Photo credit: Mark Maryanovich Photography
We recently sat down with Tac, the frontman of the genre-defying group ET Boys. Having featured the band in the past, it was time to catch up after what appeared to be a prolific 2025. With a major performance alongside RiFF RAFF coming up in South Florida and a “vault” full of unreleased tracks, Tac opened up about the band’s evolution, his brother Sharkeyes’ genius, and the reality behind his creative process.
Photo credit: Mark Maryanovich Photography
Q: Thank you for talking with us. We ran a feature on you in the past so it’s good to catch up. You look like you had an incredible 2025. Can you tell us a little bit about that?
Tac: Yeah, man, of course. Thanks for even reaching out again—cool to see. But, yeah, man, I think we dropped like, what, four or five singles? To be frank, I don’t really keep track of that. I just like to make tunes with my brother that I find cool. And in retrospect, my 2025 has been pretty f’ing awful! I wake up almost every day angry and then can’t even find the root of said emotion. “Oh, that’s ok, let’s just get the day started”—NO, because now I have to look at my face in the mirror. It’s hard to feel good about everything that is going right when I only focus on whatever is imperfect. I wonder how you change that?
Q: What feels different from when you started in 2021 to now?
Tac: When it comes to making tunes, the process hasn’t changed much. My brother still sends me a crazy variety of beats that encapsulate whatever that psycho is feeling at the time. I still make melodies and then add words to them as I record whatever I want to say. I will say, however, that I almost over-analyze what I’m saying or the flow I’m using in whatever we are working on at the time. I feel like back in 2021, I would get so drunk that I didn’t even care. I’m a bit older now, so I want to portray a more coherent vision in our work, but that can also be detrimental in the sense that if you try to make something perfect, you will never make anything. My brother always says, “Just do what you want, man.”
Q: Were you always a poet? When did you start writing lyrics and how do you put them together with the music?
Tac: I don’t think I’ve always been a poet, but I do think I’ve always been an individual. I don’t even think I’m a poet, haha, as isn’t most poetry supposed to be deep? I don’t find my lyrics to be that impactful, but hey, to each their own. I kinda like the idea of people assigning their own meaning to art that makes them feel something. Sort of like how if you were to go to a museum with your homie and look at the same art piece, would you think the same thing? Probably not, right? That brings me back to high school English, where if you didn’t give the textbook’s explanation about a poem or story, it would be wrong. Why is what I felt reading something wrong? Damn, I haven’t thought about that in a while.
Q: The ET Boys includes you, your brother producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist Sharkeyes, and guitarist, Monsie. Can you tell us a little bit about what each of them bring to the table and what it is like to work with them?
Tac: There would be no ET Boys without Sharkeyes. This guy creates the sound and takes whatever vocals I provide and fits them to the sound we are trying to convey. I would say he is the brain and the spine of our group. I’m maybe like the fingers? You can’t live without a brain or live a sound life without a spine, haha. You could definitely live without a couple of fingers, but you will miss them. Anyone that has heard our tunes with headphones knows what I am talking about. If I’m smoking especially, I get transcended to a crazy zone, man. Monsie is cool, man; I don’t really like that he’s kinda soft. He is necessary though—that boy can shred. Working with them is easy—we are all boys.
Q: One of your recent videos is a performance video for your track, “Far Away,” produced by platinum award-winning David Gnozzi of Mixxbus TV. Can you walk us through the creation of that video and who shot it? And who came up with that idea for the little dance at the end?
Tac: David is amazing. That track is still hitting ears. So, we all went to my brother’s zone. I drank a couple of Strong Zeros, and we shot the video as if we were performing it. Kinda like a Blink-182 rooftop performance minus the crowd. My girlfriend shot it, and we were all thankful for having someone who is able to do that. Looking back, it’s quite rudimentary; the next ones are gonna look much cooler. Sharkeyes came up with the dance—I mean, c’mon, who else?
Q: So it looks like 2026 is off to a bang for you. You will be performing with RiFF RAFF in your home turf of SoFlo. How have you been approaching that and do you feel nervous?
Tac: We are pumped and want to bring it—make the RiFF RAFF show great. I’m just trying to make sure I have my lyrics memorized. I make a bunch of these tunes sipping on poison. And nah, as of now, I’m not that nervous. Maybe if I was performing alone that could be scary, but I got my boys right behind me. I’ve been in front of cameras and walked the runway, so this isn’t that new of an experience for me. Maybe Monsie will cry a bit before, but that will only fire me up more.
Q: Speaking with regards to your ever-growing discography, what can we look forward to in the coming releases?
Tac: We have a bunch of new music in what we call “the vault.” I think we’ll be releasing it single by single this year, so just expect new ET-style songs and witness our evolution. I really like the new stuff that we are making.
Q: Is there anything you would like to say to your fans or listeners around the world?
Tac: I would just like to say thank you.
Q: How do people find you and your music?
Tac: Find us on Spotify at ET Boys or Instagram @etboysofficial.
With a wealth of new material in “the vault” and live shows on the calendar, the ET Boys are set for an exciting year. Be sure to check them out on Spotify and follow their updates on Instagram to witness their evolution firsthand.
