The Booyah! Kids – After nearly a 3-year hiatus, they are back and better than ever
Written by Rylea Anacleto 10/10/25
A three-piece indie ensemble composed of three young, playful yet thoughtfully lived adults: Aidan, Julian, and Emma. Their sound awakens something so many of us have lost touch with over the years — our ability to be playful as we grow older. We’re living in a day and age where everything feels so heavy.
The Booyah! Kids are not just a band — they’re a familiar feeling, a nostalgia of sorts. It’s one of those rare finds: a band that started as merely three friends and is still going strong as that. It’s a truly beautiful thing. “The friendship is still strong. I think it’s the thing holding us together.”
After shifting gears and focusing on other bands, such as their sister band Michelle, The Booyah! Kids are back and better than ever — revisiting songs and concepts that the younger versions of themselves began years ago.
The Booyah! Kids weren’t always known as that. They all began as creative kids with different musical backgrounds. Julian first started making music in the 4th grade using an Afro-Cuban snare drum. Aidan began playing in a guitar band in the 4th grade, which he largely credits his dad for inspiring. Emma began harmonizing with her friends during lunchtime in 10th grade.
Julian and Aidan were in a band together in high school, but it wasn’t until the summer of 2018, after high school graduation, that the three of them began creating music together. When asked about what the early days of the band looked like or to recount how it all began, Julian responded:
“Basically, in the summer of 2018, there was a lot of music being made. Sometimes Aidan and I would make music just the two of us, and sometimes Emma and I would make music just the two of us. And sometimes the three of us would write songs together — we just had such a good time being with each other that we kind of made all these songs together without even realizing what we were doing.”
Emma noted,
“They hit me up in the summer of 2018 about this other project. And then it was kind of like, do you want to explore music this summer and sing a couple, maybe write a couple songs? And I had never written with anybody else before.”
There’s this sense of inherent innocence and playfulness embedded in both their sound and origin story.
With Aidan currently living on the West Coast and Emma and Julian living on the East Coast, their rehearsals and creative process look a bit different from the average band’s — but they don’t see this as a disadvantage. Instead, they embrace it, constantly visiting each other and allowing for creative space while still collaborating.
During the interview, I wanted to get a feel for how they curate their music. Julian is the brains behind the studio time and production. In terms of writing, they collaborate — bringing ideas and concepts to the group and allowing for different interpretations and executions based on the theme at hand. “Best Friend, for example, was written from a batch of writing that was a full song and then brought to the group — or like, developed by the group.”
Their sound has evolved over the years in so many ways. They’ve truly grown together as artists. Julian said,
“In the early stuff, you only hear a couple of frequencies, and then as you go along, you hear more frequencies. And now you hear so many frequencies.”
During this transitional period, they’re revisiting early songs and broadening the scope of what they’re writing about. In the earlier days, their writing centered around very interpersonal experiences the group had. “We are this thing. You can watch us be our thing.”
Now, they’re shifting to universal topics — best friends, love, being misunderstood — while also allowing listeners a glimpse into their personal lives through social media. This is a band that previously never delved into the world of TikTok or even regular Instagram posting, and is now making a technological leap.
When asked what direction they were headed in regarding future releases, they said:
“I think the stuff we’re putting out right now — these are songs that we’ve had and kind of wanted to bring the project back to life with, to let people know that we’re back. I think soon there will be a process of new creation, and I think that’s coming, but what exactly that will be, we don’t know yet.”
“Some sort of focused kind of energy — finding our stride and finding our mission, finding the answer to the question.”
The limits of their creative power and possibilities are truly endless, and the fact that they’re not quick to show their cards or label this new era only proves how epic it’ll be.
At the end of the interview, I asked them to say something directly to their fan base:
“We love each other and we love our listeners. I think that’s been one of the craziest things — we were kind of MIA for a minute, and to come back and have people say, ‘I used to listen to that song five years ago,’ or, ‘I haven’t thought about that song in years.’ To meet new listeners and also reconnect with older listeners has been very special. So we love each other and we love our listeners. So it’s a big thank you.”