'The Come Up' follows a bunch of coming-of-age New Yorkers as they pursue their goals on their very own phrases. HL spoke EXCLUSIVELY with the forged concerning the present's Gen Z perspective, and why this is not simply one other 'actuality present.'
The Come Up is able to present you a brand new facet of New York Metropolis. The truth docuseries follows a bunch of pals as they tackle post-pandemic New York and embrace friendships, careers, and love lives. The forged spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife concerning the new collection and why it isn’t your typical run-of-the-mill actuality present.
“Nicely, the present isn’t actually actuality. It’s extra a docu-series as a result of we’re not like a pal group that they connect to and similar to comply with us alongside,” Fernando Casablancas (he/they) instructed HollywoodLife. “We’re six people that occur to intermingle in numerous methods. I simply by no means even approached it as a actuality [show] as a result of it was all the time a docuseries. It was all the time going to indicate our actuality, however I all the time thought that it was like curated actuality as a result of it’s shot so fantastically. I don’t even get the sensation that it’s actuality. It’s very uncooked.”
Sophia Wilson (she/her) famous that The Come Up undoubtedly has “a Gen Z perspective” on New York Metropolis. “You’re undoubtedly seeing the youthful components of New York Metropolis,” she mentioned. Claude Shwartz (she/her) added that “younger individuals all the time have their very own tradition. I believe that it’s simply form of youth tradition. We are able to’t seize the whole lot about New York, however we’ve received our little downtown worlds and Brooklyn neighborhoods that correspond.”
The collection will showcase New York Metropolis in a post-pandemic world. The forged revealed how Gen Z approaches the Huge Apple versus previous generations. “One of the best ways to reply that's seeing the response of submit lockdown,” Taofeek Abijako (he/him) mentioned. “I'd say by way of our technology, there’s far more of a communal really feel. There’s a stereotype round Gen Z. Like, you’re being too individualistic. I really feel like in a means submit lockdown, all of us got here collectively, There’s far more subculture [that] emerged out of New York.”
Fernando identified that a “large outflux of individuals” left New York Metropolis throughout lockdown, which seemed that New York was useless. “However when the youngsters began coming again to town — and newer youngsters — it crammed town with this power of simply pleasure and potentiality,” Fernando instructed HollywoodLife.
Ebon Trower (she/her) added, “From post-pandemic simply watching this present, you’ll be capable of inform we introduced New York again to life. In every borough, you'll assume we have been dwelling in like 2030 the way in which we have been simply portray the city. I believe after the pandemic, it form of actually simply woke everybody up. Now we have to do that. We have to present individuals this now, or it’s simply not going to be essential anymore.” The Come Up premieres September 13 on Hulu.