's a really fun song. It's a Ryan Tedder song. It's more up my alley, I think because it sounds a little more alternative.
Drew: I like "When You Where Mine."
Bobby: Mine's probably "Love In The Club," and I would have to go with "Lost And Found," also because it reminds me of the One Republic album.
David: My favorite song would have to be "Picture Perfect." It reminds me of family members that have passed away.

TWIST: Well, going on that note, are a lot of the songs from personal experiences?
Drew: I would say that we connect with all of the songs on the album and I'm sure that everyone out there will connect with it as well. So that's what we're going for. The thing about our album is that we all listen to different types of music, and it has our own style put into it.

TWIST: What do you guys use as inspiration?
Drew: Life stories. There's a song called "Bad Habit" on our album. It's about how when you're in love with somebody, it's not the right love. So you're trying to break yourself up of that bad habit, but you can't get away from that person because you still love them but you know that it's not right. I think that everybody probably had that happen at some point or they're going to have that happen.

TWIST: So do you take personal things that have happened to you and put them into your songs?
Thomas: Yeah, definitely. That song "Complicated Girl" is about having a complex situation with someone you're dating. You just don't understand her and you just want to get her.

TWIST: So what love lessons have you guys learned?
Drew: Be honest and be yourself!
Jayk: Always tell the truth.
Thomas: That's not something I've learned, that's something I already knew. I'm like the sappy guy. I love love.
Drew: But we've all learned that if it's right, it's going to go right. If it's meant to be, it will happen.
Jayk: Love lessons 101 with Varsity Fan Club!

TWIST: Do you guys have any weird or quirky habits?
Jayk: I don't wear the same socks.

TWIST: Doesn't that get expensive?
Jayk: I mean, it's not going on my tab. My mom just sends them to me!
Drew: I love to eat cheese with anything, literally. Except ice cream. But I like butter with ice cream, melted butter with ice cream.
Jayk: Tom has a stuffed animal he sleeps with, Scuppers, that we steal from him and throw it in the freezer.
Thomas: He is the sailor dog. I bring him everywhere. I didn't bring him on this trip though. I didn't bring my blanket either.
Bobby: With me, it's weird combinations. Like, I eat ketchup with only a hamburger, but I won't eat it with my fries.
Drew: And Bobby's the slowest eater in the world. He chews each bite like 40 times.

TWIST: Do you guys pull a lot of pranks on each other?
Drew: Bobby just prank called everybody saying, "Hey, this is your 1:30 a.m. wake up call." And we got people to believe it!
Drew: And this one time, we were at the Houston Airport, we pranked Dave when he fell asleep. We took all the luggage and moved it down the hall. We hid and we took his phone. We asked two different people to wake him up. The first guy couldn't wake him up, so the lady goes up to him and was like, "You might have missed your flight already." And I was around the corner with my camera recording it! All of sudden you see him wake up and go, "WHAT??!" And he looked around - he doesn't have his bag! He thought he got robbed. It was pretty funny. I got it on video, so it will be up on YouTube soon.

TWIST: Do you guys have girlfriends?
Jayk: NO! We're all-single, and loving it.

TWIST: Who's your celeb crush?
Jayk: Kristen Bell.
Drew: Jessica Alba.
Thomas: Amanda Bynes.
Bobby: Megan Fox.
David: Rihanna.
Drew: If JoJo's single, hook me up.

Here's "Picture Perfect"


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