Jessy about Battle Of The Year 2021

Jessy about Battle Of The Year 2021

First off, congrats on getting second place! It's an amazing achievement and maybe even more so because it's the special edition of BOTY. Can you tell a little bit about BOTY and what made this edition so special?

It’s the biggest crew competition in the world and as kids, we were dreaming of being on that big stage. The first time we entered Battle Of The Year we got 2nd place against Korea in 2013. This year we decided to make a comeback with the whole crew since we didn’t do many crew battles, because of COVID obviously but mainly because we put more time into performing and making our shows. What’s special about this edition was being together again after so many years and seeing how the individual skills have improved and so has our chemistry. We’re all more mature, still got that ruggedness but it’s just more controlled.

The caption on Instagram says 'we know we can do better’ and 'we'll be back with more focus'. What do you think is meant by this?

Once again we took 2nd place against Jinjo crew (Korea), who we’ve battled many times and are a very hard crew to defeat cause they are always well prepared. It looked possible on paper with the squad and routines we had. But in reality, we needed a little more time to rehearse for a battle like this. We just came off our Sweden tour, did a show on Dancing With The Stars Belgium, threw 2 events (Breakjunkies & Crashfest) and only had one week to finish up our showcase and routines for BOTY. Usually, preparation for a battle like this takes months. So yeah, we already said we wanna do it again next year and take more time to get ready.

What is your overall feeling about this weekend?

We had fun, felt ready and we enjoyed the battles, that’s what matters to us now. Our favourite moments take place when the music is on point, shout out to DJ Nobunaga for playing us some fire tunes!

Quick! Top 3 life hacks for all dancers reading this:

1. Eat well, respect your body and rest

2. Have your own game plan in battles

3. Get down to some classic breaks every now and then. Not those repetitive plastic surgery type beats

Jessy and Roy make their appearance @ Dancing On Ice

Well if you don’t know Dancing On Ice.. It’s a TV show where celebrities get a week to make a complete figure skate act and get judged on how well they do. It’s impossible to do a clean performance without any mistakes if you’re not on ice skates often. For this one we got asked to surprise our good friend ‘Juvat’, who’s been doing several shows on TV, among Dancing On Ice. Jessy, Roy and him go way back cause he’s a bboy from origin so they would see him at battles and hang out. He had no idea that they we’re gonna back him up in the performance, so it was a complete surprise.

He has made it to the final, so we wish him the best for the last show!

A Year Dedicated To Us

We’ve been putting most of our time into BETWEEN US this year. Also reflecting a lot on ourselves and our future plans. It’s a very important thing to do to move forward. Thanks to everybody who came out to see our shows/battles. Next year is our 15 year anniversary and we wanna involve YOU to come celebrate with us. Keep an eye out on our social media and you’ll be notified :)

Happy holidays everybody!