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**October 15, 2025 — Los Angeles** Light pours through the studio windows, bathing CORTIS in a golden haze. This is the other side of debut—the quiet after the storm, sitting across from Zane Lowe in a room that feels both enormous and intimate. The interview has been effortless, a gentle current carrying them. No landmines, just music. It’s a surreal peace for rookies who expected chaos. The camera finds Martin as he answers a question about his roots, his smile easy, unguarded. "I listened to a lot of rock growing up," he says, his voice warm and sure. "Got that from my dad. He used to play it all the time." The admission hangs in the air, simple and true.