FVTV original written interview ·
SPACED OUT GECKO Wrote for Years. Releasing Music Was Another Challenge.
The UK rapper on Method Man, LVWIS, the colours he hears in beats, and why getting listeners to find a song can be harder than making it.
SPACED OUT GECKO wrote for years before deciding his lyrics were ready for an audience. Releasing music in 2026 brought a different problem: getting listeners to find it.
His song “WU TANG” wears a classic hip-hop influence openly, but Darren Scott is thinking about what comes next. In written answers to FVTV, the UK rapper discussed Method Man, the producer LVWIS, his stage name, promotion and his next music videos.
Why did you decide to release music now?
Scott says he finally reached the point where he felt other people could enjoy and relate to his writing. He had been making music for years, but releasing it meant learning a different set of skills.
The first months taught him that it is “HARD to get exposure.” Finishing a well-crafted record is only part of the work, he said. Social promotion was new territory.
What drew you to Wu-Tang Clan?
Scott became a Wu-Tang fan as a teenager. The beats and gritty delivery were part of the appeal, but he also connected to the group's attitude about poverty, self-reliance and building with people who had the same ambition.
“Method man got me into them initially and is still my favourite MC from the group,” he told FVTV. He wanted to carry some of that raw energy into “WU TANG.”
How did the record with LVWIS come together?
“It was actually a beat he posted about,” Scott said. The opening bars caught his attention immediately. He wanted to write around their energy even though he does not describe the instrumental itself as a literal Wu-Tang-style beat.
Scott said the song opens with vocal samples and that LVWIS played the drums and other production parts. His own goal was a gritty performance that felt at home against the beat.
Why SPACED OUT GECKO?
As a child, Scott says he spent so much time daydreaming and getting lost in thought that people called him spaced out. The gecko became his symbol of seeing the world differently.
That idea reaches into the music. “beats have colours to me,” he said, describing the way he thinks about sound and his own perspective.
Where does the sound go next?
Curren$y, Larry June and Kota the Friend are among Scott's influences. He wants his own take on laid-back hip-hop, including music about improving your life, finding peace and enjoying what you have built.
He is recording new material and plans to make visuals after mastering. His goal is three or four music videos over the following six to eight months. No release dates have been announced.
For an artist who began by paying tribute to a group he grew up admiring, the next records are his chance to show how those influences sound in his own voice.