Wil On New Single ‘What Are We Waiting For,’ Working With Randy Jackson [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

Wil, who got his big break after getting noticed by Randy Jackson, recently dropped his first single with the former American Idol judge as his manager – “What Are We Waiting For?”

Wil On His Single, Randy Jackson

Wil was born and raised in Singapore, where he first fell in love with music and took up playing the guitar and piano. Pursuing his dream, Wil spent time living in Melbourne, Australia and Spain before landing in Los Angeles, where he had the good fortune of bumping into Jackson in a downtown L.A. music studio.

“I was thinking, ‘Oh my god, is that, is that who he is?’ Of course, better looking in person,” Wil told uInterview in an exclusive interview. “Then he said, ‘So, what are you doing?’ and I said, ‘Oh, I’m just recording my new music video,’ and he said, ‘Ok, what do you think about sending me some songs?’ I said, ‘Of course.'”

“Two weeks later, I got a phone call from him: ‘Hi, this is Randy Jackson. Would you like a coffee?’ you know, ‘Let’s have a coffee. I want to talk about music,'” Wil added. “I was like, ‘Yeah!’ and I got so excited, and we met up for coffee, and he says, ‘What do you think about me managing you?’ Yes!”

Jackson went on to help Wil work on ideas for songs. Wil was initially intimidated by Jackson’s stature in the music industry, worrying that he would be a stern and serious mentor. However, Wil found him to be exactly the opposite.

“When I first met him at a studio, I said, ‘Randy, I have an idea about this song,’ and then he was like, ‘Hahaha, yeah, yeah, what do you think about this?’ He’s just always laughing, and we’re like kids in the studio,” Wil said. “We play all the time, we enjoy ourselves, and that’s where creativity thrives. When you’re able to have fun and enjoy the moment, you know, so working with Randy is just, we’re like kids playing toys all the time.”

One of the tracks the two ended up with was “What Are We Waiting For.”

“‘What Are We Waiting For’ is about being in the moment, and also, don’t wait for things to happen,” Wil revealed. “If you believe in something, reach out for it and grab it. The opportunity, I’m saying.”

Wil sees his music as a fusion of his Eastern background, Western pop and rock influences and flamenco rhythm from his time in Spain.

“Growing up in Singapore, I was exposed to a lot of Eastern music, and I noticed that the music is a lot of expression, a lot of imageries. It’s very dramatic,” Wil told uInterview. and having to meet Randy who has been in the pop and rock culture for so many years, it’s like, he teaches me the importance of Western music. So my music is like a fair mix of Eastern dramatic lyrics with Western music. And having to live in Spain for two years, my music has a lot of rhythm in there, you know, flamenco culture.”